George Axelrod
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Screenwriter Richard Benson (William Holden) has a script due in three days. When he asks secretary Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn) to help concoct ideas, she acts out a potpourri of preposterous plots in this classic romantic comedy.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This psychological thriller stars Denzel Washington as Army Major Bennett Marco, a career soldier who grows suspicious about his experience in Desert Storm after Squad Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), son of the powerful Senator Eleanor Shaw (Meryl Streep), becomes a candidate for Vice President. A remake of the 1962 feature 'The Manchurian Candidate'.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A voluptuous actress known only as 'The Girl', who moves into the apartment above a married man named Richard (Tom Ewell.) While Richard's wife and son are away for the summer, his marriage vows are put to the ultimate test by The Girl's sexy charm and unwitting flirtations. Will the smitten Richard stay faithful or will he succumb to 'the seven year itch'?
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
7) Bus stop
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Bo, a naive rodeo rider, meets saloon performer Cherie, he falls head over boots in love. After he literally lassoes Cherie onto a bus headed for Montana, she escapes off the bus in the middle of a snowstorm. But if Bo can learn to reign in his emotions, he might convince Cherie to warm up to him.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., b&w, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote her Joseph McCarthy-like husband's political career.
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 5
Language
English
Description
The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote’s best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. George Peppard plays her next-door neighbour, a writer who is “sponsored” by a wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who’s the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Holly Golightly is a carefree New York playgirl who is scouring Manhattan looking for a suitable millionaire to marry. However, when Paul Varjak, a struggling young writer, moves into her apartment building, she becomes interested in him. Paul gets swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Billy Wilder's delightful, fast-paced comedy features the iconic scene in which Marilyn's skirt is blown up by a gust of wind. It's every man's fantasy -- a summer romance with the sexist woman he can imagine. Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) is a happily married man whose wife and son are off on vacation when his tempting new neighbor (Monroe) sneaks in one hot summer night to cool off in his air-conditioned apartment. How does an ordinary man deal with...
Series
Criterion collection volume 803
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.