Peter Sarsgaard
1) Experimenter
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram, conducts a series of radical behavior experiments testing human willingness to obey authority by using electric shock on strangers.
2) Rendition
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
"Edward Zwick's 'Pawn Sacrifice' is an enthralling piece of mainstream entertainment that captures the essence...