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City Hall
A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential
Politics and Injustice
City Hall (1996)
City Hall should not work

City Hall
Starring: Al Pacino , John Cusack , Bridget Fonda , Danny Aiello , and Martin Landau
Director: Harold Becker
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
ProductGroup: DVD
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...And Justice For All [Region 99]
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ASIN: B00000JGHL
Release Date: 1999-07-27

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This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack (Say Anything) plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino), a popular and seasoned politician whose administration is threatened when what seems to be an accidental shooting of a child reveals a nest of corruption and lifelong personal debts that tests Cusack's loyalty to the man he thought he knew. Pacino turns in a finely textured performance as a man who has his own lofty ideals, but whose pragmatism sets in motion a series of events with tragic results. Cusack admirably captures the essence of someone polished and savvy at his job who must cope with fundamental disillusionment. This political thriller suffers at times from a lack of focus, but still offers an insightful and poignant treatise on the quagmire of politics in the modern age and the human toll it sometimes exacts. --Robert Lane

Description

He's a consummate politician who walks a mile in your shoes, feels your pain. But there may be more to populist New York City populist mayor Al Pacino than meets the eye. Year: 1996 Director: Harold Becker Starring: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello Special Features: Interactive menus, Scene access Video Format: A: Standard; B: Widescreen Sound: English: Dolby Surround 2.0; French; Subtitles: English, French Region Coding: 1 (U.S. and Canada)

Customer Reviews:

City Hall.......2006-12-27

A decent and somewhat entertaining movie about political corruption in New York, this movie arguably would have been a total flop were it not for Pacino and Cusack. I feel that the amount of killing is a little excessive and lends to the general pradicability of the plot. It was worth watching once, but I doubt I'll ever feel compelled to do so again.

A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential.......2006-12-03

I think I agree with most critics who say that Jerry Goldsmith's score for "City Hall" is like a warm-up for "L.A. Confidential", and the tracks 'The Bridge' and 'The Meet' are proof of that. Although I have to admit that those two cues are the best of the CD, as well as 'Old Friends' and 'Count On It. The music certainly has that New York feel to it since the movie takes place there. Unfortunately, as for the rest of the album, it all sounds like there is no way to go; and it remains too quiet for my taste, possibly because the film itself is kinda dull in spite of Al Pacino's usual overperformance that keeps anybody awake. But then again, there is "L.A. Confidential"...

Politics and Injustice.......2006-09-10

This movie is the quintessential example of how politics and public opinion rules the day. Each of the actors in this criminal injustice movie are compelling. Cusack's plight is what endears him to the viewer--restive in nature, the Louisiana boy attempts to save Pacino's administration and future but, is unable to resurrect him in the end. While Pacino is resolute in his hopes, dreams and desires, his role as the Greek mayor of New York City is plagued with a plethora of problems that he can no longer control. His prior associations for good or bad is what is his final Waterloo. This film is resplendent in its depiction of police and political depravity. This is a must see film for political science and criminal justice students.

Most respectfully,
Dr. Charles Thomas Kelly, Jr.
Assistant Professor of the
Administration of Justice
Louisiana State University-Alexandria

City Hall (1996).......2006-01-01

Cast: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridgett Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau, David Paymer, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Schliff, Lindsay Duncan.
Running Time: 111 minutes
Rated R for language and some violence.

"City Hall" is one of those hopeful yet ultimately frustrating films that never really delivers toward its potential. It's as if the characters, the plot, and the pacing of the film were kept apart throughout filming, and then only introduced in the editing room. The film begins with a lackluster conflict, the accidental shooting of a child by a drug dealer with relatives in the NY mob families who looks as if he came directly from Central Casting, and acts just as stiff. Before we even know anything about this character, he's confronted by a possibly corrupt cop ( the entire background motivation and confusion regarding the cop's rational for meeting with the drug dealer alone, without backup and without reporting in first is left completely unresolved), gunfire is exchanged, and everyone is dead, including the innocent child, who is clearly injected into this formula for nothing more than aesthetic/emotional purposes, and is treated like "cinema-chum", shot dead for instant sympathy by the audience, only to draw in the bigger fish in the water, the primary characters.

On the heels of the shooting, we are introduced to our principles, Al Pacino as the mayor, John Cusack as the deputy mayor, single-handedly managing the entirety of New York. The completely contrived setup of the administration of a city the size of New York being managed, at least from all appearances we are given on screen, by these two characters is beyond laughable, but insipid. The central plot of the movie springs from the reaction by City Hall to this one shooting incident, as the world is (we suppose) put on temporary pause for days afterward in New York by this event. Cusack abandons his supposed position with City Hall and becomes a knee-jerk Mickey Spilane, trodding beside Bridget Fonda on some half-ass investigation of the politics surrounding the now dead cop, suspected of corruption, and the question of why the drug dealer was ever on the streets in the first place, having been questionably released on parole years before. Everyone phones in their performances, which appears as if everyone approached the movie with high hopes, then got distracted by something better to do, (possibly calling their agents for better scripts once this movie started filming) and just showed up to through with the dialogue. Numerous gaffs, faux pauxs regarding life in New York, cornball accents by Cusack, Fonda's character operating with the depth of a spring puddle, vanilla backgrounds, boring dialogue (save Al Pacino's impassioned, yet ultimately weak tirades toward the shooting of James Bone and his personal conversations with Pappas) make for a really unsatisfying films; "City Hall" just can't deliver and feels like a TV movie of the week.

City Hall should not work.......2005-08-27

A complicated story line. John Cusack is new to me: a performance that only falters in the last stages of the film. John Cobb (Austin, TX) has said in his review, "I am not a big Pacino fan, feeling he only plays one character well, and that one I'm way past tired". I see what he means.

The set characters and set pieces - down to the set music - grow increasingly hollow to the point that you wonder if Pacino was intending to sound hollow.

This film should not work yet by the end you have been drawn into it. You have seen something not great but unusual and magnetic. You watch the credits feeling sombre. You hope that on one will talk to you for a while.

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Formative Years
the Worst Action movie I've ever seen
Horrific And Awesome Action Movie With Heart And Rage
Way better than Spiderman!!!!
"You're going down Burnhead" ???

Darkman
Starring: Liam Neeson , Frances McDormand , Colin Friels , Larry Drake , and Nelson Mashita
Director: Sam Raimi
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Formative Years.......2007-05-14

There are some movies that one remembers as they grow up and even fewer films have a direct impact on their development. Darkman is not one of them but I do remember quite a bit of it.

Day after day I would come home from school, curl up in front of the VHS player and do my homework while watching this movie. Rewatching it today satisfies a feeling nostolgia for those times. It's amazing how much of the film I remember. It may not be as good as I remember but that is not at the fault of Sam Raimi and the other collaborators on the film per sae as the quality of the final product was highly influenced by the socio-economics of the Studio at the time of the production which is unfortuante: a film that is way too short to unfold the interesting mythology which had potential to be a great story arch that never came to fruition (run on sentences are applicable in film reviews).

All and all, a terrific iconic film from the early 90's that deserves a repeated viewing every year or so.

the Worst Action movie I've ever seen.......2006-08-22

I guess success turned around for Sam Raimi in 2002 & 2004 with the two Spider-Man films, but first he created this "V" like character in this garage of a movie, I liked "V for Vendetta" but not this "Darkman" if want to see a badly burned viligante in a mask see "V for Vendetta" don't see "Darkman"

Horrific And Awesome Action Movie With Heart And Rage.......2006-01-06

Years before moviemakers really starting getting comic book adaptations right with films like "Spider-Man" and "Batman Begins" came "Darkman", a brilliant action-horror movie that came closer than any show before it to capturing the darker, more developed comics of the modern era. It's a gory and action-packed - and intelligent, emotional and quite often humorous - tale as Peyton Westlake (superbly played by Liam Neeson) becomes the Darkman after barely surviving an attack by mob thugs employed by the crimelord Durant (Larry Drake), who Westlake's attorney girlfriend Julie (Frances McDormand) is trying to bring down. A scientist researching the development of a perfect synthetic skin to aid burn victims, it's being immersed in this liquid in its unstable corrosive state and then left for dead following the explosive destruction of his lab that is largely responsible for Westlake's metamorphis into Darkman.

Unable to feel physical pain but constantly assailed by emotional and mental anguish. Enhanced strength due to the maximum adrenaline now coursing unchecked through his system constantly, 24 hours a day. Serious rage problems. Severely altered, scarred physical appearance. Westlake/Darkman can create perfect masks of any human being (and mimic their vocal patterns precisely) but the masks break down after a finite period in sunlight, and thus he most frequently appears in his new identity's trademark garb of bandages and black trenchcoat and hat. I realize typing that that it sounds like a dopey outfit but it's actually a striking and intimidating look onscreen thanks to the great effects and costuming. Hellbent on a path of revenge against Drake's crime empire, and on protecting his love Julie from the shadows, the violent and vengeful reign of the Darkman begins. A movie that possibly could only have been made by a man capable of directing such diverse films as the "Spider-Man" epics, the "Evil Dead" trilogy and "The Gift". Highest recommendation.

Way better than Spiderman!!!!.......2005-12-02

Im a big fan of Liam Neeson, everything he does is great. Darkman was not only fun, it was different. The love story between Darkman and julie was great, since it didnt end in the in a typical fairytalish happy way. This reminded me of spawn in a way, and ive wanted more spawn. With the tense action, original superhero like traits, and the romance, this movie is one hell of a swing, on chains that is.

"You're going down Burnhead" ???.......2005-11-24

I have to say that I was not familiar with any Darkman comics, or had had any other contact with the character apart from this movie so I cannot compare the character to other sources. Therefore, coming from someone that did not "know" Darkman prior to the film I have to say that the movie was quite a disappointment!
There are the obvious comic book characteristics that one finds in these types of movies, like the Shadow, Batman etc, which is interesting.
Nevertheless, Darkman was quite a disappointment considering the make-up of the cast: Liam Neeson, Larry Drake, and Frances McDormand among others. It is the story of a scientist who falls victim to a group of gangsters resulting in his horrendous disfigurement. In an effort to exact revenge, he makes use of his latest invention in order to appear like his targets/victims....
In short, the acting and the plot are average (nothing great), while the dialogues are way below average. The movie falls into the action/adventure/horror type of category.
The characters are, overall, bland and just plain uninteresting (e.g. Rick Anderson played by the "fool," Ted Raimi, from the Xena series).
Though the potential for a good movie was definitely there it fails to take off. A shame really...
In a nutshell, it's not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it might provide for an evening's entertainment, and that's about it.
No masterpiece here... 2 Stars

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City Hall
A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential
Politics and Injustice
City Hall (1996)
City Hall should not work

City Hall
Starring: Al Pacino , John Cusack , Bridget Fonda , Danny Aiello , and Martin Landau
Director: Harold Becker
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Aiello, Danny | ( A ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Cusack, John | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Duncan, Lindsay | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Fonda, Bridget | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Franciosa, Anthony | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Labelle, Rob | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Landau, Martin | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Pacino, Al | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Paymer, David | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Peters, Roberta | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Schiff, Richard | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Serrano, Nestor | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Winkler, Mel | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

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...And Justice For All [Region 99]
Sea of Love (Collector's Edition)
Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
Serpico (Widescreen Edition)
People I Know

ASIN: 0780623592
Release Date: 1999-05-18

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Customer Reviews:

City Hall.......2006-12-27

A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential.......2006-12-03

Politics and Injustice.......2006-09-10

City Hall (1996).......2006-01-01

City Hall should not work.......2005-08-27

Reconstruction Era Reference Library Edition 1.

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Reconstruction Era Reference Library Edition 1.
Roger Matuz , Bridget Hall Grumet , and Kelly King Howes
Manufacturer: U·X·L
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book

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The three-volume Reconstruction Era Reference Library provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Almanac covers the political and social aspects of Reconstruction, including carpetbaggers and scalawags, amnesty for white Southerners, "Black Codes," the impeachment of President Johnson, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to restore the old order in the South and much more.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Biographies examines key figures from the era, such as Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Edwin M. Stanton, Charles Sumner and many others.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Primary Sources includes rich source material, including the Civil Rights Act, Freedman's Bureau Law, diaries of former slaves, the Reconstruction Act of 1867 and more.

Customer Reviews:

Whatever happened to.....?.......2003-02-21

Scratch the Surface is a documentary made by former model Tara Fitzpatrick who interviews the models that she worked with in her youth. The insights offered by her peers are not particularly noteworthy, but I bought this dvd because I was a teenager during the time these ladies were modelling and I was one of the many young girls fascinated by these young ladies and followed them month to month "Seventeen" magazine. I always wondered what happened to them and although the documentary doesn't reveal much, it does give a glimpse of what they are up to now.

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City Hall
A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential
Politics and Injustice
City Hall (1996)
City Hall should not work

City Hall [Region 2]
Starring: Al Pacino , John Cusack , Bridget Fonda , Danny Aiello , and Martin Landau
Director: Harold Becker
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

City Hall.......2006-12-27

A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential.......2006-12-03

Politics and Injustice.......2006-09-10

City Hall (1996).......2006-01-01

City Hall should not work.......2005-08-27

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The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)...
terrorism and wmd brought to the big screen
Sadly disappointing!
good dvd
What can I say?

The Sum of All Fears
Starring: Ben Affleck , Morgan Freeman , James Cromwell , Ken Jenkins , and Liev Schreiber
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
ProductGroup: Movie
Binding: Video Download

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Release Date: 2007-05-29

Customer Reviews:

The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)..........2007-06-02

This is a good movie that invites one to think. The acting was very good. Morgan Freeman again, is outstanding!

terrorism and wmd brought to the big screen.......2007-04-03

Great video with all star cast that shows the realities that face us here in america. A terrorist mastermind wants to drag the U.S. and Russia into WW3 and uses a smuggled nuclear device to do it. The only thing i would have done differently, is to have used Islamic terrorists to make it more lifelike.

Sadly disappointing!.......2007-02-14

Tom Clancy's "Sum Of All Fears" is a 900 page thriller - complex, highly detailed and smart. A mini-series would be necessary to preserve the integrity of the story, but alas it was squashed into two hours for the theater. Large parts of the story were completely discarded and what remains has been compressed to the point of being barely recognizable. What makes the book so interesting is the premise that the US and Russian governments could be manipulated by clever terrorists, and in spite of all safeguards the world could be brought to the brink of nuclear war. The movie shows us the escalating danger, but without the insights. Be afraid, be very afraid!

While I can understand the problem of creating a coherent screenplay I cannot understand the characterization of Jack Ryan (played by Ben Affleck). Jack Ryan (as portrayed by Tom Clancy) is not just a guy who runs with guns. He is smart, thoughtful, and highly articulate. He is the Deputy Director of the CIA and an advisor to the President! Yet in this film he says things like "I really don't believe the Russian leader would act that way, Sir." Apparently we are supposed to believe that Jack Ryan saves the day because he can walk away from helicopter crashes, and because he's really, really sincere.

Still, on the plus side the film is nice to look at, moves at a fast pace, has a few well done special effects, and some decent acting (notably Morgan Freeman). The ride can be enjoyable if you don't think about it, so I give it two stars. Regardless of how you feel about this film I say read the book. You won't believe how much more there is to this story.

good dvd.......2007-01-04

It is a good merchandise very low price. It a great opportunity to collete all those movies that can t bee fond in any store.

What can I say?.......2006-11-10

A Movie that will make you wonder if it could be true. It made you wonder what would happen next or if they would be able to stop it in time and did not come with the normal hollywood happy ending that we all wait for. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a good action movie.

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City Hall
A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential
Politics and Injustice
City Hall (1996)
City Hall should not work

City Hall [Region 2]
Starring: Al Pacino , John Cusack , Bridget Fonda , Danny Aiello , and Martin Landau
Director: Harold Becker
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

City Hall.......2006-12-27

A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential.......2006-12-03

Politics and Injustice.......2006-09-10

City Hall (1996).......2006-01-01

City Hall should not work.......2005-08-27

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City Hall
A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential
Politics and Injustice
City Hall (1996)
City Hall should not work

City Hall
Starring: Al Pacino , John Cusack , Bridget Fonda , Danny Aiello , and Martin Landau
Director: Harold Becker
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Aiello, Danny | ( A ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Cusack, John | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Duncan, Lindsay | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Fonda, Bridget | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Franciosa, Anthony | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Labelle, Rob | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Landau, Martin | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Pacino, Al | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Paymer, David | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Peters, Roberta | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Schiff, Richard | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Serrano, Nestor | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Winkler, Mel | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Becker, Harold | ( B ) | Directors | VHS | Video

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General | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | VHS | Video

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...And Justice For All [Region 99]
Sea of Love (Collector's Edition)
Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
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People I Know

ASIN: 6304099355
Release Date: 1997-01-14

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Customer Reviews:

City Hall.......2006-12-27

A Warm-up For L.A. Confidential.......2006-12-03

Politics and Injustice.......2006-09-10

City Hall (1996).......2006-01-01

City Hall should not work.......2005-08-27

Reconstruction Era: Primary Sources Edition 1. (U X L Reconstruction Era Reference Library)

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Reconstruction Era: Primary Sources Edition 1. (U X L Reconstruction Era Reference Library)
Bridget Hall Grumet , and Lawrence W. Baker
Manufacturer: U·X·L
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Binding: Board book

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Book Description

The Reconstruction Era Reference Library provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.

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