Philip Baker Hall
3) The insider
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people into the fight of their lives.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of braking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.
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.
9) Path to war
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Begins immediately following his victorious election to the Presidency, Lyndon Johnson's dreams for "The Great Society" and his vision for civil rights in America was devastated by the impact of the Vietnamese War. A war he didn't start, but which he seemed unable to end. Torn between the recommendation of increased bombing to win and a nation torn apart by the deaths of young Americans overseas and the protest of those who stayed behind.
10) Hard eight
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honeymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Jerry is a very succesful stand-up comedian, mainly because of the people around him who offer an endless supply of great material. His best friend, George, is a balding, whiny kind of guy, who craves the kind of success Jerry has but is never willing to do what it takes to get it. Jerry's neighbor Kramer often barges into his apartment and imposes onto his life. Jerry's former girlfriend, Elaine, comes back into his life, and the four form a friendship...
12) The Last Word
Language
English
Formats
Description
In THE LAST WORD, Shirley MacLaine is Harriet Lauler, a once successful businesswoman in tight control of every aspect of her life. As she reflects upon her accomplishments, she's suddenly inspired to engage a young local writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), to pen her life's story. When the initial result doesn’t meet Harriet's high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she is remembered, with Anne dragged along as an unwilling accomplice....
13) The shaggy dog
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Deputy District Attorney Dave Douglas takes his job very seriously -- so seriously, that his wife and family hardly ever see him. A case involving an animal laboratory finds Dave once again taking an extended leave of absence from his frustrated family. His luck takes a turn for the worst after he is inadvertently infected by a top-secret genetic-mutation serum that transforms the two-legged lawyer into a four-legged sheepdog. Though his current situation...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Teenage comedy about Jerry Mitchell who's having one of those days: he's late for high school, his car has a flat tire, he's been sent to the dean's office, and, worst of all, he's incurred the wrath of the meanest, toughest guy in school who's forcing him into a fight at 3 p.m. in the school parking lot. Jerry has just seven hours to find a way out of his tough problem.
16) Magnolia
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back the playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
18) You kill me
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Frank Falenczyk loves his job. He is a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank has a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not the touchy-feely kind of guy, but he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A horror film about a young couple and their children who move into a house that was once the site of a horrific series of murders. Over the next 28 days, they find that the house might be haunted by a murderous presence.
20) Magnolia
Publisher
New Line Productions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In a single day, nine stories connect and disconnect through violence, love, Game Shows, Biblical Floods, coincidence, weather, sing-alongs, self-help seminars and quests for redemption. An imposing tapestry about the mysterious workings of fate and the need for interconnection and love interweaves.