Ruth Gordon
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ruth Gordon has been an actress since 1915 and her renown and activity on screen and stage have never been greater than they are now [1970], in her 75th year. She has also written successful plays and movies. She is a wife and mother, and she has attracted a staggering number of friends and admirers on two continents. Out of her experiences and particularly out of her fantastic friendships she has written an absolutely distinctive, irrepressibly...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) stages elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother, but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core, Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and...
Series
Language
English
Description
A young couple moves in to an apartment only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife (Mia Farrow) becomes pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life. Winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award (Ruth Gordon) at the **Academy Awards** and the **Golden Globes.** Nominated for Best Actress (Mia Farrow) at the **BAFTA Awards.** *"One of the finest horror movies ever made."...
7) Pat and Mike
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman athlete of enormous promise in the worlds of both tennis and golf is pursued by a shady promoter, who hopes to make her famous and make some money in the process.
Series
Criterion collection volume 630
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel, Mia Farrow plays "a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her over-friendly elderly neighbors and self-involved actor husband are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby."
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Philo Beddoe faces his most dangerous challenge at the hands of an unbeaten bruiser from back East. There's big money at stake, and to be sure Philo shows up, gangsters kidnap his girlfriend.
10) Harold and Maude
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Countercultural director Hal Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian. Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age. The cult classic of its era, featuring indelible performances and a soundtrack by...
11) A double life
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The portrayal of an actor who finds his on stage role of Othello is affecting his off stage life as murderous revenge begins to seem reasonable.
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War II drama about the Merchant Marine and Navy gun crews who did battle with enemy submarines and risked their lives to deliver supplies and munitions to allied troops.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Philo Beddoe, a regular easy-going, beer-drinking truck driver and the toughest barroom brawler west of the Rockies, lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. When he finally falls in love, it's with a flighty singer who leads him on a crazy chase across the Southwest.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Marrable, a very polite and well-bred widow, has trouble keeping housekeepers. Five have vanished. With each disappearance, a young pine tree has been planted in the Marrable garden!