MGM/UA Home Video (Firm)
1) Child's play
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Voodoo and terror meet when an innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a killer who wasn't ready to die.
2) The Alamo
Series
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
4) Get Shorty
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Language
English
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmaker Harry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
7) Rain man
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother Raymond (Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways to a "four minutes to Wapner" meltdown at an Oklahoma farmhouse, Raymond pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience ... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world! But what begins as an unsentimental journey...
8) Raging bull
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.
9) Marty
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Marty is the story of a 34-year-old Bronx butcher who fears that he will never find love, but at a Saturday night dance he meets a girl with similar fears.
11) Overboard
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Leonardo, a wealthy businessman, has a yachting accident and develops amnesia, an ill-treated employee exacts some revenge. Kate is a single mom who manages to convince Leonardo that she is his wife. Hilarity ensues as Leonardo must take on the task of helping Kate raise her three daughters. Will Kate's plan succeed to perfection, or will she discover that Leonardo isn't such a bad guy after all? It's classic role reversal in this remake of...
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"With fame, fortune and fans galore, silent screen idol Don Lockwood thought he had it all. But one look at aspiring actress Kathy Seldon, and he knew exactly what he was missing. Now he's swinging from lampposts, singing in the raindrops and ready for love. With talking pictures on the rise, Don sets out to make a musical with the woman of his dreams, but one thing stands in his way, his jealous co-star who wants Don--and the leading role--all to...
13) Poltergeist
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Life is very pleasant for a California family until a host of other-worldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. Their house is turned into a supernatural sideshow, and if the family doesn't clear out, they will be swept off into nightmarish chaos.
14) Hope and glory
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Story of a young boy and his family in London during World War II.
15) Europa Europa
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Deutsch
Description
The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years.
16) Breakheart Pass
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
John Deakin is a secret agent posing as a thief on his way to jail. Boarding a special government train in handcuffs, he begins a terrifying journey that brings him face-to-face with death. Various passengers on an 1873 train across the frozen west to Fort Humboldt turn out to have smuggling and murder in mind.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"How the Grinch stole Christmas": In tongue-twisting verse and lighthearted music, this is the timeless tale of the mean-spirited Grinch and his feeble attempts to steal the yuletide celebration of Whoville.
"Horton hears a who!"" Hans Conreid narrates as Horton, the elephant with a huge heart, protects the tiny Whovillians from impending disaster.
18) Rocky
Series
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa (Stallone), the underdog, gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect and the world heavyweight boxing crown...and comes out a winner.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named...Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale, complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, escapes and silly accents you'd expect.