Production Year: 1989 - Comedy - Director: Rod Daniel - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: James Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe, Wendel Meldrum more
James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley, a narcotics cop whose unorthodox methods make him unable to team up with anybody on the force--nobody human, that is. When Dooley needs help... more
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K-9 DVD
James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley an unorthodox narcotics cop who teams with an ... more
independently minded police dog in this hilarious action-comedy. Headstrong Dooley is one step away from nailing a prominent socialite in a million cocaine bust. But b...
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Matt Le Blanc
I personally own this DVD being a dog fan I love it, any dog lover especially those that are particular fans of German Shepard Dogs (Alsatian) should love it too. I have seen both this one and sequel to this K-9 11 and I have found this one to be better by far.
This film is produced by Universal, directed by Rod Daniel and written by Steven Seigel and Scott Myers. This film was first produced in October 1989
The Cast
The main actors within the film
James Belushi, plays Dooley a cop working to solve drug crime but not succeeding very well on his own.
Mel Harris, plays Tracey she is Dooley's girlfriend who gets left with little attention whilst her partner spends all his time and commitment fighting crime Koton, plays Jerry-Lee a German Shepard Dog trained in police work who soon becomes Dooley's partner, Koton in real life was also a police dog who was sadly killed whilst working in 1991.
Pruitt Taylor Vince, plays Benny The Mule well known in the illegal drug circles Dooley wants information from him and about the drugs involved.
Other actors include
Kevin Tighe - as Lyman
Ed O'Neil - as Brannigan
James Handy - as Byers
John Snyder - as Freddie
Daniel Davis - as Halstead
Cotter Smith - as Gilliam
Sherman Howard - as Dillon
Jeff Allin - as Chad
Story Line
The cast above come together to give this film an excellent story line, where a Cop and a trained police dog come together to fight criminals. Making an excellent team together both have been doubted by the force can they work hard enough together to be recognized that they are doing a brilliant job. Jerry-Lee becomes part of the family fitting in well and goes down really well with Dooley's girlfriend Tracy and soon they become a family together all though Jerry-Lee gets a little jealous and thinks he should have more of Tracey's time to himself. They come into contact with nasty criminals putting their lives at risks throughout coming close to death at times. It is their mission to stop some very well known drug dealers/shippers from doing their illegal business as they gather evidence and information together their bond becomes closer.
It's an action packed story line with some romance, funny scenes and passion it has it all to keep the audience interested and fixated to the screen.
Acting, Quality & Soundtrack
The acting within the film is brilliant and it can be seen a lot of training has gone into the dog used to play the part of Jerry-Lee all the actors are amazing making them film realistic and something the audience can really get into and feel part of. For an older film the quality of this film is amazing obviously none of the modern day effects and features but this doesn't make the film any less enjoyable a truly original film. There isn't much in the way of soundtracks within this film but when there are any they are fitting to the moment. Sound quality is also very good no fuzziness or faded sound throughout the film. The newer DVD version has certainly made a big improvement to the quality.
Availability & Price
I have not seen these DVD in shops all though you might see it on the lower priced trays in supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco as they often have older DVDs in stock. If it is not available from either of these then the best place to source it would definitely be the internet there are many sites that sell older DVDs. Another good place to try would be rental stores as they sometimes sell ex rentals for bargain prices.
I would imagine that this could be bought for around £5-£10 if not less now, I think I paid £15 for my copy of this film not long after it was available on DVD.
Few Other Bits
This film is rated a 12 so it suitable for persons of 12years and over only, I would say this is because there is a bit of violence and mild language and some mild sexual suggestive scenes in this film.
The run time of this film is 1 hour and 35minutes
There are subtitle available in English, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic and Romanian, however the only language throughout the film is English other languages are only available as subtitles
My Opinion & Recommendation
As said above I love this film I enjoy watching it over and over being a dog love it is very much my kind of film. I would definitely recommend it to others maybe not children as it is rated as a 12 as said above all though if parents watch it first they mind find it suitable for their children it depends of personal preference.
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Radiation sickness is a 40 minute, 11 song DVD and video release by amazing thrash band; Nuclear Assault. It is a recording of a gig filmed at the London Hammersmith Odeon in 1988.
Track listing
1. Betrayal
2. Stranded In Hell
3. Nuclear War
4. Butt F**k
5. Justice
6. My America
7. Radiation Sickness
8. After The Holocaust
9. Hang The Pope
10. Lesbians
11. Vengeance
My opinion
This DVD not only shows that Nuclear assault can write some amazing songs but it shows that they are great at performing them live. All eleven of the songs are pretty damn good and it makes a fantastic viewing. The quality of both sound and video is great, bearing in mind that it was filmed in 1988. The DVD shows just how fun a thrash metal gig can be. The highlights of the DVD are "Radiation sickness...
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...Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Diablo Cody
Genre: Comedy - Romance - Drama
Country: USA/Canada
Certification: 15+
Language: English
Released: 9th June, 2008 (DVD)
MAIN CAST:
Ellen Page (Juno MacGuff)
Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff)
J.K. Simmons (Mac MacGuff)
Michael Cera (Paulie Bleeker)
Jennifer Garner (Vanessa Loring)
Jason Bateman (Mark Loring)
Sixteen year old Juno becomes pregnant after an unprotected excursion into the world of forbidden pleasures, and low and behold, the adult world soon catches up with her and once the reality of pregnancy settles in… she isn't quite ready for the adult world after all. However, as feisty as she is with her wickedly funny outlook on life and an attitude that packs the same punch as a speeding double-decker bus, Juno decides to take care of her 'little' problem...
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Advantages: For Fans of Philip K.Dick Disadvantages: Not as good as Blade Runner & Minority Report
...effects are good, the DD5.1 sound is used quite well, but sadly the film seems to lose your attention after about an hour, but then towards the last ten minutes your attention is grabbed by a nifty twist in the storyline.
With a strong cast list, you would expect the film to have a bigger impact, but when it was released in 2001 the gossip had already hit the world about Spielberg adapting Philip K.Dick’s The Minority Report into a lavish big budget movie, so sadly Imposter with it’s much smaller budget had a very quiet release and now it’s DVD release seems to be even quieter after the release of the superb Minority Report.
The DVD comes in an 16x9 Anamorphic format, meaning that if you have a widescreen TV then you’ll get a better picture as the screen will fit perfectly, Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, Theatrical Trailer and a making...
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Studio(s): 4 FRONT VIDEO; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 05/09/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 902 495 1
Barcode: 3259190249516
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English
DVD Description
James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley, a narcotics cop whose unorthodox methods make him unable to team up with anybody on the force--nobody human, that is. When Dooley needs help busting a prominent drug dealer, he is assigned a partner named Jerry Lee--who is, in fact, a rather headstrong German Shepherd trained to sniff out drugs. At first, the pair struggle to understand each other but eventually learn to work together through a series of stakeouts and other comedic misadventures.