Miramax Films.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious "gift". Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In 1941, on a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion.
Publisher
distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Deception: Danger lurks around every corner of the world, yet nothing can stop Bessie Faro from putting together the puzzle of her husband's death, and secret life. She soon discovers the only thing more treacherous than lies-- can be finding out the truth. People I know: Eli, a publicist for actors, gets in over his head when he escorts a client to an after-hours party, where he witnesses a crime that involves some of the most influential and powerful...
Publisher
distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Deception: Danger lurks around every corner of the world, yet nothing can stop Bessie Faro from putting together the puzzle of her husband's death, and secret life. She soon discovers the only thing more treacherous than lies-- can be finding out the truth. People I know: Eli, a publicist for actors, gets in over his head when he escorts a client to an after-hours party, where he witnesses a crime that involves some of the most influential and powerful...
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Duplex: A young couple have an obnoxious elderly tenant in their duplex who is driving them crazy. As their nightmare gets more and more serious, they begin to wonder if they can't move her out, one way or another.
Fifty pills: Darren doesn't have the cash to stay in college for another semester, so he embarks on an unbelievably funny journey to try and come up with the money that he needs ... and maybe work up the courage to ask out the girl of...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time--one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Kate & Leopold: Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. One can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer nonetheless feels the need to strike out on his own and experience the world outside. There he falls for the beautiful Candy and learns some powerful lessons about life, love and home.
12) Emma
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
14) Chocolat
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A wanderer and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a straight-laced French Catholic village during Lent.
15) The Grifters
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
16) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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...
17) My left foot
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1992
Language
English
Description
Examines the 1975 incident where armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, resulting in the deaths of a Native American and two FBI agents. Explores the controversy and potential abuse of justice surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier, who was the sole person in the incident convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...