Sidney Lumet
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
3) Network
Language
English
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
4) Gloria
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A mobster's ex-mistress befriends a boy left orphaned by a murderous gunman. Now they're both running for their lives.
6) The verdict
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
8) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
9) Serpico
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the true story of a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
10) Power
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film depicts the political candidates tactics as they try to get elected and the media consultants hired to sell them to the public.
11) Garbo talks
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman whose days are numbered has one request--to meet Greta Garbo. This comedy relates her son's often hilarious search for the elusive screen legend.
12) The pawnbroker
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sol Nazerman is a WWII Nazi deathcamp survivor. Now, he runs a pawnshop and takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity.
13) The Wiz
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
James Tyrone is an aging actor and an alcoholic miser who has spent a lifetime treading on the spirit of his dope-addicted wife, Mary. His oldest son Jamie is a troublemaking alcoholic who is envious of the writing talent of his sickly younger brother, Edmund. The three Tyrone men will spend a hellish night together when they sit about drunkenly while Mary hallucinates about her younger and happier days.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
16) 12 angry men
Series
Criterion collection volume 591
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (in container).
Language
English
Description
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
In 16th century Japan, a desperate village hires seven out-of-work samurai to protect inhabitants from invading bandits.
18) The verdict
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic lawyer stumbles upon one last chance to redeem himself by taking on a controversial court case against seemingly insurmountable opposition.
19) The Wiz
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.