Irwin Winkler
Author
Language
English
Description
A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century
The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A witch hunt has begun. Not one of roving mobs prowling by torchlight. The hunters are politicians sitting before clicking cameras in HUAC hearing rooms. Hollywood is on trial. And David Merrill is asked to "name names." Robert De Niro and Annette Bening star in GUILTY BY SUSPICION, a film of "resounding emotional impact" (Houston Post). Producer Irwin Winkler (Rocky, Raging Bull), in his screenwriting/directing debut, recreates Hollywood's "Blacklist...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (0 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a divorced man takes custody of his contemptuous teenage son, for whom quality time means doing drugs, engaging in small-time prostitution and avoiding his dying father. In his last chance to fulfill one of his life's dreams, the dad, who is an architect, begins to rebuild an old house.
4) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
5) De-Lovely
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Special edition, widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. Porter looks back on his life as if it were one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and actions onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits, Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife, Linda Lee Porter, who was...
6) Goodfellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
25th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
7) The juror
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005], c1996
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A struggling single mother impulsively agrees to serve on a jury hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. She gets far more than she bargained for when she's forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob's seductive, psychotic enforcer.
8) The mechanic
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A clever hired assassin suffering from remorse & anxiety finds himself the object of another assassin; he must try to outsmart his hunter.
9) Creed III
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
10) Breakout
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick Colton (Bronson), a reckless pilot hopes to rescue imprisoned Jay Wagner (Robert Duvall) who was framed by Harris Wagner (John Huston).
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the McCarthy witchhunts of the 1950's, tells the story of the destruction of the career of a director. In order to revive his stalled career, he is asked to testify against friends who are suspected of being Communists.
12) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
13) Life as a house
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a final attempt to make something meaningful with his life, George launches a last ditch effort to build the house of his dreams. In the process, he renovates his crumbling relationship with friends and family.
14) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed., 2-disc DVD collector's set.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([14] p. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen version (2:35.1)
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life.
16) At first sight
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen format (1.85:1) or standard format (1.33:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man who has been blind since shortly after birth undergoes a surgical procedure that allows him to see again, which both enriches and complicates his life.
17) Rocky IV
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
East meets West when Rocky takes on a vicious Soviet fighter who literally killed his last opponent! Sylvester Stallone writes, directs and stars in this war between nations, in which the only battle is fought in a boxing ring. Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training...
19) Rocky III
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky becomes world famous, scoring ten consecutive wins. But after suffering a humiliating defeat against Clubber Lang, he considers hanging up his gloves. With encouragement from his old nemesis, Apollo Creed, Rocky strives to regain the "eye of the tiger" before confronting Lang in a rematch.
20) The right stuff
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.