Irwin Winkler
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century
The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have...
2) Creed III
Series
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
3) Rocky: II
Series
Rocky volume 2
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in his win against heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, announces his retirement. But he soon realizes he can't escape his true calling, and prepares for the fight of his life.
6) Raging Bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[©2010]
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about middleweight champion boxer Jake La Motta.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
8) Rocky: V
Series
Rocky volume 5
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2014
Language
English
Description
Upon returning home from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-related injuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife Adrian (Talia Shire), and his son Rocky Jr. (Sage Stallone) move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia. There, the fighter must resolve the deep-rooted resentment held by his son,...
9) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
10) Double trouble
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When crooner Guy Lambert wraps his London show and travels to Brussels, two beauties secretly follow. One is a lovestruck heiress, the other is an enigmatic temptress. Once in Brussels, Guy unwittingly becomes involved in stolen gems and dealing with trenchcoated detectives. It could all be too much for the unattached Guy.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Goodfellas: Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises...
12) 'Round midnight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1122
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and to the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a miraculous, sui generis fusion of performer and character that was nominated for an Oscar, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching...
13) Creed II
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married the man of her dreams. After the arrival of her daughter, Slim begins to see the hidden, abusive side of her husband. Terrified for her and her daughter's safety, Slim flees. But her husband's resources allow him to relentlessly pursue them. Finally Slim fights back, engaging her husband in a physical and psychological battle.
Publisher
Miramax/Paramount
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life.
16) Point blank
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A professional criminal helps pull off an underworld heist, then is gunned down and left for dead. He resurfaces to track down his share of the loot.
17) The right stuff
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
Publisher
Appian Way
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sex. Money. Power. Drugs. Brace yourself for an outrageous true story from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Jordan Belfort, a young stockbroker, is hungry for fame and glory in New York City, where corruption is king and more is never enough.
19) Survivor
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A Foreign Service Officer newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the US. After surviving a vicious attack on the embassy, she finds herself framed for crimes she didn't commit and racing to elude assassins while trying to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve.
20) Rocky
Series
Rocky volume 1
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.