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Brock Peters
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Sol (Rod Steiger), is a Jewish pawnbroker, and Holocaust survivor. He has lost all faith in his fellow man and ultimately realizes the tragedy of his own actions. Nominated for Best Actor at the **Academy Awards,** and the **Golden Globes**. Winner of Best Actor at the **BAFTA Awards** and the **Berlin International Film Festival.** *"...a dark and haunting drama of a man who has reasonably eschewed a role of involvement and compassion in a brutal...
Author
Series
Star wars [radio dramas] volume 3
Publisher
High Bridge
Pub. Date
p1996.
Language
English
Series
American film theatre volume 3
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Alan Paton's novel Cry the beloved country made for a dramatic musical with a score by Kurt Weill. American Film Theater's adaption of it contains excellent performances.
8) Carmen Jones
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Dandridge delivers a star-making performance in the title role, as a femme fatale who seduces a handsome soldier, setting in motion a classic tale of betrayal and jealousy. With the music of Georges Bizet and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, this musical feast sets the screen on fire with passion.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
10) Major Dundee
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
A calvary officer fights Apaches while keeping Confederate prisoners in line.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children.
13) The locket
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
The story of a wise woman who teaches a troubled young man an invaluable lesson about not giving up easily in the quest for both real love and a fulfilling life.
14) Soylent green
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
In an overpopulated future Earth, a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff has an horrific origin.
15) The pawnbroker
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
This was one of the first film's to deal with the affects of Nazi Germany's concentration camps on their survivors. Sol Nazerman, operator of a Pawn Shop, and a concentration camp survivor faces a horrid internal conflict. Being engulfed in a New York ghetto environment, Sol suffers flashbacks. The flashbacks juxtapose concentration camp treatment with ghetto neighborhood treatment.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, were all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Saga of a star world (aired 17 September 1978): The Twelve Colonies of Man are destroyed in a Trojan Horse gambit by their 1,000-yahren-old enemies, the Cylons. A surviving military starship, the Battlestar Galactica, leads a handful of survivors in a 220+ civilian starship fleet to safety amongst the stars. The Galactica's commander, Adama, intends to search for a lost Thirteenth Tribe who inhabit the planet Earth. The Colonials face pursuit by their...