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2) Scarecrow
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Max, just out of prison, plans to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel, back from five years at sea, wants to visit the child he's never seen. Meeting on the road, the two forge a touching friendship tempered through hard times.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Guided by a determined Navy psychiatrist, a troubled sailor embarks on a personal, emotionally inspiring journey to confront his past and connect with the family he never knew. Inspired by the true life experiences of Antwone Fisher.
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
This ambitious film, based on a radio play by poet Dylan Thomas, tells of the lives of several colorful characters living in a small Welsh town. Throughout, a background voice (native Welshman Richard Burton), narrates the day-in-the-life action.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From legendary Oscar-winning director King Vidor (The crowd, Duel in the sun) comes an exotic tale of romance set in gorgeous Polynesia: Bird of paradise. Johnny (Joel McCrea) is an intrepid young sailor traveling the South Seas who falls in love with Luana (Dolores del Rio), the beautiful daughter of an island chief. But Luana is betrothed to a neighboring native prince, and is soon to be married. With little thought to the future, Johnny and Luana...
8) Billy Budd
Series
Publisher
Decca
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the clash between the young, innocent sailor, Billy Budd, and his corrupt superior, Claggart.
9) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
Series
Criterion collection volume 531
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
None
Description
Roughnecker stoker Bill Roberts gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae, a wise and weary dance-hall girl, in Josef von Sternberg's evocative portrait of working-class waterfront folk.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
That's my boy: The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Sailor beware: Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
13) Remorques
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
For André and the other members of the crew of the tugboat Cyclone, existence is harshly divided between the danger of the stormy seas and the safety of life at home with their patient women. When André meets temptation in the form of the alluring Catherine during a risky rescue, he comes perilously close to betraying his wife of ten years. The haunting Remorques is distinguished by beautiful tracking shots and cunning special-effects work.
14) On the town
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sailors Gabie, Chip, and Ozzie, have a 24-hour leave in New York. Chip wants to sightsee, but the only sights Gabie and Ozzie are interested in are of the female variety.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Shipmates (1931): The handsome young seaman John Paul Jones falls in love with Kit Corbin. Kit is the daughter of admiral Ben Corbin. But John is unable to act upon his love because of social class differences. Meanwhile a perpetually angry Capt. Henry Beatty constantly abuses him while he struggles to get into the Naval Academy.
The man in possession (1931): In England, Raymond Dabney returns home to his family after serving a jail sentence for...
17) South Pacific
Publisher
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A group of sailors put on a musical during the war in the South Pacific. Bonus features include commentary, sing-along subtitles, documentaries, vintage stage excerpts and screen tests.
Series
Classic holiday DVD collection volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on "her" farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the...
19) South Pacific
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A young American nurse from Little Rock meets the handsome and mysterious French planter on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise.
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniacal Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
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