Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
1) The past
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the The Who a rebellious restlessness that was just...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The definitive portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women. Go beyond Callas, the original diva, and meet Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances and TV interviews, the film is the first to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer completely in her own words with never-before-seen footage.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb, have worked together to create some of the greatest non-fiction books in history. Now 86, Caro is determined to complete the final volume of his masterwork, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson"; Gottlieb, 91, wants to edit it. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities, and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects...
9) Land ho!
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (95 min. each) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two ex-brothers-in-laws set off to Iceland in an attempt to reclaim their youth nightclubs, trendy spas, and rugged campsites. This adventure is a throwback to 1980s road trip comedies, as well as a candid exploration of aging, loneliness, and friendship.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
DVD-R. A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah." Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen's notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage, and extremely rare audio recordings and interviews.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's boyfriend, the handsomest man in the world, Monroe Rutherford. What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary on folk rock musician Neil Young, covering two nights on his solo tour at Massey Hall in Toronto. The concert includes new music from Young's album Le Noise, as well as the classics Ohio; I Believe in You; and others. Mixed in with concert footage are scenes from a road trip through Ontario, Canada.
17) The Winslow boy
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A barrister defends a 14-year-old naval cadet accused of stealing a postal money-order.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Three sisters, Sachi, Yoshino and Chika, live together in the city of Kamakura, Japan. When their father, absent from the family home for the last fifteen years, dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their shy, teenage half sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings.
19) Please give
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kate has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture at estate sales and marking it up at her Manhattan store. There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that she wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And worst of all are the neighbors, cranky, old Andra...
Pub. Date
[2005], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary about a gang of kids who virtually revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts, and in the process, transformed youth culture forever. Captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing, who used abandoned swimming pools to sharpen their skills.