George C. Scott
Series
Criterion collection volume 821
Description
In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President, his aides and the Pentagon struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.
2) Patton
Pub. Date
2000, 1999
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Snows of Kilimanjaro; Anna Karenina; Tale of Two Cities; Legend of Sea Wolf; Connecticut Yankee; Jane Eye; Huckleberry Finn; Jungle Book; Call of the Wild; Macbeth; Of Human Bondage; Little Men; Last Time I Saw Paris; Cyrano, David Copperfield.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that...