Austin Pendleton
Author
Series
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
p2003
Description
Sir Laurence Olivier. Orson Welles. Vivien Leigh. Joan Plowright. Kenneth Tynan. When these champions of the theatre get together to rehearse Ionesco's Rhinoceros, mere mortals best step aside. With lightning wit and scathing insight into the true nature of genius, Austin Pendleton's play opens the private worlds of these very public people, exposing their warmth, their egos, and their glittering madness.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing
...Formats
Description
Two carefree pals (Macchio and Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, Vincent Gambini (Pesci) is the cousin of one of them and he is a lawyer. Vinny is a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try and has never been in court. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Tomei) to handle his first case, it's a real shock - for both Vinny...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
In this romantic comedy, Burt Reynolds plays Phil Potter, a low-key, contented magazine writer who tries to put his life back together after his wife (Candice Bergen) opts for independence as a singer-songwriter. Jill Clayburgh, a wacky nursery school teacher, tries to help him surmount the emotional hurdles, but it's rough going in this delightful contemporary tale-- he's still hung up on his ex-wife. Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role...
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
5) 5-25-77
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
During the spring of 1977, sci-fi-obsessed teenager Pat Johnson finds himself torn between making 8mm sequels to his favorite movies and pursuing the girl of his dreams, Linda. Desperate to help her son escape his likely future in Wadsworth, Illinois, (population 750), his mother Janet cold-calls the editor of 'American Cinematographer's magazine, and Pat soon finds himself on "the ultimate trip" to Hollywood, becoming the very first outsider to see...
6) Finding Nemo
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
The fretful Marlin and his young son Nemo become separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Appears on list
Description
"When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar. When Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancé, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best...
8) Uptown girls
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Molly is the daughter of a deceased rock legend who is, for the first time in her life, forced to work after her manager steals all her inheritance. With help of her friend, Molly becomes the nanny of Ray, the precocious daughter of a busy music executive. She learns as much about being an adult from Ray, as she teachs Ray about being a child.
11) Finding Nemo
Description
The fretful Malin and his young son Nemo, become seperated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Malin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero.
13) The mimic
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A screenwriter explores the lighter side of a sociopath when he befriends a new neighbor on the local newspaper.
15) The reunion
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Ricky Reilly is on a spiritual journey in Union Square when he runs into his childhood nemesis. Ricky's best friend Andy, an NYPD officer, challenges Ricky to confront his nemesis at their high school reunion.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Darius Lefaux, a detective, is called to identify a body that is identical to him. As he dives into the harrowing case, versions of himself begin to emerge and haunting memories fill his mind. Darius must find his other self, before it finds him.
17) Short circuit
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
When a lightning bolt strikes a top secret experimental military robot, it comes to life and escapes to the home of a woman who tries to keep it from being "repaired" by its computer-genius creator.
18) Guarding Tess
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A comedy about a cantankerous former First Lady and her reluctant bodyguard.
19) What's up, doc?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Description
Four red plaid travelling cases-- one of each belonging to a befuddled Iowa musicologist, a strange but bright young woman, a rich matron and a suspicious fellow-- are mixed up at a San Francisco hotel, with hilarious results.
20) June moon
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c1974
Description
In homage to the heyday of American comedy, this satire takes on 1929's Tin Pan Alley. Its main characters are a guillible lyricist and a composer who claims as his big hit a ditty called "Paprika ... the spice of my life." Look for composer Stephen Sondheim as a wisecracking pianist in his acting debut.