The Last Detail/Avalon/Gardens of Stone/Birdy - 4-pack

A nice composite of three films that should have made more noise at the box-office and be far better remembered than they are.THE LAST DETAIL is a great character piece about three military types, (not the cliched ones usually seen in movies, but real guys, pulled off the streets) drawn by actors who are perfect in their observations of humanity. No question, this is the very best Nicholson performance of all time. He was nominated for an Oscar, but was not given it because of its blasphemous four-letter dialogue, and the film's ultimate sleeper status. This is a real slice of life, hilarious, believable, and quite moving.AVALON is effective, late 40s-early 50s, memorabilia about a family who start a business selling those exotic instruments of the future, television sets. Well-cast, well-acted Americana.GARDENS OF STONE is solid Coppola, a well done drama about the life of a doomed young soldier. A great cast and a good solid plotline help, but this wasn't a huge hit, simply because it wasn't on a par with THE GODFATHER, which is what everybody expected from him in those days.A good entry, a one-purchase, inexpensive composite of three favorites i'd already purchased on laser disc, now in the current format; the only problem is there are no frills, no commentaries, trailers, other extras, or even subtitles

For the inclusion of Gardens of Stone and The Last Detail alone this is a stellar collection. Avalon is another gem. I must confess that I have yet to view Birdy. Yet, whether it is good or bad a film it does not take away from the disc. The picture transfers are tremendous---although the audio is a bit off but what can you expect from such an inexpensive disc. A good find and a keeper!!!

ONE MOVIE. AVALON. ONE OF THE BEST EVER. I WAIT JUST TO HEAR THE UNCLE SAY "YOU CUT THE TURKEY?". YOU JUST HAVEVTO WATCH IT..THEVOTHER MOVIES I HAVE ALSO SEEN ANTHEY ARE GOOD MOVIES.. I JUST LOVE THE MOVIE AVALON. FOR $5 YOU CAN'T GO WRONG AND YOU MIGHT FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS FAMILY. YOU WILL ALSO GET A LESSON ON THE CORRECT.USAGE OF "MAY" AND "CAN". SO FUNNY.

Bought this for Birdy . The last Detail alone would have been a good bonus ,but two more movies . BINGO !

The video quality was very good the audio was very weak had to turn the volume up on my tv to +50 to be able to hear what was being said

Four decent stories. Gardens of Stone, my favorite, was sloppily directed, but was very accurate. I was with that unit from '67 to '70.

Great movie disc works as it should

A good collection of four very good films all on one DVD. Yes, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys films.

Great 4 film collection but the quality of the presentation is poor to very poor. The problem is that two movies are on each disc and when compared to their original releases, the drop off in quality is very noticeable when compared to the single dvd releases. I compared Avalon and Gardens of Stone. I would not think that the other two films fare any better. If you do not have access to the single individual discs, then is a good bargain. "The Last Detail" is now very expensive as a stand alone disc, although I would think that the Crireion BBS boxset must have a much better print. Good deal but poor quality.

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