United Artists Corporation.
2) Goldfinger
Description
From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nighclub to a last-minute escape from the president's personal jet, James Bond faces off with a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world economy.
Formats
Description
With two professional assassinations in quick succession, James Bond is quickly elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved...
4) Rain man
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
5) Quicksand
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A law-abiding citizen "borrows" a few dollars to go out on a date. As fast as quicksand, his first minor criminal act turns into a tragedy.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is a time of both splendor and despair for the deeply divided French nation where the self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people starve. Believing he is all-powerful, Louis fears no one-- except the one person who could bring an end to his absolute power: the man he condemned to wear an iron mask and imprisoned for life. But when the king's selfish excesses go too far, retired Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis...
8) Rob Roy
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose to provide for his clan. When Montrose's evil henchmen conspire to take the wealth for themselves, they thrust Rob into the most challenging battle of his life.
11) Sleeper
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miles Monroe enters the hospital in 1973 for a minor ulcer operation only to wake up 200 years later after being defrosted. As Miles tries to adjust to his new environment, he is re-programmed, de-programmed, chased by Big Brother-like police, and falls for Luna, an underground poet.
12) Thief
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A professional thief is caught between Chicago organized crime families and corrupt police.
Series
Description
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
15) The Long goodbye
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2002, c1973
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman successfully transports Philip Marlowe, incarnated by Elliott Gould, to the over-privileged, full-color 70s. Marlowe is lonely and shabby, yet does not seem an anachronism in the contemporary world. Unlike Bogart's Marlowe, this is a not especially tough Marlowe. He's a bright, conscientiously solemn nut, a guy who hopes for the best but expects the worst. This particular Philip Marlowe, despite evidence to the...
16) True confessions
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his monsignor brother about a pious pimp's tie to grisly murder.
18) Capote
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners,...
19) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
20) Vera Cruz
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the Mexican Revolution of 1866, two American adventurers sign up to escort a carriage from the palace of Emperor Maximilian I in Mexico City to the seaport of Vera Cruz. Aboard the carriage is a beautiful French countess and a treasure of three million dollars in gold coins. Includes original theatrical trailer.