Denholm Elliott
1) September
Author
Language
English
Description
Six people vent their angst during a weekend in the Vermont country- side. What transpires are subtle yet intense love-hate relationships.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
George Smiley goes to the aid of his former colleague, Ailsa Brimley after she receives a letter from a woman predicting her own murder and naming her husband as the killer. After the woman is found dead, they uncover secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy.
3) Noises off
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A travelling theater group has so much going on behind the curtain, they almost ruin their performance in front of the curtain.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c1984
Language
English
Description
A working-class couple discovers a group of wealthy people in their post-war Yorkshire village secretly fattening a pig for their own use in violation of Britain's food rationing policy. The couple embarks on an elaborate attempt to liberate the bacon.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
6) Alfie
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women -- and rarely gets emotionally involved with them. But in this charming comedic drama, Alfie experiences a series of reversals that threaten his carefree lifestyle: his health is put into question, his child is adopted by another man, he gets a married woman pregnant, and when he finally does decide to settle down, he is rejected for a younger man. Capturing the changing attitudes...
11) Maurice
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Set against the stifling conformity of pre-World War I English society, MAURICE is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding. Maurice Hall (James Wilby) and Clive Durham (Hugh Grant) find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. At a time when homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment, the two must keep their feelings for one another a secret. After a friend is arrested and disgraced...
12) Sweeney 2
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
They're back, and this time they're tougher than ever before! This time Regan and Carter are on the trail of a particularly tough and ruthless gang of bank robbers who always use a gold-plated sawn-off shotgun during their raids. Following a trail of dead bodies, wrecked cars and bundles of banknotes, the two detectives ruthlessly pursue their quarry.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
The story of aviation exploration and of the human problems which beset those on earth who can only sit and wait. John Ridgefield, pioneer airman and visionary, manufactures jet planes designed to fly faster than sound into a new world, where speeds of two thousand miles an hour may be commonplace. But his daughter, Susan, believing that human life is more important than human progress, condemns her father's aims and endeavors as senseless ambition....
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1955.
Language
English
Description
The theory that life is pre-ordained and that dreams are a glimpse into the future prompts Commander Lindsay to relate a dream he has experienced to his fellow dinner guests. The dream involves a Dakota carrying the Air Marshall, an attractive girl, a very important person and five other civilians, who, with a crew of five, number thirteen. The aircraft is lost over the sea, the radio fails, and fuel is running short when, through a break in the clouds,...
Author
Language
English
Description
This gem of a production was nominated for six Emmy Awards and is acclaimed as the finest of all the interpretations. Called "ornately atmospheric horror," by The Hollywood Reporter, it is a powerful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's unforgettable tale, featuring Jack Palance as the mild Dr. Jekyll and the brutally evil Mr. Hyde.
Author
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve! Thomas, a young boy, is both excited and disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him a snow globe and starts recounting his own childhood Christmas memories. When Thomas finally falls asleep, his grandfather opens the bedroom window and sees falling snowflakes.
18) Alfie
Author
Language
English
Description
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. He has a series of reversals in which his health is threatened, he has a child who is adopted by another man, gets a married woman pregnant and must procure an abortion for her, and when he decides to settle down is rejected for a younger man.
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