Columbia Pictures Corporation.
81) Gattaca
Formats
Description
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
82) The patriot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 227 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
Series
Description
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
86) Lost horizon
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
87) Sahara
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An explosive war story about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert, after the fall of Tobruk during World War II.
88) Captain Phillips
Formats
Description
"[An] examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship MV Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips ... and the Somali pirate captain, [Abduwali] Muse ... who takes him hostage"--Container.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dale Denton is a lazy court-process clerk and stoner. He likes to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver. His purpose is to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord. He panics and drops his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale goes back to Saul to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to...
90) Tootsie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime"--Container.
91) Holiday
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Johnny gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, only to find out she's a millionaire's daughter whose father wants to be in control of their lives. Add to that a sister who is falling for Johnny, and he needs to decide who to marry and what to do.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
NASCARs fastest man on four wheels is Ricky Bobby. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he is bested by the flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck. Now Ricky must kick some serious asphalt if he is to get his career back on track, beat Girard and reclaim his fame and fortune.
93) Storm center
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A librarian refuses to remove a book called The communist dream from the public library when the city council tells her to do so.
Series
Criterion collection volume 202
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min., 89 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome's Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film's plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica's version,...
95) Evolution
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Description
It all starts with a meteorite falling to earth near Glen Canyon, Arizona. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College go to investigate. While taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid oozing from the meteorite. Kane finds a myriad of single-celled life-forms in the fluid, evolving at an incredible rate, even while he's watching. What seemed like a sure ticket to Sweden for...
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD, double sided (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
97) Step brothers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brennan and Dale are two middle-aged loafers who are forced to live together when their parents get married. When their immature antics over TV privileges and personal property take their toll on their parents' marriage, the devious duo hatch a scheme to reunite the couple.
98) The violent men
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A large sprawling western drama about a ruthless land baron who loses his grip on things due to violent forces opposing him.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The up-and-down and then up-again story of musician Dewey Cox. Dewey's songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Dewey sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 step-kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp. He becomes addicted to and then kicks about every drug known to man. Despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a...
100) Pushover
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A cop, staking out the apartment of a bank robber's girlfriend, makes a move on her to get information. But she ups the stakes, turning the case deadly.