Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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-- Eight and one half.2002., Corinth Films ; Image Entertainment [distributor] Call No: DVD Fic 8 1 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion Collection Volume: 140Summary Note: Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.
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2008, p1966., General, Universal Studios Call No: DVD Fic Arabesque Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An Oxford language professor is asked by Middle East Oil magnates to decipher a hieroglyphic and soon finds himself marked for murder.
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2003., Adult, Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Bombay Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: A troubled romance laced with barbed wit and pointed melodrama and an affectionate view of the Indian film industry (aka Bollywood). A visiting English author becomes involved with a married Indian movie star; when the romance fizzles she flees to an ashram.
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[2017]., Lionsgate Call No: DVD Fic Circle Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her friends, family and that of humanity.
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-- Battle over Citizen Kane.c1996, p1941., General, Turner Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Citizen Edition: Standard version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Feature film: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it.
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[2003], p2002., Adult, Miramax Call No: DVD Fic Full Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Francesca and Calvin are actors performing in a motion picture directed by David Fincher and co-starring Brad Pitt (who play themselves). Woven in and out of the film production story thread are several other subplots including one about a lovelorn woman, Linda; the self-absorbed Gus; and a husband, Carl, whose wife is falling for Calvin.
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(2010, p2009)., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Informant Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre. The FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent.
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-- Saving Mister Banks2014., General, Disney : distributed by Buena Vista Home Enteratinment Call No: DVD Fic Saving B Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: "Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film, which reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for twenty years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers' (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won't budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set Mary Poppins free!"--Container.
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2006, p2005., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Syriana Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised Wasim Khan, a Pakistani teenager, falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the world.