Walter Matthau
Author
Language
English
Description
Naughty Dennis Mitchell, a mischievous five-year-old rascal, is dedicated to making his forbearing next-door neighbor George Wilson's life miserable, even though he really doesn't mean it. But now that school is out for the summer, he has all the time in the world to channel his overbearingly excessive energy to his beloved pensioner who only wants to be left alone with his garden. Meanwhile, a tattered thief visits the town. Undoubtedly, Dennis only...
Author
Language
English
Description
Walter Matthau stars in the story of a climate scientist trying to balance romance and research. The piece is both serious and surreal as Matthau removes the “fourth wall” while addressing the show's recording engineer. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Zeljko Ivanek and Valerie Landsburg.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar®-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 streaming video (100 min.)
Language
English
Description
My heart's in the Highlands: The story of an aspiring poet and his young son, set in California at the onset of World War I.
Once around the block: A middle-aged screenwriter gives unique advice to an aspiring young writer.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gang of thugs who have hijacked a subway train near New York's Pelham Station and threaten to kill one hostage per minute. Forced to stall the assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue made, transit chief Lt. Garber must somehow ad-lib, con, and outmaneuver one of the craftiest, cruelest villains ever. It s a race against time, and no one knows whether things will end heroically or tragically in this pulse-pounding thrill ride! Bonus features...
6) Mastergate
Author
Language
English
Description
In this satirical comedy, playwright Larry Gelbart examines the court hearings for the Iran-contra scandal that erupted during the Reagan Administration.
8) I.Q
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd but she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Her uncle, Albert Einstein the scientific genius decides to play Einstein the matchmaker in this fun, warm-hearted romantic comedy.
9) Hanging up
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three sisters struggle to deal with each other and their aging father.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (930 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake; A young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it; It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating; When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home the answer arrives in the form of a killer on the run from the law; A young woman with...
12) Charade
Publisher
Diamond Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.; [digitally enhanced with special features].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Parisienne finds her husband murdered and four strange men after her. One of them (Grant) offers to help her--but is he the hero, a thief, or the murderer?
13) Hello, Dolly
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match.
14) Grumpier old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
Standard ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grumpy Old Men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
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.
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
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eighty-one year old Nat Moyer is a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities. His daily companion on a bench in New York's Central Park is Midge Carter, a half-blind apartment house superintendent. Midge's approach to life is realistic and down-to-earth, making him the perfect foil for Nat. With vaudevillian flair, these appealing oldsters outrageously take on the world and its multiple...
18) King Creole
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A New Orleans teenager struggles to graduate from high school while working at a sleazy French Quarter club to support his family.
19) Out to sea
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two men decide to become dance instructors on a cruise ship so they can meet women and con them out of money.