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1) Chinatown
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through film clips, home movies, behind the scenes footage and interviews with the directors and actors who worked with him, the documentary explores the life and work of Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist.
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 630
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a New York couple is expecting their first child, the young mother-to-be begins to suspect that her friendly elderly neighbors and her husband are hatching a sinister plot against her and her baby.
4) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Twist is the workhouse orphan who finds himself in with some bad company.
6) The pianist
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.