Cary Elwes
Author
Formats
Description
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
2) Glory
Description
Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. With the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives Thompson & Thompson, Tintin will travel half the world...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive in a classic tale of love and adventure. The beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the nasty Prince Humperdinck, while Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. Along the way he meets an accomplished swordsman and a giant,...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious "gift". Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. To protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly 'no strings attached.' That means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, and no baby voices. They can do whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want, as long as they don't fall in love. The question becomes: who's going to fall first? And can their...
8) Porco Rosso
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video, Shadow of the Vampire Limited
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This riveting suspense thriller is about the filming of Nosferatu and the difficult relationship between F.W. Murnau and Max Schreck. As cast and crew begin to disappear, it seems that Murnau has made a devil's bargain with Schreck, whose performance is too authentic.
10) Liar liar
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fletcher Reed is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish-- that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset-- his mouth-- has become his biggest liability.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and The Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.
12) Dracula
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that gothic romance, he creates a modern masterpiece. Gary Oldman's metamorphosis as Dracula who grows from old to young, from man to beast is nothing short of amazing. Winona Ryder brings equal intensity to the role of a young beauty who becomes the object of Dracula's devastating desire. Anthony Hopkins co-stars as the famed doctor who dares...
13) Another country
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min. [i.e. 87 min.]) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rueful, romantic tale of the awfulness of life in an ancient English public school in the 1930's. At its center is the friendship of Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett), a dark, Byronically handsome young man, who accepts the horrors of the school system in return for its rewards, and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth), who attends the school against his will, refuses to play the gentleman's game, and is already a Marxist. Guy falls in love with a handsome fellow...
14) The cat's meow
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons.
Series
Criterion collection volume 948
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
When the beautiful maiden Buttercup hears that her true love Westley is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the loathsome Prince Humperdinck. After Westley returns to rescue Buttercup, the two begin an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, giants, monsters, miracles, true love and hilarity!
16) Days of thunder
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Race car driver Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) teams with a legendary crew chief (Robert Duvall) to race at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends his career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve to race, to win and to live.
17) Kiss the girls
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Washington DC detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to North Carolina to investigate the apparent kidnapping of his niece (Gina Ravera). Aided by escaped kidnapee Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), Cross hunts down the kidnapper, who operates under the pseudonym "Cassanova".
18) Twister
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years.
19) Elvis & Nixon
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the infamous meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in 1970, which was immortalized in the most requested phonograph in the National Archives.
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