Alan Parker
1) Fame
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Passions will be tested. Hearts will be broken. Talent, dedication and hard work will triumph! FAME is the inspiring story of a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally and Bebe Neuwirth co-star alongside a group of gifted performers in this soaring reinvention of...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Story about students at the High School of Performing Arts, New York. Dance sequences include an audition, classes, a ballet solo by Antonia Franceschi, and the ensemble numbers "Fame" and "I sing the body electric."
Publisher
Beacon Communications Corporation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fueled by raw talent and driven by dreams of glory, a dozen dead-enders from Dublin's gritty North Side share a passion for soul music that takes their band on a wild rollercoaster ride from the streets to superstardom.
Series
Language
English
Description
Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing with ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene, capturing Gilbert's heart and inspiring him to...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
9) Angel heart
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2005
Edition
Special limited ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Told with the music of Pink Floyd rather than conventional dialogue, video tells the story of a burned out rock performer who sits in his motel room watching war movies, and slowly loses touch with reality.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
David Gale was an active member of Deathwatch, an anti-capital punishment activist group. Constance is a fellow Deathwatch activist. When Constance is found raped and murdered, Gale is convicted of the crime. Now Gale awaits execution, and with less than a week before his date with the fatal injection, Gale agrees to tell his story to Bitsy, a nervy journalist from a major newsmagazine. As she discusses the facts of the murder with Gale, it occurs...
12) Evita
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.
13) Midnight express
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
20th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American citizen Billy Hayes is sentenced to four years in a brutal Turkish prison after being caught trying to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul. When his sentence is changed to life just days before his release, he has not choice but to try to escape.
Publisher
Columbia Music Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen version, 25th anniversary limited ed.; special limited ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 poster.
Language
English
Description
A burned out rock performer sits in his motel room watching war movies and slowly losing touch with reality. Told with music rather than conventional dialogue.
15) The Commitments
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Collector's ed., widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fueled by raw talent and driven by dreams of glory, a dozen dead-enders from Dublin's gritty North Side share a passion for soul music that takes their band on a wild rollercoaster ride from the streets to superstardom! Includes 4 hours of extras.
16) Birdy
Publisher
Columbia Tri-Star Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Birdy, a Vietnam veteran, sits in an almost catatonic state in an Army hospital, where he has come to believe he is one of the feathered creatures of his boyhood dreams. In an effort to break Birdy's silence, his psychiatrist brings in Al Columbato, Birdy's best friend of his youth. Al tries to reach the disturbed Birdy and bring him back to reality. The answer may lie in their youth, where Birdy first donned wings and Al helped him to fly.
18) Midnight express
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
This film is based on a true story. William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing with his girlfriend in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and subsequently raped, tortured, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival. There are other foreigners there, many for smuggling, and word is that the only way out of the...
