Olive Films
1) Borderless
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Persian
Description
A young boy lives alone on an abandoned ship harbored along the stretch of an unnamed war-torn border. The boy's solitary existence is torn apart when a young refugee appears in search of shelter, carrying an infant.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of three neurotic characters: A a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious attack (Liza Minnelli), a paraplegic (Robert Moore) and an introverted epileptic (Ken Howard) who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival.** *"It succeeds, among other things, in making human entertainment out of rather unlikely story." - Roger Ebert,...
3) Iphigeneia
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
Believed to be cursed by a powerful and angry goddess for his slaying of a deer, Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to remove the curse which has prevented the winds from blowing and his ships from moving forward on their mission to Troy.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the towering genius of Tennessee Williams comes a story of passions lost and found. **Academy Award** winner Geraldine Page stars as the spinster Alma. Laurence Harvey is Doctor John Buchanan, the handsome young man Alma has loved since childhood. But when a sultry vamp appears (Rita Moreno), the doctor falls hard, descending into a seamy nightlife and leaving Alma's dreams behind like forgotten embers. Set against a steamy southern backdrop...
5) Mandingo
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, MANDINGO takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty and realism to show the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Heavyweight boxer Ken Norton makes his screen debut in the title role, with Perry King (Possession of Joel Delaney) as his white owner, friend, and eventual nemesis.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John P. Merrick, the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Merrick changes his name and takes a menial job at the store to catch the union activists without detention. Once he himself is subjected to the humiliating treatment by the department supervisor, Hooper, Merrick starts to wise up-and soften up.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timid American soldier bears a striking resemblance to a famous British Colonel. The Military Intelligence decides to use the poor chap as a pawn and recruit the naive soldier to impersonate the legendary Colonel, who's highly targeted by the Nazi assassins.
9) Face to face
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
[Widescreen presentation].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
"[A] successful psychiatrist ... despite her professional prowess, suffers from profound depression and mental illness. She finds herself teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown, haunted by disturbing images and emotions from her past. Desperately in search of an escape from her doldrums, she has an affair with fellow doctor Tomas Jacobi. But her hysteria only worsens as she struggles to maintain her grasp on sanity and reality."--Container....
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Earle Slater is a racist ex-con looking to make a quick buck. Johnny Ingram is a nightclub performer with gambling debts. Greed and shared rage against the world turn them into bitter allies when a disgraced ex-cop recruits them to pull a bank heist. But a pivotal moment will send both men toward a cataclysmic outcome that is anything but black and white.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The young Helen Keller, blind and deaf since infancy as a result of scarlet fever, becomes prone to violent outbursts that grow more frequent and intense, resulting in her parents, Captain Arthur Keller (Victor Jory) and Kate Keller (Inga Swenson), reaching out to a school for the blind for help. That help arrives in the form of Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a teacher whose personal struggles have provided her with the tools to assist Helen. And...
12) Blue sky
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uprooting his family after being assigned to a remote testing facility in Alabama, nuclear engineer Hank Marshall is faced with a moral decision as an opponent of the atmospheric tests he's asked to complete. Adding to an already volatile situation is Hank's sultry and unstable wife, Carly, whose flirtatious nature begins to erode their relationship and bring unwanted attention to the situation.
13) Cujo
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town. --imdb.com.
14) 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.
15) Hope and glory
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color with a black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The autobiographical film is a nostalgic and gently comic remembrance of England during the turbulent Blitz as seen through the eyes of ten-year-old Billy Rohan. While the beauty of the aircrafts and tanks holds endless wonders for the young boy, others know all too well the destruction they bring. Navigating difficult times are mother Grace, who finds herself head of the household when her husband is drafted; Billy's sister, Dawn, whose romance and...
17) When we leave
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A German-born woman flees from her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her son with her. She hopes to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflicts. Her family is trapped in their conventions. They are torn between their love for her and the traditional values of their community.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicting the ravages of combat, the lives of soldiers engaged in battle, as well as those left behind on the home front, five of the films that Capra was involved in bringing to the screen are represented in this special edition presented in cooperation with the National Archives.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A free-flowing, freewheeling, counter-culture comedy set during the turbulent 60's adapted from Guthrie's musical monologue Alice's Restaurant Massacre. Guthrie portrays the embodiment of America's youth, a young man who sees his life beginning to unravel through psychedelic drug -fueled haze, as he and his friends (and the plot) spin toward an explosive conclusion.
20) High noon
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
c2012, p1952
Edition
Full screen 60th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a killer he had sent to jail vows revenge, a retired marshal takes up his badge and guns again, alienating his new Quaker bride.