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Failure to deliver product
You cashed my check 2 months ago and you still have not sent the video. What is your problem?

Probably the second best way to spend a rainy afternoon
I bought this by mistake, but instead of changing it for the correct title, i watched it and thoroghly enjoyed it.
A great family drama and despite no tipping the velvet scenes this is one i would recommended to everyone, despite a slightly misleading title.

Surviving In The Wilderness
This is a moving story, well produced and enhanced with DVD capabilities. "The DVD feedback option is wonderful for promoting discussion." "The ease of going from scene to scene was a great benefit." Good historical information and author's biography. The kids liked the adventure story. DVD features easy to operate for most. "I liked the way we could go back to different sections, like when they were shooting arrows." "It showed a lot about hunting and building a cabin." "Matt got along with the Indians." Best for ages 8 to 12.

I'll Be Waiting, Pa
Terrific family entertainment and certain to please younger viewers as they relate to the child protagonist, 13-year-old Matt. The young settler has agreed to protect the homestead while awaiting the return of his family but, due to unforseen delays, his short wait turns to months. With assistance from the Penobscot Indians the boy learns the necessary skills to survive and must make the difficult decision whether to continue waiting for his family or depart with the natives as the Maine winter approaches...

I'll Be Waiting, Pa...
Terrific family entertainment and certain to please younger viewers as they relate to the child protagonist, 13-year-old Matt. The young settler has agreed to protect the homestead while awaiting the return of his family but, due to unforseen delays, his short wait turns to months. With assistance from the Penobscot Indians the boy learns the necessary skills to survive and must make the difficult decision whether to continue waiting for his family or depart with the natives as the Maine winter approaches... ... Read more

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Keith Carradine and Annette O'Toole star in this historical family drama adapted from the Newbery Honor novel, The Sign of theBeaver, by Elizabeth George Speare. It's 1768, and a colonial family is seeking a new life in the wilderness of Maine. The father must reluctantly leave 13-year-old Matt alone in the wilderness to hold the land claim until he can return with the rest of the family. When the family is detained for months by a deadly epidemic, Matt's chances of survival become slimmer and slimmer. He is saved by the Penobscot Indians, who teach him survival skills and lessons of trust and friendship. An excellent cast, fine script, and gripping story make this an ideal film for the whole family. It can also spark discussions about the values of loyalty, life in colonial times, and the Indians' forced evacuation of their lands. Alternate video title: The Sign of the Beaver. --Elisabeth Keating ... Read more

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Failure to deliver product
You cashed my check 2 months ago and you still have not sent the video. What is your problem?

Probably the second best way to spend a rainy afternoon
I bought this by mistake, but instead of changing it for the correct title, i watched it and thoroghly enjoyed it.
A great family drama and despite no tipping the velvet scenes this is one i would recommended to everyone, despite a slightly misleading title.

Surviving In The Wilderness
This is a moving story, well produced and enhanced with DVD capabilities. "The DVD feedback option is wonderful for promoting discussion." "The ease of going from scene to scene was a great benefit." Good historical information and author's biography. The kids liked the adventure story. DVD features easy to operate for most. "I liked the way we could go back to different sections, like when they were shooting arrows." "It showed a lot about hunting and building a cabin." "Matt got along with the Indians." Best for ages 8 to 12.

I'll Be Waiting, Pa
Terrific family entertainment and certain to please younger viewers as they relate to the child protagonist, 13-year-old Matt. The young settler has agreed to protect the homestead while awaiting the return of his family but, due to unforseen delays, his short wait turns to months. With assistance from the Penobscot Indians the boy learns the necessary skills to survive and must make the difficult decision whether to continue waiting for his family or depart with the natives as the Maine winter approaches...

I'll Be Waiting, Pa...
Terrific family entertainment and certain to please younger viewers as they relate to the child protagonist, 13-year-old Matt. The young settler has agreed to protect the homestead while awaiting the return of his family but, due to unforseen delays, his short wait turns to months. With assistance from the Penobscot Indians the boy learns the necessary skills to survive and must make the difficult decision whether to continue waiting for his family or depart with the natives as the Maine winter approaches... ... Read more

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The only reason to buy this is for the music!
This is a very bad video. A weak plot about hospitals and machines trying to kill patients and a lack of sympathetic characters explains why this was not given a theatrical release and went straight to video. David McCallum turns in a good performance, but he is wasted on a weak script. The best thing about this is the music, by Shadows drummer Brian Bennett, which heightens suspense where applicable and keeps well into the background at other times. There is also a quiet, romantic theme. The score was re-worked as a Shadows track for album release, but the better version is on this video. one for collectors only! ... Read more

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Death Wish 5, all is forgiven.
As a big Bronson fan I don't know what to think of these "Family Of Cops" TV movies. Did they really HAVE to make three ?. I don't think they had to, but unfortunately they made them anyway. The first one was o.k., and more than enough, but three is stretching it too far. -The old copper he portrays here is simply not interesting enough. Personally, I'd much rather have liked to see Bronson play two other final characters in two other final movies, than have this dull cop come back twice. (The father/daughter-relationship between Bronson and Dana Delaney in the TV movie "Donato & Daughter" would've qualified a lot better as a series of TV movies, actually.) I'm afraid absolutely nothing of interest to most Bronson fans happen in this series, and it's a bit of a shame he chose to end his acting career with this dud and not with a bang. It's not that I mind Bronson doing a bit of serious drama and less action, especially at his age, but the combination doesn't work here. Also, the "F.O.C." movies suffer from the same problem many TV series and movies today face; they have too many characters, and not enough time to care about them. ... Read more

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She is a respected doctor and pioneer of woman's rights. She decides on a political career. The media gets hold of a small indiscretion in her past. It causes a political frenzy. She is forced to make a choice...speak her mind and preserve her self-respect at the risk of losing the campaign, or play the media game. ... Read more

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excellent, little known film
this is a great video, apparently not available everywhere. for people who liked "the candidate," "the contender," and other stuff like that, this is a must see.

A convincing portrayal of the media's role in politics!
This movie (which was based on the play "An American Daughter", by Wendy Wasserstein), shows how the media can turn an innocent past mistake by a political candidate (Christine Lahti) into an issue that the whole country is talking about. Sound familiar? Issues like this constantly plague the news now, and this movie shows how ludicrous it all is. Tom Skerritt is in this movie too, an adds quite a convincing performance as Lahti's seemingly weak husband.

Two thumbs up for the movie and for Lahti!! I feel this is one of Christine Lahti's best performances. She takes you inside the life of a politician, who is being shunned by the media (thus, the nation) for reasons that are debatable.

Great Flick!
This movie brilliantly explores the challenges of being a woman and having power. In order to achieve, women are forced to sacrifice so much, and are often sabotaged by a society that feels threatened by their accomplishments. With suburb acting, this movie rings particularly true in our modern age. ... Read more

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Amazing show!
What a show.... what a couple...
This is one of the best shows ever shown on tv. Intelligent, great writing, sexual tension, and comedy that would sum up the show of Remington Steele!
I love Stephanie Zimbalist's role as Laura Holt... Beautiful, smart, and fashionable! Most of the stuff she worn on the show is still very fashionable today.. very CK, Banana Republic, Club Monoco like stuff..
I just love her very real and beautiful image... very un-hollywood like.. and I do think if she was 10-15 years younger she would have the carrer of Sandra Bullock.

Setting the tone
This episode sets the tone for Laura Holt as a bad role model for women. In her world, she can't inspire other women to be private detectives because she tells everyone that Mr. Steele is the head of the agency and she is an associate. She also lies to everyone she meets when she says that Mr. Steele exists, when at first he didn't, and then when she introduces the man she thinks is a con man as Mr. Steele. She calls Steele a fraud, yet she invents a fake boss simply because she thinks she's entitled to her own agency. She also sets the tone for the rest of the series by not believing Steele when he tells her the truth. And she is a hypocrite when she calls him a liar while lying to him that there really is a Remington Steele. There is no chemistry between the two characters because Laura is paranoid about having a relationship with him, or anyone else for that matter. And Steele isn't that attracted to her because over the course of the series, he accepts her excuses for not being with him rather than pursuing her. Laura Holt spent four years during this series looking for reasons not to be with Steele rather than looking for reasons to be with him. I will never understand why Laura would spend so much time with a man she found so unsuitable and why he would stay with a woman who found him so unsuitable.

The premier "Remington Steele" episode!
"Try this for a deep dark secret. There great detective Remington Steele, he doesn't exist! I invented him. Follow. I always loved excitement so I studied, and apprenticed, and put my name on an office. But absolutely nobody knocked down on my door. A female private investigator seemed so... feminine. So I invented a superior. A decidedly masculine superior. Suddenly there were cases around the block! It was working like a charm. Until the day he walked in. With his blue eyes and mysterious past. And before I knew it, he assumed Remington Steele's identity. Now I do the work and he takes the bows. It's a dangerous way to live, but as long as people buy it, I can get the job done. We never mix business with pleasure. Well... almost never. I don't even know his real name!"
-Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist)-

This is how some of the episodes began, with this introduction by 'Remington Steele's' assistant, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist). Now you know the whole story behind Remington Steele. The Remington Steele series were about the cases Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) and his associate Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) cracked many difficult and complicated cases. Also starring were James Read as Murphy Michaels as their co-worker (only in the first season), Janet DeMay as Bernice Foxe their secretary (only for the first season), and Doris Roberts as Mildred Krebs (for the rest of the seasons). Showing occasionally was also Stephanie Zimbalist's father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Daniel Chalmers, an old friend of 'Remington Steele'.

Anyway, this episode is the premier episode which explains almost everything about how Pierce Brosnan got to be Remington Steele. When Laura Holt is hired to proved security to some gems, she meets a mysterious Ben Pierson. But she gets the surprise of her life when Ben Pierson is not only not the real Ben Pierson, he has assumed the role of Remington Steele! Does he know her secret, that her superior Remington Steele doesn't exist? And who is he really? Could he actually be a murderer and a thief? * Great episode, and I just loved the banter and chemistry between Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist. And you've go to admit, Pierce Brosnan is a great suave and sophisticated Steele!

The beginning of one of the greatest detective series
The first of the Remington Steele series!

Laura Holt is an able, intelligent detective, but sexism spills over when her agency is neglected because she is a woman. So, she invents a fictional superior named "Remington Steele," a man who no one ever sees.

Her business bustles until a man comes into her life, calling himself Remington Steele--the problem is, she doesn't know where he comes from, who he is, or what his real name is. "Steele" is handsome, sophistocated, worldly, debonair, and apparently gleans all of his life knowledge from an encyclopedic memory of old movies. But he also guards his secret past like gold.

Laura has no choice but to keep the man as a sidekick, despite the fact that he is hailed as a genius when she does all the work. Adding to the oddity of the situation is the fact that she is fast falling in love with him.

Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan reportedly didn't like each other, but they project a sizzling screen chemistry.

Brosnan manages to give a difficult character depth and an intriguing mystery, exuding precisely the cultured warmth that is needed. But Steele is clearly a very emotional man as well, whom Laura has a good influence on.

Zimbalist creates a very feminine career woman, a great role model. Laura is no Bond-babe. She is very pretty (not the standard Hollywood "pretty"--a natural prettiness) but is independent and strong-minded. You can sense her unhappiness when she is discounted as being a female private investigator.

First part of a really enjoyable series!

First-class detective show!
One of the best detective shows ever seen on television! They don't make shows like this anymore! Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan were magic together! ... Read more

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Anyone would love the Remington Steele TV series!
"Try this for a deep dark secret. There great detective Remington Steele, he doesn't exist! I invented him. Follow. I always loved excitement so I studied, and apprenticed, and put my name on an office. But absolutely nobody knocked down on my door. A female private investigator seemed so... feminine. So I invented a superior. A decidedly masculine superior. Suddenly there were cases around the block! It was working like a charm. Until the day he walked in. With his blue eyes and mysterious past. And before I knew it, he assumed Remington Steele's identity. Now I do the work and he takes the bows. It's a dangerous way to live, but as long as people buy it, I can get the job done. We never mix business with pleasure. Well... almost never. I don't even know his real name!"

This is how some of the episodes began, with this introduction by 'Remington Steele's' assistant, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist). Now you know the whole story behind Remington Steele. The Remington Steele series were about the cases Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) and his associate Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) cracked many difficult and complicated cases. Also starring were James Read as Murphy Michaels as their co-worker (only in the first season), Janet DeMay as Bernice Foxe their secretary (only for the first season), and Doris Roberts as Mildred Krebs (for the rest of the seasons). Showing occasionally was also Stephanie Zimbalist's father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Daniel Chalmers, an old friend of 'Remington Steele'.

Murphy Michaels calls Laura Holt to help him investigate a brutal murder. What he doesn't expect is when Remington tags along with her, complaining that Steele would mess up everything. So Remington strikes up a deal with Laura; if he figures out who the murderer is first, Laura must spend a weekend in Paris with him. But, on the other hand, if Laura catches the murderer first, Remington Steele must tell her about one year of his mysterious past. Who will find the murderer first? * I love this episode primarily because of the banter between Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist, and James Read. Also the sparks of jealousy between Remington Steele and Murphy Michaels over Laura is very interesting to watch! Very great ending, too, I might add!

Steele Crazy After All These Years
Definatly one of my fav. eps, this video allows me to enjoy it again and again! I love the tension between Murphy, Steele, and Laura, as Laura and Steele vie for who can solve the case first. I love the bet that they make. "One week in Paris, for one year of your life." This is the episode where sparks really start to fly between Steele and Laura, you see them even closer two eps later in Vintage Steele, but that's a whole different story! ... Read more

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Vintage Steele -- a fun glimpse into Laura's Mysterious Past
This is my favorite episode of "Remington Steele". We get a look at how Laura's past turned her into a "don't mix business with pleasure" professional. You'll love her wild striptease in the winery......and that steamy kiss in the wine cellar!!! Wow!! This is one episode not to be missed. And we get to meet her mysterious man who wore white belts and T-shirts that said "Bankers do it with interest". Mr. Steele finds out he's not the only one with secrets. It's a true Remington Steele fan's delight.

i'm the biggest remington steele fan ever!
It's not my favourite episode because I like ALL of them but it still is a very funny and interesting one! I've got all 89 episodes on videotapes and I have watched all of them about 5-7 times! My favourite episode is Steele Crazy After All These Years but all the other episodes rule too!

all you remington steele fans out there, e-mail me!

Fantastic
This episode of Remington Steele is just about the funniest one there is. We finally get a glimpse into Laura's life before the agency, there's lots of romance and that strip scene is absolutely priceless. I was rolling on the floor laughing. He's not the only one with a suspect past.

This episode brings back so many memories.
I'm a fan that died hard when they cancelled this show. The anticipation of a kiss between laura and remington steele would leave you almost breathless. This episode by far is one of my favorites because they finally kissed. I will admit the storyline was a bit cheesy but it was the from the "80's" era what else do you expect? I really enjoyed watching this episode again and I'm sure if you were a true fan you will too. ... Read more

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superb as always
Remington steele does not disappoint - ever. This is the stuff legends are made of. A must see for all fans ... Read more

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Steele a great buy!
Laura and Mr. Steele are hired by a baseball camp director, and go to the baseball trainee camp as trainees, making this episode amusing, as Mr. Steele doesn't know the first thing about baseball! Excitement mounts when there's a mysterious murder... ... Read more

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Conflict at it's finest!
Steele's Gold has it all.... intrigue, plot twists, verbal conflict between Steele and Murphy, Steele and Laura, Laura and Murphy... Top this all off with an unexpected ending and you have one of the most fun filled Remington Steele episodes ever made. The episode contains a masquerade party, a search for gold, and of course murder attempts around every bend. Enjoy! ... Read more

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A funny, creepy, romantic, mysterious ride
One of the best episodes of Remington Steele that I've seen! The Steele agency ends up in one of its strangest cases ever, protecting a man from his wife and his wife and his wife and...

After having a nightmare full of disjointed images, and the sight of a hatchet, a man named Frank Dannon wakes up in a motel room, unable to remember anything. A moment later, an arrow hits the wall just over his head.

He hires Steele and Laura to find out who he is, and along the way they discover an odd little facet: This man has been sustaining five households with five wives. And they're not happy.

There's sophisticated fashion-designer Barbara, passionate lower-class Stella, demure blonds Mary and Terry, and sexy vixen Nancy. Most of them had the means, the opportunity--but did they all have a motive? Meanwhile, middle-aged, romantic-at-heart Mildred makes a major mistake in the course of the case, and feels that she's let Steele down. The kind con-man sits her down and has a heart-to-heart talk with Mildred...

There's comedy, creepiness, mystery, and romance in this episode, as Frank tries to remember who would try to kill him, as Laura and Steele try to keep him safe from his various wives and discern which one is shooting arrows and wielding axes. It's a funny ride that won't leave you disappointed.

I LOVE REMINGTON STEELE!
this episode is one of my favourites. I have all 89 episodes on videotapes and I have watched all of them about 5-7 times. My favourite one is Steele Crazy After All These Years...

all you crazy remington steele fanatics e-mail me!

A must for any Remington Steele fan
I have always been a Remington Steele fan and this video was an excellent choice. All the mystery, humor, drama and touch of romance that has made the show my all time favorite. If you like Remington Steele, you will love Altared Steele. ... Read more