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1) Bird
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Biography of jazz saxophone great Charlie Parker, from his rise to fame to his early death from his use of heroin. Includes the soundtrack CD.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A compelling look at one of the most infamous criminals in American history. Specifically filmed to tell the real story behind the Hollywood blockbuster, examine his treacherous murder and the mystery that surrounds his death.
"...excellent..."--Booklist
3) Reds 25th
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Description
The life of author John Reed, from his romance with Louise Bryant, his attempts to start an American Communist Party, and his reporting of the Russian Revolution. Features all-new interviews with the film's stars.
"A rabble-rousing tour de force...intellectually stirring and emotionally soap-operatic in the best sense of both those terms..."--Entertainment Weekly
"***1/2 A sweeping soaper..."--USA Today
"***...quite powerful...Recommended."--Video...
7) Patton (DVD)
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
1970
Language
English
Description
Biography of General Patton, who masterminded victory after victory during WWII, and who considered himself to be an 18th century general living in the wrong era. Best Picture, Best Director Franklin J. Schaffner, and Best Actor George C. Scott.
8) Barack obama
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Follow Obama through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, his political career in Chicago, and finally, join his exciting journey toward the 2008 Democratic Convention.
"An evenhanded profile of a key figure."--Booklist
"***...this is a solid presentation...Recommended."--Video Librarian
10) Evita (DVD)
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Rock opera about Evita Peron. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, and winner of Best Song.
11) Great circle
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
12) Marie antoinette
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a 14-year-old girl who is taken from her parents to become the Queen of France, and how a young woman must grow up in front of an entire country.
"...a luscious world to get lost in. It's a pleasure."--Rolling Stone
"...lets its story slink almost casually through its lovingly composed and rendered images."--New York Times
"...slices through the cobwebs of history to seek the heart of the young Austrian princess..."--Hollywood Reporter
"...sympathetic...
13) I'm not there
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at the life and music of Bob Dylan, with different people portraying each aspect of the legend's life, from poet to prophet to star.
"Best of the year."--Roeper & A.O. Scott
"...the most alive work to hit the screen in ages."--Boston Globe
"Brilliantly strange, often funny and ultimately heartbreaking film."--Newsweek
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
Biographical tale of Loretta Lynn, who rose from the poverty-stricken Appalachian area to become one of the biggest country singers of all time. Includes commentary with Sissy Spacek and director Michael Apted, an interview with Loretta Lynn, and more.
"A treasure to watch."--Roger Ebert
"***1/2...full of humor and vitality...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
15) Ferrari
Publisher
Decal Releasing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950’s Formula 1, ex-racer, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for their one son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another. His drivers’ lust to win pushes them out to the edge. He wagers all in a roll of the dice on one race, the...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Français
Description
A reflection on art, life and the movies, THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS is a magnificent film from the great Agnès Varda (*Cleo From 5 to 7*), a richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave. Nominated for the Allan King Documentary Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Winner of the Best Documentary Film...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London's O2 Arena. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows. Includes featurettes, and auditions.
"Michael Jackson was something...
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