Taylor Hackford
Language
English
Description
It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set.
2) Parker
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English
Description
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join them for another job, they try to kill him. They dispose of his body, but someone finds him-- still alive. After recovering, he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to...
4) The comedian
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English
Formats
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
Language
English
Description
Terry Brogan, a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise. According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island and falls in love with her.
6) Ray
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English
Description
Ray Charles was born in a poor predominantly black town in central Florida. He went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed a fierce resolve. He had wit and incredible talent which would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented...
8) Love ranch
Language
English
Description
Grace and Charlie make a fine couple. She provides the mind behind their schemes, while his work as a gangster allows the swindles to be carried out. But a new scam involving a handsome boxer threatens both their plan and their two-decade marriage.
9) White nights
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English
Description
A Soviet dancer, who has defected to the West, is suddenly trapped in Russia and must attempt to escape again.
10) Ray
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
11) La bamba
Language
English
Description
The life of rock and roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances. Depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American's rocket rise to fame from field laborer to rock star.
12) King on screen
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English
Description
"The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life"--Container.
15) The idolmaker
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English
Description
The Idolmaker takes an incisive look at the machinations behind the music business. It's also a loving remembrance of the early days of rock 'n' roll and an honest, thrilling story of what success is about.
Language
English
Description
Three cousins raised as brothers are torn apart, forcing them to follow separate paths. One searches for truth in the law. One expresses his passion through art. And, one finds power in prison. Yet through it all, family and honor keep their lives intertwined as each strives for survival and power.
17) La bamba
Series
Criterion collection volume 1193
Language
English
Description
The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother and rebellious brother, rises from his farm-working roots to chart-topping fame in the early days of rock, until one fateful...
18) Parker
Language
English
Description
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join them for another job, they try to kill him. They dispose of his body, but someone finds him...still alive. After recovering, he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to...
Language
English
Description
The devil's advocate: Hotshot attorney Kevin Lomax's 64-0 case record has brought him a tempting offer from an elite New York firm. But the job Lomax accepts isn't what it seems. The Devil is in the details.
Insomnia: Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving...
20) White nights
Language
English
Description
The KGB tries to keep in Russia a famous Soviet dancer who has previously defected to the West.
Nikolai Rodchenko, a legendary Soviet dancer who has defected to the West--until a cruel twist of fate suddenly traps him back in mother Russia. Tap dancer Raymond Greenwood, a cynical U.S. Army deserter ordered by the KGB to make Nikolai's home coming permanent. Nikolai has pierced the iron curtain once. Now only Raymond can help him make it again.