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Publisher
Vision Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles Manson had one goal: to become a rock star. Told by those who were there, witness his obsession to audition for the Hollywood elite such as Terry Melcher and Dennis Wilson, how the Beatles' Helter Skelter motivated his race wars, how the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan influenced the music he used to seduce his followers, and his spiral into violence over a failed musical career.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Charles Manson was released from prison in 1967, he had one goal - to become a rock star. Follow Manson's journey as he traveled from Haight-Ashbury to the Sunset Strip, recording sessions in Hollywood's most illustrious studios and auditioning for the most powerful figures in the music industry. The untold story of his musical ambitions, his mental deterioration as this dream failed to bear fruit, and his spiral into violence, chaos, and infamy....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
COOT CLUB and its companion story, THE BIG SIX, are based on the celebrated Swallows and Amazons series of childrens' books written by Arthur Ransome. For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, the Arthur Ransome classics stand alone. Set in the '30s, both stories take place on the lakes and waterways of England, and feature the same cast of lively characters, led by six children, who become firm friends, sharing a love of wildlife and all things...
5) Miracle
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the most famous team in the history of American sports: the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Follow from the team's selection process to the ultimate victory over Finland for the gold. Celebrates American patriotism at its best.
6) Harpoon
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Mr. Arguello is the principal of the school. Day after day he searches the backpacks of his students, looking for a latent threat. Cata, a 14-year-old student, has an accident by the lake. Arguello takes care of her for a few hours while waiting for her parents to arrive. This wait will unleash the most important story of their lives.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Joy is dumped by her boyfriend and her friends recommend she take a vacation to Las Vegas to get him out of her mind. After Jack gets fired by his dad from the family business, he ends up in Vegas too. After a night of drinking, the two wake up the following morning to discover they have gotten married. One of them wins a $3 million jackpot - using the quarter of the other. Both want to end the marriage and keep the money. The unhappy pair tries to...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
THE BIG SIX and its companion story, COOT CLUB, are based on the celebrated Swallows and Amazons series of childrens' books written by Arthur Ransome. For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, the Arthur Ransome classics stand alone. Set in the '30s, both stories take place on the lakes and waterways of England, and feature the same cast of lively characters, led by six children, who become firm friends, sharing a love of wildlife and all things...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Shaker movement in America was founded by Ann Lee, a member of a religious sect near Manchester, England, that prophesized the imminent second appearance of Christ on earth. They were referred to as "Shaking Quakers" due to their ecstatic movements during worship. Ann Lee immigrated to America in 1774, and with a small, devoted group of followers preached that the transformation and judgment of the world had begun. In 1787, three years after Ann's...
10) In a world
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unsuccessful vocal coach competes against her arrogant father in the movie trailer voice-over business.
11) Ultimate Jordan
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Marking the twenty years Michael Jordan's has spent in the NBA, this collection presents five individual films exploring Michael Jordan's pre-Wizards basketball career. From "The Shot" that boosted North Carolina over Georgetown for the NCAA title in 1982, through the 1984 and 1992 Olympics and the glories of the first Dream Team, through All-Star games, his father's death, his first retirement, the brief flirtation with professional baseball, his...
12) Holes
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Lisa convinces the locals to clean up the polluted Lake Springfield after a crowd of fans sink the Green Day concert stage. Meanwhile, Homer saves a pig from being killed in Krusty Burger and adopts it, calling the animal Spider Pig. After two days, Spider Pig fills up a silo with its excrement and not knowing what else to do, Homer dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. The angry population forces the Simpsons to move to Alaska. Meanwhile the...
Publisher
Bob Swerer Productions
Language
English
Description
Richard Proenneke lived the dream of building a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness near Twin Lakes, and stayed to become a part of the country. This is the simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised nationwide competition called "Million dollar arm" where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the boys learn the game, they teach JB the meaning of teamwork...
16) Dreamland
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A young girl must decide between taking care of her father and friend, both of whom are sick and need her the most, and doing what will truly make her happy.
17) Lady in the lake
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Detective Marlow sets out to find the missing wife of a publishing magnate. Several smack-arounds, one dead gigolo, a few angry cops, a booze-soaked frame-up and one dame in the lake later, Marlowe finds the killer and finds that he's also looking at the business end of a gun.
18) Last weekend
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A matriarch asks her adult sons to visit their gorgeous Lake Tahoe home for a final weekend before she sells it, but it quickly becomes a comical disaster.
19) Blue crush
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Ann-Marie, a big-wave surfer on the North Shore of Oahu, drives to make a comeback after nearly drowning in a surfing competition. Her life becomes more complicated by her romance with a handsome football player. Ann-Marie and her surfer buddies work as maids at a posh resort and share a beach shack with Anne-Marie's wayward young sister. Ann-Marie struggles between her need to prove herself and her desire to take the easy way out.
20) Sweetie
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jane Campion, director of The Piano, will always be remembered for this stunning debut feature. The focus of this film is the hazardous relationship between button-down, superstitious Kay, and her rampaging sister, 'Sweetie.'
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