Johnny Depp
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Language
English
Description
In this documentary, director Chuck Workman examines the lasting cultural significance of the Beats, focusing mainly on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Along the way, these freethinking men became friends and associates, and their writing influenced numerous generations of questioning individuals. Workman combines interviews, TV clips and archival footage in his film, in addition to dramatic readings by notable...
4) Minamata
Author
Language
English
Description
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971.
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 10
Language
English
Description
For over three decades, Johnny Depp remains an icon in the film industry. A versatile and talented actor, Depp has starred in a variety of unique, thought-provoking, and imaginative films, and has experienced great success. No matter the chaotic storm that surrounds him, Depp personifies Neil Young's lyrics- "Rock and Roll can never die. There's more to the picture than meets the eye." to a 'T.'
6) Benny & Joon
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Language
English
Description
Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson star in this quirky romantic drama about two misfits who come together as a result of an unusual poker game. Aidan Quinn and Julianne Moore co-star.
7) Nick Of Time
Author
Language
English
Description
The clock is ticking for Johnny Depp in Nick Of Time, a twist-filled, race-against-time thriller directed by John Badham (Drop Zone, Saturday Night Fever). And indeed it is a race, filmed in "real time" so that onscreen events unfold minute by nail-biting minute as they would in real life. No sooner does accountant Gene Watson (Depp) arrive at L.A.'s Union Station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers...
9) Gonzo
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (120 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney presents a probing look into the uncanny life of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - inventor of gonzo journalism and author of the landmark "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Official Selection at the **San Francisco International Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
10) House of earth
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Language
English
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Description
"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
12) Sunset Strip
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Home to the biggest sounds & cultural movements, experience the Strip in the 1920’s with Prohibition through the Mafia Wars, Teen Riots, Punk, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop and Grunge to today’s resurgence. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
13) Sherlock Gnomes
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Language
English
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Description
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (238 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"Runnin' Down A Dream," a film directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich, is the story of one of America's great rock and roll bands told as never before. Tracking Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their Gainesville beginnings to their 30th anniversary celebration, "Runnin' Down A Dream" is the hard-hitting account of a band that became a family and, along the way, left a body of work that is among the richest deposits in American musical history....
15) Brothers in Arms
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A documentary about the making of *Platoon*, the Oscar-winning, non-union, low budget film cast with young, unknown (at the time) actors. Insider stories of Oliver Stone's unique directing style and brutal filming conditions from the stars including Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp and Charlie Sheen.
16) Chocolat
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Language
English
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Description
When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
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English
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Description
"Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. So began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia"--Container....
19) Cannes Man
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A New York City cab driver visiting the famous Cannes Film Festival is chosen to be the test subject to settle a bet between film producer Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) and a fellow film executive claiming that he can turn anybody into a Hollywood star. Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to turn the cab driver, Frank (Francesco Quinn), into the talk of the town. "*Richard Martini really knows Hollywood - if you're a fan of THE PLAYER, you'll...