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Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in SUNSET BOULEVARD. Winner of three **Academy Awards**, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of this bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence - a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Burt Lancaster is the conniving editor of a Hollywood gossip tabloid. In his quest to uncover corruption, he recruits an old college friend who was once a respectable magazine reporter. With greed and manipulation, he ruthlessly pursues his story, blind to the tragedy that lies ahead.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A studio chief in 1930's Hollywood who influences the fates of aspiring movie stars falls from grace. Thereupon, deadly revenge follows, when a rising star's affair with this married man is discovered by his jealous wife.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 179 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Collection of films by Kenneth Anger. "A major influence on everything from the films of Martin Scorese, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and David Lynch to the pop art of Andy Warhol to MTV, Anger's work serves as a talisman of universal symbols and personal obsessions, combining myth, artifice and ritual to render cinema with the power of spell or incantation" --
6) The artist
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
11) La La Land
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From 1958 to 1963, American actor Rick Dalton knew the height of fame and fortune as the lead in the television series Bounty Law. Yet, Rick wasn't satisfied with the work and used his popularity to try to become a movie star. By 1969, Rick's career has stalled so much that he takes jobs as a guest star on various shows. He even starts wondering if the only way he can make a comeback is by acting in Italian productions. Cliff Booth, Rick's long-time...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When 28-year-old wannabe animator Gord Brody leaves the safety of his parent's home to make it big in Hollywood, all sorts of sureal gross-out mayhem breaks loose in hospital rooms, with paraplegic nymphos, in a cheese factory, with farm animals, and much more. When Gord returns to his parent's home in Portland, Or. to focus on his drawings full time, he gets into conflict with his father, who wishes he would grow up and be more like his brother Freddy...
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 104, 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Power, passion and murder: Set in the '30s, this is the story of a starlet and a studio boss who ruins her and he is forced to make a difficult choice.
Lady and the highwayman: Epic adventure of 17th century England that forces an aristocrat to become a swashbuckling highwayman after falling in love with a beautiful girl he has sworn to protect from the evil Cromwell.
15) Sharp stick
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood, longing to be seen. After starting an affair with her older boss, she's thrust into education on sex and power.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
18) The bling ring
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles who use the internet to track celebrities, whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca leads the group of misfits including Marc, Nicki, Sam and Chloe on the ultimate heist for designer clothes and jewelry; and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control.
19) Hollywood Hotel
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
If you love music, check into Hollywood Hotel. The story's about a filmland newbie caught between a spoiled star and her likeable look-alike. But the movie's about Busby Berkeley's ace direction -- and music, music, music.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray Balfi's bizarre world of drug dealers, incompetent cops, and social rejects takes a turn as he tries to begin a new life direction and shops his cartoon screenplay to 100 L.A. production companies. While facing rejection after rejection Ray learns that someone has stolen his script and made his movie without his permission. Ray finds new motivation in his quest for revenge - and for blood.
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