Happy Monday ... Savant is flying high, having just received a tall stack of the upcoming Westerns and War films to start shuffling through.
Criterion's The White Sheik is an utterly charming fable that has fantasy elements but always keeps its feet on the ground. Includes an interview with the surviving stars that's a a must-see.
Nostalgia Ventures' One Step Beyond and Gangbusters & Dragnet are a pair of television show compilations whose mid-range quality is compensated for by their low price. Episodes have appearances by Cloris Leachman & Christopher Lee.
Home Vision Entertainment has launched a ZATOICHI - Independent Film Channel screening series and contest they've asked me to tell you about. It involves Seven Samurai Saturdays, Featuring Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, from May 3-June 14 with a marathon of all seven samurai films on Saturday, June 21.
The campaign features an online sweepstakes offering ten lucky winners a Blind Swordsman prize pack consisting of:
Grand Prize: 5 disc DVD player from IFC, 7 DVD Zatoichi pack--#1-7--from Home Vision Entertainment, $100 gift certificate from Virgin Records.
First Prize: DVD player from IFC, 5 DVD Zatoichi pack--#1-5--from Home Vision Entertainment, and $50 gift certificate from Virgin Records.
Ten Second Prizes: 1 IFC t-shirt, 2 Zatoichi pack--#1 and #2--from Home Vision Entertainment, and $25 gift certificate from Virgin Records.
From April 26-June 21, viewers can log on to IFCTV.com or enter to win the Samurai Saturdays sweepstakes at Virginmegamagazine.com.
All promotional partner websites: IFCTV.com, homevision.com and Virginmegamagazine.com will feature editorial and behind-the-scenes content on the Samurai Saturdays Screenings on the Cable Channel.
Posted by DVD Savant at April 28, 2003 09:44 PM