Sean Penn
Author
Series
Bob Honey novels volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
160 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, darkly funny novella about Bob Honey--a modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin. He's just a guy trying to make it through each day while grappling with loneliness, alienation, violence--uncertain of his place in a culture that considers branding more important than being. Bob Honey has a hard time connecting with other people. He dreams he is sleeping with his ex-wife...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's that follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Bonus features included.
4) The pledge
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A veteran police detective, on the day of his retirement, handles the case of a seven-year-old girl who has been brutally murdered. When a mentally retarded man confesses to the murder and then kills himself, the detectives consider the case closed, but was he actually the murderer? Before long evidence is uncovered that suggests the girl was just one in a series of brutal killings involving young girls and a mysterious man.
6) Hurly burly
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eddie, a casting director, and his friends engage in the wild life of partying, late night sex, and self-obsession. When the fast life comes to a crashing halt, Eddie has to rediscover his soul.
7) Bad boys
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After killing the brother of a Chicago drug dealer, a young thug faces violent consequences both in and out of jail.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision.
9) Colors
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two L.A. cops, one a veteran and one a rookie, try to bring peace to the war raging on the streets of L.A.
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.
13) The tree of life
Series
Criterion collection volume 942
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Follows a man through his life as he questions his existence and faith and struggles to maintain a good relationship with his father.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1930's, the fictional Emmet Ray ruled as the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world. But his reputation was eclipsed by his eccentric career moves, hilarious clashes with gangsters and stormy love affairs with two very different women.
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (171 min.) : blu-ray, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The soldiers of an American company about to participate in the Battle of Guadalcanal each face personal crises as they prepare for the fight.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hours, 6 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two brothers, one a cop with a wife and child, the other a Vietnam veteran who lives his life breaking the laws his brother has vowed to uphold, cope with brotherly love, conflict and the pursuit of dreams.
17) Colors
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Film about the conflict between the police and the street gangs in Los Angeles.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approx 4.5 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Animal House : Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade.
Dazed and Confused : A hilarious portrayal of a group of Southern California high school...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1075
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe, launching hugely successful film careers for both.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....