Ken Burns: Country Music - DVD

A Christmas Story [DVD]

Ten-disc set includes Top Gun (1986)Tom Cruise is Maverick; ace Navy fighter pilot, member of elite InchTop GunInch school with fellow fliers Iceman (Val Kilmer) and Goose (Anthony Edwards); goes against the rules and riles his boss (Tom Skerritt); falls for teacher Charlie (Kelly McGillis); wants to fly his way; exciting dogfight finale; blazing jets; beach volleyball; lots of rock 'n' roll. Co-stars Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Tim Robbins; directed by Tony Scott. 109 min. C/Rtg PG Days Of Thunder (1990)Tom Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a land-based Inchtop gunInch in this thrilling drama set against the danger-filled world of auto racing. Mentored by a veteran crew chief (Robert Duvall), Trickle romances a beautiful surgeon (Nicole Kidman) as he prepares to face a skilled and merciless rival (Cary Elwes) on the track at the Daytona 500. Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, and Randy Quaid co-star. 107 min. C/Rtg PG-13 The Firm (1993)Riveting adaptation of John Grisham's best-seller stars Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young attorney recruited by a posh Memphis law firm. Soon, he and his wife, Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn), find their lives are in danger when they suspect shady maneuvers by Mitch's employers and uncover blackmail and ties to organized crime. With Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, and Ed Harris; directed by Sydney Pollack. 154 min. C/Rtg R Vanilla Sky (2001)Cameron Crowe's reworking of the 1997 Spanish film InchOpen Your EyesInch stars Tom Cruise as David Aames, a wealthy magazine who's attracted to a beautiful dancer (Penélope Cruz, who starred in the original). When a car accident caused by his obsessed ex-lover (Cameron Diaz) kills her and leaves his face disfigured, a shattered David seeks help from a police psychologist (Kurt Russell), as he becomes increasingly unable to discern reality from fantasy. With Jason Lee. 135 min. C/R

CIVIL WAR all empires fall - In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating civil war that has engulfed the entire nation.