INSIDI: • The Blackhawk Catalog's Best Sellers - page 1 . .• The Thin Man Series, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, all six wonderful films on page 24. • Two action-packed pages of movie serials, starting on page 18. • And much more! CATCH CARY GRANT AT HIS BEST IN THESE SPECIAL OFFERS! Cary Grant Special Collector's Package # 1: From the moment that Mae West told him to "come up 'n' see me sometime" (circa 1933), Cary Grant seemed destined Operation Petticoat for Holl ywood stardom. Still, it wasn't until the late 1930's, My Favorite Wife when he signed with RKO and Columbia, that Grant revealed The Philadelphia Story the flair for screw-ball comedy and sophisticated romance that would later make him a screen immortal. 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Even the immortal PHILADELPHIA STORY(Package U, with]immy Stewart Once Upon A Honeymoon and Ka tharine Hepburn is available. Father Goose Each CARY GRANT SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S PACKAGE is a tremendous value. For a limited time, you will be able to To Catch A Thief purchase these packages of three tapes for less than $14.00 VRP22 Separately $59.85 Special Price $39.95 per cassette. Purchased separately, your expense would be nearly $60.00! Cary Grant Special Collector's Package #3: SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: For more of Cary Grant's /;,nest films, turn to pages 6 and 7 in this edition of The Blackhawk Catalog! We try to ship all of our cassettes as soon as we receive your order, although some cassettes can take up to six weeks for delivery. In order to assure quality delivery, all tapes are sent UPS Ground. Orders to P.O. Boxes are sent via Parcel Post. Shipping your orders by these means, enables us to process your order more effectively than ever before. 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VP Al 797 $29.95 PLATOON - Oscar-winning Oliver Stone examines Vietnam from the ground-zero perspective of G.I. Charlie Sheen. This awesome military-drama was 1987's Best Pic­ ture. (See page 2). VHS Only THO0040 $99.95 CROCODILE DUNDF...E - Australia's Paul Hogan is the backwoods adventurer who conquers New York City in the biggest box-office surprise of the decade. VPA32029 $29.95 DIRTY DANCING - Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze find love and self-discovery during the magic summer of 1968. VHS Only VES6013 S89.95 PREDATOR - Arnold Schwarzenegger must turn the tables on an alien menace running amok in the jungles of South America. VHS Only VTW1515 $89.95 THE WIZARD OF OZ - Judy Garland stars in the greatest movie musical of all time. A perennial favorite of both the young, and the young at heart. (For other classic musicals, turn to page 28). VHS Only VMG600001 $29.95 AN AMERICAN TAIL - Steven Spielberg resurrects the charm and wonder of Disney-style animation in this touching story of an immigrant mouse lost in cat-filled Manhattan. VMC80536 $29.95 STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK - On this last voyage aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain Kirk breaks all the rules in order to rescue the reborn Spock from a dying planet. VPA1621 $19.95 TOP GUN - Tom Cruise takes to the air as a rogue airman with a chip on his shoulder and a need for speed. VPA1692 $24.95 THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS - This comedy smash asks the cinematic ques­ tion: Can fast-talking Michael J . Fox climb the corporate ladder while sleeping with the boss' wife and impersonating an executive? VMC80637 $89.95 LETHAL WEAPON - Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are Los Angeles cops reluc­ tantly teamed against vicious dmg smuggler Gary Busey. VWAl 1709 $89.95 LA BAMBA - Full of great music and winning performances, this film chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic end of rock legend Richie V alens. VHS Only VCO60854 $89.95 TABLE OF CONTENTS Best Sellers........................ 1 Wes terns . ... ........... ... ....... 14 The Thin Man............ .. .... 24 Landmarks......................... 2 Sci-Fiction/Horror ........... 15 Theatre of War ................ 25 Laurel & Hardy................. 5 Matinee Heroes . .......... 17 Leading Men .................... 26 Cary Grant......................... 6 Movie Serials ......... .. ........ 18 Marylin Monroe............... 27 Humphrey Bogart ............. 8 Classic Comedies............. 20 Musicals ........................... 28 Drama................................. 8 Lil' Rascals ...................... 22 Fred Astaire ........... ....... .. 29 James Bond ..................... 10 Leading Ladies .. ... ... 23 Golden Age of Comedy . 32 John Wayne ..................... 12 T A N M E N T Platoon (1986) DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone PRODUCER: Arnold Kopelson SCREEN­ WRITER: Oliver Stone CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Richardson CAST: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn Oliver Stone's intense, ground-level view of the Vietnam War snared PLATOON Best Director and Best Picture honors in 1986. While the film undoubtedly deserved it, the praise must have come as something of an irony to Stone. The Oscar-winning scribe spent roughly 10 years getting PLATOON to the screen - eventually doing so on a decidedly modest budget in the volatile Philippines. Even so, PLATOON remains a film of immense power. Though not for the faint-of-heart, it isn't unnecessarily grisly either. The message. however, is loud-and-clear. Stone, himself a veteran of Vietnam, clearly blames America's inevitable withdrawal from Saigon on the fatal divi­ sions among the rank-and-file - along with an official unwillingness to go all the way. That theory's validity aside, PLATOON succeeds in moving us uncon­ ditionally - due mostly to t he care Stone takes in portraying his sim­ ple, but vivid, ensemble cast. The centerpiece, of course, is young Charlie Sheen - who not onlv creates his own well-defined character, but benefits also from ghostly echoes set in motion by father Martin's earlier tour de force in APOCALYPSE NOW. Like APOCALYPSE, PLATOON is packed with unforgettable scenes. Chief among these is the wanton destruction of a Vietnamese hamlet and Willem Dafoe's christ-like stand against Tom Berenger's vile betrayal in the contest for Charlie's cinematic soul. Its home video distribution stalled by months of fierce litigation, The Blackhawk Catalog is proud to have finally secured PLATOON for its customers. R-rated, Color, 115 minutes. VHS Only THO0040 $99.95 ,.~f 1,·, •*'. ':'(~ ltc ~ ~ *ii Beverly Hills Cop I & II Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) PRODUCER: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer CAST! Eddie Murphy, DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg PRODUCER: Frank Marshall SCREEN­ Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox WRITER: Lawrence Kasdan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Douglas With combined theatrical ~osses well over S200 million, the two Slocombe CAST: Harrison Ford, Karen ·Allen, Ronald Lacey, Paul BEVERLY HILLS COP movies have firmly established comedian Ed­ Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliot die Murphy among Hollywood's elite attractions. As streetwise cop Axel Steven Spielberg and George Lucas joined forces in 1981 and reinvented Foley (Murphy), has invaded Beverly Hills twice - each time to avenge t he Saturday afternoon cliffhanger. Naturally, the two did so on a scale attacks made on good friends. In COP I, the catalytic ~ictim is a belov­ unimaginable when such action-packed fare was a national staple. The ed ex-con; in COP II, it's straight-shirted Ronny Cox (the B.H. police result is RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Harrison Ford is the wry captain Murphy won-over in the first COP outing.) adventurer whose cinematic nom de guerre has become synonymous with Naturally, sinister villains abound. In COP II, it's shapely Brigitte modern movie excitement. In this, his first and best adventure, Ford's Nielsen. This, along with Murphy's barbed wit, makes for guaranteed Indiana Jones must acquire the Ark of the Covenant (cont aining what's fireworks, great action and irreverent comedy. Slickly executed, each COP left of the Ten Commandments) before the Nazis beat him to it.