This video is a compilation of some of Michael Jackson's most spectacular music videos, short films and television appearances. Includes Thriller (directed by John Landis), Billie Jean (from the Motown 25th Anniversary special), Beat It, Scream (a duet with his sister, Janet Jackson) and Earth Song. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
As part of his promotional campaign for the album Dangerous, Michael Jackson helped create a series of elaborate and lavishly produced music videos for songs from the set, and this video brings together the nine short films created to accompany songs from the disc. Videos featured include: "Black and White," the little-seen full-length version; ...
This iconic musical documentary covers the three-day 1969 music festival on the property of Max Yasger's farm that symbolized the late 1960s in terms of musical, social and political ideology of the era. American audiences are introduced to Ten Years After, featuring guitar great Alvin Lee. Jimi Hendix, The Who and Joe Cocker give riveting ...
Alternative kids-music trio The Laurie Berkner Band bring their act from the stage to the screen in this music video collection featuring some of the band's best loved hits. In addition to such concert favorites as "We Are the Dinosaurs", "Victor Vito", and "Pig on Her Head", this release also features the world premier of the band's new song ...
The creators of the internationally successful stage production Stomp produced this video, which takes the show's innovative style out of the theater and into the streets of New York City. Combining aggressively-physical dancing with everyday objects (brooms, garbage can lids, hammers, and plastic jugs, among other things) used both to make noise ...
The three greatest operatic tenors of the day -- Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti -- reunite for this 1994 concert commemorating soccer's World Cup Championships. Features the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Zubin Mehta. concert ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In 1997, four of America's leading African-American stand-up comedians -- Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Bernie Mac, and Cedric The Entertainer -- joined forces for a concert tour that became one of the top money-earning attractions of recent years, consistently selling out 10,000 to 15,000 seat arenas from coast to coast. The Original Kings of ...
Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through interview segments discussing their 15 years ...
Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1995, this tenth anniversary performance of Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil's landmark musical features a one-night-only "dream cast" of Les Mis veterans. Colm Wilkinson reprises his original role as Jean Valjean, the hero imprisoned 17 years for stealing a loaf of bread; Philip Quast is his ...
Bad-boy Blue Collar Comedy Tour favorite Ron White (aka "Tater Salad," to those in the know) returns to the stage in a standup performance that puts the absurdity of day-to-day life into hilarious perspective. After touching on such universal topics as marriage and offering some helpful advice on picking a spouse, the Scotch-swilling funnyman ...
Michael Flatley, star of the massively popular Celtic dance show Riverdance, created this elaborate fantasy (based on Irish myth) that blends traditional Irish music and dance with pop, rock and roll and Broadway-style choreography. Flatley portrays the title character, who must dance to retain his title against a band of challengers. ~ Mark ...
George Lopez brings his wide-ranging wit to a variety of topics in this HBO special. From the moment the comedian walks out to War's "Low Rider," the excited audience at Phoenix's Dodge Theater is treated to Lopezs takes on immigration law, family values, the environment, and more. No topic -- including dementia and interracial love -- is safe ...
Gangsta' attitude blends with hilarious observational humor and a spot-on sense of comic timing as comedian Katt Williams takes the stage of the Atlanta Civic Center and cameras roll to capture every hilarious moment. A street smart comic with a special connection to his many fans, Williams delivers a clever, refreshingly unrestrained brand of ...
One of the most distinctive vocalists in the history of rock and roll, Roy Orbison was in the midst of a well-deserved comeback in 1987 when he performed this special concert for television, beautifully filmed in black and white and featuring some famous friends helping him out. Orbison is joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, ...
The concert film Ron White: They Call Me "Tater Salad" features the standup comedy of Ron White. The comic covers many topics with his sarcastic style. Best known to audiences from his appearance in Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie, White released this film around the same time as his debut comedy album Drunk in Public. ~ Perry Seibert, All ...
Bill and Gloria Gaither have made an empire out of their homespun brand of Christian gospel. Since the 1960s, they've written hundreds of tunes, recorded dozens of albums, hosted their own television show, and found time to write books, direct musicals, and create a magazine - all devoted to contemporary Christian faith. The Blue Ridge Mountains ...
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert features the surviving members of Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon) reuniting for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London on April 20, 1992, following the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. Songs include "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "The Show Must Go On," and "We Will Rock You." ...
Perhaps best known as the motormouthed pimp Money Mike in Ice Cube's blockbuster hit Friday After Next (2002), the Cincinnati-born African American comedian, television star (The Boondocks, Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N' Out), and movie actor Katt Williams returns to his hometown for a night of comedy in the stand-up performance film Katt Williams: ...
This musical documentary concerns the Rolling Stones and their tragic free concert at Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in early December 1969. The event was all but destroyed by violence that marked the end of the peace and love euphoria of the 1960s. The night began smoothly, with the supercharged Flying Burrito Brothers opening up for the ...
Comedic actress Janeane Garofalo (The Larry Sanders Show and Mystery Men) hosts two episodes of the Comedy Product from cable television's Comedy Central channel. The series showcased some of the hottest, progressive twentysomething comedic talent that emerged from the alternative scene of the 1990s. In this video, Garofalo introduces routines by ...
This collection of live footage from Skid Row includes "Big Guns," "Sweet Little Sister," "Here I Am," "Holidays In The Sun," "Piece Of Me," Youth Gone Wild," "18 And Life," "Gold Gin," and "I Will Remember You." Also featured are several extended video clips, and rare backstage footage of the band at play. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Originally aired on NBC under the title Swing Out, Sweet Land, this 1970 television special features movie legend John Wayne as the host of a flag waving journey through American history. Join Wayne as he takes an involving trip into history with a little help from the likes of Jack Benny, Lorne Greene, Dean Martin, and Michael Landon. Dan Rowan ...
After the chart topping hit "Believe" made Cher the oldest solo female artist to have a number one single, she set out on a successful concert tour where she played the biggest hits of her career to adoring fans, while donning a stunning array of outlandish outfits. This documentary captures one of the shows on that tour. Cher delivers over a ...
The accomplished cross-dressing comedian Eddie Izzard showcases his remarkable talent in the made for HBO special Dress to Kill. This one man show, Izzard's fifth, is widely considered to be his breakthrough show for American audiences. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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