Bob Hoskins
Publisher
Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the story of family conflict, intense love and hate, political intrigue and violent death surrounding the fall of Italy's fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. The action centers on the struggle for power between Mussolini and his son-in-law and heir-apparent, Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Galeazzo Ciano. Caught in the middle is Mussolini's daughter Edda who, married to Ciano, must choose sides.
3) Hook
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter Pan said he'd never grow up, but he did. Peter Banning places work before family and has forgotten all about Neverland and the evil Captain Hook until Hook kidnaps the Banning kids. Now Peter must rediscover his youth to save his family.
5) Captain Jack
Publisher
Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack is an irascible sea captain with a strong antipathy for authority, a fondness for the ladies and an obsession with his predecessork Captain Scoresby, who sailed from England to the Arctic in 1791. Jack is determined to retrace Scoresby's 1300 mile voyage and install a plaque in his hero's honor.
6) Balto
Publisher
produced by Steve Hickner ; written by Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, David Steven Cohen, Roger S.H. Schulman ; directed by Simon Wells
Pub. Date
produced by Steve Hickner ; written by Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, David Steven Cohen, Roger S.H. Schulman ; directed by Simon Wells.
Language
English
Description
Balto, a sled dog in Alaska, makes an arduous journey to bring life-saving medicine to a town during a diphtheria epidemic.
7) Michael
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with an "angel expert", are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her motel with a real, live archangel named Michael.
8) Unleashed
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Danny, a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human interaction, with the mind and personality of a young child, Danny has only ever learned one lession in life: how to fight. Treated like a dog, including being forced to wear a collar, by his owner/boss, Bart, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine. Danny fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
11) Heart condition
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
After his death in an accident, the heart of a slick urban lawyer is transplanted into the body of his nemesis, an overweight, bigoted policeman who suffered a heart attack.
12) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A daydreaming bureaucrat becomes involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman and becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed and well-to-do Laura Henderson needs a diversion to see her through war torn London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it. The two don't seem to get along at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres begin to copy the idea and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that...
14) Beyond the sea
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
One of America's greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the Copacabana, where he wowed the crowds with his songs. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing - stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own heart.
15) Cousin Bette
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Compelled to live under the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives, the Hulot family, Cousin Bette's energies are directed towards their destruction.
17) Hollywoodland
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Made famous as Superman on television, George Reeves finds it hard to not be typecast because of it. When he is found dead of a gunshot wound, rumors begin to run rampant. Based on Hollywood's most notorious unsolved mystery.
18) Zulu dawn
Publisher
Tango Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
19) Mona Lisa
Series
Criterion collection volume 107
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
20) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This is the original 142 minute director's cut edition of the film assembled from both the European and American versions.