Eli Wallach
1) Insomnia
Author
Language
English
Description
A #1 national bestseller—"A yarn so packed with suspense, romance, literary reference, fascinating miscellaneous knowledge, and heart that only Stephen King could have written it. Marvelous—that is, full of marvels" (Booklist).
Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange...
Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange...
6) The war
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
8) The holiday
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. They both come upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives....
Publisher
POZ Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Archival newsreels, still photographs, period music and personal interviews chronicle the history of Jones Beach, an isolated island created and transformed into a New York landmark and ocean playground in 1929 by master builder Robert Moses.
13) Baby doll
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, c1956
Language
English
Description
Cotton-mill owner Archie Meighan, married to nineteen-year-old "Baby Doll", looks forward to the day his wife turns twenty and will finally allow him to sleep with her. But he has competition in the form of sly business competitor Silva Vacarro, who covets both Archie's cotton mill AND his young and beautiful wife.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The good, the bad and the ugly: During the American Civil War, three men search for a buried fortune.
Hang 'em high: Jed Cooper is mistaken for a criminal and is unjustly hung by the ruthless Captain Wilson and his nine-man gang, who leave him for dead. Cooper escapes the lynching and sets out on a deadly rampage of revenge against his persecutors.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Godfather: "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A mysterious gunfighter with no name plays two rival families against each other; two bounty hunters team up to track down the legendary outlaw with no name; the gunfighter with no name forms an unlikely alliance with bounty hunters to claim a fortune in gold; after an innocent man survives a hanging, he tries to bring the vigilantes who almost killed him to justice.