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41) Ordinary People
Series
Language
English
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Description
Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star in this powerful drama as the upper-middle-class couple whose "ordinary" existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son. Their younger son (Timothy Hutton), struggling against suicide and the survivor's guilt left by his older brother's drowning, begins to see a therapist (Judd Hirsch), who provides a lifeline to survival and healing for the entire family. An extraordinary motion picture,...
42) Winter Kills
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick (Jeff Bridges) is the son of Pa Kegan (John Huston), a tycoon who heads a powerful business empire, and the brother of an American president who was assassinated 15 years ago. Working in the China seas on one of his father's oil drilling ships, Nick is plunged into the past when a dying man reveals the true identity of his brother's assassin. Nick sets out on a twisting trail to unravel a web of greed and vengeance which leads him to confront...
43) Clockers
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine. Strike agrees to kill a rival dealer as a favor to Rodney, the neighborhood drug kingpin, but when the man is murdered, it is Victor who confesses. Detective Rocco Kleine...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In this filmed adaption of the long-running humourously musical interpretation of the Biblical story of Joseph, favored son of Jacob of Canaan, and his coat of many colors, Joseph is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt where he is beset with adversity but perseveres through wit and faith to become the governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
46) Topdog/underdog
Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.
47) Ran
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
日本語
Description
"Set in 16th century Japan, Ran related the tale of how an aging ruler, Lord Hidetora, announces his intention to divide his land equally among his three sons. This decision to step down unleashes a power struggle among the three, as Hidetora falls prey to the false flattery bestowed upon him by the two older sons and banishes the youngest when he speaks the truth. The ruthless betrayal ultimately drives Hidetora insane, destroying his entire family...
48) Rumble fish
Series
Criterion collection volume 869
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A street punk worships his older brother, who is the leader of a gang.
Publisher
MVD Rewind
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jack and Frank Baker are stuck in a rut. Playing the same tired tunes night after night; the brothers are in desperate need of change. So when they meet a sultry songbird named Susie Diamond, their future starts to sparkle. But when life in the limelight brings old rivalries to the surface as Jack and Susie's relationship heats up, the Baker boys soon find their act and their lives growing more entertaining than either of them may be able to handle!...
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