Buck Henry
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This offbeat heist comedy stars Rosanna Arquette as Lucy, a frustrated diner waitress and escape artist wannabe, who teams up with a smooth-talking British bartender, Monte (David Bowie), looking to escape his shady past. Their plan to rob the diner's safe quickly spirals into a chaotic mess involving handcuffs, straitjackets, and a lot of kitchenware. With a colorful cast of misfits and Bowie’s magnetic charm, this wild caper is a delightful blend...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1979.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After a failed marriage, Diane (Talia Shire) is obsessed with the idea of reconnecting with the men that were influential in her life: Lewis, her first lover, Eric (John Belushi), her school-mate, and Jeff (Richard Jordan) who she nearly married.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (139 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jerome Newton, a mysterious and complex personality, appears in New York. Despite his curiously frail physical presence, the strength of his intellect and scientific knowledge appear to transcend contemporary human experience. His inventions are of such originality that they will revolutionize the nation's systems of communication and lead, in approximately three years, to the creating of the largest corporate empire in the United States......
4) Catch-22
Language
English
Formats
Description
**Oscar** winner Mike Nichols superbly directs this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy about a small group of pilots in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. CATCH-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions. Nominated for The UN Award and Best Cinematography...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maxwell Smart is bumbling Agent 86 of CONTROL, the secret agency created to fight the evil KAOS organization. Invariably, Smart's bumbling style lands him in hot water. Lucky for him, Agent 99 is there to bail him out.
Series
Criterion collection volume 304
Publisher
[Distributed by] Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1976
Edition
Widescreen format; Director-approved special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (160 p. ; 19 cm.) + 1 accompanying booklet (unpaged ; col., ill. ; 19 cm.).
Language
English
Description
An alien, on mission to obtain water, becomes a head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. Includes director Roeg's full uncut version.
7) To die for
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Suzanne Stone has always dreamed of being on TV and she's dead-set on making that dream come true. But there is just one obstacle: Larry Maretto, her husband. So, Suzanne convinces a love-struck teenager to get Larry out of the way for good. To Die For is the most critically acclaimed comedy of the year.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 750 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max and 99 pursue their elusive KAOS adversaries around the world - going from Greenland to the scorching sands of the Sahara desert; come face-to-face with their dastardly foes; stay in a Bedoin tent; stay at the "Pussycat Club;" and deep beneath the eaves in a secret KOAS submarine. The madcap misadventures just get funnier.
10) Eating Raoul
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen presentation; [with English or French subtitles].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paul and Mary live in an apartment complex that is being mistaken for a swingers establishment. Paul finds Mary fighting off a swinger and hits him with a frying pan. The blow kills the man and the couple decide to get rid of the body to save themselves.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 204 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Grumpy old men. Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
Grumpier old men. Grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer plans to change the town's bait shop into a restaurant.
12) Get Smart
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Agent 86 is the bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart. He works for CONTROL. They are on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS. Smart has along side with him the competent and beautiful Agent 99. The headquarters of the U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his analyst Maxwell Smart, who has dreamed of working in the field with superstar...
13) The graduate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner.
14) The graduate
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
40th anniversary ed. [with CD].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But there's one problem-- she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
15) Grumpy old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
16) Short Cuts
Series
Criterion collection volume 265
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Director-approved special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (183 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 205 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1991
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles boulevard listening to Barbra Streisand sing "Something's Coming" when something came - a bus. One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his troubles are just beginning ... Meryl Streep joins writer/director/star Brooks ... for a witty peek at the afterlife where you can eat all you want and not gain an ounce. But there's a catch: you're saddled with Defending Your Life. If you can't make...
19) The graduate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Letterbox format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
20) Gloria
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015, 1980]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.