Universal Pictures Company
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Bank dick: "W.C. Fields is Egbert Souse, a lowly bank guard who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Cafe and his dreaded family. His humdrum life changes when fate leads him to heroism. Hollywood and the good life. Packed with classic routines, including a wacky cops and robbers chase"--Container.
My little chickadee: "The reputation of voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee (West) is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom....
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan. Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Lon Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera House. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair. This horror classic, presented in its 1929 re-edited reissue version, features a rare early 2-color Technicolor sequence.
Series
Criterion collection volume 78
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Egbert Souse accidentally foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank guard.
Series
Criterion collection volume 176
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.
8) King Kong
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by...
10) The far country
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Full frame edition.
Language
English
Description
A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
12) The war lord
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Chrysagon, an 11th century Norman knight and war lord is given command of a Druid peasant village. Battling enemies from the North and from his own ranks the lonely warrior is enamored of Bromwyn, engaged to the son of the tribe's chieftain. Under the influence of a plotting brother he takes advantage of an ancient law permitting nobility the right of first night with any bride. Captivated, he refuses to give Bromwyn up at dawn, and the stage is set...
14) First man
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
15) Munster go home!
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
After Fred inherits an uncle's English estate, the Munster family go to England where Fred uncovers a counterfeiting ring and upholds the family honor by driving his Drag-u-la special in the annual road race.
16) K-PAX
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Collector's edition; widescreen version (2.35:first).
Language
English
Description
A Manhattan psychiatrist, who thinks he's seen it all until he's assigned to analyze Prot, a psychiatric patient who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. He is convinced that Prot is "a convincing delusional, " but his cynicism turns to open-minded fascination as Prot's case reveals a combination of otherworldly insight and all-too-human trauma, prompting an earthbound explanation for Prot's allegedly alien origins.
18) Charade
Series
Criterion collection volume 57
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
[Widescreen format], Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
A woman, about to divorce her husband, finds that he has been murdered after converting all of their fortune into cash. Numerous people are searching for the money, which he apparently stole, and everyone assumes she must know where the money is hidden.
20) Saboteur
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A riveting wartime thriller following an innocent man who suddenly finds himself in a very deadly situation. After aircraft factory worker Barry Kane witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, he finds himself falsely accused of sabotage and killing his best friend. To clear his name, Kane begins a relentless cross-country chase that takes him from Los Angeles to Boulder Dam and New York's Radio City Music Hall. The suspense builds to a climactic...
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