John Cassavetes
2) Husbands
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry, Archie and Gus are three middle-aged husbands, with wives, children and houses in the New York suburbs. They go on a wild spree after a close friend dies of a heart attack. Ending up in London, the three must confront their own mortality and decide how to spend the rest of their lives.
Publisher
Castle Hill Productions
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicky has embezzled a fortune from his Mafia bosses and is on the run. Nicky's only friend, Mikey tries to help him escape; or will he lead him into a trap?
Series
Criterion collection volume 250
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (ca. 837 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (67 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
"Shadows": Explores interracial friendships and relationships in the 1950's Beat-era New York City. "Faces": Richard and Maria are attempting to escape the anguish of their dissolving marriage by falling in the arms of others. "A woman under the influence": Mabel, is loved by her husband Nick, but her madness proves to be a problem in their marriage. "The killing of a Chinese bookie": To clear his debt, a strip club owner grapples with his own conscience...
Publisher
Blue Underground
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn in a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high-level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high-stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York.
6) Love streams
Series
Criterion collection volume 721
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen Criterion collection.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
Series
Criterion collection volume 630
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel, Mia Farrow plays "a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her over-friendly elderly neighbors and self-involved actor husband are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby."
8) Gloria
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An accountant is in possession of a ledger which could put a number of mob bosses behind bars for a long time. Before he is killed, however, he manages to entrust the ledger and his son to a neighbor, Gloria, for protection. Gloria reluctantly takes the kid on the run while keeping the mob at bay, sometimes at the point of a gun. Finally, tired of running, she decides to confront them head on!
9) Tempest
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy loosely based on Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" has a New York City architect who tries to solve his midlife crisis by moving to a Greek island with his teenage daughter.
10) Mikey and Nicky
Series
Criterion collection volume 957
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Director approved special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicky has embezzled a fortune from his Mafia bosses and is on the run. His only friend, Mikey, tries to help him escape - or will he lead him into a trap?
11) Saddle the wind
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tony Sinclair rides back to the ranch he runs with his ex-gunfighter brother, Steve. Tony's spoiling for a fight. And he finds it when a stranger shows up aiming to settle an old score with Steve.
Series
Criterion collection volume 176
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (102 min., 94 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 brochures
Language
English
Description
Melodramatic thrillers based on the Hemingway story about two hit men and their target, who accepts his fate as though he were already dead.
13) Shadows
Series
Criterion collection volume 251
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassavetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white.
14) The dirty dozen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II drama in which an army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines.
Series
Criterion collection volume 176
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (102 min., 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 fold-out inserts.
Language
English
Description
Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (404 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2016
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (7 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Night we never met. A man about to get married wants to keep his own apartment and still enjoy a rowdy bachelor lifestyle, so he finds tenants who only need a part-time share of the place.
She's so lovely. Maureen and first husband Eddie lived through some very wild times ... until an unforeseen crisis finally drove them apart. So when he walks back into her life after ten years ... Maureen must choose between her love for husband number two and...
