Kirk Douglas
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Language
English
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Description
He was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood, a hard-charging actor whose intensity on the screen was mirrored in his personal life. As Kirk Douglas grew older, he became less impetuous and more reflective. In this poignant and inspiring new memoir, Douglas contemplates what life is all about, weighing current events from his frame of mind at ninety while summoning the passions of his younger days.
Kirk Douglas was a born storyteller, and throughout...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Description
In the six decades since he took to the stage and screen, Kirk Douglas has starred in eighty-three films, nine plays, written seven books, and made a remarkable commitment to humanitarian causes world-wide. Now in My Stroke of Luck, his vivid and very personal reflection upon his extraordinary life, Kirk Douglas finally completes his story by offering a candid and heartfelt memoir of where it all went right. Written in his own words, Kirk offers tender...
4) Spartacus
Series
Criterion collection volume 105
Language
English
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Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
Author
Publisher
Health Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Through poems, prose, and photos, Douglas candidly shares it all as he chaperones us through the stages of his life, including the untimely death of his youngest son and the stroke that left him unable to speak"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
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Description
More than fifty years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind making the legendary gladiator film. In the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood's moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies, producer Douglas chose Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to write Spartacus. Now at ninety-five, Douglas looks back candidly, writing from his heart and from his own meticulously...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
After the Nazis destroy his family, twelve-year-old Moishe gives up his Jewish faith, calls himself Danny, and is taken to New York where he tries to make the best of his life in a Catholic orphanage.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Part fact, part fiction, Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, the film centers on the legendary David "Mickey" Marcus. Jewish-American general Marcus is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes.
13) Detective story
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Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
In this influential crime drama, an embittered cop, Det. James McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife. But while McLeod fights crime on the streets, his wife suffers from neglect at home. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from *Hill Street Blues* to *NYPD Blue*. Nominated for Best Actress (Eleanor Parker), Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant), Best...
14) The Vikings
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh dazzle in this epic chronicle of brutal rivalry and bloodthirsty ambition. Bitter hatred divides two brothers. Prince Einar (Douglas) is the son and heir of a savage Viking chieftain. Prince Eric (Curtis) is his half-brother, the bastard offspring of Einar's father and an English queen. When the Vikings kidnap a princess Morgana (Leigh), her beauty inflames the desires of both men, forcing...
16) Illusion
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A famous Hollywood director nearing death has had a life filled with riches but devoid of love. Haunted by the memory of the son he abandoned, he is given the chance to change the outcome of his son's loveless life.
17) The big trees
Language
English
Description
Unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwoods, but much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony. An expert at manipulating others, Fallon suddenly finds that the love of a pretty Quaker girl is tempering his greed, and forcing him to stand on the side of the Quakers against other men who also want the giant trees.
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A woman kills her wealthy aunt in a row over the woman's boyfriend; another man protects the woman from prosecution in return for her agreement to marry him; eighteen years later the boyfriend returns and the woman openly renews her romance with him.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Alex is trying to deal with a midlife crisis, while feeling caught in the middle of his familial obligations. While successful, Alex sometimes feels as if he's under the shadow of his father, Mitchell, a successful attorney. Mitchell has recently survived a stroke, and Alex and Mitchell want to mend their relationship while there's still time.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Original Score at the **Golden Globes.**