Gene Hackman
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
WE, THE MARINES is an action-packed, giant screen film that immerses audiences in the unparalleled experience of becoming and serving as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor and former marine, Gene Hackman, the film uses the giant screen to honor the dedication, the service and the first-hand experiences that create the undeniable bonds among America’s “first responders.” The result is an inspirational...
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Director Alan Parker’s "MISSISSIPPI BURNING" tells the real-life tale of three young Civil Rights workers murdered in deep-South Mississippi, focusing on the FBI agents (the great Gene Hackman and the wonderfully subtle Willem Dafoe) who arrive to investigate the crime. Also starring Frances McDormand and Brad Dourif, the film features a lacerating screenplay by Chris Gerolmo, Academy Award®-winning cinematography by Peter Biziou and a score by...
3) Power
Pub. Date
1986.
Description
More seductive than sex…more addictive than drugs…more precious than gold…and one man can get it for you--for a price. Sidney Lumet directed this powerhouse drama starring Richard Gere and Denzel Washington in which a high-priced political consultant is forced to confront the person he has become and the corrupt people he has helped win elections. Able to make or break careers, Pete St. John, a gilt-edged "image" advisor to powerful and often...
4) Unforgiven
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Bill Munny, a retired, once ruthless killer-turned-hog farmer, is flat broke. A widower with two young children to tend to, he feels he has no choice but to accept one last bounty hunter mission to find and kill two young gunslingers who brutalized and cut up the face of a local prostitute. Bill teams up with his old partner Ned and the cocky greenhorn, The Schofield Kid. The three men soon find out this bounty has many more obstacles to overcome...
Pub. Date
1974.
Description
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, THE CONVERSATION tells the story of sound surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) who is hired to track a young couple, taping their conversation as they walk through San Francisco's crowded Union Square. Knowing full well how technology can invade privacy, Harry obsessively keeps to himself, separating business from his personal life, even refusing to discuss what he does or where he lives with his girlfriend,...
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 494
Formats
Description
Director Michael Ritchie's (*The Golden Child*) debut film is a tense and taut look at the world of Olympic skiing. Robert Redford plays the hero, Chappellet, a handsome loner from Colorado, bent on making it to the top and Gene Hackman plays his demanding coach. As the pressure and tension build, Chappellet learns how fleeting and lonely fame can be. Winner of Best Actor (Robert Redford) at the **BAFTA Awards**. Nominated for Best Drama Written Directly...
8) The firm
Formats
Description
Mitch joins a prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm, Mitch sets out to find the truth.
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of a career thief and ex-con? Who will trust Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed and that the man responsible for her death is the President of the United States?
10) The Replacements
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Shane Falco, a washed-out all-American QB, guides a team of misfits assembled by veteran coach Jimmy McGinty to replace striking pro players.
11) Hoosiers
Pub. Date
2000, 1986
Edition
Widescreen version.
Description
A basketball coach with a checkered past leads him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A local plumber is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States, who can't believe he's running against a man who installed his toilets. To make matters worse, the ex-president is trying to steal the election -- and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure, this town is not small enough for both of them.
14) No way out
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A powerful tale of intrigue set in the political whirl of Washington and the inner corridors of the Pentagon. Lt. Commander Tom Farrell has been assigned as the CIA liaison for the Secretary of Defense, David Brice. At a diplomatic bash, the lieutenant is enticed by a sensual and charming cosmopolitan, Susan Atwell. A night of fervent passion blossoms into an enduring romance. But when Farrell finds out that Susan is also his bosses' mistress, it's...
15) Wyatt Earp
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The biography of the legendary Wyatt Earp, including the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral.
17) Get Shorty
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Widescreen & Standard.
Description
Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who can make even a "slow pay" come across, follows a mark to Hollywood, ends up partners with him and makes it big in the movie business.
19) Heartbreakers
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen version 16:9.
Description
A sexy mother-daughter con team steals their way into wealthy men's hearts ... and their bank accounts. Paige wants to be on her own, but her mom pleads one more big con. Along the way an ex-husband wants Paige's mom back. Can Paige and her mom stop the cons and find true love?
20) The birdcage
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Description
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.