Sidney Lumet
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the greatest directors of all time, Sidney Lumet has made movies that have been nominated for more than 50 Academy Awards. Making Movies is an honest and unflinching look at the business and craft of movie making. Lumet's book reveals the ingredients for the potion that brings movie magic to life and assures one thing: you will never look at movies the same way again.
2) Daniel
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the son of a Jewish couple who are branded as spies and put to death by the U.S. government. Believing that his parents were wrongly convicted and executed, their son Daniel Isaacson, an anti-war activist, sets out to clear their name. The film flips back and forth from the story of Daniel and the story of his parents. Based on the real case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
3) 12 angry men
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Language
日本語
Description
"Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits"--Container.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect larcenous crime: they plan to rob a mom-and-pop shop. The only problem is that the owners of the store are their mom and pop. But things go awry, and no one, including the brothers and their parents, is left unscathed.
6) Network
Language
English
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen. Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
8) The verdict
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
10) Find me guilty
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1956 autobiograpy, this film depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating under drug addiction, alcoholism, and imminent death.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A film version of Eugene O'Neill play which centers around drunks and whores who have found sanctuary in a saloon. Each has their own "pipe-dream" that sustains them until Hickey, the "Iceman", attempts to free them from their illusions by stripping them of their lies and guilt.
13) Network
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
14) Fail-safe
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
15) Serpico
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of a true story where a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
16) Deathtrap
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
After seeing his latest play fail on opening night, Sidney Bruhl receives a promising manuscript from one of his students, Clifford Anderson. Sidney and his wife Myra lure Clifford to their East Hampton home for the weekend where they plan to murder him and steal his manuscript.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
18) The verdict
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
An alcoholic lawyer stumbles upon one last chance to redeem himself by taking on a controversial court case against seemingly insurmountable opposition.
19) 12 angry men
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
20) Critical care
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Werner Ernst is an overworked intern who only wants what is best for his elderly, comatose patient - until he falls for the ailing man's beautiful daughter Felicia.