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Manufacturer: Sony Legacy Brand: DVD Model: 25524996

Michael Jackson's legendary July 16, 1988 concert at Wembley Stadium. The concert is not a compilation of performances, but rather one complete show, exactly as Michael performed it for Prince Charles, Princess Diana and the 72,000 fans who were in the audience for that night s sold out show. The DVD was sourced from Michael Jackson's personal VHS copy of the performance as shown on the JumboTrons during the concert. This footage was only recently unearthed and is the only known copy of the show to exist. The visuals have been restored and the audio quality enhanced so that fans can share in the excitement of that famous night.

Manufacturer: Lions Gate Brand: Lionsgate Model: 15173274

Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids all together. So in steps Madea, the Matriarch General, to put the family's life in perspective with a hilarious twist on financial difficulties, drugs and, most important, family secrets. The next generation has a lot to learn. In her own way, Madea expresses how deliverance won’t change you to be someone else, but will allow you to be who you really are. Ain’t nothing like family! Tyler Perry, juggling top-rated sitcoms and films that bear his name above the title (not to mention projects such as Precious to which he lends his considerable clout to get made), is the newest hardest-working man in show business. Somehow in 2010 he found time to write, direct, and star in this heartfelt theatrical project--his first in five years--inspired by his late mother and featuring his signature character Madea. He did 125 shows in 126 days. Exhaustion forced him to cancel the remainder of the tour, but the cameras were rolling for this enthusiastically received rafter-rattling performance. Big Happy Family delivers everything to be expected from a Perry play: bruising family dysfunction, physical comedy, soul-stirring gospel uplift, and Oprah-style empowerment. Chandra Currelley-Young stars as Shirley, who learns she is dying of cancer. She tries to tell her family, but they are too wrapped up in their own melodramas to pay her any mind. There's the son who turns to selling drugs to keep his gold-digging girlfriend, the daughter who is unlucky in love, and another daughter too involved in her career. Weighing in on the sidelines is Madea, who, about 90 minutes in, stops the show to go "off-script" to weigh in on marriage, manhood, and even the housing crisis. Big Happy Family is broadly written and acted, the character types way beyond stereo. But Perry's positive populist messages about family, self-respect, and keeping the faith hit home with his appreciative a...

Manufacturer: PBS Model: 26162070

Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis and the personal passion of its celebrated hosts Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson and David Tennant to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeares greatest plays.

Manufacturer: Manhattan Records (Universal) Model: 28930913

Global music sensation Celtic Woman will release a brand-new DVD on February 25, 2014 titled EMERALD: MUSICAL GEMS - LIVE IN CONCERT that spotlights newly reimagined performances of fan favorites from the group s treasure chest of Celtic songs.EMERALD: Musical Gems - Live in Concert, was filmed this past year on American soil in South Bend, IN on the doorstep of the University of Notre Dame, where it dazzled the family-friendly audience with a one-of-a-kind interactive concert experience that showcased the group s sparkling pure voices, bewitching choreography and fairytale charms along with the talents of a group of world-class musicians, an Aontas Choir, bagpipers and championship Irish dancersTracklisting1. Awakening2. Dulaman3. Nocturne4. Teir Abhaile Riu 5. Coast Of Galicia6. Danny Boy7. Mo Ghile Mear8. Amazing Grace9. She Moved Through The Fair10. Nil Se'n La11. Shenandoah-Dancer12. The Voice13. You Raise Me Up14. Parting Glass15. Celtic Woman Playoff16. Caledonia (Bonus)17. Bridge Over Troubled (Bonus)18. Ave Maria (Bonus)

Manufacturer: Motown Brand: Universal Music Model: 2240092

The first-ever official performance DVD of The Temptations with newly filmed interview footage with co-founder Otis Williams. • Original Classic live and lip-sync performances of their biggest Motown hits

Manufacturer: Sony Legacy Brand: YANNI Model: 3141349

DVD version of the longform video of his PBS Special. Yanni performs with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Also contains interviews, behind-the-scenes/making of the video footage and music not found on the album of the same name

Manufacturer: Kultur Brand: VALLI,FRANKIE Model: 4984890

One of the most outstandingly successful groups in pop history, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were always known for their extraordinary live performances. This live concert was filmed in Atlantic City during their 1992 US tour. Including many of their most popular and widely acclaimed hits, the program is a fitting tribute to a remarkable group. Inducted into both the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Frankie Valli has scored 39 Top 40 hits in the course of his illustrious career. In 2005, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys opened on the 'Great White Way'. Besides performances of many of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons hit recordings, the musical features a biographical narrative, told as four separate points of view by each of the members of The Four Seasons (Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio). The musical dramatizes several real-life incidents from Valli's life, including his estrangement from his daughter Francine, who died in 1980. The widely acclaimed show has won six Tony awards, with touring companies around the world, as well as a version at Paris Las Vegas. Based on the roadway smash hit and directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie Jersey Boys was released in 2014 to rave reviews, starring Christopher Walken and John Lloyd Young as Valli.

Manufacturer: Sony Legacy Brand: Sony Model: 4936725

DENVER SINGS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH AND OTHER FAVORITES IN THIS ACCLAIMED BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.

Manufacturer: Lionsgate Brand: LionsGate

Grandma Hattie Mae's family is poor and struggling to save her home. The Willis family is filthy rich. When Hattie's daughter, Rose, and son-in-law, Frank, go to work at the Willis estate, it appears as if their financial worries are over. But when Mrs. Willis tries to buy Frank's affections, both families learn that choices often come with a price.

Manufacturer: PBS Home Video

Director Rupert Goold adapts his gripping stage production of Macbeth - with Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood reprising their Tony-nominated performances - into this edgy film adaptation, which relocates the bloody action to a nameless 20th-century netherworld.