Paul Newman
Author
Description
The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's own...
5) The sting
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998, c1973
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
6) The sting
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (3 hrs. 11 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.
8) Torn curtain
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Famous scientist Michael Armstrong goes to an international congress of physics in Copenhagen with his fiancee who mistakenly picks up a message meant for Michael, and discovers that he is defecting to East Berlin.
9) Torn curtain
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 8 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"World-famous American scientist Michael Armstrong, and his fiancee/assistant, Sarah Sherman, travel to Copenhagen for a physics conference. When Sarah mistakenly intercepts a message meant for Armstrong, she believes that he is secretly defecting to East Germany. Or is he? As Armstrong goes undercover to glean top-secret information, the couple find themslves running for their lives from enemy agents"--Container.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
Series
Criterion collection volume 495
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Features plays from 1953-1958 and includes Marty (1953); Patterns (1955); No Time for Sergeants (1955); A Wind From the South (1955); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956); Bang the Drum Slowly (1956); The Comedian (1957); and Days of Wine and Roses (1958).
12) From the terrace
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the life of a young man whose struggle for success threatens his personal happiness.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project, during World War II, with emphasis on the relationship between General Leslie Groves, the project director, and scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
15) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
16) Cool hand Luke
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lucas Jackson is a man who refuses to be nailed down, conform to rules and regulations, or fit into society, and now, he's on a chain gang. He's a likable enough guy, always smiling, always ready for a little fun. He eats 50 hard-boiled eggs on a bet and collects all the money in the camp. He's more or less like the people he hangs around with, except he won't be pushed. He knows his own mind. This makes him the only prisoner with guts enough to talk...
17) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
18) Hud
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high.
19) Rachel, Rachel
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rachel Cameron is a 35-year old school teacher living in New England. Her life is small and safe. She has no man in her life and lives with her mother. She wants to do anything to keep from slipping into spinsterhood. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she has to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
20) Cars
Publisher
Disney/Pixar
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"El Rayo" McQueen, un novato pero prometedor auto de carreras, vive en el carril de alta velocidad hasta que se topa con una desviaci?n en el camino a la carrera m?s importante de su vida. Atrapado en Radiador Springs, un pueblo olvidado en la vieja Ruta 66, conoce a Sally, Mate, Doc Hudson y un gran variedad de pecuilares personajes que lo ayudan a descubrir que la vida es mucho m?s que trofeos y fama. Acelerada con una sensacional banda sonora que...