Tony Curtis
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Directed by Billy Wilder. On the National Film Registry.
6) The vikings
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1958
Language
English
Description
This large-scale epic adventure has Viking half-brothers vying for the kingdom and a princess' hand in marraige. Based on the Edison Marshall novel.
7) Spartacus
Series
Criterion collection volume 105
Language
English
Description
Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends--including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator who led a Roman slave revolt--in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era. The assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes and visceral fight sequences won "Spartacus" four Oscars. Spartacus 2004: Based on Howard Fast's acclaimed novel, Goran Visnjic stars as Spartaus, the epic tale of one man's...
11) Goodbye Charlie
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Shot by a jealous husband and lost at sea, Charles finds himself returned to the world as a woman named Charlie."--Container.
12) Taras Bulba
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Ukraine of the 16th century, a powerful Cossack chieftain is determined to regain his land from treacherous Polish invaders. Despite bitter dissension in the ranks, he is soon leading his soldiers into savage warfare. But further conflict erupts when his headstrong son, Andrei, falls deeply in love with a Polish girl. Spectacular battle scenes highlight the nonstop action, arriving at a shattering climax in which father and son must ultimately...
13) Some like it hot
Publisher
Metro
Pub. Date
©2006.
Language
English
Description
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, after which they flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
Publisher
LaserLight
Pub. Date
c2001, [c1999]
Language
English
Description
"Married couple Bob and Jill Lawrence are vacationing in Switzerland with daughter Betty. A Frenchman who befriends the family is shot through the heart during a dance with the young mother. Before dying, however, he whispers a secret... What follows is an unusually fine dramatic story, filled with hallmark Hitchcockian twists and turns, breathless chase scenes and superb acting."-container.