Paul Newman
Author
Description
The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's own...
7) The sting
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998, c1973
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
8) The sting
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (3 hrs. 11 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II, a private in the U.S. Army, who has a history of escaping from military stockades, is sent on a mission to rescue several brigadier generals taken prisoner by the Italians.
11) Torn curtain
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Famous scientist Michael Armstrong goes to an international congress of physics in Copenhagen with his fiancee who mistakenly picks up a message meant for Michael, and discovers that he is defecting to East Berlin.
12) Winning
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c1999,1969
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet.
Description
A race car driver's obsession to win almost costs him his wife and his friendship with his arch-rival.
14) Torn curtain
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 8 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"World-famous American scientist Michael Armstrong, and his fiancee/assistant, Sarah Sherman, travel to Copenhagen for a physics conference. When Sarah mistakenly intercepts a message meant for Armstrong, she believes that he is secretly defecting to East Germany. Or is he? As Armstrong goes undercover to glean top-secret information, the couple find themslves running for their lives from enemy agents"--Container.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
Series
Criterion collection volume 495
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Features plays from 1953-1958 and includes Marty (1953); Patterns (1955); No Time for Sergeants (1955); A Wind From the South (1955); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956); Bang the Drum Slowly (1956); The Comedian (1957); and Days of Wine and Roses (1958).
17) From the terrace
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the life of a young man whose struggle for success threatens his personal happiness.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project, during World War II, with emphasis on the relationship between General Leslie Groves, the project director, and scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough...
20) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.