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1) Overboard
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A super-rich and pretentious socialite winds up in the world of a struggling carpenter with four kids.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This Pulitzer Prize winner tells the powerful story of an epileptic woman in her early 40's systematically preparing her own death - and the frantic and touching efforts of her mother to stop her. This searing drama is guaranteed to keep any listener on the edge of their seat. An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Sharon Gless and Katherine Helmond.
3) Cars
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
4) Brazil
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen.
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.
5) The gin game
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The quiet porch of a rest home for the aged explodes with emotion when prim Fonsia Dorsey sits down to play gin rummy with the cynical Weller Martin. Fonsia is drawn to Weller, but she just can't stop winning at cards, while Weller bemoans the bad luck that is ruining his game and has dogged him throughout his life. Tragic yet uproariously funny, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama examines themes of individual responsibility and society's mistreatment...
6) Brazil
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
A comedy/romance about a surreal world in which terrorists scare the citizens, and where nothing can be accomplished without paperwork. Highly critically acclaimed.
7) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
The Final Cut edition ; Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A surrealistic view of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme and everyone is monitored by a secret government agency.
13) Brazil
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A comedy/romance about a surreal world in which terrorists scare the citizens, and where nothing can be accomplished without paperwork.
14) McTeague
Author
Language
English
Description
First published in 1899, this graphic depiction of urban American life centers around its title character, McTeague, a dentist practicing in San Francisco at the turn of the century. While at first content with his life and friendship with an ambitious man named Marcus, McTeague eventually courts and marries Trina, a frugal young woman who wins a large sum of money in a lottery. The greed of the majority of the characters in the novel creates a chain...
15) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Director-approved two-disc Blu-ray special edition.
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.
Author
Series
Elizabeth Taylor Story volume 2
Language
English
Description
The story of Elizabeth Taylor's rise to stardom, beginning in Los Angeles 1942. Growing up, Elizabeth has several love-affairs - and several divorces, since her husbands can't accept being married to a Hollywood icon.
Author
Series
Elizabeth Taylor Story volume 1
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Taylor's dominating mother has decided that her daughter must become a star - no matter what others or Elizabeth herself think. Assisted by Hedda Hopper, she gets a part in Lassie Come Home (1943). She becomes a child star, raised by her studio.
19) Beethoven's 5th
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Beethoven digs up a $10 bill, it turns out that it is part of a 1920's fortune. Gold fever strikes Cedar Woods and the race is on to find the loot. Suddenly everyone wants to be Beethoven's best friend, hoping he will lead them to the lost cash.
20) Time bandits
Series
Criterion collection volume 37
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry.
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