Harry Dean Stanton
1) Repo man
Series
Criterion collection volume 654
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagan's domestic...
2) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
An amnesiac man found wandering in the Texas desert works to reconstruct his past with the help of his wife and family who have not seen him in four years.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
5) Lucky
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The spiritual journey of a ninety year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.
6) Paris, Texas
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr. 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Loosely based on Shepard's Motel Chronicles, the story of a man, long-presumed dead, who returns from the desert and slowly recalls the circumstances that lead to the rupture of his family and self-imposed exile.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Police psychologist Sarah Taylor becomes involved with Tony Ramirez as the result of a chance encounter. As their involvement escalates, so do a series of anonymous threats directed at Sarah.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Horse thief Tom Logan has set his sights on the horses and daughter of rancher David Braxton. However, Braxton has hired the infamous Lee Clayton to make sure that his possessions are safe and that any horse thief is stopped in his tracks.
Series
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cockfighter: Frank Mansfield is on a mission to become cockfighter of the year after losing his prized fighting cock and girlfriend to another trainer. Mad Dog Morgan: After serving twelve years in prison, Mad Dog Morgan seeks revenge on the men in power he believes are responsible. Based on historical events during the Australian gold rush, Mad Dog Morgan is a theatrical recounting of the life of John Fuller, an ill-tempered, alcoholic outlaw who...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brought to investigate the mysterious death of a nightshift waitress named Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond is joined by special agent Dale Cooper to unravel the bizzarre clues, mysterious disappearance and strange happenings.
12) Private Benjamin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pampered, spoiled upper-middle class widow joins the army. The army will never be the same.
13) Alice
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack gives a rare family ring to Alice, even though he barely knows her. Soon after, Jack is kidnapped and Alice is confronted by a stranger known as the White Rabbit, who entices her to follow him through the liquid glass of an ornate mirror. Here she lands in Wonderland, an outlandish underground city of twisted towers and staircases. Discovering the ring controls the looking glass, and is the key to the power of the Queen of Hearts, Alice must...
14) The Black marble
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A burnt out homicide detective transfered to robbery and his young attractive woman partner with no patience for burnt out cops track down a kidnapped championship schnauzer.
Series
Criterion collection volume 414
Publisher
Distributed by Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A driver and a mechanic join a drag race driving east from L.A. in a souped up '55 Chevy, where they challenge another driver to a cross country race with their pink slips as the prize.
16) Pretty in pink
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A poor girl falls in love with a rich guy, and it angers both their families and their friends.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
18) The green mile
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (188 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
19) Dead man's walk
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The prequel to Lonesome Dove is set in the Texas Republic in the early 1840s, a time when Anglo, Hispanic, and Commanche cultures were in fierce conflict. Shows Gus and Call on a deadly trail to Santa Fe facing the rigors of nature and the elements, as well as outlaws, bandits, and the notorious Commanche warrior Buffalo Hump.
20) Rango
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107, 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.