George C. Scott
2) Patton
Language
English
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Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
Series
Criterion collection volume 821
Language
English
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Description
A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person...
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Language
English
Description
A wealthy New York judge believes he is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed sleuth. When his brother and sister-in-law attempt to get him committed, he is put under the care of analyst Dr. Mildred Watson. To her amazement, she finds there is something very real in his delusion and the two take to the streets of Manhattan to seek out the detective's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty.
5) Firestarter
Language
English
Description
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a...
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Language
English
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Description
Screen legends Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) and George C. Scott (Hardcore) electrify the screen in this stunning remake of the most dazzling courtroom drama of all time. When a courageous schoolteacher dares to introduce his students to Darwin's theory of evolution, his small Bible Belt town won't stand for it. Fearing that this "blasphemy" will poison the minds of their children, the devout townspeople lock the teacher behind bars. Enter Henry Drummond...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.
Series
Collector's edition volume 30
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
10) The hustler
Series
Collector's edition volume 30
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Fast Eddie Felson, a fast talking pool shark, learns about life the hard way as he tries to win the World Championship from reigning pool king Minnesota Fats.
11) The hospital
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Satirical look at a large metropolitan hospital where the patients die of neglect, the interns chase the nurses, the head of the hospital contemplates suicide and there's someone killing off the staff.
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Rescuers: Two brave mice try to rescue a kidnapped young orphan from the hilariously evil Madame Medusa, who is obsessed with getting her hands on the world's largest diamond.
The Rescuers down under: When a poacher sets out to capture a golden eagle in the outback of Australia, his friend Cody's call for help is answered by the world's bravest mice, Bernard and Bianca, who fly in on the wings of their albatross friend Wilbur to face their most...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
Series
Criterion collection volume 821
Language
English
Formats
Description
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
16) 12 angry men
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder is brought to life. A humble small-town lawyer against a hard-headed big city prosecutor. Emotions flare as a jealous army lieutenant pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive, beautiful wife.
18) The hanging tree
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The story takes place in Skull Creek, a 1870s Montana gold camp. Dr. Joseph Frail arrives, setting out his shingle near the camp's boom-or-bust hubbub of adventurers, ladies of fortune, mountain men and just plain decent folks. As skilled with a six-gun as with a scalpel, Frail will need both.
19) The exorcist III
Publisher
Morgan Creek Productions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A satanic serial killer may have returned from the grave to kill again, and it's up to a detective and a pair of priests to stop him.
20) The changeling
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A man becomes the unwilling instrument of a ghost's revenge.
