Anthony Jackson Movies

Simon Phillips Returns is the world-famous drummer's second instructional video. Innovative and aggressive, Phillips has worked for the most prominent artists of his time, including Mick Jagger, Pete Townsend, and Frank Zappa. The percussionist gained wide prominence as a member of the band Toto. This video offers a study of Phillips' explosive playing. He covers snare drum tuning, practice routines, finger technique, and playing in odd times; he also offers a 15-minute free-form solo. Anthony Jackson and Ray Russell join Phillips in playing "Streetwise," "Harlem Nights," and "Protocol." Phillips explains his technique for each track. The video is appropriate for all ability levels.





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George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment. She is baby-sitting her little brother when she cavalierly wishes that goblins would take him away. She gets her wish, and a coterie of goblins abduct him. She then encounters Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of a mystical world one step removed from reality. He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center. As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

During the 1970s, British TV fans were treated to two different sitcoms bearing the title You're Only Young Twice, both of which used a retirement home as a comedy backdrop. The first of these series was set at the Twilight Lodge Home, where in typical TV fashion the elderly occupants ruled the roost whether the authorities liked it or not. Of interest to Stanley Kubrick fans was the presence in the cast of Adrienne Corri, who played the rape victim in 1970's Clockwork Orange, but was here cast as the imperious Lottie Orchard, head matron at Twilight Lodge. This version of You're Only Young Twice was created by Jack Trevor Story; its six half-hour episodes were telecast in the U.K. from July 5 to August 9, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi