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Whoopi : back to Broadway
Home Box Office, Inc.
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2005; 2 videodiscs (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The 20th anniversary DVD features a refreshing mix of familiar and new Goldberg creations. Taped before a live audience at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Also includes Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway from her 1985 performance (full screen presentation)
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The bad sleep well = Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru
Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; scenario by Shinobu Hashimoto, Eijiro Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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2006; 1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
A young executive hunts down his father's killer. A tale about corruption in the boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan as seen through the rising executive eyes.
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Badlands
Warner Bros. ; Pressman Williams presents a Jill Jakes production ; written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick.
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1999; 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree.
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The ballad of Cable Hogue
Warner Bros. ; producer and director, Sam Peckinpah ; writers, John Crawford, Edmund Penney.
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2006; 1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A prospector discovers a waterhole after being left for dead in the desert by his double-crossing partners. When his ex-partners visit the well, a surprise awaits them.
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Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress = Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinois
[directed by] Sijie Dai.
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2002; 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col.
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Battlestar Galactica. Season 2.0 .
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2005; 3 videodiscs (443 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
This season finds the twelve colonies of man caught in a brewing civil war between the followers of President Roslin and those of Commander Adama. They must face the Cylons from outside, and within, the fleet.
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The Black press : soldiers without swords
produced and directed by Stanley Nelson.
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1998; 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Presents a history of African-American newspapers and journalism from the mid-19th century through the 20th century. Tells of the struggles against censorship and discrimination and for freedom of the press, with commentary by historians, journalists, and photojournalists.
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Money talks! : Economics and public policy/ The Princeton Adult School.
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2005; 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
This DVD is one of eight DVDs from The Anne B. Shepherd Lecture Series "Money talks! Economics and public policy" which was given in the Fall 2005 term of the Princeton Adult School.
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Broken flowers
Focus Features presents a Five Roses production ; a film by Jim Jarmusch ; produced by Jon Kilik, Stacey Smith ; written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
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2005; 1 videodisc (1 hr., 46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Confirmed bachelor Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don begins to resign himself to being alone and left to his own devices. However, he becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trip in search of clues from four former loves. Unannounced, he visits each of these women and finds that they hold new surprises for Don as he confronts his past.
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The Brooklyn connection : how to build a guerrilla army
POV presents a Quirijans/Amago/VPRO/Sullivan/T'Hart production, a film by Klaartje Quirijns ; produced by George Brugmans, Klaartje Quirijns.
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2005; 1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A film festival favorite, The Brooklyn Connection takes a gripping look at the world of 'gun running' through the story of Florin Krasniqi and the guerrilla army he built by transporting weapons from the United States to Kosovo.
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Buenos Aires viceversa
un film de Agresti Harding Films presenta en asociación con Staccato Films ; libro y dirección de Alejando Agresti.
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2005; 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
In Argentina, an entire generation has been ripped out of history, orphaned by the systemic destruction and "disappearance" of their families and friends during the military dictatorship. Allejandro Agresti shows how disconnected and disoriented they have become in this film of more than 20 characters. He follows several thru small adventures that connect them in the larger story of social disintegration of an entire system.
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Buster Keaton collection
a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.
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2004; 2 videodiscs (245 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Three films made by Buster Keaton for MGM. The cameraman and Spite marriage are silent films with musical scores. Free and easy is Keaton's first talkie.
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