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Holistic Guidance - Shy People
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $39.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin
Directed By: Andrei Konchalovsky
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301071390
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301071395
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-05
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A journalist and her teenage daughter journey to the swamps of the Louisiana bayou to write a story about a long lost branch of their family.
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Summary: Beautiful picture wasted on tape...
Comment: I recorded this one back in the early nineties from HBO and I still have it.
Naturally, by today's standards, it looks awful. But since I like the story and the acting in it, I am willing to forget about its flaws in picture quality.
Yet, as for so many other little "jewels and gems" out there, seemingly nobody has the time to find a pristine copy and slam it onto DVD...
Is it because in this case, it was produced by The Cannon Group, a production company long gone, who was managed by the Golan-Globus team?
OK, so the company does not exist anymore, but has anybody thought at buying the rights and make it their own?
Just as it has happened for really crappy movies in the past?
Perhaps crap is better than art.
I also remember having watched the movie at theaters and it was gorgeous. The hostile, almost gothic landscape of the bayous was so romantically photographed that despite its unfriendly appearance it was almost inviting to a person who has never been there.
Shy People merits a royal digital treatment, if not for the photography alone, at least for the acting contained in it.
I hope someone listens to reason and works up the courage to do so.
I really count on it...
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Summary: Shy People
Comment: A good movie done from good writing. The acting is excellent all around. It was real, a little dark at times, poigniant,but engaging. I'm surprised that it never made it to a DVD version. The used VHS I got was in good condition but the color had faded - which no one can prevent. Soon the movie won't exist for the general public and that will be a sad day.
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Summary: Two thumbs DEFINITELY up!
Comment: This is a compelling story - very engrossing and fascinating. Barbara Hershey gives an excellent performance, as does Mare Winningham. The setting is the swamps of Louisiana - spooky, and mystical. I loved this movie - I've watched it a dozen times! It's one of those movies that you keep thinking about the moral or the message - the twists in the plot that change the outcome for the characters, and the lessons they learn. Not one I'd show to younger kids, because it has foul language, sexual conduct, drug use, and an attempted rape scene. But definitely a two-thumbs up for adults or very mature youth.
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Summary: Sleeper
Comment: An excellent movie with superior acting with a real meaasge.
If you haven't seen it - you must!!!
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Summary: What a Movie! Don't miss this Unusual and Wonderful Film
Comment: Great performances, highly original script, and beautiful direction. Barbara Hershey should have received an academy award for her performance in this film. If you enjoy film making at its finest, this is a film for you. One of my all time favorites.
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