The Lords of Flatbush (DVD, 2000, Multiple Languages)

I LOVED this movie. I had never seen it before and someone told me about it, so i decided to look for it on ebay. I found it a an extremely decent price and won the auction. The seller was terriffic, and the movie was Insanely COOL!

I like the fact that it took me my to my teenage years and was so truthful of those times. The fact that it had three major stars was added treat, it seems Sly Stallone always play a tough guy no matter how many movies he made, or seemed that way. Henry Winkler the soon to be Fonz.

This is a good movie especially if you like Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler. A coming of age movie about some young teenage boys who like to act tough.

Think of this movie as Grease without the music. Growing up has never been an easy task but it became specially difficult during the 50's and 60's when the U.S. was recovering from World War II and Korea. It was a time of excess as parents attempted to give their children all the material things in life to compensate for the Great Depression and the global conflicts. Boys were being boys and girls were loving it!
The movie takes some interesting twists but everything ends without big surprises. It's a great movie to enjoy without getting too involved.

I collect all stallone movies so bought this to finish the collection. Plainly put the movie sucks but if you just want it to collect them its good to get as he is a major role.

I bought this DVD, because I worked with Sylvester Stallone as an extra in Rocky ll in 1979. This DVD is the 1st movie Sylvester Stallone made. I find it funny, and heartwarming. It reminds me of when I was in a group when I was younger. I do not understand where Sylvester Stallone got the money for a $1250 ring for his fiance. When he was not in school he was bumming on the street with his friends.

definately a throw back to the time of the 60 great cars great actors cool time to reminice what flatbush in brooklyn is all about

It's a blast to recognize some of the actors in this film before they got really famous. You get a real feel of life on the streets of Brooklyn where the "tough" guys hang out & a place in time not soon forgotten.

recieved it fast, was good quality, hate the high fees for postage, otherwise it was great it was a movie that was hard to find and you had it, thankful for that. would do business with you again

This is not one of Sylvester better movies. Its okay but I expected greater expertise.I love Syvester Stallone movies but I would put This one at the boyyom of the list of movies he made.

Is this a film about male bonding in the '50's? At first glance, one would think so. Written by Sly Stallone and produced in 1974, "The Lords of Flatbush" is a statement on the early complexities of modern sex. It takes place during a time most would consider an age of innocence. No such thing! The main character, Chico, is good-looking and therefore able to hit on any girl he wants. If someone gets pregnant, his response is "It's your pregnancy, not mine." In other words, deal with it. This is an interesting film for women to watch. It sheds a mindful light on the awareness that young men under the age of 25 (as good-looking as they might be), are like apes, loaded-up on hormones. Not much different from what women of the new millennium deal with when referred to as "bitches"... In the '70's we were chicks, which meant women came like a dime a dozen; and things were very different for us once we got liberated on the pill. In the '70's, women were often reduced to begging for love. In the 50's, guys actually screwed you, but they were willing to say things like "I love you" to get there. In the '50's, women were called broads... Which seems an apt description for girls who were seen as being stiff as a board. In the 50's, you had to be, or you could get pregnant! Imagine hours and hours of foreplay! Heavy-petting...! Just a lead to allowing someone to get off your bra. That's how it used to be in the olden days. An interesting competitiveness develops between Chico and his friends, each of whom are trying to grow. There are two scenes between Chico and his friend Stanley (Stallone) that are uncomfortable. Conclude with an unexpected twist at the end, which determines Stanley's fate. What's going on? This film puts forth the idea that hormones even affect same-sex relationships, especially between the best of friends. What I found intriguing is how everyone is getting by through being a butt-kisser, yet secretly hating it... For on some level each of the characters, male and female, know they are being controlled. And no one seems to be able to be honest about it - without resorting to rudeness and defense. I would have liked this film to be longer, with more of a role for Henry Winkler; it's an okay retrospect. I think it is an even better example of Sly Stallone's talent as a script-writer, and surely significant of what has got him where he is.

Long before Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone became stars this movie came out. It's a pretty basic movie of guys and girls in the fifties 1957 ( I think). It doesn't go to deep, a groups of guys ( I would not call them a gang)hang around together.One of them Sylvester Stallone is going out with this one girl forever and she is looking to get married. Henry's character seems content just to be with the boys and the other character actor Perry King(who seems to have stopped acting after this movie)meets a girl played by Susan Blakely who on is definitely in a different class society from him and his friends.It centers around six characters, but is just very BROOKLYN, and that is where I am from, so I just loved it.No violence really, no sex, sounds boring, but it's not, it like a cult classic.Two of the songs on it are really great too. I don't want to put any spoilers in this review, so watch it, and form your own opinion. You will like it, if you're from Brooklyn you'll love it.

IS THIS A FILM..STARTS AT SCHOOL...THEN NOTHING ELSE FROM THIS..SUDDENLY ONE IS GETTING MARRIED..HM SUPERTHIN STORY IF PRESENT AT ALL..BUT OF COURCE ..IT IS AN OLD MOVIE.

A new dvd sent on time and received in good condition with no problems. I enjoyed watching it and recommend it to others.