Liev Schreiber
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Civil War rages. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology as railroads, supply lines, and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. The transcontinental railroad unites the nation and transforms the heartland. Farmers settle the continent as their cattle replace wild buffalo as king of the plains. The cowboy becomes a new American icon. Viewers will be immersed in each moment as it happens.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Boom turns to bust when the stock market crashes. The Great Depression and the dust bowl blanket the nation in darkness. Roosevelt's New Deal signals recovery. Hope for the American future collides with world conflict as the attack on Pearl Harbor brings war. American innovation and manufacturing power invigorate the Allies in Europe. In the Pacific, the ultimate piece of technology ends the war; a new global superpower takes the stage.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on how events small and large are intrinsically linked to the exploration and innovation, leading Americans from the frontier to 21st century cities, from the Mississippi to the moon, from Jamestown to 9/11, up to present day. Moving through time and space linking key events, people, and locations, capturing the vast sweep of American history, and bringing viewers on a journey through the forces that shaped the destiny of America.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
America becomes a global superpower; the economy and population boom. In the jet age and the space age, pioneers conquer new frontiers and run headlong into Cold War. The Challenger disaster and 9/11 are tragedies that try the nation's spirit. From the television to the credit card and the personal computer, technology drives America into the 21st century. Now viewers can get immersed in each moment as it happens.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity, and the north becomes a powerhouse of trade. Tension, taxation, and resistance explode into war as the rebels take on the might of the British Empire. Washington's army is near defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics turn the tide. Forged through revolution, a new nation is born. Follow the men and women who pushed innovation and ingenuity to the...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Trailblazing pioneers set out to conquer the west, but find the land already claimed. Wagon trains meet hardship on the road to California's gold. The steamboat ushers in a new era of commerce, industry, and unprecedented wealth. In the south, cotton is king but slavery fuels a growing divide. Violence flares across the territories and the election of Lincoln is a harbinger of war.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Sandra Schulberg's monograph, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg serving under the command of OSS film chief John Ford. The motion pictures they presented in the courtroom became part of the official record and shape our understanding of the Holocaust to this day. Seventy-five...
11) A Perfect Man
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Liev Schreiber stars as an unfaithful husband who unknowingly falls back in love with his wife over the phone in this funny and moving romance.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, "EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED" tells the story of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. What starts out as a journey to piece together one family's story under absurd circumstances turns into a meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations -- the importance of remembrance, the...
13) Party Girl
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this raucous comedy, Parker Posey ("Scream 3") stars as a hard-partying NY club girl who takes a job as a librarian. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
14) Chuck
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. Before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, comes an epic love story that spans a lifetime, set against the breathtaking backdrop of South America during the turn of the century. When a teenage Florentino Ariza sees Fermina Daza for the first time, a spark of youthful infatuation ignites a romance that will carry the two from intoxicating highs to desperate lows over the next 50 years, in the film that dares...
16) Kate and Leopold
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Time travel, with a RomCom twist, has never been this charming. Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackson are paired as star-crossed lovers who discover that passion and chivalry never go out of style after a rip of time brings them together. He's a charming 19th century bachelor, and she's and a thoroughly 21st century woman, which makes their meeting perfect potential for an old-fashioned modern romance.
17) Human Capital
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two families become fatefully intertwined following an impulsive business deal and a tragic hit-and-run accident.
18) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Craig stars as Tuvia Bielski, an ordinary citizen turned hero, in this action-packed epic of family, honor, vengeance and salvation. DEFIANCE is a riveting adventure that showcases the extraordinary true story of the Bielski brothers, simple farmers -outnumbered and outgunned- who turned a group of war refugees into powerful freedom fighters. Tuvia, along with his unyielding brother, Zus (Liev Schreiber), motivate hundreds of civilians to join...
20) Pawn Sacrifice
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** "*An enthralling...
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