Martin Scorsese
Formats
Description
The Band, one of rock's superstar groups, decided to call it quits after sixteen grueling years on the road. The group held this farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, at San Francisco's Winterland, the site of their first performance. The performance is interspersed with interview footage.
Author
Publisher
Rare Bird Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Description
"Where were you in the summer of '69? During these tumultuous times, the war was raging; Ali had been stripped of his crown; and in an obscure patch of earth in upstate New York, an event called Woodstock would change the world. This unique book is a collection of remembrances and perceptions from the filmmakers who created, and for performers and festival producers who appeared in, the Academy Award winning film, Woodstock."--Amazon.com.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1030
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Scorsese interviews his parents about their life; Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past; a young man cuts himself frequently while shaving; a middle-aged gangster reflects upon his life; a writer becomes obsessed with a picture of a boat ona lake.
4) 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.
6) Casino
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Sam "Ace" Rothstein is the front man for one of the mob's premiere Vegas casinos in the 70s, joined by strong man Nicky Santoro, the casino runs smoothly until an icy blonde jinxes their winning streak.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late '80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title "The Wolf of Wall Street."
8) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
10) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
11) Goodfellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
12) Taxi driver
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Description
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy, he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris.
13) Help!
Publisher
Capitol Records, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : col. ill., ports. ; 18 x 13 cm.)
Description
Ringo possesses a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, the Beatles are chased from London to the Austrian Alps to the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientists and the London police.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (780 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([12] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
Publisher
Universal Music Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 227 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Using unseen photos and footage, ... director Martin Scorsese traces the life of George Harrison in a personal film, weaving together performance footage, home movies, rare archival materials and interviews with his family and friends"--Container.
16) 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.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (166 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guzmán, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane...
20) Raging Bull
Series
Criterion collection volume 1134
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (129 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.