SURE THING (dvd) *NEW* special edition, and 12 similar items

Brand new factory sealed special edition dvd is Out Of Print (OOP) and is more than likely a flipper disc with the full screen version on one side and widescreen on the other. The "Fonz" was the producer and "Meathead" was the director and they use their veteran skills to bring us this charming romantic comedy. The movie begins in an Eastern college classroom. Walter Gibson (John Cusack) walks into his English class and falls immediately into love with Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga), who is smart and good-looking and not one of your brainless movie broads. He asks her out, but succeeds, of course, in acting like a total nerd, and she invites him to get out of her life. End of act one. In act two, Walter plans to spend his Christmas vacation in Los Angeles, where his buddy says the SURE THING is eagerly awaiting his arrival. Alison also plans to go to L.A., to visit her fiance, who is studying to be a boring middle-class vegetable. They both sign up for rides, and, of course, they both wind up in the back seat of the same car. At first they don't talk. Then they start to fight. Then they are ditched at the side of the road and they both have to hitchhike to L.A. together. I know this is an obvious movie ploy, but what makes it fascinating is that the players are always changing. Walter and Alison are closer to real teen-agers, with real doubts and hesitations and uncertainties. One of the unique things about the movie is that the characters show a normal shyness about sex. The other surprising thing about the film is that it avoids the obligatory sex scene with the SURE THING (Nicollette Sheridan, in a thankless role). This film is so revolutionary, it believes sex should be accompanied by respect and love! By the end of the movie, when Walter and Alison finally do kiss, it means something. It means more, in fact, than any movie kiss in a long time, because it takes place between two people we've gotten to know and who have gotten to know each other.