Adrien Brody
Author
Series
Houdini volume 2
Language
English
Description
Night 2 of Houdini follows Harry Houdini's epic battle against the spiritualists whose practices he found to be false and misleading. As the 20th century progresses, Houdini must come to terms with his new place in a fast-changing world.
Author
Series
Houdini volume 1
Language
English
Description
From humble beginnings at circus sideshows to sold out concert halls in Europe, night 1 of Houdini follows the rise of the boy Erich Weiss as he becomes the man Harry Houdini, master escapologist.
3) Detachment
Author
Language
English
Description
Adrien Brody (in his most acclaimed performance since THE PIANIST), Marcia Gay Harden & Christina Hendricks star in this award-winning drama about teachers and students in a troubled high school. From the director of AMERICAN HISTORY X.
4) The Pianist
Author
Language
English
Description
True story based on the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A talented Jewish pianist is aided by a Nazi officer as he hides out in Nazi occupied Poland.
5) Dummy
Author
Language
English
Description
Steven, a socially inept young man who struggles to express his feelings, learns to communicate with the world through his dummy and the art of ventriloquism.
6) Houdini
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (152 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Starring Academy Award winner* Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly, HOUDINI, follows the world-renowned master of escape's transformation from immigrant to superstar.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (0 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jeanne de la Motte-Valois knows what she wants. She also knows how to get it – by conniving, deceiving and betraying. And by doing it so scandalously that it helps send Queen Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. Wealth and desire. Politics and corruption. Celebrity and sexuality. Jeanne combines them all in a scheme to acquire a diamond necklace that will enable her to buy back the royal status taken from her. Academy Award® winner* Hilary Swank...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of "Diner," "Tin Men," and "Avalon," Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson continues with this story of 1950s Baltimore -- a period of great change with issues of race, religion and class distinction causing turmoil between two generations of a Jewish family. Starring Adrien Brody , Joe Mantegna , Neuwirth and Orlando Jones.
9) Detachment
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Oscar-winners Adrien Brody and Marcia Gay Harden star in this award-winning drama about a substitute teacher at a troubled high school. From the Tony Kaye, director of *American History X*. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. "*Harrowing depiction of the American educational system features a superb performance by Adrien Brody.*"- Frank Scheck, ***Hollywood Reporter***
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Starring Andie MacDowell, Brendan Gleeson, and Adrien Brody. This is the story of a woman who refuses to bow to fate, a woman who, because she is deeply in love, refuses to be dictated to by destiny. This is the story of a man who holds on to this love for dear life to prevent himself from sinking into despair and disappearing forever into the nothingness of memory. This is the story of those who were there to witness this passion and who tell us...
12) Hollywoodland
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Made famous as Superman on television, George Reeves finds it hard to not be typecast because of it. When he is found dead of a gunshot wound, rumors begin to run rampant. Based on Hollywood's most notorious unsolved mystery.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of crime novelist Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) who, languishing in his hospital bed, occupies his time by mapping out a screenplay in his head about a cynical private investigator who doubles as a singer in a dance band. His lead character is slowly drawn into a web of intrigue during the murder investigation of prostitute in 1950s Los Angeles. Heavily medicated, the border between reality and fiction starts to blur in Dark's mind....
14) American heist
Publisher
Saban
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, both with troubled pasts, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
15) Fool's paradise
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist who discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
17) Clean
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past in this bloody thrill ride.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
19) The pianist
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
20) Cadillac Records
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent, such as songwriter Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes...
