Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse.
122) An education
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic older man can teach her.
123) Dogtown and Z-boys
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.
124) Mother and child
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents....
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
127) Land of mine
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD-video (96 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Description
In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own land mines from the coast of Denmark.
128) Austenland
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jane Hayes's adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric Austen-inspired resort, where she meets two very different gentlemen, but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life, and maybe even love, begins.
129) The Hollars
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Hollar, a struggling NYC artist is forced to navigate the small middle-American town he left behind when news of his mother's illness brings him home. Back in the house he grew up in, John is immediately swept up in the problems of his dysfunctional family, high school rival, and an over-eager ex-girlfriend as he faces impending fatherhood with his girlfriend in New York.
130) The seagull
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aging actress Irina visits the country estate where her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin reside. She brings her lover Boris, a successful novelist. The estate teems with desire, jealousy and angst. The estate manager's daughter Masha is in love with Konstantin, who is in love with the sweet neighbor Nina, who is in love with Boris. Boris casually uses and discards Nina while Irina continuously treats Konstantin with similar disdain. Emotions run...
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
By the 1920s, Coco Chanel has established herself in the world of fashion. After a disastrous reaction to an early production of his Rite of Spring ballet, Igor Stravinsky has become a penniless refugee living in exile. When the two are introduced, the attraction is immediate and together they embark on a passionate affair, which results in a period of great artistic achievement for both artists.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
133) Rudo y Cursi
Pub. Date
©2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the rural banana plantation where they play soccer for the village team to the big city stadiums, two brothers have become rivals and battle each other on opposing sides. When a talent scout gets stranded in their tiny town, brothers Beto and Tato are discovered. They are whisked away to Mexico City to play for the big leagues where they quickly achieve fame. Beto is nicknamed 'Rudo' for his hotheaded goalkeeper style and Tato is called 'Cursi'...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Müntze. The officer can feel the Allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate peace with the resistance fighters who may soon become the Dutch government, and keeps...
135) Shortcomings
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Friends navigate interpersonal relationships and cross the country in search of an ideal connection.