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(0)Ry Cooder
Author
Publisher
City Lights
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles Stories is a collection of loosely linked, noir-ish tales that evoke a bygone era in one of America's most iconic cities. In post-World War II Los Angeles, as power was concentrating and fortunes were being made, a do-it-yourself culture of cool cats, outsiders, and oddballs populated the old downtown neighborhoods of Bunker Hill and Chavez Ravine. Ordinary working folks rubbed elbows with petty criminals, grifters, and all sorts of women...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Old gringo: Harriet, a frustrated spinster flees her unrewarding life in America hoping to discover the passion in her soul. Ambrose Bierce, the Old Gringo, is a retired journalist and adventurer who wanders through the hostile desert seeking some meaning to the last years of his life. Arroyo, a fiery young general, is driven by both the Revolution and his desire for Harriet. Set in the spectacle of the Mexican Revolution, their lives become inexplicably...
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan. Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
11) Geronimo
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A Western film based on the exploits of the legendary Indian leader, in which great attention is paid to authenticity in depicting the Apaches as they actually were. Geronimo and a small band of followers fought to evade capture through a combination of military cunning and reckless audacity.
12) The people speak
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A look at social change throughout history, as seen through the music, poetry, speeches, and manifestos of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past - and present - including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, along with unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. Celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social...
16) Johnny Handsome
Publisher
Carolco Pictures Inc
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Johnny (Mickey Rourke) was born severely deformed and makes his living as a small-time criminal. During a robbery, he and his best friend Mikey are double-crossed by their partners. Mikey is fatally shot and John ends up in prison. There he meets a sympathetic surgeon who gives him a new face. Released on parole, John seeks revenge on the couple who double-crossed him.
17) Johnny Handsome
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A man, born severely deformed, makes his living as a small-time criminal. During a robbery he and his best friend are double-crossed by their partners and he ends up in prison. There he meets a sympathetic surgeon who gives him a new face. When he is released he sets in motion a plan to get revenge on the couple who double-crossed him.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In 1996, a group of legendary Cuban musicians were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. This documentary shows some of their songs being recorded in the studio, concert footage from Amsterdam and New York City, and some of the musicians talking about their lives in Cuba and how they got started in music.
