Burt Lancaster
2) Apache
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of Massai, the last of the fierce Apache warriors, and his single-handed, bloody war against the entire U.S. Army. The former pacifist learns "might makes right" from the oppressive soldiers, and seeks to defend the rights of his tribe after the 1886 humiliating surrender by their chief Geronimo.
Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1950 ... and America is divided between black and white. Schools, restaurants, trains and buses ... even drinking fountains cannot be shared by both races. Although slavery has been outlawed for nearly a century, segregation is legal. But white and Negro facilities are separate and unequal ... and the tension has reached a breaking point for the blacks of Clarendon County, South Carolina. When their request for a single school bus is denied...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the separate and interwoven dreams of a number of eccentric and lonely people in a rather gloomy, small hotel in the seaside town of Bournemouth, England. In one evening, four unhappy misfits will bare their innermost secrets and change each other's lives forever.
7) Local hero
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A comedy about the interaction between Americans representing a Texas oil company and the inhabitants of a small village in Scotland.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This bizarre entry into the disaster film genre concerns a group of hapless passengers aboard a transcontinental luxury train who are infected with a viral plague by a group of terrorists. Burt Lancaster plays military man Mackenzie, who wants to send the train across a rickety bridge so all the passengers will die, with Mackenzie reasoning the tragedy will give the terrorist movement a bad name. Among the passengers on the train trying to build up...
11) Airport
Publisher
GoodTimes Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The manager of an international airport must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard-torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner.
12) Field of dreams
Language
English
Description
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
13) Atlantic City
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Airport: The original airplane disaster movie in which a passenger brings an explosive device on board the aircraft.
Airport 1975: A mid-air collision leaves a 747 without a pilot and little hope for survival.
Airport '77: A 747 is trapped underwater in the Bermuda Triangle. It's a race against time and the elements to save the passengers and crew!
The Concorde: Airport '79: At twice the speed of sound, the Concorde must evade a vicious attack...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
17) Zulu dawn
Publisher
Tango Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
18) Novecento
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Italiano
Description
Two boys are born in Parma, Italy on the day of composer Giuseppe Verdi's death in 1901. Alfredo Berlinghieri is the son of a wealthy landowner and Olmo Dalco is the son of a poverty-stricken peasant who becomes a communist and labor organizer. Though the boys are childhood friends, they increasingly come into conflict as adults as Alfredo panders to the increasingly powerful fascists while Olmo fights relentlessly against Mussolini's followers.
19) The Kentuckian
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows Kentuckian Big Eli Wakefield as he and his son travel to Texas in 1820 to start a new life. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Lola Delaney is a vulgar, dumpy, less-than-bright "shotgun bride" who is married to recovering alcoholic Doc Delaney. Their unhappy marriage is made even more unhappy when a sexy stranger, Marie, rents a room from Lola. Lola is a tiresome creature who never stops talking, especially about the "imminent" return of her runaway dog Sheba. Doc is having enough trouble staying from the bottle and resigning himself to his marriage without the curvaceous...