Mike Nichols
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Domestic comedy. A middle-aged couple have to cope with declining facilities of New York (City) apartment houses, as well as tensions which metropolitan and national affairs engender, such as unemployment. 2 acts, 5 scenes, 2 men, 4 women, 1 interior.
"Comedy / Characters: 2 males, 4 females Scenery: Interior Mel Edison is a well paid executive of a high-end Manhattan firm which has suddenly hit the skids and he gets the ax. His wife Edna takes a...
4) The waking
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A small midwestern town is thrown into upheaval when beautiful lawyer Sandy is left in a coma after a terrible car crash, and questions about her seemingly devastated husband, Will, come up when it is revealed that Sandy had an affair and her ex-lover has been murdered.
5) Closer
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Dan, an aspiring novelist, cannot help but feel immensely attracted to Alice, a young American waitress and stripper who is in London after escaping from a failed relationship. The two meet after Alice is involved in a car accident. But nothing last forever, and after some time Dan meets Anna, a photographer, and he feels attracted to her. Nothing happens right away, but once it does, things go downhill for Alice and Dan. The two don't break up, but...
6) Zappa
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault and all its archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood,...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
10) The graduate
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with the middle-aged mother of the young woman he's dating.--
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985 and the Reagans are in the White House. Death is swinging the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior tells Lou, his lover, he's ill and Lou decides to bolt. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Lou. Joe is an attorney, who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-winger Roy toward a job at the Justice Dept. Both Joe and Roy are in the closet: Joe out of shame and religious turmoil; Roy to preserve...
12) The birdcage
Series
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family: Armand and Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancee's family comes to visit, the whole household is turned upside down.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Infamous: Arielle is a down on her luck dreamer who longs for popularity. Dean is an ex-con working for his abusive father. The two have an instant connection, and after the accidental death of Dean's father, are forced on the run. They rob their way across the southland, live-streaming each hit in an attempt to gain the notoriety Arielle desires. The two become a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde, who will stop at nothing to keep their fame and fortune.
The...
Series
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
15) Regarding Henry
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A ruthless lawyer is shot during a robbery attempt and must rebuild his life without any memory of his past.
16) Heartburn
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A bitter romance based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her relationship with Carl Bernstein.
17) Carnal knowledge
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Examines the sexual triumphs and disasters of two American men as it traces their lives from college days to middle age.
18) Wolf
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2009, 1994.
Language
None
Description
Film version of the age-old legend of a man who turns into a wolf-like creature under the influence of the full moon.
19) Working girl
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young secretary in New York named Tess McGill has the brains, looks and charm to make it big. All she needs is the right haircut, clothes and job. The opportunity arises when her classy, seductive and treacherous boss breaks a leg skiing. Tess steps into her job, her apartment and her clothes, and all sorts of witty and romantic things follow!
20) Catch-22
Language
English
Description
"The story of a group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944"--Excerpted from case.