Catalog Search Results
Series
Criterion collection volume 450
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet .
Description
Anthony finds himself embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, who is an elaborate schemer. With the help of a getaway driver they develop a plan to rob a small bookstore.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col., digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Washington stars as Xavier Quinn, Police Chief of a small Caribbean island whose childhood friend, Maubee, is suspected of murdering a wealthy resort owner. Though doubtful of Maubee's guilt, a reluctant Quinn is forced by the Governor to search for his elusive friend, who is in hiding. His investigation is complicated by an array of possible suspects, including the dead man's beautiful mistress, an eccentric voodoo sorceress and a mysterious American...
4) Reprise
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows two aspiring novelists and lifelong friends journeying down different paths after one's first novel receives wild acclaim and the other a pile of rejection slips.
5) Ulysses
Author
Formats
Description
Ulysses draws upon a complex network of symbolic parallels from mythology, history, and literature (including a framework and episodes that echo the Odyssey) to document an ordinary day in the lives of three Dubliners. Regarded today as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Ulysses entered the world in a firestorm of controversy. Denounced as obscure, unintelligible, nonsensical, and obscene, it was first published in Paris in 1922...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two old friends have taken drastically different paths growing up. One is a small town sheriff, the other has become a burglar, bent on stealing the gold the other is shipping cross-country.
7) Envy
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, are suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained, get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds. VaPooRizer is a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind of poop for that matter, evaporate into thin air. Tim, who had no faith in Nick's idea, passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions....
8) Final spin
Author
Formats
Description
"Johnny is stuck-living at home and watching after his brother while working as a stock boy is not what he dreamed about. But when he and his best friend, Goat, see an opportunity to break free of the monotony and take care of Johnny's brother all in one shot, they jump on it. Now they're on the run and about to find out the price for freedom. A moving and fast-paced thriller, Final Spinis a gripping exploration into brotherhood and sacrifice-straight...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
xix, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 22 cm.
Description
The story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic
10) Swiss army man
Formats
Description
Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse names Manny washes up onshore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
11) The trip
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
12) Love
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Davy and Joe were drinking pals back in their Dublin youth. Davy rarely sees Joe for a pint anymore--maybe one or two when Davy comes over from England to check on his elderly father. But tonight Davy's father is dying in the hospice, and Joe has a secret that...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempts to redirect it to Harold's house ends with its 'high grade' contents and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree, going up in smoke.
14) The dilemma
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees something he should not have and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that his best friend Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth.
15) Ashby
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A terminally ill ex-CIA hitman becomes a mentor to his new seventeen-year-old neighbor who is having trouble making friends and fitting in at school.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Swedish efficiency researcher is sent to improve a Norwegian farmer's kitchen habits. There is a rule that they must not speak to each other. This rule is ignored and the men become fast friends, passing afternoons sipping coffee and telling stories.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (432 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the unique bonds of male friendship among three men experiencing the changes and challenges of mid-life. They have been best friends since college but now, in their 40s, are navigating through the second act of their lives.
18) The upside
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this 'funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.' From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
19) 22 Jump Street
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After making their way through high school twice, big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership.
20) The kite runner
Author
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title