Bay Area 02 Bookstore | Fun videos you may enjoy

American Graffiti
1973 Rated: PG
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, et al.
Director: George Lucas
The action (in American Graffiti) is propelled by the music of Wolfman Jack's rock & roll radio show--a soundtrack of pop hits that would become as popular as the film itself. As Lucas develops several character subplots, American Graffiti becomes a flawless time capsule of meticulously re-created memory, as authentic as a documentary and vividly realized through innovative use of cinematography and sound. The once-in-a-lifetime ensemble cast members inhabit their roles so fully that they don't seem like actors at all, comprising a who's who of performers--some of whom went on to stellar careers--including Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, and Paul Le Mat. A true American classic, the film ranks No. 77 on the American Film Institute's list of all-time greatest American movies. --Jeff Shannon Wild Wheels
1992 (Bay Area director) Harrod Blanc
VHS Rated: NR

Review
From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide Genuinely funny documentary about the unbelievable crazy custom cars that dot the American highways and auto shows. Must be seen to be truly appreciated--interviews with drivers who own these wild vehicles are a continuing source of entertainment.

Rendezvous
1992 VHS Rated: NR
Starring: Claude Lelouch, et al.
A viewer from New York , March 17, 1999 See why he was arrrested for making this movie. An action-packed ten minute film. Lelouch strapped a 16mm camera to the front of his car and took off to meet his wife before the can of film ran out. He races through the streets of Paris at top speed, narrowly missing other cars, people and those pesky trash trucks! It had me screaming because it was real. It wasn't done with any special effects. When the film was screened, Lelouch was arrested. Watch this film and see why. Death Race 2000
1975 Rated: R VHS
DVD
Starring: Carradine, Stallone, et al.
Director: Paul Bartel
Paul Bartel's (Eating Raoul, Rock 'n' Roll High School) cheap-o satire about a futuristic international sport--an anything-goes car race where drivers score points for hitting pedestrians--stars David Carradine as a hero behind the wheel and Sylvester Stallone as his nemesis. The film is clever and macabre enough as a modernist satire, but finally overplays its hand in grim, decadent humor. The sets are gloriously artificial, and former Warhol star Mary Woronov is in sexy, comic form. A DVD release is available. --Tom Keogh

Repo Man
1983 Rated: R VHS
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, et al.
Director: Alex Cox
Otto is a slacker, a loser, a regular guy working hard to accomplish nothing at all. But he discovers a code of honor and higher purpose when he joins a select group of latterday knights: the repo men. As a fledging apprentice, Otto slowly learns the ways of these high-caliber, over-medicated auto repossessors. And when a $20,000 bounty is placed on a mysterious, missing car, Otto eludes the police, feds, and other repo men in a frantic search for this holy grail. Could one man's destiny lie in the back of a 1964 Chevy Malibu? Viva Las Vegas
1963 Rated: NR VHS
Starring: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret et al.
Director: George Sidney
Synopsis
An aspiring race car driver, with dreams of winning the Grand Prix, has to raise the money to buy an engine for his car. But the beautiful swimming instructor who's caught his eye doesn't like the idea at all. Can he get the cash and change the woman's mind in time to enter the big race? Features Elvis in ten glorious, lavish production numbers.

More information from Amazon
Shipping options
Amazon.com customer service
Security

Search:
Enter keywords...

American Graffiti 1973 Rated: PG Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, et al. Director: George Lucas The action (in American Graffiti) is propelled by the music of Wolfman Jack's rock & roll radio show--a soundtrack of pop hits that would become as popular as the film itself. As Lucas develops several character subplots, American Graffiti becomes a flawless time capsule of meticulously re-created memory, as authentic as a documentary and vividly realized through innovative use of cinematography and sound. The once-in-a-lifetime ensemble cast members inhabit their roles so fully that they don't seem like actors at all, comprising a who's who of performers--some of whom went on to stellar careers--including Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, and Paul Le Mat. A true American classic, the film ranks No. 77 on the American Film Institute's list of all-time greatest American movies. --Jeff Shannon	Wild Wheels 1992 (Bay Area director) Harrod Blanc VHS Rated: NR Review From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide Genuinely funny documentary about the unbelievable crazy custom cars that dot the American highways and auto shows. Must be seen to be truly appreciated--interviews with drivers who own these wild vehicles are a continuing source of entertainment.
Rendezvous 1992 VHS Rated: NR Starring: Claude Lelouch, et al. A viewer from New York , March 17, 1999 See why he was arrrested for making this movie. An action-packed ten minute film. Lelouch strapped a 16mm camera to the front of his car and took off to meet his wife before the can of film ran out. He races through the streets of Paris at top speed, narrowly missing other cars, people and those pesky trash trucks! It had me screaming because it was real. It wasn't done with any special effects. When the film was screened, Lelouch was arrested. Watch this film and see why.	Death Race 2000 1975 Rated: R VHS DVD Starring: Carradine, Stallone, et al. Director: Paul Bartel Paul Bartel's (Eating Raoul, Rock 'n' Roll High School) cheap-o satire about a futuristic international sport--an anything-goes car race where drivers score points for hitting pedestrians--stars David Carradine as a hero behind the wheel and Sylvester Stallone as his nemesis. The film is clever and macabre enough as a modernist satire, but finally overplays its hand in grim, decadent humor. The sets are gloriously artificial, and former Warhol star Mary Woronov is in sexy, comic form. A DVD release is available. --Tom Keogh
Repo Man 1983 Rated: R VHS Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, et al. Director: Alex Cox Otto is a slacker, a loser, a regular guy working hard to accomplish nothing at all. But he discovers a code of honor and higher purpose when he joins a select group of latterday knights: the repo men. As a fledging apprentice, Otto slowly learns the ways of these high-caliber, over-medicated auto repossessors. And when a $20,000 bounty is placed on a mysterious, missing car, Otto eludes the police, feds, and other repo men in a frantic search for this holy grail. Could one man's destiny lie in the back of a 1964 Chevy Malibu?	Viva Las Vegas 1963 Rated: NR VHS Starring: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret et al. Director: George Sidney Synopsis An aspiring race car driver, with dreams of winning the Grand Prix, has to raise the money to buy an engine for his car. But the beautiful swimming instructor who's caught his eye doesn't like the idea at all. Can he get the cash and change the woman's mind in time to enter the big race? Features Elvis in ten glorious, lavish production numbers.