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Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy … including those of Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap. As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man's plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort … while feeding...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1038
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
3) The Irishman
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two.
Series
Criterion collection volume 549
Language
English
Description
Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1085
Language
English
Description
"Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made--a high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity. Hoping to procure a million-dollar investment from a wealthy society matron for his museum, a hapless paleontologist (Grant) finds himself entangled with a dizzy heiress (Hepburn) as the manic misadventures pile up--a missing dinosaur bone,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : ill. ; 19 x 12 cm)
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Series
Criterion collection volume 7
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An authentic depiction of the tragedy of the sinking of the cruise ship Titanic, in which 1500 people died.
Series
Criterion collection volume 214
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jabez Stone is a hard-working farmer trying to make an honest living, but a streak of bad luck tempts him to do the unthinkable: bargain with the devil himself. In exchange for seven years of good fortune, Stone promises "Mr. Scratch" his soul. But when the troubled farmer begins to realize the error of his choice, he enlists the aid of the one man who might save him: the legendary orator and politician Daniel Webster. Directed with stylish flair...
10) The red shoes
Series
Criterion collection volume 44
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.
11) The red shoes
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.
12) The third man
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (19 x 38 cm, folded)
Language
English
Description
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.
13) Brief encounter
Series
Criterion collection volume 76
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
Series
Criterion collection volume 158
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.
Series
Criterion collection volume 796
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Director-approved special edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Language
Swedish
Description
A monumental mid-nineteenth century epic that charts, over the course of two films, a poor Swedish farming family's voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Includes bonus disc with special features.
Series
Criterion collection volume 940
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1901 Texas, a Mexican-American farmer must run for his life after he is accused of murdering a Texas Ranger.
17) The third man
Series
Criterion collection volume 64
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime--and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.
Series
Criterion collection volume 592
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Full screen version; Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
A trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult 'gentleman's' agreement, in this continental pre-Code comedy freely adapted by Ben Hecht (Notorious) from a play. A risque relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist unable, or unwilling, to choose between the equally dashing painter and playwright she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.
Series
Criterion collection volume 768
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded poster (37 x 47 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm).
Language
English
Description
A parallel narrative of a Victorian-era gentleman and the social outcast he risks everything to love, and of the contemporary actors cast in those roles and immersed in their own forbidden affair.
20) Safety last!
Series
Criterion collection volume 662
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD : s/w, silent ; 12 cm + Beih.
Language
None
Description
The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. He plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success.
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