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Billy Wilder
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Illustrated with film clips, rare photographs and artwork, Billy Wilder Speaks is a lively lesson in filmmaking, from one of its undisputed masters. In a series of filmed interviews conducted by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), acclaimed writer/director WIlder (Sunset Blvd. , Some Like It Hot) recounts the achievements and pitfalls of his 60-year career. As one might expect from the maker of The Apartment, Double...
3) Stalag 17
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
The story of life in a high-security German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This series of filmed interviews conducted by filmmaker Volker Schlondörff with acclaimed writer/director Billy Wilder is a lively lesson in filmmaking. Wilder tells hilarious anecdotes and offers keen insights into the craft of moviemaking and frank advice about survival in Hollywood. Filmed over two weeks in 1991.
8) Avanti!
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An American businessman travels to Italy to claim his father's body after a fatal car crash, and is stunned to learn that his father died with his mistress and the woman's daughter is also there to claim her parent.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.
10) The front page
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married.
12) Kiss me, stupid
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Martin stars as a famous singer who stops overnight in a small desert town where he feigns interest in a songwriter just so he can get to the man's wife.
13) Some like it hot
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians in an all-girl band.
14) Some like it hot
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, after which they flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
17) Sabrina
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
David and Linus are brothers, running a corporate empire. Linus is all work, David is all play. When the chauffeur's daughter comes back from Paris she finds she has the attention of David, whom she has always liked, but starts to fall in love with Linus.
19) The apartment
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Language
English
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Formats
Description
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling, conclusion.