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starring: David Chow, Bruce Li, Caryn White, Donnie Williams
directed by: Ng See Yuen
On the 30th Anniversary of the untimely death of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, VideoAsia is proud to release for the first time in the U.S. a collection of documentaries and films starring the great Bruce Lee and his imitators. Numerous legends have surrounded the life and death of Bruce Lee. This is the film that explores them all. Bruce Li plays the legendary master in the best biography film ever made on Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee: True Story is the only film written by those who knew him, and was lavishly filmed in Hong Kong, the USA, and Europe.
July 07, 2003
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This DVD documentary traces the years Bruce Springsteen spent perfecting his art, via the various bands that he played with in the bars and nightspots of New Jersey to his signing with Columbia records and his first successful album Born To Run. The stor
June 06, 2005
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starring: Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller described himself as a "living verb." Holder of 48 honorary doctorate degrees, born in the 1890s, he was a philosopher and engineer whose experience and global view of humanity and science enabled him to transcend nationalism and temporary current conditions and foresee the direction of major events in the future.
He created the geodesic dome to show how much can be accomplished utilizing very little. In this program and series of interviews, he points out how mankind is moving from the tangible world which can be evidenced by sight, sound, smell and touch, into the invisible world of energy, ions, electrical forces, etc., so much so that "99.9999% of what affects our reality will be undetectable by our senses."
He states "man must learn to think for himself, rather than follow blindly what he has been taught." "As the astronauts stated, the words 'up' and 'down' have no meaning. The correct words are 'out' and 'in'. This was confirmed when mankind learned the Earth was round, not flat." He expresses many fascinating theories in these interviews that conditions today confirm.
February 02, 2005
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starring: Barbara Bush, George Bush, Prescott Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton
directed by: Steven Grandison
Greg palast has been following the bush family around for years as an investigative reporter for the bbc. This is some of the information he has found as recorded in his book the best democracy money can buy. Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 09/28/2004 Run time: 62 minutes
September 09, 2004
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starring: Jacques Vroom
directed by: Michael Shoob
The relationship between Karl Rove and President George W. Bush is one of the most fascinating political marriages in history. Rove's masterful manipulation not only succeeded in winning Bush a second term, but helped secure him the honor of Time magazine's 2004 "Person of the Year." Feared and admired by Republicans and Democrats alike, Rove has raised a new and disturbing question for America: Who really runs the country?
February 02, 2005
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starring: Lee Atwater, Osama Bin Laden, Cathy Bonner, Bruce Buchanan, Barbara Bush
directed by: Joseph Mealey, Michael Shoob
Karl Rove is President George W. Bush's closest advisor. He is a man who has almost single-handedly shaped the policies of our nation. Feared and admired by Republicans and Democrats allike, Rove has raised a new and disturbing question for Americans: who really runs the country? This DVD explores Rove's remarkable political journey and the extraordinary role he has played in Bush's rise to the top. DVD features include chapter selection, theatrical trailer, bonus interviews, and previously unseen documentary footage.
October 10, 2004
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starring: Danny Glover, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, John Hammond, Robert Lockwood Jr.
directed by: Peter Meyer
This ambitious mixture of dramatic reconstruction with traditional documentary affords excellent insight into legendary bluesman Robert Johnson's life, the enduring power of his music, and the myth which surrounds him. Can't You Hear The Wind Howl transcends its genre of "docudrama," providing the well-researched information we'd expect from a conventional documentary with the dramatic impact we could hope for from a Hollywood film.
Contemporary bluesman Keb' Mo' (Kevin Moore) plays Johnson, and Danny Glover narrates, but the real star is Robert Johnson's music. The film's strength is its power of suggestion; we never see the Johnson character up close, never hear him talk. As if in a dream, he flits in and out of scenes, whether courting his girlfriend or stirring a juke joint to mayhem. But you'd be hard put picking him out of a police lineup. We never see him such that we can know him, which is an accurate representation of the elusive musician, according to the interview footage with Johnson's proteges and peers--among them Johnny Shines, Robert Lockwood Jr., and Honeyboy Edwards. Keb' Mo', who has included Robert Johnson songs on each of his three CDs, says that portraying Johnson had a lasting effect. "It's an internal thing," says Mo'. "In playing him, you pull in some of the spirit. The spirit of a juke joint, the spirit of the south at that time." This film falls nicely between an homage and an explanation. --Sam Sutherland
November 11, 1998
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starring: Frank Morgan, Charlie Parker
directed by: Gary Giddins
Celebrating Bird is a revealing look at an enigmatic yet endlessly appealing man, who soared to the heights of creative freedom but couldn't beat a lifelong addiction to heroin. It includes a TV appearance with Dizzy Gillespie and rare footage with jazz greats including Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Clarke and Lucky Thompson, Lester Young, among others. This exciting soundtrack contains many of Parker's finest recordings including: Ballade, Yardbird Suite, Relaxin' At Camarillo, Just Friends, Koko, Confirmation, Au Privave, Kim, and Bloomdido.
January 01, 1999
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starring: Charles Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Petula Clark
directed by: Felice Zenoni
Movie description While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his loveable "Tramp" character, the actor's private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women--his fourth marriage to wife Oona (daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill) commenced when he was 54 and she was 18, prompting speculation that he was the inspiration for Nabokov's LOLITA--Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy's notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin's life and career during those so-called "forgotten years" (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.
October 10, 2005
