Jeffrey Wright
23) Ali
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
24) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
25) Shaft
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
26) Casino Royale
Formats
Description
With two professional assassinations in quick succession, James Bond is quickly elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved...
Series
Criterion collection volume 514
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
In 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, Jake and Jack Bull join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. They are aided by unusual ally, Holt, who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave.
28) Chicago 10
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A highly-stylized and wildly original documentary film chronicling the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, and the charismatic protest organizers brought to trial by the city"--Container.
29) A single shot
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
30) Casino Royale
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
, ©2007
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + .