VIDEO; GOOFY AND BOGEY GET DVDS.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor Goofy, Bogey and Hercule Poirot "Poirot" redirects here. For the TV series, see Agatha Christie's Poirot. Hercule Poirot (pronounced in English [ɛʀkyl pwaʀo]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. . A strange trio if ever there was one, but what they have in common is that on film they go on reel after reel - or in this case DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. after DVD. What they share in common is their timelessness. All of these figures have been around for years. Humphrey Bogart - a star from the `30s through his death in 1957 - would have been 100 years old last Christmas Day; Goofy, originally called Dippy dip·py adj. dip·pi·er, dip·pi·est Slang Not sensible; foolish. [Origin unknown.] Dawg, started hanging out with Mickey Mouse in 1932; and mystery queen Agatha Christie first introduced Poirot to readers in 1920 with ``The Mysterious Affair at Styles.'' With the theatrical success of ``The Goofy Movie,'' Disney has followed up with the straight-to-video DVD ``An Extremely Goofy Movie,'' a tale that finds Mickey's friend back in college with his extreme-games skateboarding son, Max. And living up to its name, the film is goofy enough that young kids will find it a hoot, while parents will be able to tolerate repeated viewings. In celebration of Bogart's centenary, Warners is releasing a number of his films on DVD and video. A number of classics are there - ``Casablanca,'' etc., - but there are a number of early Bogey films where he was not only a tough guy but a bad guy. It was John Huston's 1941 film ``The Maltese Falcon'' for Warners that made him a good guy - but still tough. Hercule Poirot, on the other hand was always a good guy - fussy but good. He's been played by some fine actors - Albert Finney and Peter Ustinov - but David Suchet's run as the Belgian detective for BBC television is the best. Christie's whodunits are strictly by the book, but Suchet's performances - along with the impeccable production values - make the mysteries a joy to watch. Acorn is releasing two television movies, ``Death in the Clouds'' and ``The ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Murders,'' on DVD. If you didn't catch them the first time around, do so. ``Death in the Clouds'' and ``The ABC Murders'' are $24.95 each on DVD. ``An Extremely Goofy Movie'' is $24.99 on VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. and $29.99 on DVD. TO HAVE, HAVE NOT Here are the Humphrey Bogart films available from Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. : --DVD/VHS: ``The Maltese Falcon.'' Detective mystery. (DVD: $25/VHS: $20). ``Casablanca.'' Romance, foreign intrigue. Contains a documentary, ``You Must Remember This,'' hosted by Lauren Bacall. (DVD: $25/VHS: $20). ``The Big Sleep.'' Detective mystery. 1945 pretheatrical version and 1946 theatrical release. (DVD: $25/VHS: $15 apiece). ``Key Largo.'' Gangster drama. (DVD: $25/VHS: $15). --VHS (ALL ARE $15): ``The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse.'' Crime drama. ``Black Legion.'' Ku Klux Klan-like drama. ``The Wagons Roll at Night.'' Carnival drama. ``Across the Pacific.'' World War II espionage. ``Action in the North Atlantic Action in the North Atlantic is a 1943 war drama, featuring Humphrey Bogart as a merchant marine first officer. .'' World War II drama. ``All Through the Night.'' Gangsters vs. Nazis (comedy). ``Chain Lightning.'' Test pilot drama. ``Dark Passage.'' Crime drama in San Francisco. ``High Sierra.'' Crime drama. ``Passage to Marseille.'' WWII/Escape from Devil's Island drama. ``The Petrified Forest.'' Crime drama. ``They Drive By Night.'' Trucking drama. ``To Have and Have Not To Have and Have Not is a 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway about Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain who runs contraband between Cuba and Florida. The novel depicts Harry as an essentially good man who is forced into blackmarket activity by economic forces beyond his control. .'' Love story & French resistance in WWII WWII abbr. World War II WWII World War Two . ``The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.'' Greed for gold destroys miners. --VHS FOUR-PACK ($60): ``Bogart & Bacall Collection:'' ``The Big Sleep'' (theatrical release), ``Dark Passage,'' ``Key Largo'' and ``To Have and Have Not.'' - San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Goofy's son, Max, heads for college in Disney's ``An Extremely Goofy Movie.'' Box: TO HAVE, HAVE NOT (See text) |
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