Weinstein Company
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, it's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
3) St. Vincent
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...
4) Paddington
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
6) Philomena
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, PHILOMENA focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock--something her Irish-Catholic community didn't have the highest opinion of--and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn't allow for any sort of inquiry into the...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust, and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker, The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, comes a story about discovering your passions, following your dreams, and finding yourself. It's the 1960s and rock n' roll is changing the world. Inspired by a bold new era and his success in a local band, Douglas drops out of college to pursue his musical dreams, only to discover the harsh realities of the music industry. Douglas is forced to choose between listening to his father or listening to his heart....
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Language
English
Description
In 1927 Hollywood, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
Publisher
distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (121 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dark, hilarious, and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
12) Tracks
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her voyage.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (132 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
14) Big eyes
Publisher
Big Eyes SPV, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
15) The Railway man
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene...
16) Snowpiercer
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 digital videodiscs (126 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive...