Call Me Madam DVD - NEW & SEALED - Ethel Merman

Director: Walter Lang; Stars: Ethel Merman; Release Date: April 20, 2004

Tara Subkoff

Loosely based on the life of socialite/ambassador Perle Mesta, this lively film version of the Lindsay/Crouse musical features Ethel Merman reprising her Broadway role as Washington hostess Sally Adams, who becomes the outspoken ambassador to the postage-stamp European country of Lichtenburg. Donald O'Connor, George Sanders and Vera-Ellen co-star; the Irving Berlin score includes "It's a Lovely Day Today, " "You're Just in Love, " and "The Ocarina." 114 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

Loosely based on the life of socialite/ambassador Perle Mesta, this lively film version of the Lindsay/Crouse musical features Ethel Merman reprising her Broadway role as Washington hostess Sally Adams, who becomes the outspoken ambassador to the postage-stamp European country of Lichtenburg. Donald O'Connor, George Sanders and Vera-Ellen co-star; the Irving Berlin score includes "It's a Lovely Day Today, " "You're Just in Love, " and "The Ocarina." 114 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

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An apathetic pastor gets a new perspective on life after making a wish that allows him to walk a mile in the shoes of the people who surround him in this faith-based fantasy officially endorsed by The Dove Foundation. Rich Chaplin (David A.R. White) is frustrated. Once a devoted family man and the leader of a loyal church congregation, he's lost his sense of perspective, and lately his lethargy has grown contagious. Impulsively, Rich wishes aloud that he could for once just experience life from another vantage point. The next thing Rich knows, he's gazing into a mirror and seeing another man's face. Now, each time Rich awakens in a new body, he learns a bit more about himself, and the effect his scorn has had on everyone in his life. By seeing the world though the eyes of his wife (Ali Landry), his cruel boss, and even a gorgeous fashion model (Logan White), Rich learns that he's passing up his one big chance to make a difference in the lives of the people he loves most, and vows never again to take his life

You might have never heard of Townes Van Zandt. You might not even know his songs. But this Texan's music was profoundly influential on his peers--so much so that some of the folks interviewed for Be Here to Love Me, a documentary about Van Zandt's work and difficult life, call him one of the best songwriters, maybe even the best, in American history. That's a stretch, but there's no doubting the man's talent; his two best-known tunes, "Pancho and Lefty" (popularized by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard) and "If I Needed You" (a beautiful Emmylou Harris-Don Williams duet), by themselves guarantee him a spot in a few Halls of Fame. But the Van Zandt chronicled in director Margaret Brown's 100-minute film was his own worst enemy. Born in 1944, he was a troubled young man who played Russian roulette for kicks, deliberately fell off a fourth-floor balcony, and was placed in a mental home, where shock treatments robbed him of significant parts of his memory and personality. Married three times, he was also wedded to the bottle, which ultimately destroyed him (he died of a heart attack in 1997). Be Here to Love Me details these events through various interviews with Van Zandt himself, as well as Nelson, Harris, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, and other notables. But whereas a fellow tippler like singer Guy Clark fondly remembers the good times, Van Zandt's family tells a different story: "Bummer, " replies one ex-wife when asked to describe living with him, while his eldest son, JT, betrays a good deal of bitterness about a dad who couldn't control his own life, wasn't much of a family man, and died young and unfulfilled. DVD extras include several Van Zandt performances (in addition to clips throughout the main program), which is a good thing; were it not for his soulful, affecting songs, there wouldn't be a lot to admire about this guy. --Sam Graham

Veteran actor Seymour Cassel stars as Alvin, a dying man in this drama directed by actor LeVar Burton (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION). When he watches his hospice roommate, a 20-something named Kevin (EMPIRE RECORDS' Johnny Whitworth), truly living his last days, Alvin is inspired to do the same. Adrienne Barbeau costars as Alvin's love interest, while PARTY OF FIVE's Lacey Chabert plays Kevin's girlfriend. REACH FOR ME also features the talents of Alfre Woodard.

This colorful surfing documentary follows three champion surfers to exotic locales around the world in pursuit of the ultimate wave. Claude Codgen, Mary Lou McGinnis and Bob Purvey travel to India, Japan, Hawaii and Portugal as they surf and teach the locales about the fine art of balancing on a speeding board behind the world's most powerful waves. Dino, Desi & Billy perform songs by David Gates and Stu Phillips.