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21) All about Eve
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
22) Das Boot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Deutsch
Description
At the height of World War II, a young submarine crew heads out to sea on a top-secret mission that all but ensures most will never make it home alive. Ordered to patrol the Atlantic and destroy an allied armada bringing supplies to Britain, these raw recruits must band together, bracing themselves against a depth-charge assault from an unseen enemy. Can the captain and his crew summon the strength to escape their watery grave?
23) Casablanca
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
24) Flubber
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Language
English
Description
Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo flubber that enables anything its applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
25) Notorious
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Working undercover for the U.S. government in Rio, the daughter of a convicted Nazi traitor marries a ruthless Nazi spy, but then begins a love affair with her American contact. Torn between passion and patriotism, they must sacrifice their feelings or risk destruction.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A struggling street puppeteer takes a job to make some money. One day he accidentally discovers a door...a portal into the brain of John Malkovich (played by John Malkovich!) For 15 minutes he experiences the ultimate head trip - HE is being John Malkovick.
31) Taxi driver
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
32) Magnolia
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Magnolia is a mosaic of American Life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax.
33) Liberty Heights
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The town is Baltimore and the year is 1954, a season of dramatic social flux that Levinson explores through the eyes of a Jewish family.
35) The Omega man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Biological war has decimated life on earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets, foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other 'inhabitants' emerge."--container.
38) Flawless
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
An ex-cop suffers a stroke and is paralyzed and unable to speak clearly. On the advice of his doctor, he seeks voice lessons from a musically inclined neighbor-- whom he vehemently dislikes.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video, Shadow of the Vampire Limited
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
This riveting suspense thriller is about the filming of Nosferatu and the difficult relationship between F.W. Murnau and Max Schreck. As cast and crew begin to disappear, it seems that Murnau has made a devil's bargain with Schreck, whose performance is too authentic.
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