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ROCKET STAFF QUESTIONNAIRE

EMPLOYEE:  Sean    

1. WHAT ARE A COUPLE OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME?

Annie Hall, Godfather, Once Upon A Time In The West

2. WHAT'S A MOVIE YOU MIGHT CALL A GUILTY PLEASURE?

My classic lame flick I dig would be The Fast And The Furious.

In terms of pleasure and guilt? Thriller with my favorite Swedish actress Christina Lindberg.

3. WHAT'S A MOVIE THAT RENTS A LOT, YOU'RE NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT?

I hate Boondock Saints. It seems to have a following with the collage crowd who have never seen seen a movie before Fight Club.

3. HOW ABOUT A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DON'T RENT MUCH?

I’ve mentioned in the past... Baby It’s You (now on DVD), West Beirut, the PBS doc Eyes On The Prize

Today I would add The Wanders.

4. WHAT MOVIE ARE YOU STILL WAITING TO GET A DVD (REGION 1) RELEASE?

Tougher Then Leather with Run DMC.

5. WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FROM THE TELEVISION SECTION?

The first couple of seasons of Happy Days and All In The Family. Then the usual suspects The Sopranos, The Wire, The Shield. You know what I thought was good was that thing where Lisa Kudrew played a washed up actress. She was great.

6. HOW ABOUT FROM THE MUSIC SECTION?

I liked that Elton John Doc we got recently.

7. HOW ABOUT FROM THE CHILDREN'S SECTION?

I just watched this Peter Pan (2003) with Jason Issacs as Hook and Ludivine Sagnier as Tinker Bell. Loved it.

8. HOW ABOUT FROM THE FREE SECTION?

The gem in there is our copy of the amazing doc LA Plays Itself. Also amazing also is  Sean Sweeney’s Reel. 

9. OVER ALL WHO MIGHT BE YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME? WHAT ARE SOME OF HIS/ HER FLICKS YOU DIG?

I wanna say Billy Wilder. But hey, I love a buncha flicks by Sergio Leone and Hawks and Ford and   Robert Aldrich and John Borman and Orson Welles and Spielberg and Scorses and Melville. But the bottom line, A-Number One for me is Alfred Hitchcock. I’ll just toss out one title... Vertigo.

10. WHAT 2008 FLICKS HAVE YOU ENJOYED?

Man On Wire, Wall-E, Ironman, The Dark Knight, The Chicago Ten, Surfwise, Tell No One

Rocket Event! STATISTICS

DVD SIGNING & LAUNCH PARTY
(WITH REFRESHMENTS AND POSTERS!)

Featuring In Person Signing DVDS:

WRITER/DIRECTOR
FRANK ROBAK

PRODUCER
DAVID MICHAELS

STAR
KENT HARPER

ACTORS
SCOTT RUDOLPH
JAMES DUMONT

More TBA!


The Award-winning STATISTICS tells the story of six individuals who all share one thing in common: they will become statistics by the end of the day. They are neither heroes nor criminals, but everyday people who will become victims of everyday life. The events that take place will be read about today and forgotten tomorrow, but in that blink-of-an-eye, their lives and the lives of the people around them will be changed forever. It happens every day. Despite the tragedies, this is not a story about dying, but is in fact a very uplifting story about living. The message is simple: cherish life today because no one is guaranteed a tomorrow.

for more information on the film, or to view the trailer, visit the film's website:
http://www.rebelimage.com/statistics/

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
7:00 P.M.

ROCKET VIDEO
726 N. LA BREA AVENUE
(323)965-1100

ADMISSION: FREE

We Want Our Mummy!

ROCKET VIDEO EVENT!

Come to Rocket Video for MUMMY’S DAY on Saturday, July 19th from 1 – 3 pm celebrating the re-release of Universal Studios’ MUMMY movies on DVD as well as honoring the 40th anniversary of the death of make-up genius Jack Pierce.

Writer/director SCOTT ESSMAN will be on-hand signing DVDs and his new book on Pierce and Rocket manager Jeff Miller will be signing copies of his book THE HORROR SPOOFS OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO.

Other guests attending will be (schedule permitting): Constantine Nasr, Michele Burke, Bill Corso, Kevin Haney, Greg Nicotero, Bob Burns, Tom Burman and Perry Shields.

A bust of Boris Karloff as the Mummy will be on display and there will be screenings of special Mummy clips as well as Essman’s new documentary on Pierce. Essman and Miller will conduct a discussion of all Mummy movies from 1932 to the present.

Plus trivia quiz with prizes, giveaways and lots of surprises!

Rocket Video is located at 726 N. La Brea Avenue in Hollywood.
Call (323) 965-1100 for more information.

Rocket is on the LAMB!!!

The ROCKET VIDEO BLOG has been added to the Large Association of Movie Blogs!  

You can check out our listing here: http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/2008/02/lamb-44-rocket-video-blog.html

And you can find out more about LAMB here:  http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/

-BP

There Will Be DUMB

If this doesn't get some feedback, I don't know what will...

About 80% of Rocket Video's customers are great, fantastic and nice. About 10% are troublemakers always with a bad attitude, always causing trouble, always coming in ready to make a scene. And then there's the last 10% who are just plain...dumb. Here's a list of the some of the dumb things we see and hear everyday. (If you find you are guilty of some of these then take to heart...we DO make fun of you after you leave!--but thanks for giving us something to talk about...)

1) Returning a DVD without the DVD inside...
...then trying to get out of any late fees by saying "I meant well" or "I returned the CASE on time"
2) Leaving DVDs on top of the counter instead of returning them in the drop slot...
...and always asking "Do I return them here?" while looking at the sign and arrows that point to the slot.
3) Holding up a copy of a tape or DVD and asking if it is that title...
...just yesterday some guy held up a copy of the DVD of WINDY CITY HEAT and asked me if it was WINDY CITY HEAT.
4) Listening all the way through the answering machine message on the phone then asking "Hello?...Hello?....Hello?"...
...maybe they just need someone to talk to.
5) Complaining that they could not get a DVD to work when in reality they did not how to use the DVD menu...
...what do I need a menu for, I'm not in a restaurant?
6) Thinking that a DVD or VHS is as old as the movie that's on it...
...that's right, I had a lady who thought that the VHS was as old as the silent movie that was on the tape! Those Lumieres really were ahead of their time!
7) Asking for a refund on a film because they didn't like it...
...sorry, we don't refund for your bad taste.
8) Telling us to take a movie off the shelf because they felt it was a poor movie...
...funny, I don't remember voting for you for official censor.
9) Not taking the .4567 seconds to snap the DVD into the case so it doesn't slide around and get scratched up...
...these are the same jokers who complain about how many of our DVDs are damaged.
10) Returning rentals from Blockbuster to our store (or vice versa)...
...nuff said.
11)Paying a late fee of $7 and saying "I could have bought it for that!"...
...where do you buy your DVDs, fantasyland?
12) People who drop their rentals in the night drop during the day...when we're open...when there's no basket there...
...they can't possibly be open at 4 in the afternoon!
13) Members who come in on a Wednesday and ask if they can still get 2 for 1 because they couldn't make it on Tuesday...
...sing along with Cher: "If I could turn back time..."
14) Customers who give us 10 different phone numbers THEN tell us that they never rented here before...
...let me just tap into that universal omniscient phone book.
15) The guy who asks what section THE EXORCIST is in. I say, "Comedy" He says, "No, it's not, it's in horror" to which I say, "Then why did you ask me?"...
...pay attention to MEEEEEEEE!

That's enough for now, I had more but they're getting petty. Maybe you have some good stories or instances of DUMB at your job. I'd love to here'em!
(Yes, I spelled "hear" wrong on purpose!!!)