Welcome to Death Rowtells the unauthorised history of the most notorious rap label ever. ... more
And what a story it is, with enough blood and betrayal to satiate the Borgias and machinations that would make Machiavelli proud. The rise and fall of Death Row an...
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fall of Death Row and its power-hungry CEO, Marion Suge Knight, makes The Godfather look like a bedtime story. The film traces the entire controversial history of the label and the impact it had, not only on the music industry but on American culture as a whole - constantly blurring the line between art and reality, crime and business, gangsta-rap and pop music.Led by Suge Knight, Death Row made superstars of artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. But by 1996, with the departure of Dre, the shooting of Tupac, its biggest star, and the imprisonment of founder Suge, the label was brought to its knees.Also contains the full-length movie - Tha Eastsidaz:Multi-platinum selling rap phenomenon Snoop Dogg stars in a gritty, all-action tale of double-cross and revenge set in his native Long Beach, CA. Snoop is Killa Pop, a respected and powerful gang kingpin looking to get out the game - as soon as he pulls off one last deal. But in this deadly heist any moment could be his last, and the only colour that counts is green.
Welcome to Death Rowtells the unauthorised history of the most notorious rap label ever. ... more
And what a story it is, with enough blood and betrayal to satiate the Borgias and machinations that would make Machiavelli proud. The rise and fall of Death Row and its power-hungry CEO, Marion "Suge" Knight, makesThe Godfatherlook like a bedtime story. The film centres on the testimony of Michael Harris--also known as "Harry O", as in octopus, because he had his business fingers in so many pies--who provided Suge Knight with the seed money to set up Death Row, and assigned his lawyer David Kenner to oversee the label's business affairs. The film traces the entire controversial history of the label, which at its height was turning over $500 million a year, and the impact it had on not only the music industry but American culture. "It was like working in a prison", says Doug Young, the label's record promoter, of Suge Knight's predilection for hiring gangsters and ex-felons. The film also details the relationship between Death Row and its biggest star, Tupac Shakur, and the effect that Shakur's sudden death in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting had on the label's fortunes (a story told in greater depth in Savidge's filmThug Immortal).Although none of the major players in this drama are represented on tape--Dr Dre and Interscope Records heads Jimmy Iovine and Ted Fields are as conspicuous by their absence as lawyer David Kenner and Suge Knight, the villains of the piece--the producers have unearthed an alarming number of believable behind-the-scenes sources including record promoters, managers, private investigatorsand former associates and employees of the label. Director Savidge wisely uses talking heads to tell his story, weaving into it a wealth of archive material and previously unseen home-video footage. The epic narrative is split into discrete chapters but, with so much information and opinion flying about, at times the chronology of events becomes confused. Yet this does little to spoil a documentary that goes a long way to revealing the intimate connection between the music industry and organised crime, and the desire for power and glory that drives them both.On the DVD:As if there wasn't enough information to digest in the documentary (which is presented in a clean 1:85.1 anamorphic format), the extra features on the DVD provide even more supplementary evidence. There are outtakes from the interviews used in the main feature, as well as additional interview footage of Snoop Dogg and Harry O. There is uncensored security camera footage of a fight in the lobby of the MGM Grand involving the Death Row entourage that preceded the death of Tupac Shakur by minutes, a music video for "Deep Cover" (the song that launched Snoop Dogg) and a fascinating audio commentary by director Savidge and producers Jeff Scheftel and Stephen A Housden, in which they relate the difficulties encountered in obtaining the trust of those they interviewed and the factors they took into consideration when constructing the film. Savidge recalls that the model they had in mind was the fractured, multi-perspective narrative of Kurosawa'sRashomon. --Chris Campion
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Advantages: Good story line Disadvantages: Rubbish special effects, lacks blood and gore and the scare factor
Released in 2006, ?DeathRow? was another horror film produced and directed by horror expert Kevin VanHook. Other horror films Kevin VanHook has produced and directed are those such as ?The Fallen Ones? (2005) and ?Voodoo Man? (2005). You may or may not have heard of these. He has also worked on films such as ?Miss Congeniality?, ?Daredevil? and ?I Robot?.
?An abandoned prison.
A dark past.
And an evil?
That will not die.?
This brief description on the front cover of the DVD gives you an insight to what the film is about. Drawing the attention of possible viewers. It certainly grabbed my attention and I was intrigued to find out more ...
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Advantages: A nice & mildly amusing film, includes a moose! Disadvantages: Film got bad press and was a flop, not enough moose in it.
Welcometo Marymooseport (there's a Maryport, and now a Mooseport, so I think there should be a Marymooseport)!
An introduction
For those of you who don't have the pleasure of knowing me, my name is not marymoose because I look like a moose (although if indeed you think that I look like a moose I will take that as a compliment), it is because I am obsessed with moose (and before you ask, the plural of moose is moose) and all things moose-related.
Back when I worked at the Church of England imagine my excitement when I was surfing the net one day (searching for moose I would imagine) and came across a new film that was being made called "Welcometo Mooseport". It was like all my Christmoose's and Moosedays had come at once!
It wasn't until a year later that I finally managed to get my hands on the DVD. The film was ...
Advantages: Great Fun and strong messages being sent to kids. Disadvantages: None
for the summer. It must be a long summer as she's still there.
The rest of the characters are puppets
Ziggy who is the only one that is the hardest to crack about healthy eating but he does in the end. He also wants to be s superhero like Sportacus.
Pixel is the computer genius and the gadget boy..
Stingy who is a mean as they come. He thinks that everyone and everything is his. Often taking things back from others.
Trixie who really is just pinkie friend. Not really sure why she is init to be honest as they all have a meaning and something about them but also a trouble maker at times.
The Mayor who is Stephanie's uncle and a nervous wreck.
Bessie Busybody who has the mayor at her back and call.
The DVD
The DVD it self contains 5 episodes. Each episodes it pretty much the same ...
Music label Death Row Records has, since its inception in the early ‘90s, become synonymous with American hip-hop culture. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label once boasted an impressive roster of hip hop talent including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and the late Tupac Shakur, all of whom released seminal rap albums under the Death Row moniker. However, several highly-publicised setbacks including the death of Tupac, artists’ in-fighting, and declining album sales, have turned the label into a shadow of its former self. WELCOME TO DEATH ROW is a fascinating, well-researched documentary which explores the history of this intriguing and incredibly significant company.
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