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Actors: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames
ASIN : 6304907613
Sales Rank : 414
Director : Ivan Reitman
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790735481
ISBN : 6304907613
UPC : 085391296225
Release Date : December 29, 1998
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 110
| A heartwarming story of mistaken identity and idealism, director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) takes on the political establishment in this fresh, funny comedy. Kevin Kline (Sophie's Choice, A Fish Called Wanda) plays Dave Kovic, a sweet man with a big heart running an employment agency. Dave happens to be a dead ringer for the current president of the United States, and he hires himself out as an impersonator for parties and mall openings. When the real president has a stroke while in bed with an aide, his ambitious chief of staff (Frank Langella) decides to hold onto the White House by appealing to Dave's sense of patriotism and having him pose as the president. Soon, however, Dave is running the country in a way contrary to what the chief of staff would like, even as he finds himself falling in love with the unsuspecting first lady (Sigourney Weaver). The movie's unbridled optimism is its best asset, and it makes this a pleasant comedy worth seeing. --Robert Lane DescriptionJust who runs this country anyway? For comedy fans, the answer is - Dave. Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda, In & Out) and Sigourney Weaver (Working Girl, Ghostbusters) star in this box-office winner about an uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave, who's recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States. However, things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing his masquerade as Chief Executive indefinitely. Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters and 6 Days, 7 Nights) directs and supporting players Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley and Charles Grodin supply more reasons to stand up and cheer. Many real-life Washington politicos and pundits join the fun as Dave uses ordinary-guy savvy to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office.
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December 20, 2007.
One of my favorite movies of all time!!!.
Rating: 5
This movie truly represents an awesome version of the cinderella story...it's such a great chick flick for all the girls to have on a girls night with popcorn and goodies. I loved all of the choice of actors/actresses, they truly fit the charachters well. Good choice in costuming as well, very beautiful costumes and the countryside was absolutely awesome. Go buy it, and have a girls night in your pajamas with lots of goodies. You will be truly happy with this purchase.
December 29, 2007.
I will love Ever After forever after.
Rating: 5
This is the kind of movie you will watch over and over again with your daughter or your grandchildren (or by yourself on a day you need some cheering up). A time-honored story, beautifully done, and updated just enough--but not contemporized (thank goodness).
December 29, 2007.
First there was "Pride and Prejudice" then "Ever After".
Rating: 5
"Pride and Prejudice" was the original formula: 1. a smart whitty character with a sharp tongue offsetting a royal admirer 2. A champion, who extends mercy and deliverance 3. A fairtale marriage to Prince Charming 4. They live happily ever after
The Cinderella story is more intriquing because the central character brings moral issues too the big screen: 1. Recognition of the middle and lower class rights - power resides with the people, not the rulers 2. the vices of involuntary servitude - bondage is abominable 3. the attractiveness of free thought and opinion - the mind is beautiful 4. Intellectual class fits with the wealth class (wealth, values, and religion) difference must be dealt with 5. Beauty overshadows poverty (commitment, passion, and intimacy) 6. Liberty is more compelling than power. (inalienable rights of man - philosophy of law) 7. Love transcends tradition. (Faith, Hope, Mercy, Love, Glory, and Beauty)
December 29, 2007.
Ever After, A Cinderella Story.
Rating: 4
A new twist on "Cinderella." Drew Barrymore, a peasant servant, impersonates a Countess to plead for the freedom of an imprisoned servant bound for The Americas. While winning his freedom she meets the Prince who is curious about her resolve and conscience. He begs for her name, and the rest is an inriguing courtship. The prince is tested throughout - is he good enough for her?- and ultimately, do they live "Happily Ever After?" Overall a great lesson for the kids about morality and justice and strength through adversity, and a fun romance for adults. As a mom of four kids under thirteen, I highly recommend it.
December 27, 2007.
a real cinderella.
Rating: 5
So you want a fluff story about Cinderella? This ain't it. She knows how to use swords, works herself crazy, and even throws a punch at her stepsister. Finally a version of Cinderella for modern times. Drew Barrymore shines. Wonderful characters at every turn. A sharp, fun movie to watch again and again.
December 04, 2007.
It's good to think ahead.
Rating: 5
It has always taken the American public about thirty years to appreciate Sondheim, since his work tends to hold a mirror up to the audience and say, "Look: this is you; you've done this". As a result, the audience doesn't always warm up to the collaborations in which Sondheim finds interesting. To have the foresight to hire Terry Hughes to place four cameras on the stage of the Martin Beck Theatre to capture "Into The Woods" for it's premier production was nothing short of brilliance. Thirty years from now, this will be a treasure: Johanna Gleason, Bernadette Peters, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien. One never forgets that we are watching a live performance, yet the cameras do the work of a director who is a genius-only a television director could pull this off. By now, you should all know that this particular musical is a classic, brilliant and perfect for the entire family as you can bathe up the kids, pop the corn, un-pop the wine and pause at intermission to put the kids to bed so that you can come back down to see what happens after "Happily Ever After." Some of the most creative writing has gone into this work, James Lapine is a genius and deserves equal credit to Sondheim-I am certain that he would agree-but still, it's the brilliance of the music and lyrics that blend into the book of this musical that creates such a beautiful story. "Careful the things you say: Children will listen."
December 17, 2007.
Original is Best.
Rating: 5
'Into the Woods' may be the funniest musical I've ever seen. With cast members such as Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason it is not to be missed. A plot with interweaving fairy tales definitely keeps you on your toes!
December 09, 2007.
Into The Woods.
Rating: 5
Wonderful, very enjoyable. My 8th grader was in a production of this play for The Roeper Theater Company in Birmingham, MI and I hosted the cast party after the last show. I had this playing in the background for them and they really enjoyed seeing how "their" part was portrayed on Broadway. Lots of laughs.
December 06, 2007.
A Must-Have for Any Sondheim Fan.
Rating: 5
This is a really excellent production from top to bottom. The music is brilliant, the lyrics even better, and the cast is stunning.
Truly, the only thing I can criticise about this DVD is the lack of any special features. Everything else is brilliant.
December 24, 2007.
BACK TO THE WOODS.
Rating: 4
I liked it but not nearly as much as composer Stephen Sondheim and writer James Lapine's other taped Broadway DVD's, "Sunday In The Park With George", and "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street". Here, being characters from genuine fairy tales, the cast never emerges as anything but playthings in a morality tale, a slick and profound adult lesson to be sure, but with cut-out mature representation almost verging on the parody of "Avenue Q", that never wanders far from the simplistic fairly tales it draws from. Bernadette Peters' 'Witch' seems inspired by an "I Love Lucy" episode, and it is typical of the superficial characterizations the musical offers. Still, it delivers what you can expect from a Sondheim/Lapine project; a sweeping musical that ultimately offers produndity in the mundane. It's just not my particular cup of poison.
December 21, 2007.
One of the Best!.
Rating: 5
Excellent feel good story about a group of boys who overcome their circumstances to achieve their dreams in a small coal mining town. It is entertaining, there are funny scenes, there is conflict between characters, there is motivation, determination! It is a true story from a book by the star character, Homer Hicham.
December 11, 2007.
Great family movie..
Rating: 5
Great family movie. It's a story about kids getting inspired to learn something that changes their lives. It doesn't rely on violence or romance, just a good story. My brothers and I built lots of rockets when we were kids, so that probably helps.
If you think kids shouldn't build model rockets because it is too dangerous and they might get interested in building one, don't buy the movie.
December 04, 2007.
From Western Virginia coal mines to NASA.
Rating: 5
A simple and effective film about what life is all about, responding to challenges. It took a lot of gall for Homer and his friends to be able to grow into manhood without falling in the trap of a prefabricated future that runs from father to son, to be a miner in the local mine and never get out of that fate. It took also three different challenges for Homer and his friends to conquer a personal and free future. The challenge of the first ever man-made artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, a Soviet satellite, a milestone in human history, a turning point that Homer and his friends could not miss, did not want to miss. Then the challenge of science and applied mechanics to calculate and to devise a rocket from scratch or rather from what they could gather in books and order in their minds. Finally the challenge of a world that resists and refuses and tries to force you back into the pack, even with an untimely accident that forces you to get back into the pack for plain survival necessity, and even then Homer proved he had the guts to accept the challenge that was blocking for a while his own plans and dreams. But there is another side of the story that the film does not emphasize enough. Homer is the carrier of the project but he is also the carrier of the inspiration he and his friends need. If he is the one who is going to get the university scholarship, because his friends gave him precedence, his friends will also be able to get on their own roads and tracks and step out of the mining fate, thanks to the energy his inspiring example sets in front of their eyes. It is hard at times not to follow the example of the one who is like a beacon on a difficult road. But the film is also effective to show how the father resisted this dream because for him science was not the fabric of a true man, like mining or football. The working class fate that was so present in those 1950s and 1960s and still is present in some areas is too often enforced by the traditional thinking of the father. If the mother does not have the courage to speak up one day, the working class fate I am speaking of becomes a tremendous trap. Here too the film is effective and it should make some parents think. This might have been the fourth challenge Homer had to face: the challenge of taking a road that was not the one pointed at and programmed by his own father.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
December 13, 2007.
Great Movie.
Rating: 5
A favorite movie - great storie about believing in your dreams and not giving up.
December 12, 2007.
This movie is one of the ten best of all time..
Rating: 5
This movie is a real movie, not like many others. Based on a true story, it just works like magic. The characters are totally believable, and at the end, it shows the space shuttle. So it's about Homer Hickam, currently a NASA engineer, and him growing up. It's also about the current space program, at the very end. The year is 1957, 50 years ago, and starts with Sputnik going overhead. Anyone who likes space stories, especially real ones, will love this movie.
December 30, 2007.
A funny movie about a serious subject..
Rating: 4
Dave is hired by the Secret Service to double for the president. Mr Kline, as Dave, could impersonate the president very well. Not hard, since he played the president, too. While he is acting as president the real president has a stroke. Dave is rehired to continue his impersonation until the president recovers, 'to protect the office'. He finds that the presidents aides are not really honorable men. He takes over, firing the bad guy and pushing through a bill to 'help the children'. Meanwhile, Dave and Mrs. President are getting along very well. I have to catalog my movies so that I can find the one I want. I'm not sure if this movie is a) Comedy/Romance or b) Drama.
December 28, 2007.
Feel good movies.
Rating: 5
DAVE is a wonderful movie. Anyone who wants to see the tables turned on the crooked politicians in Washington must see this movie
December 14, 2007.
A feel-good, way-it-oughta-be, movie.
Rating: 5
"Dave" was a pleasant enough movie the first time I saw it, in 1993, with the good guys winning, and with superb acting performances by Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Ben Kingsley, and particularly Ving Rhames and Kevin Dunn in supporting roles. In a very small role, Charles Grodin does his best work that I've seen him do, and has one of the outstanding lines: "Who DOES these books?" Langella is quite believable as the astute, scheming politico who has never been bested; Dunn develops his character's moral conscience as we watch him on screen; and Rhames balances perfectly his character's initial distrust of the faux-president with his growing admiration of--and loyalty to--the kind of integrity so many of us wish we could find in "the leader of the free world."
When I decided to see it a second time, I viewed it as a movie or literary critic would, and found that it held together structurally, it developed organically, and it balanced some pretty heavy duty themes with good humor and almost-perfect timing. We have nearly worn out the original VHS tape that we bought, watching it whenever we want a "feel-good" movie, especially after seeing or reading about too much national and international news. Each time I watch it, I see more complexity to the character development and to the plot intricacies (which at first seem to be pretty straight-forward but, upon reflection, are not quite so simple).
"Dave" grows on its audience, appealing initially because it does represent what so many Americans would really like our government to be like; but it invites repeated viewing because of its texture, its acting, and so many of its memorable lines. How often, for example, can you imagine laughing at, "I once caught a fish THIIIIIISSSS big!" In the context of this movie, however, it is funny repeatedly while contributing seriously to character development. And how touching is the simple statement near the end of the movie, "I woulda taken a bullet for you," spoken quietly though in turbulent surroundings.
Even the ending, sappy though it may seem to be, holds open a subtle promise for the future when it is viewed in the light of the early political career of the movie's Vice President. "Dave" has risen steadily to become one of my five or six favorite movies, with "8 1/2," "Inherit the Wind," "Rear Window," "Tootsie," and "Blazing Saddles." I heartily recommend it: for a good time, call "Dave." Really.
December 11, 2007.
wonderful movie.
Rating: 5
The stars in this movie do a great job it's like it's for real it's a movie a family could watch and thats something good
December 20, 2006.
Good fantasy fun.
Rating: 5
I disagree with the reviewer who said s/he was apprehensive about all the brief cameos of journalists. Maybe I'm just a news junkie, but I LOVED seeing all the brief clips of the usual pundits and broadcasters supposedly reporting on the events in the movie. It was hilarious! Overall, this film gets an A-, and is one of the funniest, most good-natured political satires I've ever seen.
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