Miramax Films.
Series
Language
English
Description
Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
22) Derailed
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Charles is a financially successful Chicago advertising director with a sick daughter and a slightly troubled marriage. Charles has a chance encounter with Lucinda, a lovely and quick-witted financial advisor who is also stuck in marital rut. Their chemistry is instant, but their eventual one-night-stand is interrupted by a mugger, who is out to milk Charles for every dollar he's got
23) The switch
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman ..., despite her neurotic best friend Wally's ... objections, decides it's time to have a baby--even if it means doing it herself-- with a little help from a charming sperm donor ... But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later-- when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son"--Container
25) In the bedroom
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The Fowlers are a normal family in Maine. Matt is the town doctor and loves to fish, his wife, Ruth, is the school's choir leader, and their son, Frank, is home from his first year of college. Frank is in love with Natalie, a young mother who isn't quite divorced yet from her ex-husband, Richard Strout, whose family runs the local cannery. It makes Richard's blood run cold to see his wife running around with another man. And soon, an unthinkable tragedy...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An outrageous comedy hit that had critics and audiences roaring with laughter! From block parties and beepers to high tops and high-powered weapons, it's everything that's funny about growing up in the 'hood, the Wayans Brothers' neighborhood, that is! Get ready for a good time, because there are plenty of laughs in their neighborhood!
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before!
28) Reservoir dogs
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant
29) The aviator
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
30) Shall we dance?
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to follow him
32) Bob Roberts
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A satirical comedy in which a British documentary crew follows a radical folksinger (and self-made millionaire) turned senatorial candidate as he blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In Ireland in the 1960s, four women were sent to the Magdalene sisterhood asylum because of 'sinful' behavior. They all had to work in the laundry, where the strict nuns would break everyone's wills through sadistic punishment. Based on a true story
34) Four rooms
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
1996?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In four episodes, a hapless hotel bellhop is placed in some outrageous predicaments by some very unusual guests
35) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The Duc de Condé's employee, François Vatel, is in charge of cooking, and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Condé. If Vatel can impress the King, de Condé will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception
37) Blow dry
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], ©2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A British hair-styling contest comes to a small town where the local mayor begs a town hairdresser to get involved in the contest.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister
39) The human stain
Publisher
Distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid...
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Story that spans more than 50 years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since childhood, and the woman who comes between them. Also an absorbing drama of the period in Chinese history from the warlord era through the Cultural Revolution