Buck Henry
1) Get Smart
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
The headquarters of the U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, so the Chief has no choice but to promote his analyst Maxwell Smart. The competent and beautiful Agent 99 is assigned to work with Agent 86, the bungling Maxwell Smart. The agents know the task of taking down KAOS, their evil crime nemesis, will not be an easy assignment. KAOS has plans for world domination but Agent 99 and Agent 86 will do...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Jake Terrell (George C. Scott), a biologist who devotes his life to dolphin research, has concentrated his efforts for four years on Alpha, an animal born and brought up in the center, and for whom he feels an almost fatherly affection. Regrettably, the outside world insists on trying to use his research for political ends and Jake finds himself trapped tragically between these forces and his own beliefs. Nominated for Best Sound and Best Original...
3) The graduate
Description
A shy, aimless college graduate, without any idea of responsibility or ambition, wanders from a liaison with a married woman to pursuit of her engaged daughter. Includes commentaries, featurettes, documentaries, and a Simon and Garfunkel CD.
5) The graduate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner.
6) To die for
Series
Criterion collection volume 1213
Formats
Description
"The all-American obsession with celebrity turns monstrous in this deliciously subversive (and disturbingly prescient) satire of our television-mediated, true-crime-obsessed age. In a career breakthrough, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabolical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter whose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart, as her ruthless pursuit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid, tabloid-ready...
7) Gloria
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles boulevard listening to Barbra Streisand sing "Something's Coming" when something came - a bus. One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his troubles are just beginning ... Meryl Streep joins writer/director/star Brooks ... for a witty peek at the afterlife where you can eat all you want and not gain an ounce. But there's a catch: you're saddled with Defending Your Life. If you can't make...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Max and 99 pursue their elusive KAOS adversaries around the world - going from Greenland to the scorching sands of the Sahara desert; come face-to-face with their dastardly foes; stay in a Bedoin tent; stay at the "Pussycat Club;" and deep beneath the eaves in a secret KOAS submarine. The madcap misadventures just get funnier.
10) The Graduate
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
p2011
Description
An American classic adapted for the stage, starring Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Robinson and Matthew Rhys as Benjamin Braddock. A fresh-faced college grad returns home, diploma in hand, to seek an answer to that age old question: “Now what?” Lacking any clear career path, he falls prey to the original “cougar”, the predatory Mrs. Robinson, wife of his father's business partner. But it’s Mrs. Robinson’s daughter who captures his heart.
Includes
...11) Catch-22
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
©2001
Description
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street. Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
13) The humbling
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Over-the-hill stage actor Simon Axler struggles to find his passion for life again. Near his breaking point, he finds motivation in the form of a young and lustful lesbian Pegeen Stapleford, but as their relationship heats up Simon has a hard time keeping up with the youthful Pegeen.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a daring exploration of science fiction as an art form. The story of an alien on an elaborate rescue mission provides the launching pad for Roeg's visual tour de force, a formally adventurous examination of alienation.
17) Get Smart
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Agent 86 is the bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart. He works for CONTROL. They are on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS. Smart has along side with him the competent and beautiful Agent 99. The headquarters of the U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his analyst Maxwell Smart, who has dreamed of working in the field with superstar...
18) Heaven can wait
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man who was a corporate giant. After deciding to resume his place with the Rams (by purchasing the team), Pendleton must also deal with the consequences of the former businessman's actions.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1071
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
20) Protocol
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Description
A daffy Washington D.C. waitress saves a visiting Arab dignitary from an assassination attempt and goes from serving drinks to serving her country in the State Department's protocol branch.