DVD watch

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2007 | by Mike Clark

After a theatrical run that didn't seem that much longer than the running time of some Stanley Kubrick films, Color Me Kubrick (2007, Magnolia, unrated, $30) is on DVD. John Malkovich stars as a con artist who palms himself off as the director. Here are three portrayals of famed filmmakers.

The Wings of Eagles

1957, Warner, unrated, $20

Navy aviator Frank "Spig" Wead, trying to pursue a screenwriting career while overcoming paralysis, visits a Hollywood director. John Wayne plays Wead, and the director is named John Dodge, an in-joke because actor Ward Bond is playing Eagles director John Ford. The biopic is uneven, but fans savor the abundance of Ford in it, from its slapstick to its sentiment.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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