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Series
Criterion collection volume 494
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Michael Ritchie's (*The Golden Child*) debut film is a tense and taut look at the world of Olympic skiing. Robert Redford plays the hero, Chappellet, a handsome loner from Colorado, bent on making it to the top and Gene Hackman plays his demanding coach. As the pressure and tension build, Chappellet learns how fleeting and lonely fame can be. Winner of Best Actor (Robert Redford) at the **BAFTA Awards**. Nominated for Best Drama Written Directly...
Series
The Criterion collection volume 31
Publisher
Home Vision
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The chance meeting of a boy and a convict on the Romney Marshes leads to strange consequences for both of them, with mystery and wealth for the boy.
3) Summertime
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
4) Election
Series
Criterion collection volume 904
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actress at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the **Film Independent Spirit...
5) The blob
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Residents of a small Pennsylvania town combat a slimy space invader.
6) Chasing Amy
Series
Criterion collection volume 75
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The complications of love and friendship among three New Jersey comic book artists: Holden, his partner Banky, and Alyssa, the woman Holden falls in love with only to be thwarted by her sexuality.
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Publisher
Universal City Studios
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.
8) Funny girl
Series
Criterion collection volume 1240
Language
English
Description
Witness the birth of a movie star as Barbra Streisand makes a screen debut for the ages in this musical spectacular. From humor to pathos, she hits every note as popular 1920s singer-comedian Fanny Brice, a young Jewish New Yorker whose spirit and supernova talent propel her to fame in the Ziegfeld Follies, but whose devotion to an unreliable gambler brings drama and heartbreak into her life.
9) Withnail & I
Series
Criterion collection volume 119
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
RSDL dual-layer ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1969, depicts the lives of Withnail and Marwood, two poor, unemployed actors. When Marwood is offered the lead role in a play it strains their friendship and they decide to spend a weekend at the cottage of Withnail's Uncle Monte to relax. Things go horribly wrong however, and the rift between them grows.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The family of three former child prodigies reunite after learning that their father, Royal Tenenbaum, has a terminal illness.
Series
Criterion collection volume 175
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fueled by a suitcase full of pharmaceuticals, journalist Raoul Duke and his sidekick Dr. Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of crazy characters.
12) Heaven can wait
Series
Criterion collection volume 291
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve arrives at the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts he will qualify, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime wooing and pursuing women.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oceanographer Steve Zissou sets out on a journey to seek revenge on a mythical shark responsible for the death of his partner, while developing a relationship with a man who may or may not be his son.
Publisher
Criterion collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 237 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies.
Series
Criterion collection volume 306
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.
Series
Criterion collection volume 336
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Director approved definitive special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Eavesdrop on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshman.
17) Viridiana
Series
Criterion collection volume 332
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black&white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
Español
Description
"Novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism"--Container.
18) The naked prey
Series
Criterion collection volume 415
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
When a safari group hunting ivory insults an African tribe, they're captured and tortured. The last surviving member is given "the lion's chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors. Naked and weaponless, the man is set loose with the hunters hot on his heels, beginning a life-or-death hunt through Africa. Includes essay booklet; interviews; and more.
Glamorous leading man turned idiosyncratic auteur Cornel Wilde...
Series
Criterion collection volume 427
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special ed., full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Language
Español
Description
Upper-class geometry professor Juan and his wealthy, married mistress María José, driving back from a late-night rendezvous, accidentally hit a cyclist and run. The resulting tale of guilt, infidelity, and blackmail reveals the wide gap between the rich and the poor in Spain and surveys the corrupt ethics of a society seduced by decadence.
20) The furies
Series
Criterion collection volume 435
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1870's New Mexico territory, a father and daughter are torn apart over their choices in relationships and ultimately the ownership of their land.
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