David Puttnam
1) The Mission
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
2) Being human
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Robin Williams stars in five unique and intimate tales linked by a common theme: a man's need to find his place in the world. In each tale, a man is set on a journey. Collectively, they experience an odyssey that crosses thousands of years, from Bronze Age wilderness to contemporary metropolis. Each taking a few more steps towards whatever it is that men search for: the sense of belonging that we call home, and the closeness of relationships that...
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic...
7) Swastika
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Uses home movie footage shot by Eva Braun, Nazi propaganda films, and other film footage of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s to document how Hitler and the Germans viewed themselves and wished themselves to be seen.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Charts the stealthy rise of the Nazi Party in the wake of World War I, as witnessed from the perspective of a neutral bystander. Rather than offering a contemporary interpretation of history, the film allows the disturbing saga to unfold on its own terms using footage from newsreels, home movies and extracts from musicals and documentaries from 1918-1933 to illustrate the end of the Weimar and the rise of Adolf Hitler and national socialism in Germany....
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim MacLaine leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park. With the help of his new friend Mike, he soon discovers a wild world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home to face his future. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between a life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called...
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The chronicle of an unforgettable piece of American history: twelve crazy, painful seesaw years, from the Wall Street crash to Pearl Harbor. By juxtaposing contemporary news and documentary footage with extracts from Hollywood classics, director Philippe Mora offers us an immediate, intricate, and evocative scrapbook of the 1930's.
Publisher
The Sprocket Vault
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this documentary, the tragic screen-icon James Dean is remembered. Footage from early television appearances, stills from his life, and clips from his three Warner Brothers films are interwoven with interviews with his co-workers.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
No stones in slingshots. No skirmishes too late in the day. They are the rules of war for the youngsters of two neighboring Irish villages. And here's another rule: if you spit and shake on something you better follow through. Kids will be kids. But sometimes they, in their own fanciful ways, will be adults. What's unique and marvelous here Oscar -winning Chariots of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland says, "is that it's not an adult view of childhood...
14) Chariots of fire
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic...
15) Local hero
Publisher
La Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Up-and-coming Houston oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly simple business trip to Scotland changes his outlook on life. Sent by his colorful boss (Burt Lancaster) to the small village of Ferness, Mac is looking to quickly buy out the the townspeople so his company can build a new refinery. But after a taste of country life Mac begins to question whether he is on the right side of this transaction....
16) The duellists
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, cross swords time and time again in an attempt to achieve justice and preserve their honor.