Search:

Stan & Ollie [videorecording] / by Baird, Jon S.,film director.; Coogan, Steve,actor.; Henderson, Shirley,1965-actor.; Hyam, Stephanie,actor.; Pope, Jeff,screenwriter.; Reilly, John C.,1965-actor.; Ward, Faye,film producer.; BBC Films,production company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Hyam, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda, Susy Kane, Rufus Jones.One of the world's great comedy teams set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Hardy, Oliver, 1892-1957; Laurel, Stan; Comedians; Fame; Male friendship;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Women He's Undressed. by Armstrong, Gillian,film director.; Roth, Ann,actor.; Fonda, Jane,actor.; Maltin, Leonard,actor.; Umbrella Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ann Roth, Jane Fonda, Leonard MaltinOriginally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 2015.This documentary delves into the life and career of Orry-Kelly, one of Hollywood’s most prolific costume designers, who worked on over 280 films during the Golden Age of cinema. Directed by Gillian Armstrong, the film highlights Orry-Kelly’s collaborations with stars like Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart, and his designs that earned him three Academy Awards for An American in Paris, Les Girls, and Some Like It Hot. Combining archival footage, stylized reenactments, and interviews with Hollywood insiders, the documentary shines a spotlight on Orry-Kelly’s remarkable but often overlooked contributions to film and fashion history, celebrating his bold artistry and unapologetic approach to life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; Fashion.; History, Modern.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Artists.; History.; Biography.; Fashion designers.; Motion pictures--History.; Art and architecture.;
unAPI

Titanic [videorecording] / by Bates, Kathy,1948-; Cameron, James,1954-; DiCaprio, Leonardo.; Fisher, Frances,1952-; Hill, Bernard,1944-; Landau, Jon,1960-; Winslet, Kate.; Zane, Billy.; Lightstorm Entertainment.; Paramount Home Video (Firm); Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox.;
Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; special visual effects by Digital Domain ; film editors, Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris ; music by James Horner.Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill.See Titanic as you have never seen it before, digitally re-mastered and overseen by Academy Award-winning director James Cameron and producer Jon Landau. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet shine in the timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon as memorable as the legendary "ship of dreams." Winner of 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this epic masterpiece is destined to sweep audiences anew into the journey of a lifetime.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 sound.
Subjects: Titanic (Steamship); Feature films.; Jewels; Man-woman relationships; Shipwrecks; Social classes; Steamboat disasters; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., Paramount Home Video,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
unAPI

Sonny boy : a memoir / by Pacino, Al,1940-author.;
"From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role in The Panic in Needle Park in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies -- The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon -- that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force. But Pacino was in his mid-thirties by then and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when Pacino was a boy. In a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York's fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and in bad, in poverty and in wealth, through pain and through joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe. Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions -- the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Pacino, Al, 1940-; Actors; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Sonny boy [sound recording] / by Pacino, Al,1940-author,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author."From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role in The Panic in Needle Park in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies -- The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon -- that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force. But Pacino was in his mid-thirties by then and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when Pacino was a boy. In a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York's fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and in bad, in poverty and in wealth, through pain and through joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe. Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions -- the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Pacino, Al, 1940-; Actors; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The Catechism Cataclysm. by Rohal, Todd,film director.; Maddox, Ann,actor.; Lopez, Carlos,actor.; Lanham, Koko,actor.; Shelton, Lynn,actor.; Longstreet, Robert,actor.; Little, Steve,actor.; Factory 25 (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ann Maddox, Carlos Lopez, Koko Lanham, Lynn Shelton, Robert Longstreet, Steve LittleOriginally produced by Factory 25 in 2011.Father Billy (Steve Little), an eccentric young priest, is forced to take a sabbatical by his superiors when he is discovered telling inappropriate parables to his flock. Billy tracks down his high-school idol Robbie (Robert Longstreet), who begrudgingly agrees to a canoe trip. On the water, the two men reminisce about Billy's days as the keyboardist in a Christian band and Robbie's as a guitarist for a metal band. When night approaches, they realize they have lost their way--and that's when things get weird.Buoyed by commanding comedic performances by Steve Little (Eastbound & Down) and Robert Longstreet (Sorry To Bother You) and deft handling by director Todd Rohal (Uncle Kent 2), THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM shines a light on the power of absurd fiction.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Independent films.;
unAPI

London Hospital: S1. by Higgins, Bryn,film director.; Wakefield, Charity,actor.; Lunghi, Cherie,actor.; Watkins, Jason,actor.; Farrell, Nicholas,actor.; Smart, Sarah,actor.; Riley, Tom,actor.; Houston, William,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charity Wakefield, Cherie Lunghi, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Farrell, Sarah Smart, Tom Riley, William HoustonOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2006.Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes of funding crises, terrorist threats, medical advances and deadly infections still resonate today, but in many ways this is a shocking and foreign world, in which relationships were not permitted between staff and some treatments seem fascinatingly remote. Through extreme hardship shines a spirit of forbearance and self-sacrifice that seems remarkable now.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.;
unAPI

London Hospital. by Higgins, Bryn,film director.; Wakefield, Charity,actor.; Lunghi, Cherie,actor.; Watkins, Jason,actor.; Farrell, Nicholas,actor.; Smart, Sarah,actor.; Riley, Tom,actor.; Houston, William,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charity Wakefield, Cherie Lunghi, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Farrell, Sarah Smart, Tom Riley, William HoustonOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2006.Romance, surgery and history combine in this vivid, atmospheric drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago. Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes of funding crises, terrorist threats, medical advances and deadly infections still resonate today, but in many ways this is a shocking and foreign world, in which relationships were not permitted between staff and some treatments seem fascinatingly remote. Through extreme hardship shines a spirit of forbearance and self-sacrifice that seems remarkable now.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Historical films.; Television series--Great Britain.;
unAPI

Reagan : an American journey / by Spitz, Bob,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's Reagan stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's Reagan is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. This is no hagiography: Reagan was never a brilliant student, of anything, and his disinterest in hard-nosed political scheming, while admirable, meant that this side of things was left to the other people in his orbit, not least his wife Nancy; sometimes this delegation could lead to chaos, and worse. But what emerges as a powerful signal through all the noise is an honest inherent sweetness, a gentleness of nature and willingness to see the good in people and in this country, that proved to be a tonic for America in his time, and still is in ours. It was famously said that FDR had a first-rate disposition and a second-rate intellect. Perhaps it is no accident that only FDR had as high a public approval rating leaving office as Reagan did, or that in the years since Reagan has been closing in on FDR on rankings of Presidential greatness. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Reagan, Ronald.; Presidents; Governors; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

A Place of Our Own. by Collective, Ektara,film director.; Jamra, Aakash,actor.; Soni, Manisha,actor.; Muskan,actor.; Dark Star Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aakash Jamra, Manisha Soni, MuskanOriginally produced by Dark Star Pictures in 2022.Shining with quiet authenticity and a fierce heart, A PLACE OF OUR OWN is the story of two transwomen fighting for a life that is more than marginal.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Motion pictures--India.; Motion pictures--Asia.;
unAPI