Robert Altman
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Chuck Workman is best known for creating unforgettable Oscar montage sequences and for his award-winning documentaries. Here he demonstrates his command of cinematic language, creating a visual essay out of clips from films that pushed the boundaries of the art form and gave us ideas of what the future might hold.
Publisher
Vanguard
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Somewhere between selling his family business, his ex-wife getting remarried, and his own sneaking suspicion that he's becoming a jerk, George hears a voice. That voice belongs to his first love, a now-famous opera diva. Now, she's back in town for five days, and her call is louder than ever. George has visions of redemption. No one is more surprised or ill-prepared to deal with them than he is when they start to come true.
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
In the small southern town of Holly Springs, Jewel Mae, known as Cookie, has died mysteriously. Who is the murderer? Where is the murderer? Has there even been a murder? A small town comedy rich in hidden secrets and buried scandals.
5) The company
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes look at the world of dance as seen through the eyes of a talented young dancer on the brink of success.
Series
Criterion collection volume 257
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Portrays a disgraced President Richard Nixon recording memoirs in an attempt to defend himself and his political legacy.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Cathryn is suffering from schizophrenia and is haunted by hallucinations of apparitions. Her husband has his mind on other things, while her mental state is deteriorating. She is unable to define whether the people around her, like visitors to their house, are real or imaginary.
10) Popeye
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Bluto and others join Popeye in his adventures in the harbor town of Sweethaven.
11) M*A*S*H
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
November, 1951. The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is shaken up by the arrival of Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest, crack surgeons but lousy soldiers. Joined by renowned chest-cutter Trapper John McIntyre, the surgeons set about dealing with the daily carnage of the war by raising hell. From getting rid of the idiotic Major Burns, to helping the camp dentist commit "suicide", there's no lengths the Swampmen won't go to distract themselves...
12) Nashville
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An explosive drama and a human comedy that delineates and interweaves the lives of 24 major characters during five days in the country music capital of the world." --container.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
Publisher
LaserLight DVD
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
The James Dean story: film biography of the young actor, with interviews with the people that knew him.
The bells of Cockaigne: originally airing in 1953 as a TV drama on the Armstrong Circle Theater, this film provides a rare glimpse at a young Dean in a co-starring role. It is about a man who comes to the aid of a poor family when their child is stricken with illness.
15) Streamers
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Four new recruits heading to Vietnam, clash over notions of masculinity and sexuality in basic training.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...
18) The long goodbye
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
An irreverent characterization of detective Philip Marlowe in a sophisticated murder mystery.
19) Brewster McCloud
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Brewster McCloud is a strange young man who lives under the roof of the Houston Astrodome and is secretly building a pair of giant wings. A ruthless killer is on the loose in Houston, and some of the city's richest and most illustrious citizens are among the victims. Is it the killer's bizarre trademark or merely a coincidence that each corpse is marked with bird droppings?
20) Images
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on vacation in Ireland, an pregnant author becomes mentally unstable.