Monterey Video (Firm)
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Collection of films of O. Henry's two most published stories and a third tape telling O. Henry's story. In The gift of the Magi, a husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents. In the last leaf, an artist forfeits his life while painting the last leaf on a vine, giving hope to a girl who has lost the will to live.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train heading to upstate New York to interview the subjects of his latest project. A chance encounter with a mysterious young woman leads him on a journey of a very different sort, and Hart is forced to leave his complacent life behind for a world in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As Hart tells his story to Detective Martin, he finds himself being questioned as Martin tries to figure...
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. He finds himself unsuspectingly drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue, obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past, and the disturbing complexity between art and truth.
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Europe, 1916: Baron Manfred von Richthofen is a crack pilot of the German aerial combat forces, a legend in his own time, a hero at home, and a man both feared and respected by the enemy. Von Richthofen and his fellow officers see their duels in the sky as tactical, almost sportsmanlike, challenges. But, when he falls in love with Kate, she opens his eyes to the fact that there is more to war than dogfights and he becomes aware of his role in the...
8) The secrets
Publisher
Monterey Media
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
עברית
Description
While studying at a women's religious seminary in Safed, Naomi and her new friend explore the complexities of a religious lifestyle in a vibrant environment of youth, rebellion, and desire as they befriend a beautiful, mysterious older woman.
9) Restitution
Publisher
[Monterey Video]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In a picturesque city on the shores of Michigan, a series of mysterious murders have an unlikely but common thread. Bryan Spikes is a hired insurance fraud investigator who gets more than a paycheck when he is inexplicably killed and then framed for the crimes. One year later, Alex Forrester arrives in the city, claiming to be a writer researching the case. But as he begins to unravel the shocking truth, his informants turn up dead, and he soon learns...
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Ten questions are posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East, and the wisdom of an extraordinary spiritual leader.
13) Indigo
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of a lonely old man and his granddaughter, an 'Indigo' child. The term refers to a child blessed with the ability to foresee events, see things that are not evident to others, and heal with a special power not possessed by adults.
14) Trucker
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A long-haul trucker living a carefree life is forced to take care of the son she hasn't seen since he was a baby when his father is in the hospital. Now the child and mother must learn to live together and leave their strained past behind.
15) Leonie
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), who crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. An independent young woman frustrated by turn-of-the century gender norms, Gilmour finds work as an editor for the famous Japanese poet, Yone Noguchi (Shido Nakamura). Their relationship grows and becomes romantic, but Noguchi...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Paolo, an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, the German stewardess, Greta, when the young French beauty, Cecile pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle; and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek, finds himself with a German fiancee, a French "wife", two Australian children who call him "Papa", and his life upside-down.
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
They call it The endless summer, the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, two California surfers, Robert August and Mike Hynson, accomplish in a few months what most people never get to do in a lifetime: they live their dream.
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The eerie tale of murder and revenge is faithfully brought to life in this atmospheric drama. The film contains period clothing, as well, as setting. Creepy background music in combination with excellent acting makes this film effective.
19) The Louvre
Series
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Before this film no one else was ever permitted to film inside the Louvre. Set against the panoramic history of France, the priceless treasures and incomparable art are shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis.
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Flagg and Ada Purdy are a rural couple with eleven children. Flagg runs his life and family according to strict principles. But when Flagg's family decides to make Christmas happen for the first time at the Purdy house, Flagg's principles cause trouble in his household.