Miramax Films
81) The tall guy
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Awkward and out-of-place, Dexter is a hard-luck American actor struggling to get by on the theatrical stages of London. His dreary personal life, however, gets a much-needed shot in the arm when he meets a pretty nurse during one of his many visits to the local clinic"--Container.
82) Kate & Leopold
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time-- one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but...
83) Smoke signals
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.
84) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Queen's restrained reaction following the death of Princess Diana causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
85) The great raid
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of American Rangers who rescue the survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during WWII. When the Philippines fell to the Japanese, the remnants of Gen. MacArthur's Army were forced down the Bataan Penninsula where they were surrounded and cutoff with no hope of rescue. They were starving and dying of disease. Gen. Wainwright eventually surrendered and the troops were marched off to prison. Along...
86) Happy-go-lucky
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, an argument with her pregnant sister, and a love-affair with the social...
87) Jackie Brown
Author
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out beach bunny and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.
88) Gone baby gone
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A 4-year-old girl has disappeared from her Boston home, and the police are making little headway in solving the case. The girl's aunt hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
89) Playing by heart
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sexy, romantic, all-star comedy treat about modern couples coming together in some funny and unexpected ways.
90) The switch
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman..., despite her neurotic best friend Wally's ... objections, decides it's time to have a baby--even if it means doing it herself-- with a little help from a charming sperm donor... But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later-- when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son"--Container.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Double feature.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (248 min.) : sound, color with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kill Bill Vol. 1: "Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback-- with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start, but is determined to finish!"--Container.
Kill Bill Vol. 2: "Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance...
92) The switch
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Single woman Kassie decides to have a baby with the help from a charming sperm donor, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections. Her plans go awry due to a last-minute switch that is not discovered until seven years later.
Publisher
Miramax/Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before!
94) The hoax
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pathological liar Clifford Irving stages a complex hoax. In the 1970's Irving managed to fool a major publisher and LIFE magazine into thinking he was writing an authorized biography of Howard Hughes. Irving and his best friend and partner, Dick Susskind, go to extreme lengths to pull off the hair-brained scheme.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest's animal gods.
96) Pulp fiction
Author
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[between 1994 and 2002]
Edition
Collector's ed., widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 /3 4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
97) Pinocchio
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story begins as a pinewood log falls out of a cart and lands in front of Geppetto the woodcarver's door. Geppetto carves a puppet out of the wood because he has been longing for a son. When the puppet comes alive and causes trouble, Geppetto is arrested and Pinocchio is left to his own naiv̈e world view. After getting a stern warning from the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio sets out to reunite with his father, become a real boy, and succumb to some desire...
98) Pulp Fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[between 1994 and 2002]
Edition
Collector's edition, widescreen ; [DVD version].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 /3 4 in.
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Roy and Candy and Lonnie Earl and Darlene, are two, close, married couples who thought they knew one another until they decided to take their dream vacation together. Now they're hitting the road in a brand-new, fully loaded SUV. They are having the time of their lives -- until a funny thing happens on the way to the monster truck show in Reno, Nevada. Lonnie Earl, it seems, has a thing for Candy, and when evidence of this starts to surface, this...
100) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD)(approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twenty-something millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. But Hollywood never really accepts Hughes, and in time his passion for flying begins to reclaim his attentions.