Terry Southern
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The Magic Christian is a 1959 comic novel by American author Terry Southern (1924–1995) about an odd billionaire who spends most of his time playing elaborate practical jokes on people. It is known for bringing Southern to the attention of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who had received a copy as a gift from Peter Sellers, and subsequently hired him as co-writer for Dr. Strangelove (1964) when Kubrick decided to make that film a black comedy/satire,...
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A satirical dream-logic journey through the dark heart of 1950s Los Angeles Dr. Frederick Eichner, world-renowned dermatologist, is visited by the entrancingly irritating Felix Treevly who comes to him as a patient and stays as an obsession. Prosaic incidents blossom into bizarre developments with the sharpened reality of dreams as the spectral Mr. Treevly leads the doctor into a series of increasingly weird situations. With the assistance of a drunken...
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Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001, c1964
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A satire in which the President and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
4) Easy rider
Series
Criterion collection volume 545
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Hippie motorcyclists cross the Southwest and encounter a crazy quilt of good and bad people. An attorney joins their quest for awhile and articulates society's problem with freedom as the two hippies embody it.
Series
Criterion collection volume 789
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Terry Southern, and Lucien Carr....
6) Barbarella
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An erotic science fiction fantasy in which a female adventurer travels through space vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters and rewarding the men who assist her.
Publisher
Ditributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, happens upon a young orphan in the park and, on a whim, decides to adopt him. Together they set off on a series of madcap escapades"--Container.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 95 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President and his aides struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 blu-rays (114 min., 123 min., 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Bullitt: Bullitt needs to keep a trial's star witness, Johnny Ross, out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours. However, before the night is out, the witness is dying of gunshot wounds in a San Francisco hospital.
Getaway: A convict leaves jail on parole and promptly joins his wife in a bank robbery.
Cincinnati Kid: The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go...