William Friedkin
Author
Formats
Description
He was a maverick of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s, one of the leading auteurs of the New Hollywood whose groundbreaking films include 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection.' Now, the Academy Award-winning director looks back at his life, his career, and important films.
2) Killer Joe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
'Killer' Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hitman with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.
3) Sorcerer
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an oil company's derrick errupts into flames, a group of outlaws and an American mobster are put in charge of transporting the nitroglycerin that will be used to snuff out the fire, over the rough terrain of a South American jungle.
5) Algren
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The documentary ALGREN is a journey through the gritty world, brilliant mind, and noble heart of Nelson Algren. Exploding onto the national scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for 'The Man with the Golden Arm,' Algren defined post-war American urban fiction with his gritty, brilliant depiction of working class Chicago. Hemingway declared him second only to Faulkner; Vonnegut dubbed him a literary groundbreaker. Hollywood...
6) Cruising
Publisher
Arrow Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city's underground bars. Captain Edelson tasks young rookie Steve Burns with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows, but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process.
11) Sorcerer
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 2 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four men must transport a dangerous cargo of nitroglycerine over treacherous terrain in order to stop an oil fire.
12) The exorcist
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The frightening and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic resolve to save her, and two priests, one doubt-ridden, the other a rock of faith, joined in battling ultimate evil always leaves viewers breathless.
13) Bug
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Agnes has finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, who has recently been released from state prison. Agnes is a lonely waitress with a tragic past who moves into a sleazy, run-down Oklahoma motel room with her lesbian co-worker R.C. She, in turn, introduces Agnes to Gulf War veteran, Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things don't always seem as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic...
Publisher
MGM/UA
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
In 1925 a beautiful young Amish woman leaves her strict family household and comes to New York City with the hope of becoming a dancer. There she becomes involved wtih a burlesque comic and by accident invents the strip tease.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.--Container.
16) The exorcist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured. Added footage includes a "nervous disorder" diagnosis, expansion of Father Merrin's arrival before the ritual, priestly doubts during the ritual, an epilogue with Lt. Kinderman and Father Dyer, and a shattering staircase descent by Regan.
17) The Exorcist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (104, 115, 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
French connection: Popeye Doyle is a police detective out to bust an international narcotics ring.
Hoosiers: A basketball coach with a checkered past leads him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team.
Mississippi burning: Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals...
19) The hunted
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aaron Hallam is one of the U.S. military's most skilled hand-to-hand combat operatives. Plagued by traumatic flashbacks of death and destruction, he regresses into a feral, survivalist state in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. There, he deliberately and elaborately hunts and kills poachers who happen to cross his path. When the FBI investigates the murders, they call in the man who taught Hallam everything he knows: retiree L.T. Bonham. As the...