Stanley Kubrick
Author
Language
English
Description
This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, as well as one of the most controversial and enigmatic.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1987
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A classic depiction of war, this film follows a young Marine through the horrors of boot camp to his wisecracking days as a Vietnam soldier journalist. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alex is a teenage hooligan, in a near-future England, who gets jailed by the police. There, he volunteers for a new aversion therapy proposed by the government. Cured of his hooliganism and released, he is rejected by his friends and relatives. Eventually, nearly dying, he becomes a major government embarrassment and they arrange to cure him of his cure. He and his gang break into an author's home. The author is writing a book that is a plea against...
4) The Killing
Author
Language
English
Description
With fascinating detail, Stanley Kubrick lays bare the intricate inner-planning of a racetrack heist by a deadly mastermind (Sterling Hayden) and his crew. Co-stars Coleen Gray.
Author
Language
English
Description
FEAR AND DESIRE is the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. An existential war film often compared with the director's PATHS OF GLORY (1957) and FULL METAL JACKET (1987), FEAR AND DESIRE follows a squad of soldiers who have crash-landed behind enemy lines and must work their way downriver to rejoin their unit. In the process, they encounter a peasant girl (Virginia Leith) and bind her to a tree, where she is tormented...
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 11
Language
English
Description
Tom Cruise is among the most successful, enigmatic actors to ever grace the silver screen. Cruise's private life has remained opaque over the years, but as an actor he has continued to remain relevant and adaptable in the film industry, and through the roles and films he has taken part in. No matter the details of Cruise's private life, on screen, he is always ready for action.