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Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Putty Hill: A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's about an indie movie called "Home for Purim," a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director, additional cast members,...
4) Double take
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A documentary/fiction hybrid that combines archival footage with cryptic allusions to an imaginary murder plot involving Alfred Hitchcock and his double to create a portrait of American media run amok during the Cold War.
5) The visitor
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
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