Paramount Pictures Corporation
1) Fences
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
2) Silence
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.
3) True grit
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
4) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (164 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
5) Jack Reacher
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Formats
Description
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find that an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving the world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
7) The score
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Persuaded to help a desperate friend for a $6 million payday, an expert safecracker postpones his retirement to pull off one last heist with a novice thief. Their foolproof plan turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos threatens to bring them both down.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A cocky, chauvinistic ad agency exec magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking. He puts this to especially good use with his new superior, whose job he was in line to get. Then competition turns into romance.
Series
George Smiley novels volume 5
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 108 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground.
11) The Italian job
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charlie, the mastermind of a Venice heist, is overseen by John, a lifelong criminal. But the thieves are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own, Steve. In order to get their stolen gold bars back, Charlie enlists John's reluctant safecracking-prodigy daughter, Stella. But Steve proves himself to be one step ahead of them, and Charlie finds that he'll have to make some daring last-minute changes to their plan by creating the largest traffic...
12) The hours
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it....
13) Hugo
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
14) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001], c1954
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. . . Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
15) Star trek
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Formats
Description
On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was searching for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. He is inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet, even though he annoys his instructors. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan...
16) Ace in the hole
Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Formats
Description
An early look at the impact of mass media in the public arena, featuring the story of a cynical and manipulative journalist. When a man is trapped alive in a mine collapse, an amoral, down-on-his-luck reporter takes over and prolongs the rescue effort in order to make a name for himself.