Richard Gere
Series
Criterion collection volume 409
Language
English
Description
A story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. Bill (Richard Gere), a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby (Brooke Adams). Winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama at the **Golden Globes**. Winner of the Best Director Award and Nominated for the Palm d'Or at the...
2) Amelia
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Several years after learning to fly, Amelia Earhart, with the help of her husband and business partner, attempts a solo flight around the world.
3) The Jackal
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Edition
Collector's edition ; Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Jackal--the greatest assassin in history--out to eliminate a top U.S. government official. Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned underground operative, is the only man who can stop him. Now, the Deputy Director of the FBI is taking the biggest risk of all ... he's releasing one criminal to stop another.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to follow him.
5) Chicago
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment/Dist. by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
DVD 2003 Release
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and taught the local people about love, compassion, and above...
7) Amelia
Language
English
Description
A perfectly sound biopic, well directed and acted, about an admirable woman.--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.
Most of all, Earhart wanted to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds, and director Nair and star Swank make her quest not only understandable but truly impressive.--Hollywood Reporter.
Swank is no mere impersonator. Her Amelia, like Maggie in 'Million Dollar Baby,' is unwavering in her gaze, ambition, and drive..--Philadelphia Inquirer.
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8) Red corner
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Jack Moore is an American attorney having talks in Bejing about founding the first satellite TV joint venture. Suddenly he is arrested, accused of murder and has to prove it was a frame-up together with his court-appointed attorney Shen Yuelin.
10) No mercy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Description
Out to avenge the death of his partner, tough cop Jillette kidnaps the murderer's girlfriend and flees with her into the bayous of Louisiana.
11) Amelia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Kansas-born girl Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor by her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
[DVD version].
Language
English
Description
Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse.
13) Pretty woman
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Language
English
Description
A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills...and then falls for her.
14) Days of Heaven
Publisher
Paramount Studios
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
After accidentally killing a man, hot-tempered farmhand Bill flees Texas with his girlfriend Abby and his younger sister. Bill and Abby pose as brother and sister to avoid strangers' questions about their past. They find grueling work on a wheat farmer's property, and by the end of the harvest, the wealthy farmer has fallen in love with Abby. When he asks Abby to marry him, Bill urges her to accept...but only because the farmer is seriously ill, with...
15) Arbitrage
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Robert Miller is a New York hedge-fund magnate who appears to have it all: money, power, a loving wife, and a devoted daughter working by his side. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is running on borrowed time, trying to unload his crippled trading company before his frauds are revealed. A deadly error throws Miller's life into a tailspin, raising the suspicions of a detective and threatening the future of his financial empire.
16) Pretty woman
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Edition
Special 10th anniversary ed.
Language
English
Description
When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent and carefree Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But her energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. He teaches her the finer things of life; she teaches him that love could be the best investment he ever made.
17) Sommersby
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A Civil War veteran returns to his hometown a changed man-- leading his wife and others who knew him to doubt his identity.
18) The flock
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders, and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late.
19) Strike force
Publisher
Front Row Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A streetwise New York detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust a narcotics case involving the Mafia.