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The following DVDs
starring actor Alec Baldwin are available through
Amazon.com. |
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Amazon.com - "This is
going to be the last big score, I promise." Famous last
words--uttered by crack thief Doc McCoy to his wife--that set
forth a whirlpool of deception and violence in Roger Donaldson's
1994 remake of The Getaway. Bailed out of a Mexican jail by
shady businessman Jack Benyon (James Woods) in order to hit an
Arizona dog track for him, Doc (Alec Baldwin) and Carol (Kim
Basinger) flee for south of the border when the robbery goes
wrong, with the million-dollar loot in tow. Following close
behind are Benyon's men and Doc's double-crossing partner Rudy
(Michael Madsen). The updated version shares not only the
original film's plot, but also the added twist of having husband
and wife Baldwin and Basinger step into the roles of the first
real-life couple to make the film, Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw.
This time, however, the woman's role has been given a tougher
'90s edge, with Basinger pulling almost as many punches and
firing as many shots as Baldwin, compared to McGraw, who
followed McQueen around in wide-eyed, silent terror. The
Getaway maintains the same deliberate, neo-noir pace that made
the first film taut, creating a claustrophobic atmosphere in the
wide-open, desolate Southwestern landscapes. The scorching sun
and heat only add to the strain, making it virtually impossible
for anyone to find a dark corner or alleyway to hide in. The car
chases and shoot-out finale are charged, though a secondary plot
line, between Rudy and the woman he kidnaps and seduces
(Jennifer Tilly), comes across as unnecessarily and
incongruously brutal. --Natasha Senjanovic |
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Based on Tom Clancy's
bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER sweats
with high-tech anxiety and the tension of men who hold Doomsday
in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear
sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the
command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American
government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA
analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is
planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and
prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are
trying to find him, too. The hunt is on! |
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Amazon.com - Writer
David Mamet created two engrossing and memorable characters,
played by Alec Baldwin as the urbane fashion photographer and
Anthony Hopkins as a reserved and intellectual billionaire. They
find themselves teamed up against a giant Kodiak bear, and their
own inner demons, when lost together in the Alaskan wilderness.
There is a lot going on in this picture, as the subject matter
includes male rivalry, the isolationism of extreme wealth, and,
most conspicuously, the survival of the fittest. Mamet's script,
which sounds a little too arch in spots, is well served by New
Zealand director Lee Tamahori, who knows how to capture beauty
and brutality in one frame. Although the themes are enormous in
scope, they are well balanced. One rarely overpowers the other,
nor does the achingly beautiful scenery overshadow the acting.
Even if you do not like the intellectualism of the dialogue,
there are some great scenes with the bear. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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Millionaire playboy
Charley Pearl has got it all. Charm, looks, style, and he's
about to marry the daughter of the most powerful man in
Hollywood. But a funny thing happens on his way to the altar ...
he meets sultry Las Vegas lounge singer Vicki Anderson. And it's
lust at first sight! Charley discovers the hard way that his
attraction to Vicki is going to get him into trouble over and
over again! Handsome Alec Baldwin (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) and
sexy Kim Basinger (BATMAN) heat up the screen in one of the most
sizzling and funny romances in modern courtship history! See for
yourself what all the heat's about! |
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What happens when you
open your home to someone who's gutsier than you, more devious
than you and crafty enough to steal your life right out from
under you? Plenty of Malice. Starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole
Kidman and Bill Pullman and boasting an excellent supporting
cast (The New York Times) that includes OscarĀ(r) winners*
Gwyneth Paltrow and Anne Bancroft, this bold, riveting thriller
is deviously entertaining (The New York Times). Easy-going
college dean Andy Safian's (Pullman) quiet New England world has
just been terribly disrupted. Two coeds have been raped, a third
has been killed and the police are beginning to suspect him! At
home, bills are pilingup, his wife (Kidman) is developing severe
stomach cramps and the new tenanta devilishly handsome surgeon (Baldwin)is
regularly entertaining nurses late into the night. Little does
Andy know that all of these events are related and that he's
about to be blindsided by something more daring and deadly than
anything he could have ever imagined! *Paltrow: Actress,
Shakespeare in Love (1998); Bancroft: Actress, The Miracle
Worker (1962) |
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Brace yourself! this
intoxicating cocktail with rum and cyanide (Time) is at once
brutal, funny, unpredictable and a bit unhinged (Newsweek)! Fred
Ward, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this offbeat
black comedy about a murdering thief, his simple-minded wife and
the denture-wearing cop closing in on his trail. Veteran
criminal Junior Frenger (Baldwin) has moved to Miami to get a
fresh start at robbing a whole new set of people. But when his
streetwalker-gone-straight wife (Leigh) begins to suspect his
criminal behavior, and an obsessed cop (Ward) begins to close
in, Junior will need a lot more than luck and a bogus badge to
escape a crossfire hotter than the barrel of a smoking gun!
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When you marry
someone, you promise to love that person forever - no matter
what may occur. But no one would expect to test that promise
only moments after exchanging marriage vows. Peter (Alec
Baldwin) and Rita (Meg Ryan) follow their whirlwind six-week
courtship with a storybook wedding. After the ceremony, a
mysterious elderly man (Sydney Walker) appears and asks if he
may kiss the bride. It is this kiss that sends the two young
lovers on a magical journey they will never forget. |
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Amazon.com - Having
delved repeatedly into the world of teenage joys and sorrows,
from Sixteen Candles to Ferris Bueller's Day Off,
writer-director John Hughes took a step into adulthood (or some
facsimile of it) with She's Having a Baby. Peppered with
whimsical asides and busy voice-over observations, the movie is
shamelessly fun to watch, even if it doesn't add up to anything
especially profound. Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern are
newlyweds struggling through the tribulations of a youthful
marriage. Along with the usual uncertainties, Bacon is
sacrificing his dreams of becoming a writer to work in an ad
agency, and his best supposed pal (Alec Baldwin, just before
stardom) tries to seduce his wife. Hughes may have been
reflecting on his own past job in advertising, and maybe that
explains why the movie plays like a superficial, if
entertaining, TV commercial. --Robert Horton |
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