Stan Margulies
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join the expedition visiting legendary Candy Man Willy Wonka in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to the screen the endlessly appetizing delights of Roald Dahl's classic book. On a whirlwind tour of Willy's incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas, and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie will discover the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart.
2) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1081
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games, capturing the joy and pain of competition and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion for an aesthetically adventurous sports film unlike any other. Made to document the Olympic Summer Games--an event that was ultimately overshadowed by the tragedy of a terrorist attack--Visions of Eight features conributions from Miloš Forman,...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from his greedy ex-wife in California, Lake Tahoe hotel/casino manager Steve McClusky has had enough of women. His sabbatical is sabotaged when he is ordered to chaperone the venue's new headliner and inherits a five-year-old abandoned by her debt-ridden father.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory: After winning a trip to see the inside of a chocolate factory, a poor young boy named Charlie Bucket is rewarded by eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka for having a kind heart.
Wonka: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's...
13) Roots
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[℗2011]
Language
English
Description
Roots, adapted from the Alex Haley novel that traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction in Africa to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Roots, the next generations follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s...