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Altman, Robert 1925-2006 Ashby, Hal Brookner, Howard Disney, Walt 1901-1966 Frank, Robert 1924- Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors United States Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Motion picture producers and directors United States Interviews United StatesSummary: Explores the hidden history of the American exploitation film. From the tents of carnie roadshows of the early 20th century to "Nudie Cuties," blood-soaked gore fests, biker flicks, blaxploitation and beyond. Looks at the films, the filmmakers, shysters and hustlers who made it all happen. Includes over 2 hours of outtakes, classic grindhouse trailers, and long lost, never-before-seen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMESummary: "Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack--the Warner brothers--turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience, and the silver screen."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BROSummary: From out of the shadows comes this final collection of hard-to-find noir classics: The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Lineup (1958); The Shadow in the Window (1956); The Long Haul (1957); Pickup Alley (1957); The Tijuana Story (1957); She Played with Fire (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); and Man on a String (1960).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: Film director Martin Scorsese presents a look at the American film and its practitioners, from silents to the movies of the 1970s, and discusses how it has shaped his own artistic vision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PERSummary: There has been a Laemmle in the movie business since there's been a movie business. This is the story of a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain in Los Angeles with an astounding legacy. Over four generations, Laemmle's have dedicated themselves to supporting, innovating, and elevating the art of filmmaking. Popularizing independent films, documentary films, and their filmmakers, the LaemmleTheatres'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONLSummary: An absorbing portrait of the filmmaker David Lynch, as well as an intimate encounter with the man himself. From the privacy of his home and painting studio in the Hollywood Hills, a candid Lynch conjures people and places from his past, from his boyhood in Idaho and Virginia to his experiences at art school in Boston and Philadelphia to the beginnings of his filmmaking career in Los Angeles, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A revealing new look at legendary entertainer Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words. What emerges is a complex portrait of a woman whose vulnerabilities were exploited by an industry she helped to build but whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SIDSummary: Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: A story of a man who wears many hats. All of them are backward. From award-winning filmmaker Malcolm Ingram comes an extensive all-access documentary examining the life and career of indie filmmaking icon Kevin Smith. Featuring never before seen interviews with friends, family, and filmmaking peers, along with icons of the film, comedy and comic book worlds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLESummary: Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmaker Harry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Get 1995Summary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISummary: A famous comedy film maker, rejected by his fans after a venture into serious cinema, seeks comfort from the three dissimilar women he is dating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment, Inc. 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STASummary: "Film legend Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) tells his own story in a never-before-seen interview shot in 2008. With candor, humor and grace, Lumet reveals what matters to him as an artist and as a human being" -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BYSummary: Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this revealing portrait, you'll discover the man behind the myth as never before. Features all-new interviews with friends, family, collaborators and experts, plus never-before-seen home movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer's candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank's artistry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DONSummary: Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in NYC in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William Burroughs' bunker until his nephew Aaron unearths his uncle's story and the memory of everything he was.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018