Peter Bogdanovich
1) Daisy Miller
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a Swiss spa, upper-class expatriate American Frederick Winterbourne meets pretty, nouveau riche flirt Daisy Miller; her bratty, xenophobic little brother Randolph; and her tremulous, nattering mother. Despite warnings from his dowager aunt about Daisy's recklessness with men, Winterbourne finds himself drawn to her. When he encounters her again in Rome, he tries to convince her that her liberated behavior with an Italian admirer may sully her reputation...
Publisher
FreemantleMedia
Pub. Date
p2006, c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Korean War veteran Jerry Shand returns home to his family and fiancee determined to get rich, no matter what the cost, after he appears on the cover of Life magazine with Marilyn Monroe. He has an affair with a wealthy young woman and accepts a shady insurance agent job. In the process of collecting insurance money in a poor area of town, he meets an elderly client who forces him to question what matters most in the world.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
25th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two beautiful women suspected of infidelity. Soon the detectives become romantically involved with the women they are trailing.
5) Paper moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.
7) Infamous
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two beautiful women suspected of infidelity. Soon the detectives become romantically involved with the women they are trailing.
10) F for fake
Series
Publisher
Criterion collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Orson Welles uses examples from his own career, art forger Elmyr de Hory, & the Howard Hughes biography hoax of the 1970s.
11) What's up, doc?
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four red plaid travelling cases-- one of each belonging to a befuddled Iowa musicologist, a strange but bright young woman, a rich matron and a suspicious fellow-- are mixed up at a San Francisco hotel, with hilarious results.
12) Texasville
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 780 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tony's separation isn't working out, his paroled cousin is giving off bad vibes, his business rival is looking for payback, and his therapist isn't buying into the 'other Tony.' It's enough to send any mob boss over the edge.
14) Mask
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c1985
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Rocky Dennis, a personable young man who has craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. Rocky is the son of biker Rusty and he is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and her cycle buddies, but treated with pity and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal doesn't want to enroll Rocky, but Rusty fights for her son's rights. Rocky eventually falls...
15) Five easy pieces
Series
Criterion collection volume 546
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
English
Description
Presently working in an oil field, talented pianist Robert Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette. But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette, where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman. Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever....