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1) Bullitt
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©1968.
Language
English
Description
A star witness in a controversial court case is murdered and the police detective assigned to guard him goes after the killers himself.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
Français
Description
Catherine Deneuve and her sister Françoise Dorléac play twins living in the picturesque seaside village of Rochefort-- Delphine teaches dance while Solange composes and gives piano lessons. As the girls dream of success and romance in the far-off big city, they don't realize that true love may be just around the corner.
3) Bullitt
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A star witness in a controversial court case is murdered, and the police detective assigned to guard him goes after the killers himself.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed in the air and it's a 21st century spacecraft hovering over the Earth, skipping ahead millions of years in technological development only to imply that man hasn't advanced very far at all psychologically. U.S. scientist Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to the...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts creates an extraordinary car called Chitty chitty bang bang. It not only drives--but also flies and floats--as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious into a magical world of pirates, castles and adventure. There, the group encounter a host of unforgettable characters, including Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria, his persnickety wife, a lovable village toymaker and an evil child...
6) Oliver!
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Français
Description
The third in the Antoine Doinel series, (first told in the film The 400 blows) and in many respects the autobiography of Francois Truffaut. After his dishonorable discharge from the army, Antoine embarks on a series of ill-fated jobs, finally settling on an amusing stint as a private dectective. In his ever-turbulent love life, he finds himself torn between an attractive, serious-minded young violinist and a glamorous, older married woman.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Four American astronauts crashland on an unchartered planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himelf among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).
11) Romeo and Juliet
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Presents the Franco Zefferelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
12) Rosemary's baby
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Story of a loving young New York City couple who are expecting their first child. Like most first-time mothers, Rosemary experiences confusion and fear; her husband makes a pact with the devil that promises to send his career skyward.
13) War and peace
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
Russian
Description
A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
15) Funny girl
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
17) The producers
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A legendary producer and his mild-mannered accountant face catastrophe when their play unexpectedly becomes a success.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Crackpot inventor Caractacus Potts lives in the English countryside with his two children and their dotty grandfather. Potts's various inventions, including Toot Sweets, a candy/whistle, backfires. But then Potts restores a junked race car, affectionately named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Chitty flies, floats, and generally thwarts efforts by Baron Bomburst to capture her.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately...