Hume Cronyn
3) Brute force
Series
Criterion collection ; 383
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
4) Cocoon
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Art, Ben and Joe are three simple, aging senior citizens who like to swim in the unguarded swimming pool next door from the old folks home they live in. One day they go swimming and feel energized and 'ready to take on the world!' What they soon discover is that the pool was recently bought by four alien Antereans incognito as humans. The men and their friends offer to help the Antereans return the cocoons and as a reward, the Antereans offer something...
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Cocoon, the senior citizens who left Earth for Antarea where people live free from sickness and pain return to their families and friends. They find it hard to face human realities on Earth such as age, illness and personal loss, but soon come to realize that, even with its frailties, life on Earth may not be so bad after all.
6) Lifeboat
Series
Language
English
Description
After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat. Their problems are further compounded when they pick up a ninth passenger: the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them. With powerful suspense and emotion, this legendary classic reveals the strengths and frailties of individuals under extraordinary duress.
7) Foxfire
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
A grown son tries to get his widowed mother to leave her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains after her husband's death, and she must decide between remaining with her memories or building a new life.
8) Rope
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Two thrill-seeking friends (Granger and Dall) strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of the 'perfect murder,' their former teacher (Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious that his students have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Garp is a man whose life unfolds from cradle to grave in counterpoint to the dizzy, violent, cruel and casually destructive rhythms of our anxious age. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
11) A separate peace
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
World War II rages overseas, the prestigious Devon prep school holds a summer session for boys trying to graduate before they are drafted. Among the students are two unlikely new roomates - Gene, a quiet, introspective bookworm; and Finny, a carefree and wildly popular athlete. Charmed by Finny, Gene joins him for a series of exciting escapades. But when Gene's grades decline, he suspects that Finny secretly wants him to fail. Fueled by anger and...
12) Marvin's room
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A story about the years that keep us apart ... And the moments that bring us together. When Lee (Streep) left home for seventeen years, Bessie (Keaton), her sister, was left alone to take care of their chronically ill father, Marvin (Cronyn). With Bessie diagnosed leukemia and will die without a bone marrow transplant. This precipitates the two estranged sisters an uneasy reunion. Lee realizes that the old man's welfare will fall to her if Bessie...
13) Off season
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An imaginative ten-year-old, dealing with the loss of his parents and living with his aunt in a run-down Florida hotel, spreads a rumor that a white-haired guest is really Santa Claus.
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A devoted old couple are separated when the wife dies. The husband struggles to cope with his loneliness and failing health, but his spirit is fading when a mysterious white dog appears and reawakens his joy of life.
15) Foxfire
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband." --
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in 'accidents,' the newsman begins to doubt the official position: that a lone madman was responsible for the crime." --
19) Rollover
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"Former film star Lee Winters inherits her deceased husband's multimillion dollar company and travels to Saudi Arabia, where she and banking consultant Hubbell Smith discover a plot to destroy the western financial world." --
20) King's Oak
Author
Language
English
Description
He would make her whole again
Leaving behind a disastrous marriage, Andy Calhoun moves to the small town of Pemberton, Georgia, "in search of banality." What she discovers, though, is not serenity, but Tom Dabney, a passionate and magical man.
An exuberant poet who worships the wilderness surrounding Pemberton, Tom is everything Andy doesn't need in her life right now. But despite warnings from friends, Andy is soon deeply immersed
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