Quentin Tarantino
Author
Description
"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"At the end of the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren, a former Union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter; and Chris Mannix, a renegade who claims to be the town's new sheriff. Lost in a blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren,...
Author
Series
Django/Zorry volume 1
Description
Oscar Award-winning writer/director and Django creator Quentin Tarantino teams with Eisner Award-winning comic book creator Matt Wagner to write the official Django Unchained sequel, uniting the gun-blazing Western hero with the legendary swordsman of literature, film, and comics: Zorro! Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django again pursues evil men in his role as a bounty hunter. Taking to the roads of the American Southwest,...
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996, 1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they are forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive.
6) Death proof
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sociopathic stuntman, who likes to accost young women in his "deathproof" Dodge Charger, meets his match in a gang of feisty ladies on a Texas highway.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Experience the wild and wonderful untold story of 'Ozploitation' films as you take a journey through the Australian genre cinema of the late '70s and '80s - the years when Australia got into gear and blew the world away with what they had to offer.
10) Pulp fiction
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
12) Grindhouse
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 blu-ray discs (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A motley crew of survivors must fight off an army of flesh-eating zombies after the military releases a poisonous gas on the population; a sociopathic stuntman, who likes to accost young women in his "deathproof" Dodge Charger, meets his match in a gang of feisty ladies on a Texas highway.
Formats
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy, race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (294 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer, and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror, the storytellers, and stars who define the genre, to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's impact on society as well as delving into how horror maintains...
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (252 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.
16) Jackie Brown
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stewardess, a gun runner, a bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out surfer girl, and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.
17) Planet terror
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." Cherry Darling meets up again with her old lover, El Wray, just as their Texas town is being overrun by "sickos" with festering sores turning them into zombies. Cherry has El Wray's jacket, which she took with her when she left and he keeps trying to explain how he looked for it for two weeks and she keeps interrupting his story. Gun-legged...
18) Jackie Brown
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out beach bunny and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.
19) Desperado
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.