James Stewart
Pub. Date
2003,1966.
Description
A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
This documentary contains interviews, production shorts, trailers, film clips, and news segments along with behind-the-scenes footage of some of Hitchcock's films, including Psycho, Rear window, Vertigo, Dial M for murder. This film offers a rare look into the life and times of the master of suspense.
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Two thrill-seeking friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of "the perfect murder," their former teacher becomes increasingly suspicious that his proteges have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Morning glory: An aspiring actress is mentored to success by several Broadway veterans.Little women: Follows the lives of the four March sisters living with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is ministering to Union troops during the American Civil War.Stage door: A group of aspiring actresses share a boardinghouse in New York City.Philadelphia story: A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the appearance of her ex-husband...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The Mousekewitz family discovers the streets of America are not all paved with cheese, and living in a mouse tenement does not offer the life they hoped for. Young Tanya dreams of becoming a famous singer, and Fievel wants to become a tough lawdog like his hero Wylie Burp. Lured out west by the crafty entrepreneur Cat R. Waul, Fievel discovers the evil gentleman's true plans to turn the settlers into mouse-burgers. Enlisting the aid of his cat friend...
71) Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective, is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, but she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
76) The Far Country
Pub. Date
2003, c1955
Description
A loner and his sidekick figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price in this tale set in the wild gold rush days of Dawson, Yukon Territory. They are soon caught up in a conflict with the local, self-appointed lawman, and his claim-jumping henchmen. A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
78) Vertigo
Pub. Date
2012
Description
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
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"The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight of the season, if they can first untangle--and survive--a web of intrigue and murder involving the most brilliant scientific minds in Regency London . . . One advantage of being caught up in a whirl of dress fittings and decisions about flower arrangements and breakfast menus is that Charlotte Sloane has little time for any pre-wedding qualms. Her love...