Jack Nicholson
Series
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"For six agonizing years, Freddy Gale has waited for John Booth, the man jailed for a crime that destroyed Freddy's life. Now, Booth is out of prison and Freddy's giving him three days before he returns ... to even the score"--Container.
2) Ironweed
Publisher
Mongrel Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's winter, 1938 in Albany, New York. The soup kitchens and flophouses are overflowing with homeless people. Francis Phelan wanders the streets, back in his hometown after 22 years, ready to confront the family he abandoned long ago. While sharing his whiskey with longtime 'pal' Helen, Francis reveals the dark secrets of his past, the painful memories from which he once tried to escape, but now must reconcile.
3) A safe place
Series
Criterion collection volume 548
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tuesday Weld stars as a fragile young woman in New York unable to reconcile her ambiguous past with her unmoored present.
5) Chinatown
Publisher
Paramount
Formats
Description
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extramarital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this sequel to Chinatown, it is 1948 Los Angeles and private investigator Jake Gittes must solve a case of suspected adultery-turned-murder that's tied to a grab for oil and to Jake's own past.
Publisher
TGG Direct
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (321 min.): sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Breakheart Pass: When a military outpost is struck with a severe outbreak of diptheria, the authorities send a train loaded with medical supplies and replacement soldiers. As the train is on its way however, a passenger is murdered. (95 min., color, 1975, rated: PG)
Man of the West: Gary Cooper, in his last great role, portrays a former outlaw whose past returns to haunt him when he is forced by his old gang to participate in a train robbery. (100...
11) A few good men
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
12) Five easy pieces
Series
Criterion collection volume 546
Description
An extremely crass and frustrated oil worker, and failed child pianist hiding from his past in Texas. Robert Dupea spends his life drinking beer and sleeping with (and cheating on) his annoying but adoring wannabe girlfriend, but when he learns that his father is dying in Washington State, he leaves because leaving is what Dupea does best, from his problems, fears, and those who love him.
13) Batman
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young boy who witnesses his parents' murder grows up to become Batman, a masked and emotionally disturbed vigilante who battles against an arch-criminal known as The Joker.
14) The terror
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Formats
Description
Separated from his unit, a Napoleonic cavalry soldier is taken with a mysterious woman, who leads him into deadly traps. He takes refuge at a castle, and an unexpected guest stirs up more madness.
16) The departed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
3 blu-rays (429 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A spaceship computer malfunction leads to an incredible journey for an astronaut; while in prison for murder and rape, a young man undergoes an experimental process that is supposed to reform violent criminals; a man starts to become disturbed by visions when he and his family take care of a remote hotel for the winter.
18) The departed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, 2007
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (151 min.) : blu-ray, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 83 min., approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same time.
Raven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Craven...