Sidney Lumet
Series
Controversial classics volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1st, 1863. One hundred days ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued an ultimatum to the South - either lay down your arms or set all slaves free. Tensions are building and the President must make a crucial decision. The Ohio volunteers, slaves and abolitionists pray for the emancipation.
The Gettysburg address: November 19th, 1863. President Abraham Lincoln is set to address a crowd in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...
4) Fail safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 1011
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget...
5) The verdict
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which turns out to be a last chance at redeeming himself and his career.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
Ever since antiwar activists Arthur and Annie Pope blew up a napalm lab in 1971, the Popes and their children have been on the run from the law. Now elder son Danny is 17 and he wants to stop running from a past he had nothing to do with.
8) Network
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Language
English
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
10) Fail-safe
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
11) Find me guilty
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
12) Family business
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Three generations of a family plan the perfect crime to steal and split one million dollars and all of their seemingly simple plans go wrong.
14) Q & A
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Assistant D.A. Reilly (Hutton) is assigned to investigate an incident in which veteran street cop Lt. Brennan (Nolte) killed a Puerto Rican drug dealer.
15) Serpico
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of a true story where a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
16) Deathtrap
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Murder mystery set in a remote country house, concerning a play, its authors, and their road to success.
Series
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Language
English
Description
New York cop Daniel Ciello (inspired by real-life undercover narcotics cop Robert Leuci) is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by Internal Affairs and in exchange for him potentially being let off the hook, he is instructed to begin to expose the inner workings of police corruption.
20) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fiftieth anniversary edition, widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.