Ben Vereen
Author
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Description
George is a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men's shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system, until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Publisher
VCI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
English
Description
Using the medieval legend of Charlemagne's son, Pippin, heir apparent to the Holy Roman Empire, this musical pageant is a parable about a young man's search for meaning and truth.
3) Vaudeville
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of vaudeville and its impact on contemporary media. Includes rare performances by George Burns and Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, James Cagney, Bert Williams, Eddie Cantor, W.C. Fields and Bert Lahr.
4) Idlewild
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Prohibition-era American South, speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival, meanwhile, must choose between his love for Angel and his obligations to his father.
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Language
English
Formats
Description
The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work schedule-mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night; and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk.
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abigail the wood mouse, Edgar the mole, and Russell the hedgehog take off on an exciting, but dangerous journey to find help for their friend, Michelle, when she is injured by toxic fumes.
7) Fosse
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen [version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the man behind such favorites as "Cabaret," "Chicago," "Sweet Charity," and "Pippin." A mixture of physically aggressive dance moves and dazzling visual style, Bob Fosse's approach to theater revolutionized how we experience music and dance, while his mixture of cynicism and sentiment remains timely decades after his death. Join one of Fosse's most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, as she and a wild, gyrating cast take you through such...
Author
Language
English
Description
Abigail (the woodmouse), Russell (the hedgehog), Edgar (the mole), and Michelle (the badger)-known to their teacher as the Furlings-come face-to-face with dangers unintentionally brought to their forest world by the human pursuit of "progress." These woodland friends race against time to and work together as a team to help a friend in need. This exciting audio tale is based on the children's film “Once Upon a Forest”, produced by Hanna-Barbera...
10) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
1977, ©2011
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.