Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
1) Joyride
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A headstrong solicitor's plan to offload her new born baby to her sister, is derailed when a vulnerable but opinionated teenager steals their taxi.
2) Ballet 422
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge as a promising young choreographer, he is commissioned to create a new ballet for the Company's 2013 Winter Season. With unprecedented access to an elite world, the film follows Peck as he collaborates with musicians, lighting designers, costume designers and his fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB's 422nd new ballet.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Using interviews and rare archival footage, this chronicles Lewis's 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, it explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, and his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. It also includes interviews with political leaders, colleagues, and...
4) Stray
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, the film explores what it means to live without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow viewers an unvarnished portrait of human life through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, even as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Carl Boenish is the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular and dangerous feats of foot-launched human flight. Experience his jaw-dropping journey in life and love, to the pinnacle of his achievements when he and wife Jean broke the BASE jumping Guinness World Record in 1984. Incredibly, within days, triumph was followed by disaster.
7) Love, Gilda
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Incredibly, she was able to find humor in even the darkest of times. Her spirit lives on in comedy as a female trailblazer who continues to inspire many present day comedic performers.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is a harrowing tale of perseverance and survival that unfolds during the great copper rush of 1845, when newlyweds Angelique, a young Ojibway, and Charlie, her voyageur husband, are left stranded throughout a brutal winter on Lake Superior's Isle Royale where Angelique is ultimately forced to face her inner demons and beliefs as the unbelievably beautiful, yet treacherous wilderness threatens to claim her.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Freda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big - the Beatles. Freda had faith in the Beatles from the beginning, and the Beatles had faith in her. As many people came in and out of the band's circle, Freda remained a staple because of her unfaltering loyalty and dedication. As the Beatles' devoted secretary and friend, Freda was there as history unfolded, witness to the evolution...
10) Bad reputation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's true, Joan Jett became mega-famous from the number-one hit "I Love Rock n Roll," but that's only part of the story. This documentary gives a wild ride as Jett and her close friends tell you how it really was in the burgeoning's 70s punk scene and the rocky road to rock stardom decades on. Their interviews are laced with amazing archival footage.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson's personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, together making their mark on music history.
12) Big Man Japan
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Daisato transforms himself into a stocky, stick-wielding giant who is several stories high in order to defend Japan and its citizens. However, unlike his predecessors, who were all national heroes, he is an outcast among the people he protects.
13) Little Joe
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe.
14) Zappa
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault and all its archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood,...
Pub. Date
©2015
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew--featuring Tommy Tedesco, guitar, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, drums, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, bass--who played on many rock and pop hits during the sixties. Gifted, versatile, and possessing the knack for turning a simple tune into something memorable, the Wrecking Crew were the players who turned the Wall of Sound in Phil Spector's head into a reality, and helped Brian Wilson...
16) Jesus camp
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.
17) Force majeure
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.
18) Best of enemies
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal was a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each other's political ideologies were dangerous for America.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.