Charles Durning
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet memoir, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the deep south in the 1940s. After the death of his parents, Collin Fenwick, played by Edward Furlong ("American History X," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"), finds himself living in a small town with his two aunts, Dolly, played by Academy Award-nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Piper Laurie ("Carrie," TV's...
2) Tough guys
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of the revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, in which Africans abducted from Sierra Leone in violation of international law took over the ship on which they were held, only to end up in the American court system. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, with various abolitionists and former president John Quincy Adams leading the way. Based on court documents and transcripts, letters written by the...
Series
Controversial classics volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"...Classic tales of old in larger-than-life fashion with Amazing stories. Featuring a treasure trove of Twilight Zone inspired fiction, the Emmy Award winning anthology TV series is an imaginative journey into the mysterious unknown - where ghost stories, science-fiction adventures and supernatural intrigue all conspire to dazzle the senses.
11) The Truth Teller
Author
Language
English
Description
Joyce Carol Oates' hilarious take-off on a classic Southern play begins when liberated Hedda arrives home to visit the family estate, ruled by the family's tyrannical patriarch, “Tiny” Culligan. Tiny doesn't know what to make of Hedda's intellectual boyfriend, Saul. But then, Saul doesn't know what to make of Hedda's sister, the slinky Maggie, who finds Jewish professors very sexy indeed. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Charles...
12) True Confessions
Author
Language
English
Description
Two of the finest actors of our time, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall, star in this must-see tale of two brothers set on a collision course as the result of a brutal murder in 1940s Los Angeles.
14) The sting
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two con men in 1930s Chicago, after a friend is killed by the mob, try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate 'sting.' No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts--escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi--and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
17) Dinner at Eight
Author
Language
English
Description
Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall stars in this stylishly updated version of a classic comedy. High-strung social-climber, Millicent Jordan and her husband plan an elaborate dinner party. Their celebrity guest list includes a romance novelist, a ruthless tycoon and his brassy young wife, and a Hollywood has-been. But a rash of cancellations and unexpected events turn the Jordans' elegant soirée into a first-rate disaster.
19) Tough Guys
Author
Language
English
Description
Set free after 30 years in prison, a pair of train robbers adjusts to life on the outside. But when the real world proves more than they bargained for, they start planning their biggest heist ever!
20) Die Laughing
Author
Language
English
Description
Robby Benson stars as a young San Francisco cab driver with dreams ofbecoming a rock star. Instead he's the prime suspect in the murder of abrilliant scientist, chased by the police and the KGB and the unwillingbaby-sitter to a chimpanzee that carries the formula for globalthermonuclear destruction. It certainly isn't shaping up do be a boringday, and he'll have stories to tell his grandchildren if he doesn't DieLaughing.