Cousin Bette DVD

Advantages: All About Eve is an absolute classic of the era
Disadvantages: A strange mismatched boxed set im my opinion

...So here we find a strange set of three films in the 'classic box set' series by Fox. The name Fox is the only thing these films have to tie them together, other that the awe-inspiring work of Bette Davis- on of cinemas true greats. The first film is a true gem, the pinnacle of the career of Bette Davis which spanned some 60 years. Having left Warner Brothers in late 1949 some thought the career of Davis to be over, but then Claudette Colbert injured her spine and Davis was offered the role of Margo Channing in 'All About Eve'. It was that change of events that led to, what I believe, is one of the greatest female performances in a movie to date. Davis plays Margo- an aging, forty something actress, who has success, but also has insecurities. She has a younger 'thirty something' boyfriend Bill Sampson (Gary Merrill), a loyal friend... Read review

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Advantages: Hilarious from first joke to last, Great Actors, Intelligent Writing, Everything really
Disadvantages: Some may be offended by some of the jokes....or characters motivations, for that matter...

...---which was played by Bette Midler in the film version with Richard Dreyfuss and Nick Nolte. There is also immense support provided by Art Evans and Clarence Felder as two lieutenants assigned to Stone’s case. <<<<< Ransom of Red Dale And ZAZ >>>>> Gifted screenwriter Dale Launer wrote the spicy and hilarious RUTHLESS PEOPLE, and it is mysteriously one of the only ones he ever wrote. For those of you who don’t know, Launer also wrote the hit films DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS with Steve Martin and Michael Caine, as well as MY COUSIN VINNY with Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei. Then in 1992, he made his directorial debut for LOVE POITION NO. 9, one of Sandra Bullock’s early films---then he completely disappeared from the Hollywood scene and hasn’t been heard again since. RUTHLESS PEOPLE is his first script, which is utterly amazing, and really... Read review

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Advantages: Exquisite acting. . .
Disadvantages: . . . Bette is so woefully misunderstood

...sigh* This is the "deep" south and things are pretty rough. Plantations are a thing of the past and living la vida loca off the backs of slaves is no longer an option so what are the lily white upper-crust gentry supposed to do with the sickening smell of poverty closing in around them? Why.. try to get MORE money to keep the social boundaries in place. Hey, if this means trying to marry your daughter off to her first cousin to keep the money (literally) in the family ... ehh *casual shrug* Better yet, if one can exploit the poor in the process, more's the better. After all, who is going to protest? Who is going to be able to stop the greedy grasping aristocrats? To me, this movie was good for several reasons. Mainly because of Bette's character (what else is new?). To me, she is a study in all things that I hold in the highest... Read review

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