Paul Sorvino
1) Brava Italia
Publisher
Acorn Media Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by award-winning actor Paul Sorvino and broadcast on public television, Brava Italia tours la bella Italia from the streets to the skies, bustling cities to peaceful hill towns, and snowcapped Alps to sun-kissed shores.
2) GoodFellas
Series
Language
English
Formats
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...
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1933, Primo Carnera becomes the first and only Italian to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. A man who endured hardships with dignity and triumphs with humility, Primo was also a husband who adored his wife and children until the day he died. As a father he taught his children that, no matter how hard life may sometimes get, giving up is not an option.
4) Plan B
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
As a mousey bookkeeper for a gangster, Fran's gone from erasing entries in ledgers to erasing people for her boss. Her boss makes her his hit woman after she pulls a gun and accidentally gives three would-be assailants a fatal case of lead poisoning. Deciding that she can't kill, she comes up with "Plan B" and helps put her would-be victims in hiding.
5) The gambler
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war rages between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns and allying himself with gangster John Nardi, Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power.
7) The cooler
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Bernie is extremely unlucky at gambling and he owes the Shangri-La casino's mob boss Shelly Kaplow over $100,000. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler". He gambles next to high rollers and gives them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, but when Bernie has almost paid off his debt, he meets cocktail waitress, Natalie. The two start to fall in love and Bernie's luck begins to change. Unfortunately,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges called GENECO, a biotech company that offer organ transplants, but at a steep price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and are hunted by the Repo Man.
10) Dick Tracy
Series
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
G-man Dick Tracy battles top crime figure The Lame One in San Francisco.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This series explores the judicial system from the point-of-view of police and prosecutors, the defense team, judges, jurors, and the defendants themselves. It contains all 13 episodes of the series, including one that was never broadcast on network TV.
14) Immigrant
Publisher
Crystal Sky
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The coming-of-age story of Daanyik, a nine-year-old Russian boy whose family immigrates to the United States in the late 1970s to pursue the American Dream." --
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction puts their religious convictions to the test, and also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship...
16) Goodfellas
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
For as long as he could remember, Henry Hill wanted to be a gangster. So, when he was 12 years old, he started running errands for the neighborhood wiseguy and extortionist, "Paulie" Cicero. By the time he was 21, Henry had made a name for himself and had a good life by stealing and reselling cargo. Along with Jimmy "The Gent" Conway and Tommy DeVito, Henry organizes and executes heists, big and small, for their boss and protector, Paulie. He marries...
17) Romeo + Juliet
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare play, with the two families now being rival gangs.
18) Mr. 3000
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Stan Ross was a great Major League hitter, and also a major league jerk. Upon reaching his 3000th hit and securing his place in the Hall of Fame, Stan retires, leaving his team in a lurch just before the playoffs. 9 years later when Stan is on the verge of sports immortality, a statistical error reveals that Stan, "Mr. 3000", is really Stan, "Mr. 2997". Now, at nearly 50 years old, and 3 hits shy of hitting his goal, Stan decides to make a comeback....
Publisher
First Look Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A happily married man runs into his high school sweetheart, Alex, and the sparks still fly. When Mike determines Alex is his true soulmate, he realizes he has a huge problem: he signed an iron-clad pre-nuptial agreement, and his wife will not let him out of the marriage.