Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
1) The double
Formats
Description
Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite: confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A raw, fictional documentary on Joaquin Phoenix's career transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sweeping and revelatory documentary film that follows the trial of the infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the courtroom action as a springboard to examine accusations of multi-faceted corruption within the nation's law enforcement and legal systems.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stockholm, the 1980s: Three teen girls decide to form a punk band, despite only one being a musician, not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Focused on stirring things up in the world, but without a clue, the trio is a tribute to DIY culture and the power of rebellion.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at the life of legendary Malibu surfer Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz, a successful doctor who dropped out of normal society in the '60s and raised nine kids in a motor home, where he home-schooled them about life, love, sex, and surfing.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author, but when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Footage shot by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters documents their LSD-fueled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest, ' set off on a legendary cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair, joined by 'The Merry Band of Pranksters, ' a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's 'On the...
8) Cashback
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007], c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When London art student Ben Willis goes through a painful breakup, he develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late-night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own means of dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben imagines freezing time, which allows him to see the beauty of the everyday world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl,...
9) Food, Inc
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
10) Flawless
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Laura Quinn is an executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself routinely stifled on the corporate ladder. Hobbs is an equally overlooked nighttime janitor with an intimate knowledge of the security system. Hobbs has a score to settle with the Corporation. Sensing Laura's frustration, Hobbs convinces her to help him pull off an ingenious heist.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Throughout his life, Little Richard careened between religion, sex and rock 'n' roll. A treasure trove of archival material brings to life a revolutionary figure, one who reinvented popular music as the ultimate form of self-expression.
12) Man on wire
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail, before finally being released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit's personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the...
13) The extra man
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aspiring playwright Louis Ives moves to New York, taking an environmental job with a beautiful, infatuating co-worker. Louis rents a room from an eccentric former playwright who moonlights as an 'extra man,' a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of comic adventures.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hip, Manhattan couple Marion and Mingus, each with children from prior relationships, find their comfortable family dynamic jostled by a visit from Marion's quirky relatives from France.
15) The eclipse
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds), a teacher raising his two kids alone since his wife died two years earlier, has been seeing and hearing strange things late at night. He isn't sure if he is having nightmares, or if he's experiencing a haunting. Working as a volunteer for an international literary festival, he is assigned to Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an author of books about ghosts and the supernatural. Establishing a rapport with one another, Michael...
16) The final year
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the events of Barack Obama's final year in office.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Buck Howard is a mentalist extraordinaire who used to spend his days in the limelight. But nowadays, it's become clear to everyone but Buck that his act has long ago lost its luster. Yet, Buck is convinced his comeback is imminent. With the help of his new personal assisstant, recent law school drop-out and would-be writer Troy, not to mention his fiery publicist, Buck surprisingly lands back in the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the...
18) The lost city
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Revolutionary forces of Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara prepare to move in on the city of Havana. The owner of a nightclub struggles to hold together his family and the love of a woman. The culture vanishes and the people are transformed.
19) Broken English
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nora Wilder is a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job, but her quest for love consistently results in falling flat on her face. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman with an unabashed passion for living. Inevitably, Nora discovers she must look inward before finding a new outlook on life and love.
20) Joyride
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fleeing from his father, Irish 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs to get some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. And so two lovable rogues, a complicated middle aged mother and a troubled adolescent, go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love and learning...