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1) The Duke
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full...
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Unlikeable antiques dealer François always gets what he wants, but there's one thing he's never had: a friend. Challenged to a bet by his business partner, François must find someone who will pose as his best pal in just 10 days. Enlisting the assistance of charming taxi driver Bruno, François goes to outrageous lengths to be a likeable guy.
3) Taxi driver
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Description
An unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to take violence. While also trying to save a pre-adolescent prostitute in the process. 40 years later and better than ever. Enjoy this special edition.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver. Scientist Dr. Alex Friedman is one of his passengers. She is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. The next day Jack notices Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of his cab. He takes them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere, where they must obtain an object. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke is searching for information pertaining to two aliens that landed days earlier....
5) Glassland
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
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Description
Living in a social housing suburb in Dublin with his mother, John ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. One day, he returns home to find his mother, Jean, unconscious from an alcohol overdose. With no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a petty criminal to help pay for his mother's costly rehab program. Although his mother violently rejects John's attempts to support and unite his family, John faces his challenges,...
6) Goodbye Solo
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both of their lives forever. Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol' boy with a lifetime of regrets. Solo's American dream is just beginning, while William's is quickly winding down. Despite their differences, both men soon realize they need each other more...
7) Collateral
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vincent is a cool, calculating contract killer at the top of his game. Max is a cabbie with big dreams looking for his next fare. This fateful night, Max becomes Vincent's collateral, and will transport him on his next mission - one night, five stops, five hits and then a perfect getaway. Together, Vincent and Max find themselves in a non-stop race against time. With the LAPD and the FBI after them, they each become dependent on the other to survive....
8) Taxi
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Posing as a taxi driver in Tehran, Panahi drives around picking a diverse group of everyday people who express their opinions of the social challenges they face living in Iran.
10) 99 River Street
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When former boxer Ernie Driscoll is blamed for his wife's murder, he must track down the jewel thief she was involved with before the man leaves the country.
11) The heiresses
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asuncion, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened, and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
12) Old stone
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A taxicab driver must overcome bureaucracy and legal manipulation in China.
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Description
From Jenny Holiday comes a modern fairy tale just in time for Christmas about a tough New Yorker from the other side of the tracks who falls for a princess from the other side of the world.Leo Ricci's already handling all he can, between taking care of his little sister Gabby, driving a cab, and being the super of his apartment building in the Bronx. But when Gabby spots a "princess" in a gown outside of the UN trying to hail a cab, she begs her brother...
14) 24 horas de vida
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Ventura
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brothers Antonio and Salvador take turns driving a taxi they own. One day, a couple of delinquents leave a bag full of stolen jewelry in the taxi. Lots of action and adventure ensue as the thieves try to get the jewels back.
15) Sorum
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 100 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Looking for a new start, a young taxi driver moves into Apt. 504 of an old tenement. He soon finds that the previous tenant died mysteriously, and everyone on the floor is connected to the man.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous taxi dispatcher for a New York City taxi company. He tries to maintain order over the varied collection of strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his "cage," they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
17) A taxi driver
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom. What began as an easy fare becomes a life-or-death struggle in the midst of the Gwangju Uprising, a critical event in modern South...
18) Taxi blues
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In a world filled with hustlers and black marketers, Shlykov, a hard-working, anti-semitic taxi driver, is pushed over the edge when Lyosha, a Jewish saxophonist who personifies everything he despises, stiffs him for a fare. Shlykov tracks the irresponsible musician down and the two form a bizarre love-hate relationship. At first, class and race division make friendship for these two nearly impossible, until they both learn they aren't so different...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Selvi, like so many girls living within India's patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day in deep despair, she chooses to escape, going to a highway with the intention of throwing herself under the wheels of a bus. Instead she gets on the bus, choosing to live... and goes on to become South India's first female taxi driver. We first meet 18-year-old Selvi at a girls' shelter...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"NYC taxi driver Ranjit Singh has 10 days to prove his innocence... Bollywood film icon Shabana Shah has been murdered, her body found in the apartment where Ranjit ate dinner mere hours before. Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face. Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYPD as an accessory to murder. Ranjit's only...
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