Joseph Cotten
Series
Studio classic ; 32
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A southern belle finds out the truth about her husband's murder when her cousin reopens the case.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, Dr. Anton Phibes still lives, surrounded by art-deco bric-a-brac and attended by mute beauty Vulnavia. Outwardly normal in appearance, Phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance; giving away the artifice is the fact that, when he dines, he takes his food through his neck rather than his mouth. Able to speak only when plugging a wire into his damaged vocal chords,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this 21st century science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely almost totally on a greenish, wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial...
10) Duel in the sun
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A woman taken into the home of a wealthy rancher becomes the subject of a tug-of-war between his two sons.
11) The third man
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A pulp fiction writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna at the invitation of a friend who has offered him a job. Once there, he discovers that a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market and his friend has recently died in a mysterious traffic accident. As he begins to unravel the story behind his friend's death, he finds himself entangled in the black market, the police, and his friend's Czech girlfriend. Includes commentary, interviews,...
Publisher
VCI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A horrorific dramatization fo the Guyana tragedy, where the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Traces the story of Jim Jones and the People's Temple from its roots in Indianapolis in 1953 to the Nov. 16, 1978 mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
14) Heaven's gate
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A lawman and a hitman are in love with the same woman. All three are caught up in a devastating class war, when ruthless ranchers decide to kill off the starving immigrants who have been stealing their cattle. The story is based on a real range war in the 1890s in Johnson County, Wyoming.
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Hiltons are an average family living in a Midwestern town. The father of the household has waived his 3A status and enlisted to go overseas. His wife must now act as father and mother to their two daughters and keep their father's memory alive.
16) The Third man
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.
17) The Third man
Series
Criterion collection ; 64
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.
18) Petulia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An unhappily married socialite woman is trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor, who in his own words just wants to feel something.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might...
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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.