Peter Wells leaves the Air Force and re-joins his old race team but things don't go so well. His wife and his best friend fear for his life as his driving becomes more and more reckless.
On leaving the Air Force, racing driver Peter Wells (Richard Conte) rejoins the Italian ... more
Corsi team. But Wells is dogged by bad luck and his wife, Pat (Mari Aldon), begs him to retire. Wells' team manager Bellario (Peter Illing) and fellow driver Dallap...
The Mask is a comedy made in 1994 and was part of the trifecta (the others being "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Dumb & Dumber") that propelled Jim Carrey from unknown to superstar. It also made a star of another unknown actor, this time being Cameron Diaz.
Jim Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a bank clerk and a really nice guy. But, he is a bit of a pushover and never really stand up for himself. After a particularly bad day, he stumbles upon a mask, that he finds out depicts Loki, the Norse god of mischief. When he puts on the mask, he turns into a green faced, wacky, snappy dresser! He's confident, romantic and not afraid to fight for what he believes in, so you could say he just brought out what Stanley is really like inside himself. So, together with his dog, Milo, they go out and paint Edge City red! Well, green really.
This ...
Walter_Kovacs 15.01.2009
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Advantages: Atmospheric 'horror' movie dominated by its hypnotic tone and suspense; makes beautiful use of the Namibian desert Disadvantages: Those looking for gore won't find it here
I'm not sure when I first saw Dust Devil except that it comes under that category of late one night I ended up watching some film, I know not why, and was amazed. Such is Dust Devil. Then, yesterday, I saw the DVD, and heedless of price I bought it, knowing that it is practically a 'lost' film, though it was only originally released in 1992. I didn't want to get home, search the internet for the cheapest price, only to find it out of stock, out of stock.
The DVD is in fact a director's cut, or as the credits at the end note, the restored version. Miramax removed some portion of the film and I don't know what or why. There are deleted scenes on the DVD that you can understand the omission of. They don't feel right. Except, that is, for one scene regarding the ringing of telephones that links together several strands of the plot ...
Advantages: Superb acting and beautiful cinematography Disadvantages: I didn't want the film to end!
, The Householder, A Room With A View, The Deceivers, Howards End, Maurice and The Bostonians. 5 second trailers are shown for many of the productions.
Ismail Merchant then discusses several of these, saying how he felt about choosing people to play the various parts. He states how they had a budget of $2 million to make Heat and Dust and it was one of Merchant Ivory's most successful films. He also says how their films are "of the mind, heart and intelligence".
As DVD extras go, there weren't many, but what there were, were interesting to view.
WHERE TO BUY
You can pick up a copy of the DVD from SelectCheaper.com for £5.99 or from 101cd.com for £10.99, or even from sendit.com for £14.99. I'm pretty sure you can get it even cheaper on ebay if you hunt around. It's also available from amazon.co.uk from £11.99.
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Peter Wells leaves the Air Force and re-joins his old race team but things don't go so well. His wife and his best friend fear for his life as his driving becomes more and more reckless.
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Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Mono
Dubbing Sound
Mono English
DVD Description
Peter Wells leaves the Air Force and re-joins his old race team but things don't go so well. His wife and his best friend fear for his life as his driving becomes more and more reckless.
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