Ben Kingsley
61) The wackness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against crimes like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set in this time, troubled high school student Luke Shapiro is a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York...
62) Testimony
Publisher
Isolde Films
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Film loosely based on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work.
63) Sexy beast
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
High voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangster named Don Logan is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal for "one last job". But Logan just won't take no for an answer.
64) Thunderbirds
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tracy Island not only houses Jeff Tracy and his five sons, but also serves as headquarters for the top-secret International Rescue organization. A criminal mastermind known only as "The Hood" manages to get past the island's security measures and trys to take over International Rescue. His goal is to steal the five most advanced rescue vehicles and use them for his own agenda. With Jeff and his four eldest sons on a mission, there's only one person...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the final months of World War II in Hungary, a young man sets out to find his displaced family by using a stolen Nazi uniform to pose as an officer; he undertakes extraordinary measures to save his family and thousands of lives from the enemy.
66) The Boxtrolls
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures known as the Boxtrolls lovingly raise an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But when town villain Archibald Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs ventures above ground where he meets and teams up with a fabulously feisty girl named Winnie who helps him devise a daring plan to save his family.
67) You kill me
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Frank Falenczyk loves his job. He is a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank has a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not the touchy-feely kind of guy, but he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously...
68) Maurice
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
E.M. Forster's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge students that fall in love, but must make difficult choices between abiding by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality and following through on their feelings.
Publisher
Festival Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the full range of Thích Nhât Hanh's life and work, documenting his efforts to help heal a world in conflict and provide tools for anyone, from any tradition, to lead a mindful and meaningful life. Includes rare archival footage of his peace work in Vietnam during the war.
Special features of this DVD: Touching peace: an evening with Thích Nhât Hanh (public talk by Thích Nhât Hanh in Berkeley, California ; 90 min.); trailer.
Publisher
Crouse Entertainment Group/Duncan Group
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Made for television documentary chronicles the C.S. Lewis story from his early days in Northern Ireland, through his acclaimed academic career at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, and his relationship with his wife, Joy.
71) Gandhi
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in nine intensive acting workshops, demonstrating how the Company makes Shakespeare's classic plays accessible to modern audiences without compromising the text's integrity.
The two traditions: Shakespeare wrote for a performance style that differs in many respects from modern, "naturalistic" acting. Barton urges the actors to marry both traditions for the richest, most faithful characterizations.
Using...