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review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
Hoop Dreams 25 March 2007
review by from scotland
blues mandolin - Steve James 12 April 2006
Steve James - filmography
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The Interrupters
on DVD
(2011)
Director: Steve James
Certificate: 
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and best-selling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually intimate journey into the ..read more »
 
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from 363 members
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Joe And Max
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Leonard Roberts, Til Schweiger, Peta Wilson
Director: Steve James
Certificate: 
American boxer Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts) meets German champion Max Schmeling (Til Schweiger) in the ring in 1936, and Schmeling emerges victorious. They fight in the ring once again in 1938, and Louis hospitaliSes his German counterpart. Schmeling, a member of the Nazi party, survives WWII, hears ..read more »
53%
from 353 members
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Prefontaine
(1997)
Starring: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill
Director: Steve James
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The true story of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine who had an extraordinary talent for running despite being born with one leg shorter than the other.
63%
from 43 members
Currently unavailable
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Hoop Dreams
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Frederick Marx, Peter Gilbert, Arthur Agee
Director: Steve James
Certificate: 
This completely absorbing three-hour documentary follows the lives of two inner-city African American teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with long-shot dreams of the NBA, superstardom and an escape from the ghetto. Taking cues from such works as Michael Apted's 35 Up, ..read more »
75%
from 1,155 member
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(1988)
Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
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This "Blaxploitation" spoof sees a tough team of heroes set out to get Mr. Big, the man responsible for a friend's "OG" (over-gold) from wearing too many chains. Features cameos from such icons of black cinema as Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown and Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas.
60%
from 831 members
Currently unavailable
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Hero And The Terror
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Jack O'Halloran
Director: William Tannen
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Chuck Norris stars as Detective Danny O'Brien who, three years ago, captured Simon Moon, a psychotic killer. But Moon is always on the loose in O'Brien's nightmares, where the desperate struggle never ends. Then, suddenly, Moon does break free from the Asylum...
59%
from 361 members
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Johnny Be Good
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason
Director: Bud Smith
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Johnny Walker is one of America's hottest young footballers, but he has a dilemma: should he take up one of the many offers from various college scouts, or should he go to college with his girlfriend and give up his football dream?
44%
from 249 members
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Brother From Another Planet
(1984)
Starring: Jane Halleran, Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards
Director: John Sayles
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In this offbeat fantasy tale, Sayles takes a look through the eyes of a black extraterrestrial (Joe Morton) who crash-lands on Earth - in Harlem - and is taken in by the regulars of a local bar. The alien changes everyone he meets on his journey through the streets of Urban America. But can his ..read more »
66%
from 107 members
Not currently released
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Lianna
(1983)
Starring: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries
Director: John Sayles
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In this moving and compassionate film, Sayles presents a sympathetic, realistic portrait of Lianna, a young wife and mother who leaves her husband for another woman and embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery. Lianna must face the anger and confusion of her husband as well as the raised ..read more »
63%
from 106 members
Not currently released
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The Exterminator
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Christopher George, Samantha Eggar, Robert Ginty
Director: James Glickenhaus
Certificate: 
A desperate and angry man takes the law into his own hands in a personal vendetta against the criminal world of New York City. His actions cause him to be the target of not only the thugs he is after, but also of the police and the CIA.
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from 367 members
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Return of the Secaucus Seven
(1980)
Starring: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre
Director: John Sayles
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In this his directoria debut, John Sayles looks at seven friends who reunite ten years after their radical college days for a dramatic, poignant and revelatory weekend. Return of the Secaucus 7 inspired the later hit film The Big Chill and heralded the arrival of a brilliant new force in ..read more »
65%
from 103 members
Not currently released
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Steve James - Blues/Roots Guitar
Starring: Steve James
Certificate: 
A tutorial from the Delta to Chicago styles and beyond. Beginning with a simple 8-bar sequence, learn how to add simple slides, hammer-ons, bass notes and vamps with examples from the styles of Mance Lipscomb, Scrapper Blackwell and Robert Johnson. Explore Open tuning Blues as well as open-G tuning,..read more »
55%
from 23 members
Not available for rental
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Steve James - Learn To Play Blues Mandol...
Starring: Steve James
Director: none
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Steve James brings learning mandolinists more of the funky, old-time songs that made his previous instructional DVD on this instrument so popular.
He covers blues scales, chord patterns, walking lines, arpeggios, accompaniments and great tunes, including Jackson Stomp, Prater Blues, Corrina,Corrina,..read more »
25%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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John Sayles Collection
(3 discs)
Starring: Jane Halleran, Darryl Edwards, David Strathairn
Director: John Sayles
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This boxset brings together three early films from John Sayles, one of the foremost American Independent directors working today. Never before available in the UK, these films are characterised by their nuanced observations, humanity and irrepressible sense of independence, forming the foundations ..read more »
64%
from 306 members
Not currently released
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Steve James facts
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...ll as their successes both on and off court. From 300 hours of footage Director Steve James has carved out a riveting three hour film. He's very fortunate with his subject...
