Robert Altman
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...
2) MASH
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Three Korean War Army surgeons adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospsital.
3) Gosford Park
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered.
Series
Language
English
Description
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation,...
8) Gun
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This anthology series follows the path of a handgun and the impact it has on the lives of those who encounter it.
9) The company
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes look at the world of dance as seen through the eyes of a talented young dancer on the brink of success.
10) Afterglow
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A handyman wreaks havoc and builds romance in two marriages. Marianne is desperate to have a baby so she hires a handyman to build a nursery. There's just one problem--she's not pregnant and her husband isn't interested in sex.
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"One of television's most popular series, the groundbreaking Combat! offers a gritty, unflinching look at American soldiers battling in Europe during World War II, confronting imposing odds and demonstrating remarkable levels of ingenuity and courage"--Container.
12) Tanner '88
Series
Criterion collection ; 258
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
During the 1988 presidential campaign, Democratic hopefuls spiritedly canvass the country, jostle for their party's nomination and the honor of opposing Republican Vice President George Bush. Then Senator Jack Tanner suddenly emerges from the shadows of a lengthy political hiatus to challenge candidates such as Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, and Michael Dukakis. Tanner is a fictitious presidential candidate who goes out on the campaign trail to...
13) The long goodbye
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Irreverent characterization of detective Philip Marlowe in a sophisticated murder mystery.
14) The late show
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Aging private eye Ira Wells has agreed to help a Hollywood kook named Margo locate her missing cat.
15) Short cuts
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving.
Series
Criterion collection ; 257
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Portrays a disgraced President Richard Nixon recording memoirs in an attempt to defend himself and his political legacy.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
One of television's most popular series, offers a gritty, unflinching look at American soldiers battling in Europe during World War II, confronting imposing odds and demonstrating remarkable levels of ingenuity and courage. The collection includes all 31 episodes from the fourth season of this groundbreaking, classic TV series.
19) The player
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A celebrity-studded thriller of murderous obsession among Hollywood's glamorous elite.
20) Gosford Park
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 2001, Robert Altman took the unexpected step into Agatha Christie territory with Gosford Park, a murder-mystery whodunit set in an English country house starring a host of British acting greats and with an Oscar winning screenplay by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. It would become a huge success with audiences and critics alike.
