GIVEAWAY: Comedy 20 movie collection on DVD {ends 3/21}
Yesterday I posted about Mill Creek Entertainment's Action 20 collection (a collection of twenty action movies), as well as giving one of my lucky readers a chance to win a copy. Today I present the Comedy 20 collection (also by Mill Creek) as well as a giveaway!
About the collection:
A premium, 20-Movie Collection of licensed films from Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures.
Movies in the collection include:
Punchline
(1988) / R
Sally Field, Tom Hanks
“A wonderful, bittersweet comedy…” – Rex Reed & Dixie Whatley, AT THE MOVIES
Field stars as Lilah Krytsick, a New Jersey housewife and mother who desperately wants to make it big as a comedienne. Hanks plays Steven Gold, a self-centered Lenny Bruce-type who's been stealing the spotlight with his irrepressible, natural comedic talent. Drawn to one another, Steven helps the stumbling Lilah turn her routine from flat to funny, while Lilah helps Steven keep his anguished life together.
Postcards from the Edge
(1990) / R
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid
“Streep gives the most fully articulated comic performance of her career…” – Hal Hinson, Washington Post
In a brilliant comic performance, Streep stars as Suzanne Vale, a wisecracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. As her aging movie star mother, MacLaine offers the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens. Quaid and an all-star cast offer a bird's-eye view of Hollywood has-beens and wanna-bes.
Hollywood Homicide
(2003) / R
Harrison Ford, Josh Harnett, Lena Olin, Lolita Davidovich
A pair of detectives investigate the murder of a rap group while pursuing their other full-time professions. Welcome to Hollywood Homicide - the only profession where a guy can come to work hungry, horny, thirsty, and broke, and resolve all four by the end of the watch. - "Ford just gets better, more distilled, more laconic and more gruffly likeable.." - Roger Ebert/Chicago Sun-Times
Hudson Hawk
(1991) / R
Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell, Danny Aiello
An ex-cat burglar (Bruce Willis) sets out to steal a series of priceless artifacts in this globe-spanning caper. - "Bruce Willis is part James Bond, part Cary Grant and part Buster Keaton.." - Washington Post/Hal Hinson
The Freshman
(1990) / PG
Matthew Broderick. Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby
After starting his first year of film school in New York City, Clark Kellogg meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a dilemma involving endangered species and fine dining. - "...it's a brilliant comic masterstroke." - Roger Ebert/Chicago Sun-Times
Cops and Robbersons
(1994) / PG
Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest
Chevy Chase (Community, TV Series), Jack Palance (City Slickers) and Dianne Wiest (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) star in the comedy caper about a mild-mannered accountant whose dreams of being a super-cop come hilariously to life. In the pursuit of a dangerous counterfeiter, grizzled cop Jack Stone (Palance) convinces a suburban family to let him use their home for an extended stakeout. But this “typical” family is anything but, with a prat-falling father (Chase) whose cop show obsession endangers the whole operation. Reuniting the director and star of Fletch, Cops & Robbersons combines fast-moving farce, sight gags and physical comedy for arresting entertainment. - “This is a funny movie! It’s hysterical…a lot of laughs.” – Larry King, CNN
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About the collection:
A premium, 20-Movie Collection of licensed films from Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures.
Movies in the collection include:
(1988) / R
Sally Field, Tom Hanks
“A wonderful, bittersweet comedy…” – Rex Reed & Dixie Whatley, AT THE MOVIES
Field stars as Lilah Krytsick, a New Jersey housewife and mother who desperately wants to make it big as a comedienne. Hanks plays Steven Gold, a self-centered Lenny Bruce-type who's been stealing the spotlight with his irrepressible, natural comedic talent. Drawn to one another, Steven helps the stumbling Lilah turn her routine from flat to funny, while Lilah helps Steven keep his anguished life together.
Postcards from the Edge
(1990) / R
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid
“Streep gives the most fully articulated comic performance of her career…” – Hal Hinson, Washington Post
In a brilliant comic performance, Streep stars as Suzanne Vale, a wisecracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. As her aging movie star mother, MacLaine offers the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens. Quaid and an all-star cast offer a bird's-eye view of Hollywood has-beens and wanna-bes.
Hollywood Homicide
(2003) / R
Harrison Ford, Josh Harnett, Lena Olin, Lolita Davidovich
A pair of detectives investigate the murder of a rap group while pursuing their other full-time professions. Welcome to Hollywood Homicide - the only profession where a guy can come to work hungry, horny, thirsty, and broke, and resolve all four by the end of the watch. - "Ford just gets better, more distilled, more laconic and more gruffly likeable.." - Roger Ebert/Chicago Sun-Times
Hudson Hawk
(1991) / R
Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell, Danny Aiello
An ex-cat burglar (Bruce Willis) sets out to steal a series of priceless artifacts in this globe-spanning caper. - "Bruce Willis is part James Bond, part Cary Grant and part Buster Keaton.." - Washington Post/Hal Hinson
The Freshman
(1990) / PG
Matthew Broderick. Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby
After starting his first year of film school in New York City, Clark Kellogg meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a dilemma involving endangered species and fine dining. - "...it's a brilliant comic masterstroke." - Roger Ebert/Chicago Sun-Times
Cops and Robbersons
(1994) / PG
Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest
Chevy Chase (Community, TV Series), Jack Palance (City Slickers) and Dianne Wiest (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) star in the comedy caper about a mild-mannered accountant whose dreams of being a super-cop come hilariously to life. In the pursuit of a dangerous counterfeiter, grizzled cop Jack Stone (Palance) convinces a suburban family to let him use their home for an extended stakeout. But this “typical” family is anything but, with a prat-falling father (Chase) whose cop show obsession endangers the whole operation. Reuniting the director and star of Fletch, Cops & Robbersons combines fast-moving farce, sight gags and physical comedy for arresting entertainment. - “This is a funny movie! It’s hysterical…a lot of laughs.” – Larry King, CNN
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