John Huston
1) Chinatown
Language
English
Formats
Description
A landmark movie in the film-noir tradition, CHINATOWN stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together....
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the first 22 chapters of Genesis on an epic scale, including the story of man's creation, his fall, his survival, and his indomitable faith in the future.
3) Jezebel
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Julie Marsden is a Southern belle in pre-Civil War New Orleans with a knack for manipulating the men in her life. Scorned by the man she loves, she lashes out in revenge and destroys lives in the process.
5) Annie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks, advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and Guy, makes a thinly-veiled campaign...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all.
Language
English
Description
John Huston adapts and directs this tale of fear and bravery from Stephen Crane's novella, patterned by cinematographer Harold Rosson after Civil War photos of Matthew Brady. Audie Murphy, America's most decorated World War II hero, plays the untested youth first running from and later facing his fears, and G.I. cartoonist Bill Mauldin is his wise, easygoing pal. Pin a badge of honor on this overlooked classic.
9) The Cardinal
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic drama about the rise of a socially conscious Irish American priest through the ranks to Cardinal.
10) The hobbit
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Remastered deluxe edition; Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins the hobbit is asked to recover a fabulous treasure stolen from friendly dwarfs. All he must do is brave dark forests, towering mountains, hobbit-eating trolls, huge spiders, a fiery dragon, and more. Fun and amazement await, so join the quest!
11) Prizzi's honor
Publisher
MGM Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicholson stars as a hit-man who falls in love with a free-lance killer hired by his bosses to eliminate a mutual foe.
12) The dead
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy are enjoying a holiday party when Gretta begins to have poignant memories of a former lover who is deceased. Gabriel begins to see his life in an entirely new light with the shattering revelation of Gretta's secret past.
13) The misfits
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following her divorce, a lonely young woman befriends a couple of down-on-their-luck cowboys. Both men desire her, but she longs for only one, who represents for her the freedom she's never had. Teaming up with a weather- beaten rodeo rider, the foursome goes into the mountains on a quest for rare and elusive wild horses. There they come to realize that, for all their differences, they share fundamentally similar needs and desires.
Publisher
Castaways Pictures
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charles, a hardened river trader, and Rose, a prim missionary, are forced to take an adventurous river expedition together in Africa during World War I.
15) Moby Dick
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
25th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the land of Prydain, a young boy named Taran dreams of a future as an invincible warrior, but when the magical oracular pig Hen Wen is kidnapped by the evil Horned King, he must embark on a real-life quest to find the black cauldron lest the evil Horned King unleash its power and take over the world.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (130, 137 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chinatown: Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Two Jakes: Set in 1948 Los Angeles, this is a sequel to Chinatown....
18) The unforgiven
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A family on the frontier adopts a young girl, but the Indians claim that the girl is one of them, and they want her back.
Publisher
Distributed by Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (345 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hollywood, the golden years: a look at the golden age of silent films via footage from studio films, museums and private collections.
Hollywood, the Selznick years: Portrait of film producer, David O. Selznick, and of the thirties and forties which allowed him to produce romantic epics. Clips from his films, including David Copperfield, The prisoner of Zenda, A tale of two cities, Rebecca, and Gone with the wind are intercut with comments from directors...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows...