Dan Hedaya
1) Clueless
Series
Language
English
Description
Cher Horowitz and her friend Dionne, two of the most popular sophomores in school, play matchmakers for two teachers. Inspired by their success, Cher takes under her wing Tai, a clueless transfer student. While trying to make an advantageous match for Tai, Cher attempts to find a boyfriend of her own. Several misfires take place, due to poor communication, before she finds the Baldwin of her dreams. Inspired by Jane Austen's Emma.
Series
Language
English
Description
It seems like Steve and Doug Butabi will never be cool enough to make the Roxbury Club's guest list. That is, until they have a fender bender with their role model, club regular Richard Grieco. Eager to avoid litigation, Grieco befriends the pair and escorts them into the glittery world they only dreamed about. No longer will the hapless Butabis be A-club wannabes.
3) Benny & Joon
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Two hundred years have passed since Ripley made the ultimate sacrifice on Fiorina 161. But over the years, and after seven horrific failures, scientists have finally cloned a perfect replica of Ripley, which includes the alien Queen growing inside her at the time of her death. But this new breed of alien is far more intelligent than its predecessors, a fact the scientists don't realize until after The Betty has arrived with additional human hosts....
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 1 hr. 31 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 scene selections sheet.
Language
English
Description
After a near fatal accident, Super Dave hangs up his crash-pads to operate his own theme park and coach a promising young stuntman. But as The Super One soon discovers, he's been bankrupted by his swindling manager ...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen/full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (103 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the cast is removed from his newly healed broken arm, clumsy 12-year-old Henry is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mph fastball. His throw from the bleachers directly to home plate alerts the last place Chicago Cubs and before you know it, he is signed as their new ace pitcher. With a few pointers from an aging star pitcher, young Henry actually manages to pull off the impossible.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While he caters to the whims of the super-rich, hotel concierge Douglas Ireland dreams of building his own luxury hotel and hopes that a wealthy but unscrupulous investor will help, There's one catch: Ireland must "baby-sit" the investor's beautiful mistress. Soon, Ireland must decide whether the love of his life is worth more than the dream of his life.
9) Blood simple
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 834
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet.
Language
English
Description
"Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought ... Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene"--Container.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano.
11) Mulholland Dr
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman riding in a limosine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles away from the accident and meets up with a plucky ingenue new to L.A. But are things really as they seem?
12) Shaft
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
13) The hurricane
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (2 hr., 26 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison, Carter's published memoir, The Sixteenth Round, inspires a teenager from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists who believe in the truth, to join forces with Carter to prove his innocence.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Edition
Wide screen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD)( 273 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Civil Action: Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) is a cynical, high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward, Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle...one where he's willing to put his career, reputation and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients.
The Insider: Pacino stars as veteran 60 Minutes producer...
15) Shaft
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
16) Blood simple
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man hires a private investigator to kill his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, and her lover, but the investigator has a plan of his own. A bad situation suddenly gets worse.
18) Commando
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Blu-ray ed. [widescreen]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Colonel John Matrix is retired from the army. He lives in the mountains of California with his daughter Jenny. Jenny is kidnapped by Bennett, one of John's former soldiers. Bennett's boss, exiled Latin American dictator Arius, demands that John assassinate the president of Arius's country so Arius can reinstate himself as dictator. John is put on a southbound airplane with a guard, but before the airplane can take off, John snaps the guard's neck,...
19) Slapface
Author
Language
English
Description
After the death of his mother, Lucas, a loner who lives in a rundown home with his brother, Tom, regularly seeks solace in the nearby woods. With his only "friends" being a group of female bullies, he keeps to himself most of the time. But, after a strange encounter with an inhuman monster, Lucas begins to withdraw from others. When the two reach a tentative trust, a bizarre friendship is born, and Lucas is swept up in a series of primal adventures....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ripley is back! A team of scientists bring her back through cloning and are anxious to get their hands on the alien embryo that invaded her.