David L. Wolper
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 1950. Three cops battle police corruption, a call girl, a mysterious millionaire, a tabloid journalist and the Chief of Detectives fuel a labyrinthine plot rife with mystery, ambition, romance and humor.
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
July 20, 1944. In the waning days of Nazi Germany, a group of senior army officers led by suave aristocrat Col. Claus von Stauffenberg risks all to save what's left of their war-torn nation. Their goal is to kill Adolf Hitler during a strategy meeting at his Wolfsschanze. The idea grew out of the Third Reich's Operation Valkyrie emergency plan. If successful, this might have changed the bloody outcome of World War II.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A definitive biography of the King which contains interviews from the many people who knew Elvis best, including Presley's family members, his friends and employees and Colonel Tom Parker. All of this provides a revealing look at the life of one of the most captivating men of the twentieth century.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Gain an in-depth look at the tumultuous presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968. Includes bonus films A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John F. Kennedy and The March of Time: Seven Days in the Life of the President; a viewer's guide; biographies; and more.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Professor Hellstrom, a famous entomologist, is so shaken by the savagery and ferocity of the predatory insect world that he films the following 'documentary' to warn mankind of its danger. Featuring stunning microphotography of a variety of insects and plants that include ultra close-ups of wars between ant colonies and a gigantic praying mantis practicing cannibalism.
10) Visions of eight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1081
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
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,...
12) Color adjustment
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
This study of prejudice and perception traces over forty years of race relations in America through the lens of prime time TV entertainment. Revisiting such popular hits as Amos and Andy, Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, I Spy, Good Times and Roots, viewers see how bitter racial conflict was absorbed into the non-controversial formats of the prime time series.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The world knew Pablo Picasso's passion for canvas, color, metal and ceramics, but little was known about his other passion--women. Told from the viewpoint of his longtime mistress and mother of his children, Francoise Gilot.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.
18) 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...