Shout! Factory (Firm)
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. To keep his creative integrity, Buckmaster carefully begins to fight the system that has made him the respected producer he has become..
42) Holy Rollers
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A Jewish youth (Jesse Eisenberg) risks being ostracized from his religious community when he becomes a drug mule for his best friend's older brother. Inspired by a true story of a young Hasidic man who was lured into the world of international drug trafficking in the late 90s..
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
During the brutal French and Indian War, the legendary scout Hawkeye is prevailed upon to escort Major Duncan Heyward, and the two daughters of Fort William Henry commander Colonel Munro -- Alice and Cora -- to safety through enemy lines. Hawkeye is assisted by his Indian friend Chingachgook, and Uncas, Chingachgook's son; the two are the last survivors of the Mohican tribe. During their travels to the fort, Alice falls in love with Hawkeye, while...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Independent film director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) is making his first feature. Everything that can go wrong does: the rebellious catering crew refuses to replace spoiled milk, his actors are flakey and getting an unspoiled take is nearly impossible. Tension between lead actress Nicole (Catherine Keener) and actor Chad (James LeGros), who have just slept together, contributes to the many problems on set. As money and time run out, Nick struggles...
45) Seize the Day
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
The time is the success-driven '50s; Tommy Wilhelm is a middle-aged man who has just lost his salesman's job. Margaret, his wife, is on the verge of divorce and fully intends to take him to the cleaners whether he has an income or not. Doctor Adler, Tommy's judgmental father, cannot abide having a failure in the family and refuses to lend his son a single penny.. In desperation, Tommy heads to New York City, where his old wheeler-dealer pal Dr. Tamkin...
46) Traveller
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A clan of Irish-American con artists live in a secluded compound and have their own time-honored customs. Pat returns to the hideout for the funeral of his father, who irked the clan by marrying an outsider. Because his mother is not Irish, the compound's boss, Jack Costello, tells him that he's no longer welcome; but Bokky takes the younger man under his wing and teaches him the clan's trade.. Bokky specializes in cheating homeowners by charging...
47) Dreamscape
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
The US President is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him -- a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Alex Gardner is a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr Paul Novotny and the beautiful Dr Jane DeVries in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions.. But corrupt high ranking government official Bob Blair has darker plans...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
During the post-war boom period of the late '40s, Willy Loman is an aging, traveling salesman, who despairs that his life his been lived in vain. Facing dispensability and insignificance in a heated, youthful economy, Willy is not ready to part with his cherished fantasies of an America that admires him for personable triumphs in the marketplace.. But the reality is far more difficult than that, and the measure of Willy's self-delusion and contradictions...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Penelope Spheeris' THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION was perceived as shocking and outrageous at the time of its original release in 1981 and its two follow-up films were no less extraordinary and revealing. Today, museums and educational institutions around the world present them as a historically significant works of art. Featuring some of the most influential and innovative musicians and groups of all time - Germs, Black Flag, X, Fear, Circle...
50) David & Lisa
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
Two adolescents make a connection with each other in a home for disturbed youngsters. David Clemens was placed in the home by his mother because of his constant fear of being touched; while Lisa is a 15-year-old schizophrenic who speaks only in rhyme, when she speaks at all. David rejects the help of psychiatrist Alan Swinford but makes an emotional connection with Lisa.. Because of his contact with Lisa, David eventually opens up to Swinford and...
51) The Bear
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
A young bear cub (Douce) is left alone, unable to feed or defend itself, when its mother is killed in a rock slide. The cub eventually attempts to bond with a male grizzly (Bart), who initially ignores him. When the grizzly is pursued by hunters and injured, the young cub comes to his aid and wins the grizzly's affection. However, when one of the hunters captures the cub, the grizzly must confront the armed hunters. The tale is told from the cub's...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A documentary of the life of artist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003). While there might still be debate as to whether caricatures are art, anyone who has seen Hirschfeld's elegant depictions of stage personalities over the years would unequivocably classify them as such. This movie, which took nearly ten years to make, follows the chronology of Hirschfeld's life closely.. It includes many interviews with Hirschfeld himself, his second wife, and his beloved...
53) The Chosen
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Set in the Brooklyn of the 1940s, the film elucidates the friendship between two young Jews of differing factions. Danny is Hassidic, while Reuven is a Zionist. Though separated ideologically, the boys find a common bond through their love of stickball.. Based on a novel by Chaim Potok, The Chosen has become an annual Hannukah-season TV attraction in many cities; years after its release, the film served as the basis for a short-lived Broadway musical.....
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Karchy Jonas was born in Hungary and immigrated to Cleveland in the early 1960s, where he felt adrift in a strange sea of American culture. At home, his stern father insists that he adhere to traditional Hungarian ways. Karchy's only respite is the rock & roll he adores. A year before he arrived, flashy, failed disc jockey Billy Magic rolled into town and became the host of the High School Hall of Fame contest, something that Karchy decides he must...
55) Miss Firecracker
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Carnelle Scott is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, MS, for her unrepentant promiscuity. An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes her older cousin, Elain Rutledge, a former Fourth of July "Miss Firecracker" contest winner who is taking time out from her life as a pampered wife in Atlanta to give a speech on "My Life as a Beauty" at this year's pageant.. Determined to follow in Elain's footsteps, Carnelle puts a damper on her...
56) Kit Carson
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1940.
Language
English
Description
The legendary frontiersman Kit Carson and his two pals are attacked by Indians. They manage to escape unscatched and make their way to Fort Bridger, where Captain John "Frontier" Fremont hires Carson to guide a wagon train westward. The plot thickens when both Carson and Fremont fall in love with pretty Dolores Murphy, but all misunderstandings and rivalries are forgotten as the two heroes fight shoulder to shoulder against another Indian attack.....
57) Tomorrow
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
Framed in flashback, the film explores the personal reasons that a semi-literate farmer is the lone jury holdout in the guilty verdict for a young killer on trial. We learn in a gradually unfolding fashion that the boy is the son of a woman with whom the farmer had had an intense personal involvement some twenty years earlier. However, their relationship was damaged by the woman's family, who come looking to bring her back home..
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1945.
Language
English
Description
Monty Brewster is the lucky recipient of an 8,000,000 inheritance. But there's a catch; O'Keefe will receive his legacy only if he spends 1,000,000 in two months. Prohibited from giving the money away, O'Keefe invests in several losing propositions, including a flop Broadway musical; alas, every one of his bad investments turns a profit.
59) Star of India
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
A 17th-century French nobleman embarks upon a search for a valuable emerald which has been stolen from a Dutch collection. Dogging the nobleman's trail is a Dutch spy posing as a French aristocrat. Both are bedeviled by the epicene villain who stole the gem in the first place, but who enjoys the protection of King Louis XIV..
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While taking her friends on a magical hot air balloon ride, Abby Cadabby loses her wand to a curious bird. Without Abby's wand, they can't get back to Sesame Street. A chase ensues! Pursuing the bird in their hot air balloon, Abby and the gang visit new neighborhoods and discover new foods, music, and languages. Best of all, they make new friends who help them find the missing wand and show them the way back home.
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