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Fox Home Entertainment(1985-02-21)

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(Death by the Busload)

(A solid San Francisco police procedural in the "Bullitt"-mode)

(Eight People Know Who The Killer Is - And They're All Dead)

(Interesting Police Procedural, Very Much Of Its Time)

(Matthau and Dern at their best)

Gritty naturalism and Altman-esque crosstalk amid great Bay City location work inform this 70s procedural that entertains but misses the mark of being a classic. The picture's overlong with a few too many red herrings. Things pick up for the climax. (Indeed, the ingenious plot could be due for a remake.)

Matthau is suitably low-key in the picture's admirably unsparing picture of the cop's home life. Lou and Bruce are along to jack up the energy.

In the 1960s the writing team of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo wrote police procedural mysteries based on the cops of the Stockholm PD--a sort of Swedish 87th Precinct series without a vestige of wit or humor, hence the ironic title. Oh, very gloomily Scandinavian! The books were immensely successful in Europe and even managed the almost unprecedented feat of jumping the Atlantic to become best sellers in America. "The Laughing Policeman" was probably the best-known book of the lot. It is still very much in print and well worth reading today.

Inevitably the series was picked up on option by an American film studio. In 1973, "The Laughing Policeman" was filmed ... with a few changes.

Ingmar Bergman may have been widely admired but he was not box office. No US studio was going to risk big bucks on unknown Swedish actors, nossiree. Walter Matthau was hired to play the lead detective and a young Bruce Dern to play his sidekick. (It should be remembered that in those days Matthau was still an all-around actor, and a good one; his talent had not yet disappeared beneath his comic persona.) If no Swedish actors, than certainly not Stockholm, a town that was presumably gloomy and dull. (Who knew? Who cared?) San Francisco was neither. That was the place!

The movie starts out with a wordless sequence which begins at what was then called the Eastbay Terminal located at about First and Mission Streets. A miscellaneous lot of people board a small diesel bus decked out in the Municipal Railway's old green and cream color scheme that clearly bears the route designation "14 MISSION." The bus wends its way through the streets of San Francisco until one passenger uses an automatic assault rifle, called a "grease gun" in the script, to murder everybody else on the bus. The bus, no longer controlled by the now-dead driver, careens slowly through Chinatown, coming at last to a stop in a gentle crash. The mass murderer, face unshown, steps off and, so far as the puzzled detectives who soon arrive on the scene are concerned, vanishes into thin air.

(Now, to any San Franciscan, a major mystery immediately appears: what in tarnation was a 14 MISSION bus doing so far off course--in Chinatown, of all unlikely places?)

"The Laughing Policeman" was made in the era of the hugely successful Steve McQueen vehicle, "Bullitt," a police procedural set in San Francisco and almost dialogue-free. "The Laughing Policeman" is chattier, but not by much. I wouldn't be surprised to find that all the dialogue in the shooting script could be contained in under ten typewritten pages.

Like "Bullitt" and another famous San Francisco mystery movie, "Vertigo," "The Laughing Policeman" is both an homage to the City and a travelogue. In "Bullitt," San Francisco is an action-oriented theme park suitable for chases up and down the hilly streets. In "Vertigo," San Francisco is a place of picturesque monuments that mask old sins. But in "The Laughing Policeman" the cameras dote on the sleazy underbelly of the City, familiar places in the daily slog of the natives but effectively invisible to the tourists.

I lived in San Francisco for 31 years. I left it in 1973. This movie exactly captures the City as I remember it. (I visited San Francisco a couple of months ago. With the single exception of the Embarcadero Freeway, torn down after the big 1989 earthquake, hardly a brick or a hair has changed in any of the locations that appear on the screen.)

All in all, this is a pretty good, terse, well-acted film that offers a respectable story and is at once a travelogue and time capsule.

Give it a try. Five stars.
Sgt. Jake Martin is speaking to his new partner, Insp. Leo Larsen; trying to convince him how important this investigation is. Inspector Leo Larsen is leery:

"Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Evans was working the Teresa thing on his own time. He's killed on the same bus with Gus Niles who's looking for a grease gun that happens to be the weapon used.

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: And then his girlfriend winds up dead on the floor with the needle... Jake, you realize what you just did? You do it to me all the time, now you heard what the man said upstairs.

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I heard him, I was up there, he's a nice man, he shoots in the low 80s, but he plays too close to the vest.

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Then what are you laying all that crap on ME FOR? WHY DON'T YOU STOP IT FOR ONCE? That's YOUR personal hang-up, it does NOT happen to be mine!

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Can't you see it?

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: I see one thing, I see why you're such a good cop, and one reason only, because you're so screwed up otherwise. You're beyond human belief, you understand that? You've got nothing else, no personal life, nothing!

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: All I'm asking you to do is help me tail a guy for a few days, its routine!

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: IT IS NOT ROUTINE JAKE, GODDAMMIT, IF THE BOSS SAYS FORGET IT!"

Nine people in San Francisco get on a bus, one leaves alive. The
living one takes with him a "greaser", some sort of sub-machine gun that he used to kill the other eight. Why? What is this all about? That is what Sgt. Martin wants to know. One of the eight is his dead partner, who was supposed to be on vacation. Jake Martin( Walter Matthau) is obsessed with this case, and will not rest until he finds the answer. Enters (Bruce Dern)Insp. Leo Larsen, his new partner. This is Leo's break, up into the big time, but his partner doesn't talk much, and it drives him crazy.

Sgt. Jack Martin is "melancholy, bordering on depression, overwhelming him because he suspects he may have lost his partner as the result of the two-year-old case he failed to resolve." Thus "The Laughing Policeman" is a play on words. This case takes us into the underground of San Francisco in the 1970's. Fuzzy, high hair, hippies, bright suits and a tamer life than we know now. The investigation is "right on", and the clues and lack of clues bring them to many stops along the way. All of the clues are looked at carefully, and all of the leads followed up. The criminal elements are all interviewed. The loves and the outlaws are interplayed with junkies and the motorcycle mamas. These detectives are real and play the part, they are depressed and worried and sometimes hate their job. Sgt.Martin has been in this business for a long time, and the unsolved case of a few years ago has now come full tilt. There is the requisite car chase in San Francisco up the hills and around the sharp corners. Walter Matthau has stepped into his second detective role, and at times it seems as if he is reaching for this character. Bruce Dern plays his character with charm and determination. The scenery is magnificent and the city comes alive. This is the beginning of the detective series that we have seen so many times on TV. "The Streets Of San Francisco" it is not, but almost as good.. Recommended. Prisrob

Two men get on a bus in early morning San Francisco. It's still dark out. One seems to be following the other, and the first man appears to be aware of it but isn't concerned. There are five other passengers, among them an old man, a young woman going to work, a Chinese-American kid. The bus picks up another passenger. This man goes to the back of the bus, and while he's seated he quietly reaches into a bag and screws on a barrel to a machine gun. Then he stands and murders everyone on the bus. The bus crashes and he walks away. This is a taut, terrific opening to a police procedural that I wish I liked more than I do.

It turns out that the man on the bus who had been following the other is a policeman. Among the cops called to the scene is Jake Martin (Walter Matthau), who was the guy's partner. Martin is shocked at the discovery. He has no idea what his partner had been doing. With a massacre on his hands, the lieutenant in charge (Anthony Zerbe) tells Leo Larsen (Bruce Dern) to work with Jake. He makes it clear he wants all stops out to find the killer. What follows is a meticulous look at dogged police work, chasing down leads, searching for connections, trying to make sense of what appears to be a senseless act. Some of those killed had crime sheets or were drug users, and this sends Martin and Larsen into San Francisco's underbelly. Finally Martin realizes that there might be a connection to a two-year-old case that he had talked to his former partner about, a connection that may have triggered his partner's interest. If this turns out to be true, then Martin and Leo have a lead to a killer.

What is so good about this movie is, among other things, the set up. The machine gun shooting is a startling opening. It raises all kinds of questions. The look into police methods keeps your attention; you see how Martin and others put the pieces together. Matthau does a fine job as Martin, close to being burned out, laconic and not too interested at first in working with Larsen, who's a bit of a wise guy. The tension between the two of them works, I think, because Matthau and Dern are both good actors. There are three excellent set pieces that are very well handled: in the morgue during the autopsies of the victims, in the emergency room where staff tries to save the one survivor, and the lead-up to the bus shooting.

Where I wish it had been better concerns the casting of the smaller parts and the direction. Too many of the actors look like actors. Much of the movie is spent turning over stones and looking at San Francisco's lowlife...pimps, prostitutes, sleazy bar managers, porno theater ticket sellers, burlesque dancers, gay bar denizens in leather or makeup. Most of them look like they're acting sleaze. If you want a taste of real life, check out Mona Lisa, where the underage prostitutes have pimples on their faces and backsides. There's none of that reality here. There also is a tendency to create emotion-charged scenes that are marred by "acting"...the kind of slightly false intensity you can see on some television cops-and-robbers series.

This is one of three crime movies Matthau made in a three year period. The others were Charley Varrick, also in 1973, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three in 1974. This one is interesting and worth a watch. Unless you really like Matthau, I'm not sure if you'd want to buy it. Varrick, if it had a better DVD presentation, and Pelham are both, in my view, keepers. The DVD presentation for this one is not great but not too bad. There are no extras.

If you want a treat, get a copy of the book this movie was made from. Same title, The Laughing Policeman, by Maj Sjowell and Per Wahloo. The detective is Martin Beck, not Jake Martin, and the bus massacre takes place in Stockholm. It's an excellent police procedural mystery.
There is absolutely nothing funny about "The Laughing Policeman", director Stuart Rosenberg's ultra-serious, ultra-violent police procedural/character study from 1974. Actually, that it's a hard-boiled police thriller is apparent five minutes in, when a lone gunman machine guns an entire city bus full of passengers to death and disappears into thin air. Enter foul-tempered homicide detective Lt. Jake Martin (Walter Matthau), whose anger intensifies when he realizes one of the victims is his off-duty partner. He's in even less of a good mood when he's paired with affable, sympathetic new partner Leo Larsen (Bruce Dern, in a rare "straight" role). The rest of the film follows their search for the killer, which leads them into some pretty unsavory places in and around San Francisco.

"The Laughing Policeman" isn't so much a police thriller as a procedural, and a very good one at that. There is very little action, and most of the tension comes from Martin and Larsen's prickly relationship. And gay viewers may be offended by where the crime ends up, as the San Francisco gay scene is shown in an extremely negative light. That said, there's something special to be found in any movie that relies on sheer acting from its lead and supporting cast, which includes Lou Gossett and Anthony Zerbe as fellow cops and Cathy Lee Crosby and Joanna Cassidy as two women who may have clues to whodunnit. And the last fifteen minutes are absolutely hair-raisingly suspenseful.

I'll say no more about this excellent thriller except to say that the DVD is presented in an excellent color transfer and in the proper 1:85:1 aspect ratio format, unlike the unfortunately botched release of Matthau's other stellar 1974 crime thriller "Charley Varrick", which is dumped onto DVD in a fullscreen transfer. Unfortunately, the only special feature is the original theatrical trailer, which is incredibly dated like most trailers of the era.

Thrill seekers may want to look elsewhere, but those in the mood for an intelligent, atmospheric thriller may find what they're looking for in "The Laughing Policeman".

**** (out of *****)
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Sony Pictures(1998-07-28)

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("Stand by Me"--a must-see!!!)

(Nostalgia, almost...)

(The BEST movie about the "growing up" years!)

(Great memories...)

(2.5 stars out of 4)

I ordered the DVD of the movie, "Stand By Me". I had seen this movie in the theater, back in the '80s, with my sister, Eva Cassidy---the wonderful singer who died in 1996 from cancer......
Eva and I LOVED this movie, and us watching it together in the theater is a wonderful memory I will have forever.......
This movie delves deeply into the hearts, minds, and souls of these youngsters. It is at times funny, and then heart-breaking, and most people who watch this movie will recall their own childhoods.
This movie is one you will want to watch again and again, which is why I bought the DVD in the first place!
This movie was directed by Rob Reiner, and was based on a story by Stephen King--need I say more?!!!
Buy this for yourself--you will not be disappointed!
I'm a baby-boomer that has seen and enjoyed this movie many times. I have read a number of reviews complaining about the profanity of the four boys. I lived for over 20 years across the street from a grade school and, believe me, boys that age (and even younger) DO enjoy tossing profanity around when teachers or adults aren't around, and many of them are quite adept at smoking cigarettes, too. (In this day and age, little girls are just as likely to do so.) Back in the 50's, though, I can't recall hearing boys or girls using the f-bomb as these kids did in the movie. That word didn't gain popularity until later...Just an observation.
"Stand By Me" is the BEST movie ever made about the "growing up" years, when one is about 13 years old. Think of it as sort of a "Wonder Years" of the big screen. All the young actors gave AMAZING performances, but I have to say that River Phoenix's is the standout.

It's a tragedy how the River Phoenix story ended. Such a TALENTED young actor. Who knows what movies he would be making today. Perhaps he would be as big a star as Johnny Depp is. I think he would.

Rob Reiner has directed FOUR films I consider to be CLASSICS. These are "This Is Spinal Tap", "When Harry Met Sally", "Misery" and of course, "Stand By Me". I must mention what I think are the two best scenes in this movie.

The first (and best) is the "pie story" Gordie tells by the campfire. CLASSIC! The second is the "train dodge" by Gordie and Vern on the trestle.

If you want to see a pre "24" Kiefer Sutherland, check him out here.

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Does anyone?"
This is a classic and a must have to any DVD collection. Brings back memories of the good old days and youth. It is the adventure which molded their lives forever.
The Bottom Line:

A maudlin movie which coasts on a wave of pure nostalgia to its shattering anti-climax of a conclusion, Stand By Me is inexplicably beloved despite being a completely forgettable film: unless you happen to love the song Lollipop or want to see lots of boys crying and hugging, stay away.
A sleeper hit when released in 1986,Stand by Meis based on Stephen King's novella "The Body" (from the bookDifferent Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. It's about four boys ages 12 and 13 (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell) who take an overnight hike through the woods near their Oregon town to find the body of a boy who's been missing for days. Their journey includes a variety of scary adventures (including a ferocious junkyard dog, a swamp full of leeches, and a treacherous leap from a train trestle), but it's also a time for personal revelations, quiet interludes, and the raucous comradeship of best friends. Set in the 1950s, the movie indulges an overabundance of anachronistic profanity and a kind of idealistic, golden-toned nostalgia (it's told in flashback as a story written by Wheaton's character as an adult, played by Richard Dreyfuss). But it's delightfully entertaining from start to finish, thanks to the rapport among its young cast members and the timeless, universal themes of friendship, family, and the building of character and self-esteem. Kiefer Sutherland makes a memorable teenage villain, and look closely for John Cusack in a flashback scene as Wheaton's now-deceased and dearly missed brother. A genuine crowd-pleaser, this heartfelt movie led director Rob Reiner to even greater success with his next film,The Princess Bride.--Jeff Shannon
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New Horizons Home Video(2000-07-25)

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(I Love This Movie)

(I'd Give it a 0 If I Could!!!)

(great movie)

(Pretty Good)

(Kids love it on D-Channel -- hard to find as rental...)

This is one of my favorite movies! It has a wonderful cast and great characters! Tyler, the mean big brother, is played by my favorite movie star, James Marsden! He has so much talent! The plot of the movie is good and there are many funny jokes! It's a great family film! Its even better when you watch it and then watch 27 Dresses! Then you see how James has gone up in his acting career! I say every family should watch this movie! It's a classic!
My family and I were expecting a good nice clasical movie but after seeing the first 9 minutes we just had to turn it of. You saw this little girl watching TV and in it was a monster that was eating people. Blood was everywhere and it was disgusting. I had to run out of the room to get a breath of fresh air. I thought that it might get better but when I came back I saw this big boy pushing his little brother around. This was not a normal boys fight, it was definetly violent. Then, my parents put a stop to it. We didn't even see the rest of the movie. I'd definetely not reccommend this movie to anyone. So, people, don't waste your money and time on this movie.
hey this is a pretty good movie i recorded this from the disney channel in about 1998 trust me dawg if i liked it yawl will like it
This movie is definitely a good kid's movie. The kids learn how to manipulate their parents to get everything they want, including getting rid of their evil big brother, Tyler. The characters are pretty well played, especially the part of the big brother, James Marsden, as Tyler. I remember I used to cringe, because he's almost too believable. He plays the evil part really well. If you're under thirteen, this movie is a very good way to fill the afternoon.
The Cochran kids have figured out how to control their parents -- even get them to send evil older brother to boarding school. Nice fantasy.
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Starz / Anchor Bay(2002-01-22)

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(Too Good For One Movie!)

(Great, Fun Movie)

(Funny Florida)

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(Honky Tonk Freeway)

This has to be one of the best comedies of all time. Just check out the list of actors in this film, not to mention the characters, and situations the portray, all of them on their way to Florida for one reason or the other, all connecting in the town of Ticlaw. They could have made a sitcom of this movie and I'm sure it would have been on the tube for years. I first watched this on HBO in the 80s, taped it, and have enjoyed it ever since. You won't be disappointed.
I really enjoyed this movie. It was fun and it probably helped that my expectations were pretty low. I grew up in the town that hosted most of the downtown scenes - Mount Dora, FL (a correction to the previous reviewer indicating Fruitville was the filming location). They did film the scene of blowing up the overpass near Sarasota.
Honky Tonk Freeway, for many years, held the record for losing more money than any Hollywood product in history. Having probably the worst, most ill-conceived title possible and no real star power, it was easy to overlook. The fact is, it's a funny movie. This isn't "art" and it doesn't pretent to be. But, if I have a choice of spending an evening with either Honky Tonk Freeway or Out of Africa, it's going to be the trip to Ticlaw, Florida for me.
this movie is a classic to me. i have not see it since the late eighties. that is why i am pleased i found it at amazon. does not have it anywhere else that i know of...
The movie is great fun to watch with my family. Parts of this film was filmed in Sarasota,FL where we live and I did work as an extra on this film. We were thrilled to find it and have a copy to enjoy again and again, and of course to go with the my keepsake Honky Tonk Freeway t-shirt, paycheck stubs and letter of thanks.
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(A Presidential Candidate no less.)

(A Television Movie about the Horror of War!)

(Faith of My Fathers)

(Real American Hero)

(Toned down but balanced)

Shows why McCain should have won the election. Faith, courage, determination, honesty, commitment all the qualities of a fine President.
Based on the memoir of the same name, this story is the familiar one about United States Senator John McCain who survives a prison camp in Vietnam during his tour of duty.
The actors are somewhat unknown but familiar. The film was produced by Arts&Entertainment network which is probably why the tone of the violence was toned down in retrospect and some might say not enough.
I can't imagine what really happened to John McCain during his time there. I have not read his book but I do imagine that it was far more worse than the film portrays to be.
I think in all that the film does it's best despite probably a limited budget and a cast including an actor, Shawn Hatosy, who does a remarkable job in bringing to light about a man who is both complicated and likable.
The scenes in the prison camp were probably toned down immensely as if not to turn us off from the movie.
As a granddaughter of a POW during World War II, I can't imagine the horrors of the camps. For John McCain, he was offered amnesty and freedom long before he was actually released.
This film shows how his character was already defined by his family make-up, his first marriage, and his relationship with his military father.
Anybody else would have longed to escape such nightmarish conditions but JOhn would rather lie than give up his men or break the honor code even if it meant torture and killing.
This film can and should be shown to everybody in schools and the book should be read as well.
This was an excellent movie and should be seen by all Americans. John McCain has a legacy left by his father and grandfather that is instilled in him.
This effective dramatization of Sen. John McCain's ordeal in the "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner of war camp for 5 years was actually released a few years ago, based on his memoir of the same name. It also deals delicately with his relationship with his father, both remote and adored, and the clearly the strongest influence in his life. It is very well acted, with a cast that I didn't recognize with the exception of Scott Glenn. In an interview with Sen McCain, he touches lightly on the accuracy of the set of the prison, and his feelings about seeing it.
Even if you read the book, the video is very worthwhile.
As others have noted, to create a film that could be shown on television, the violence that McCain and other POWs experienced is toned down. That distorts just what McCain went through before he signed the statement his captors were demanding. Keep that in mind as you watch this film. If most people can't stand to merely watch what he went through, what must it have been like to have endured that torture?

McCain was a POW for five and a half years, from October 27, 1967 until March 14, 1973. During that time, Jane Fonda made her infamous July 1972 visit to North Vietnam, getting photographed aiming an NVA anti-aircraft gun, something that can only be taken as an endorsement of the North Vietnamese dictatorship. The following year she would tell the New York Times, "I'm quite sure there were incidents of torture... but the pilots who were saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic. I believe that's a lie."

Fonda was the liar. Grim as it is, this film is the truth.

--Michael W. Perry, editor of Chesterton on War and Peace: Battling the Ideas and Movements that Led to Nazism and World War II
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(not as good as the original......)

(does anyone notice the final scene??)

(SCARY MOVIE)

(And why did I want to see this film again?!)

(Why Roger...why?)

not as good as the original (which wasn't very good) but has enough of blood, beasts and babes to keep you interested. Far more sillier than the original which also makes a more fun casual watch (especially with a few drinks in you).
Humanoids From the Deep
ok there are like 4-5 reviews on this film and being a big fan of the original corman classic i feel this film does not live up to the original.its watchable but the original has a cult status that is insane and will live on in infamy.
however in all of the reviews of this classic remake i have not heard any mention of the final scene where the monsters come out of the sea and attack the fishing village during the cumminity fair was the same exact footage from the original corman classic,they just inserted a good 10-15 minutes of the original film into the remake some twenty years later.am i the only one who notices this as i had not read any other comment on this bizzare twist.???
THIS MOVIE WAS BASICALLY ABOUT SCIENTIST DOING TESTS AND THEY BACK FIRE.EMMS SAMMS WAS IN THIS MOVIE AND EVEN THOUGH I ENJOY HER MOVIES THIS ONE WAS WAY TO SCARY FOR ME.FISHMEN ATTACKING A TOWN AND MORE. MY NEPHEW ENJOYED IT BUT I DIDN'T.WHAT THEY DID TO EMMA AT THE END REALLY TURNED ME ON THIS MOVIE THAT WAS REALLY A CRUEL THING TO DO.THAT MADE ME RALLY DISLIKE THIS MOVIE. WATCH THIS MOVIE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
This IS the 1980 film starring Doug McClure. Now, ol' Doug was never going to win any awards for his acting, but even he outdoes himself in the bad acting department in this super cheesy film.

I remembered this film from the days when I got my first VCR. I had remembered it as being fairly well done. Boy, was I wrong! This movie BITES!

HFTD follows the same basic premise that every "seafaring" monster film has since Jaws was made: people get attacked, pets get attacked, locals get angry, loyal local takes charge to get monster, expert scientist is readily on hand to assist, more people get eaten, festival/holiday is disturbed by the monster; hero dispatches monster, and finally, the film sets us up for a sequel.

Jaws was a one time thing. Even Speilberg never thought it was going to be as popular as it was since they hadn't been able to get the shark footage that they wanted. The result was a benchmark film against which all other seafaring "monster" films are judged.

The acting is quite terrible throughout. It's not amateur hour, but you can actually see the non acting throughout (McClure's screen wife has absolutely no expression on her face when she is attacked by several of the Humanoids). The scientist who knows what's going on (Ann Turkel) is so vapid that you just want to shake her. Ann Turkel got her acting chops from the modeling runway and we all know that is sufficient (right!). She has no expression and she moves as if in a dream, delivering her lines evenly and expressionless. Hilariously when the hero, the scientist, and the honorable local (an American Indian) go to the location where the local first saw the monsters, we can tell that the location is anything BUT where he first saw it. How can this be since he saw it on his own property? However the location they identify is NOT his property!

The script is such a pitiful mess that the writer should be ashamed of himself.

The monsters (the Humanoids) are two legged fish monsters with a tail - at about 7 feet tall - they are the result of frog DNA being merged with salmon DNA and then the salmon being eaten by "the once thought extinct but isn't really" coelocanth. So where do they get their two adult legs and extra long five fingered arms (oh, that must be the frog DNA at work, since frogs are bipeds, aren't they?).

Rob Bottin created the monster costumes and while not totally stupid looking, they are quite idiotic (but that's more the director's and producer's fault than his).

Really cheesy and badly done film. Don't bother.
I don't see why Roger Corman would allow one of his best, if not best of his works to get butchered like this, even when he was producing. The entire scare factor that the original had is gone, the great music is gone, the characters you could give a damn about are gone, the awesome monsters are gone, leaving this movie a VERY pale imitation of a classic 1980 monster movie.

I can understand that this was a low budget, but so was the original, and it still came out better. The original Humanoids looked much better then these here new ones, the older ones had character and a feeling of terror, these here new ones are horrid, they still have the basic design...but the feeling just is not there. The monsters awesome shreeks are gone, replaced by crappy sounding "ape" grunts.

You couldn't give a care about the characters anymore, that is the best I can say about them. The acting, even by my standards is dreaded, I guess Corman felt that the only way to possibly keep a viewer's attention is throw blood everywhere and womens' chests.
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Review: "The Faith of Barack Obama"
Title: The Faith of Barack Obama
Author: Stephen Mansfield
Published: Thomas Nelson, 2008

This is an extremely insightful book about the faith of Barack Obama. Briefly, there are three reasons why you should read this book. Firstly, the reader will gain a better appreciation of Barack Obama both as a person as well as a decision-making political leader. Secondly, reviewing his religious vision can be rewarding as it helps us to learn to appreciate our own spiritual journeys. The third and final reason is the most significant. As Obama is one of the most influential world leader, we will learn to better appreciate the reasons behind the man's decision making and not simply consume the whole news reporting by the mass media.

MAIN POINT: It is the inward faith that dictates outward actions. Thus, in order to appreciate the person and to understand his leadership style both past, present and future, one will need to comprehend his `religious vision that informs his life.' (xxiii)

In a sense, the book is like a religious biography of Barack Obama. The author paints Obama as a man trying to walk the middle ground between the left and the right. Not only does the political climate requires it, the post-modern culture demands it. `Balance' is the keyword and a given in the modern secular American culture. Stansfield shows us a man who grew up as one forced to walk between two worlds. The first part of the book describes Obama's frantic search for self-identity. Racially he is `too black' among his white friends and `too white' among his black friends. Religiously, when he was young, he was exposed to atheism, Islam, humanism and various Christian beliefs. His grandmother, Madelyn Payne , herself a rebel to strict religion, was born to conservative Methodist parents. His grandpa, Stanley Dunham welcomed Unitarianism. His father Barack Obama Sr had Islamic influences, and his stepfather lived in a Muslim populated country of Indonesia. Geographically, he has lived in Hawaii, Indonesia and North America. Thus, his search for self-identity starts with trying to make sense of a background that is mixed with superstitious folk religions, skeptical religious reactions and secular political expectations. On top of that, he struggles with racial identity (black or white?), religious affinity (Muslim, Christian, liberal?) and political nationality.

In "My House, Too," Obama embraces a personal faith that is intimately shaped by Rev Jeremiah Wright, the black pastor of Trinity Church. It is through this relationship with Trinity Church and Dr Wright that helps Obama register some pride in being black. Instead of focusing on the radical theologies of the Trinity pastor, Stansfield constructively highlights the significance of Wright's ministry that restores pride and purpose in the faith of Barack Obama. Thus, Obama finds his faith in the Trinity version of `activist,' `politically liberal,' and responsible social action (61). Trinity Church's highly educated ministry leaders helps to address Obama's intellectual curiosity. Its well connected parish enables him to rub shoulders with leaders in various echelons of high society, yet keeping in touch with the ordinary man in the street through fellowship meals that is full of `hugs and meals and stories to be shared' (63). In fact, his decision to leave Trinity is a remarkable display of how he tries to walk the balance between two opposing forces. On the one hand, he refuses to disown his pastor, by saying: `you don't abandon family' (65). Yet due to political sensitivities, he wisely withdrew his membership from the controversial church. Stansfield does the public a good service in highlighting the importance of Trinity's positive influence over Obama, to counter the various negative images that some quarters of the press have paraded about over its radical preaching, and the lack of patriotism. Indeed, it is only right to remember that Obama did not ascend to the Presidency on his own strength. His ability to stand on his own agenda stems from a recovery of his self-identity that first started at Trinity Church and nurtured via a close relationship with his spiritual father, Jeremiah Wright.

The Integration of Faith&Practice
Contrary to what some people may believe, Obama is not a fence-sitter. He has convictions that is close to his heart. In his foray into politics, he has to address both concerns of the religious left, the conservative right and others. Yet there is a sense that he is able to stand on his own without having to sway to either side of the religious left or right. (Some may contend that he is more 'leftist' than right wing.) He tiptoes gently among pro-choice and pro-life groups. Religiously, he treads carefully among the liberals and the conservatives. Eventually, he embraces a faith that is liberal (99). In order to deeper appreciate the positioning of Obama, one of the most helpful parts of the book is the `Four Faces of Faith.' Here, Stansfield uses four famous personalities to draw the political-religious landscape. In John McCain, we see a form of leadership that is based on old-fashioned conservative faith that determines `right behavior,' where `character and duty' and `virtues' are `informed by faith' (104). In Hillary Clinton, we see a face of America that tries to update traditional Methodist faith to the modern environment. In George W Bush, we see the champion of `Religious Right,' the `evangelicals, the awakened Moral Majority' that tries to explicitly practice Christian principles both nationally and to some extent internationally. Stansfield contrasts these three faces with Obama by saying that Obama differs from all of them by being black, liberal, under fifty and `Christian in a non-traditional sense'(127). Most significantly, while the three faces mirrors various forms of conservatism and glorifies past successes, Obama epitomizes the future.

Yet, this does not mean Obama is one who is helplessly liberal and ungrounded in anything. In fact, Stansfield highlights Obama's faith as different from Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, who tried to go too far to the other end by explicitly separating faith from practice (143). In fact, Obama is one who is firmly integrated. It is from this angle that Stansfield see Obama as a person who can bring healing to the nation. Obama's non-alignment to any of his previous predecessors makes him an ideal candidate to start things afresh. Perhaps, in Obama, there will be national unity to bring about courage to address poverty, attack racism and accelerate ethical levels that is consistent with personal faith and public practice.

My conclusion
America, despite its increasingly secular influences, and the constant determination to keep religion separate from the state, it is still a land where faith matters mean a lot. In fact, the leader seems to be the one who is able to mirror as closely as possible the religious identities of the general public. It is here where I shall conclude this review. The reason for Obama's popularity is simple. Religiously, racially, and politically, his struggles mirrors many of us and increasingly points to how the new world will look like. Never underestimate the power of faith, and specifically never underestimate the potency of the faith of Barack Obama.

This book is highly recommended for those of us who wants to fresh look at the person behind the Presidential seal and the reasons for his inner strength. Due to his amazing ability to mirror the changing landscape of the new century, we see a leader who not only understands the past and the present, but can potentially usher in hope for many in the future and beyond.

I'll give this book 3.5 stars out of 5.

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Policial conservative and author of The Faith of George W. Bush, Stephen Mansfield, has written a new book entitled The Faith of Barack Obama.

I saw the video above long before I read the book, and I sure wish there were more people like Stephen Mansfield around. He set his political leanings aside and actually took the time to explore the faith of Barack Obama, objectively, with an open mind.

Barack has an amazing story, one with an extraordinary spiritual timeline. Stephen pulls no punches and covers all aspects of Barack's faith. But he does so with the grace of someone who grasps that Jesus didn't just die for Republicans. That the faith of Democrats are just as real. That Christians need to show the world that we are better than the hate we've been spewing in the political arena.

This was a fascinating read, and it made me want to go back and read his previous work on George Bush's faith. George Bush changed the game when it came to faith and politics, and Barack is taking his baton and running like Usain Bolt. I recommend this to anyone that is considering voting in this upcoming election. You owe it to yourself to know, as Paul Harvey always says, "the rest of the story."
The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield was an intriguing idea for a book but a bit difficult to get through at times. Mansfield has authored several other books on the faith of notable political and historical figures, including Winston Churchill, Booker T. Washington, and George W. Bush.

Albeit, the book was written in the midst of the election, so the author's perspective is unique, but I think such a point-of-view actually kept the work more pure. Mansfield writes like a journalist, and so at times, this short, nonfiction book in your hands feels much longer. Nonetheless, he gives a fair and unbiased overview of our current president's religious beliefs and how he arrived there.

The Faith of Barack Obama describes what it was like for Obama to grow up under the strange mixture of religious influences: agnostic humanism from his mother, Islamic superstition from his Indonesian stepfather, and nominal Methodism from his grandparents. His unique upbringing and mother's influence seemed to have also contributed to some of his liberal political views. According to Obama, he does not claim to grow up in a religious household nor was faith a significant part of his early adulthood. His journey with Christianity really began when he became a community organizer in Chicago and saw the social and political power of inner-city churches.

Of course, much of the book is dedicated to (and most likely in reaction to) Obama's relationship to the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Mansfield describes a close relationship between Obama and Wright (he was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago for two decades), telling stories of Obama's decision to come forward in response to an altar call and his baptism.

Regarding what Obama specifically believes, that's still a bit amorphous. At one point, he has been quoted saying, "I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ." And yet, at other times, he expresses a particularly low view of the inspiration of the Bible. That is to say, that he seems to believe that some parts of the Bible are true, while others could be flawed. Mansfield's stance on the matter is that Obama may not be an evangelical Christian in the same sense that James Dobson is, but he is, nonetheless, a follower of Christ in the process of learning and growing in his faith.

Mansfield was not as helpful as I believe he could have been in painting an accurate and detailed picture of our president's faith. He borrows extensively from Obama's own autobiographical works, and at the end of the book, I'm still wondering what Barack really believes. While part of that may be due to his own vague descriptions of faith, the text doesn't provide much more than you could find from reading The Audacity of Hope or skimming a few articles on the internet. One reviewer noted that it seemed like the author had to rush this to print and cut some corners. I have to agree.

After reading this book, I have more sensitivity to our current president's faith and what is hopefully motivating his decisions. There were times when I was downright floored by what he said and did - things that were of no political benefit for him. Nonetheless, I have to take a pragmatic approach to this issue. If Obama is a Christian, then that will be evident in the decisions he makes. I believe that our president's faith will be tested and shown over the next four years. Mansfield's The Faith of Barack Obama certainly gives us plenty of insight into how Obama has come to believe in his religious beliefs; however, where he will take them, in my opinion, is still yet to be seen.
Overall I am impressed at the author's ability to chronicle Obama's faith story without appearing to have an agenda or political stance. I found this book to be a very honest and candid look at one of today's most intriguing figures. Mansfield sums up the premise of the book well when he wrote,
"....in the belief that if a man's faith is sincere, it is the most important thing about him, and that it is impossible to understand who he is and how he will lead without first understanding his religious vision that informs his life."

Humble Beginnings
As a boy he lived in a home where his mother was an atheist, his step-father was Muslim (although more into folk rituals than traditional Islam), while simultaneously attending a catholic school. This diversity has given him a great appreciation for all faiths, a quality that would serve a President well who would lead a nation that is no longer Christian (although founded on Judeo-Christian virtues), but one of comprised of many faiths.

The elephant in the room: Trinity Church&Jeremiah Wright
Eventually his journey finds him at Trinity Church in Chicago, under the tutelage of the now famous Jeremiah Wright. Mansfield describes Trinity as the "....longest lasting connection of his life, his only spiritual home and arguably the most defining relationship he has ever known." Mansfield gives an honest and balanced look at both Trinity and Wright, at times defending both vigorously, however I'm left still troubled by the church and the man as a whole. The church is rooted in Black Liberation theology which appears to be more of a "message of political liberation rather than spiritual regeneration." Francis Shaeffer calls it, "little more than black bigotry reworking the mission of Jesus." I wonder with great trepidation what kind of impact that this kind of theology and biblical perspective has on his worldview.

A faith worth fighting for
Mansfield references a lot of Obama's own captured words that shows his faith to be one that he has grappled with. As a boy with a confused and mottled faith background, Obama tackles his new found Christian faith with a mental and emotional veracity that I find both sincere and inspiring. For most of my life, faith came easy to me. I accepted it before wrestling with my own doubts, rather than the reverse. It almost made it feel cheap in a way. Obama gives an honest and candid account of his faith in his own words:
"I remained a reluctant skeptic, doubtful of my own motives, wary of expedient conversion, having too many quarrels with God to accept a salvation too easily won."
"It came about as a choice and not an epiphany; the questions I had did not magically disappear."

Revival of the Religious Left
Maybe one of Obama's most important legacies will be the revival of the religious left. Obama has given a new voice and home to the evangelicals that have previously been cornered into the Republican pocket. Shelby Steele states that:

"Obama is more significant for who he is than for what he does politically. Whether or not he wins his party's nomination and the presidency, Obama is meaningful to our time for what he represents that is therefore placed under the national spotlight:, the challenges of the biracial person. The cause of the poor. The rise of a new generation. The restoration of religion to the political left. "
The religious segment that used to be shooed away from Democratic circles now feels safe and welcomed to a party reformed partly by Obama giving voice to his own faith story. Obama seems to have managed a healthy balance between constitutional and religious authority and the tension in between. Recognizing that many issues are faith issues, and not just abortion and gay marriage.

If you are looking to understand more about Obama's faith story I highly recommend this book as it gives a balanced and thorough look at a man who is destined to have a large footprint on American history.

Fluid. Subtle. Nuanced. Complex.
For those who embrace a worldview of certainty and absolutes- a view stereotypically associated with a fading era and generation- such words concerning truth and faith are viewed with suspicion.
But for an increasing number, these words elicit a different response- a sense of relief, a freedom born from humility.
It is among these two dominant views of life and truth that we currently reside. It is in this time period, which could accurately be described as a hinge point of history, in which Barack Obama is running for president of the United States.
Much has been made of Obama's faith and how it informs his politics and decisions. Truth be told, no politician in recent history has had more attention paid to his or her religious background than Sen. Obama. But despite this massive amount of coverage and attention, or perhaps because of, there are so many still unsure of where Barack Obama stands in terms of faith.
Enter into the discussion Stephen Mansfield and his latest book, The Faith of Barack Obama. Mansfield, the best-selling author of The Faith of George W. Bush and other works, took up the challenge of investigating and researching the much maligned roots of Sen. Obama's faith.
The book is exactly what it is billed to be: a fair-minded account of Obama's faith, which traces the upbringing of Barack- from his birth in Hawaii, to his time in Indonesia; from his mother's two marriages, to his time in college and beyond. Along the way, Mansfield does an incredible job describing Obama's spiritual journey and quest to find a true home for his faith, a place where he truly belonged as a child with so many different ancestral backgrounds.
All of this, of course, is nothing really new to a person who puts in the time to do serious research beyond merely reading and accepting whatever comes into an e-mail inbox. One can find information pertaining to Barack's struggle with faith and finding a community to call home in his own works. This is not the true value or importance of Mansfield's work. The true value lies in Mansfield's call for us not to write off Barack Obama and his story as mere politics. Barack Obama is not creating a new world, but he could rightly be called the face of it. Support him or not, he is a unique personage in history, in that he truly embodies the spirit of our time. Barack Obama's candidacy, Mansfield points out, offers us an opportunity- an opportunity to evaluate where we stand in this time of convergence, or as Mansfield calls it, "this generational handoff;" an opportunity to "heal historic wounds", "to be more Christian than Republican, more American than Democrat, more noble and righteous than crassly and callously political."
For all of the good that Mansfield book does to dig deeper and look more openly at the journey of Barack Obama's faith, its worth comes from its call for all of us to recognize exactly where we are in history, and, politics aside, the chance we have to unite and work together - from all sides of faith and politics.
Get inside the mind and soul of Barack Obama

InThe Faith of Barack Obama,New York Timesbestselling author Stephen Mansfield takes readers inside the mind, heart, and soul of presidential hopeful Barack Obama—as a person of faith, as a man, as an American, and possibly as our future commander in chief.

America faces looming inflation, climate change, a national credit crisis, war in the Middle East, threats to security and liberty at home, and skyrocketing oil and gas prices.

With all of these threats to our security, prosperity and freedom on the horizon, it has never been more important to choose the right leader for America.

“If a man’s faith is sincere, it is the most important thing about him, and it is impossible to understand who he is and how he will lead without first understanding the religious vision that informs his life,” writes Mansfield.

InThe Faith of Barack Obama, Mansfield holds back nothing to share that vision and explain its roots, including:

• Obama’s upbringing in a non-Christian home
• the influence on his life from his agnostic mother and Muslim father
• his remarkable turn to Christianity after working in the inner cities of Chicago
• his years at the controversial Trinity United Church of Christ
• his association to the radical teachings of Rev. Jeremiah Wright
• the source of Obama’s relentless optimism and hope for America

Every American voter concerned to know more about Obama’s beliefs, both religious and political, and how the two intertwine should read this book, as should every thinking person who continues to shape and evolve his or her religious beliefs.

Barack Obama, according to Mansfield, is“raising the banner of what he hopes will be the faith-based politics of a new generation . . . and he will carry that banner to whatever heights of power his God and the American people allow.”

“You must read this perceptive and well written book. Then you will know why Barack Obama has such a passion for justice and equity, such a gift for filling people of different generations with a newfound hope that things can and will change for the better.”

—ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
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What a great book. I especially liked the chapter on search marketing. Kate did a wonderful job here.
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(not timely after '08)

(Originally from Consider the Lobster)

(i didn't read the book)

(Important to know the context of this book was 2000, not 2008)

If you're a fan of David Foster Wallace's nonfiction, I think this is probably a must-read. It faces squarely off against his fascinations with issues of ethics and authenticity, and shows him in a troubled frame of mind. I can't say how much editing was done recently, but this is technically the last book he published before his death so it's also got that grim recommendation.

By turns it's uncomfortably funny and fascinating, and it paints a portrait of McCain that's remarkably insightful in the light of the recent campaign. It's DFW at the top of his nonfiction game.
...this essay, wonderful as it is, is a little outdated and, now, some of the things that DFW has written about mccain are patently false (eg: being locked in a box in the hanoi hilton for 4 years. yes, he was there, but he was not kept "in a box" every single day, as dfw says.) it's interesting, too, that this was written on assignment for rolling stone back in '99. contrast this with Mat Taibbi's RS article of this year, "mccain: the fake maverick."

that said, i love, love, love DFW's writing, and am so sad he is gone. purchase "consider the lobster" to get a more fully-rounded DFW experience. this essay is included there.
So if you have any interest in his other essays, read that book instead of this one. While this is not a bad essay, note the timing of its re-release during a year when McCain is running for the Presidency of the US. Note also that Wallace, recently deceased, had changed his opinion of McCain, as per an interview he gave in May 2008: [...]
but author david foster wallace committed suicide two days ago. not sure what that says about the current state of presidential politics, if anything. rest in peace, david. a huge loss.
Given DFW's recent tragic death (and the election timing of this re-release), I'd imagine alot of folks may now discover this book. What Wallace wanted current readers understand about the context, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview from June 2008. Here's the excerpt:

"The essay quite specifically concerns a couple weeks in February, 2000, and the situation of both McCain [and] national politics in those couple weeks. It is heavily context-dependent. And that context now seems a long, long, long time ago. McCain himself has obviously changed; his flipperoos and weaselings on Roe v. Wade, campaign finance, the toxicity of lobbyists, Iraq timetables, etc. are just some of what make him a less interesting, more depressing political figure now--for me, at least. It's all understandable, of course--he's the GOP nominee now, not an insurgent maverick. Understandable, but depressing. As part of the essay talks about, there's an enormous difference between running an insurgent Hail-Mary-type longshot campaign and being a viable candidate (it was right around New Hampshire in 2000 that McCain began to change from the former to the latter), and there are some deep, really rather troubling questions about whether serious honor and candor and principle remain possible for someone who wants to really maybe win. I wouldn't take back anything that got said in that essay, but I'd want a reader to keep the time and context very much in mind on every page."
Is John McCain "For Real?"

That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was increasingly perceived as a harbinger of change, the anticandidate whose goal was "to inspire young Americans to devote themselves to causes greater than their own self-interest." And many young Americans were beginning to take notice.

To get at "something riveting and unspinnable and true" about John Mccain, Wallace finds he must pierce the smoke screen of spin doctors and media manipulators. And he succeeds-in a characteristically potent blast of journalistic brio that not only captures the lunatic rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign but also delivers a compelling inquiry into John McCain himself: the senator, the POW, the campaign finance reformer, the candidate, the man.
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