Jodie Foster
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Language
English
Description
Alice Guy-Blaché was a true pioneer who got into the movie business at the very beginning-in 1894, at the age of 21. Two years later, she was made head of production at Gaumont and started directing films. She and her husband moved to the United States, and she founded her own company, Solax, in 1910-they started in Flushing and moved to a bigger facility in Fort Lee, New Jersey. But by 1919, Guy-Blaché's career came to an abrupt end, and she and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winner Jodie Foster stars as Erica Bain, host of a New York radio show whose life is shattered by a brutal attack that leaves the love of her life dead, her own body shattered and her sense of safety permanently destroyed. Now, when Erica's fear of her beloved city becomes too much to bear, she arms herself...The first time Erica shoots someone, it is kill or be killed. The second time it is also self-defense ... or did she make a choice...
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, HOTEL ARTEMIS is an original, high-octane action-thriller starring Jodie Foster as The Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only hospital for criminals. Jodie Foster is joined by an all-star cast that includes Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, and Dave Bautista.
5) Elysium
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the year 2154 two groups of people remain; the extremely wealthy who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth. Max decides to embark on a mission that could bring equality to the opposed worlds.
6) Bugsy Malone
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A pint-sized cast with giant talents illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, BUGSY MALONE captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts. Award-winning pop composer Paul Williams wrote the words and...
Publisher
Treasure Box
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
Mesmerized: A woman's marriage to a deranged, possessive businessman becomes so unbearable that she finds comfort in the arms of another man. Based on the Victoria Thompson murder case of the 1880s in New Zealand.
Choices: A teenager feels alienated from his peers due to a hearing handicap. He attempts to fit in through high school athletics. His girlfirend challenges his motives and aspirations when they are forced to make some tough decisions...
8) Tom Sawyer
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
In this exuberant musical version of Mark Twain's classic novel, Tom Sawyer (Johnny Whitaker) lives with his exasperated Aunt Polly (Celeste Holm) in the riverfront town of Hannibal, Missouri. Along with his rag-tag best friend Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) and his sweetheart Becky Thatcher (Jodie Foster), Tom's life is a series of clever and irrepressible adventures. But when he and Huck witness a crime, Tom must decide if he will risk his life to...
10) Flightplan
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Flying at 40,000 feet in a cavernous, state-of-the-art 474 aircraft that she designed, Kyle Pratt faces every mothers worst nightmare when her six year-old daughter, Julia, vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berline to New York. Already emotionally devastasted by the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle desperately struggles to prove her sanity to the disbelieving flight crew, pilot, and passengers while facing the very real possiblity that...
12) Flightplan
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
High definition widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Flying at 40,000 feet in a cavernous, state-of-the-art 474 aircraft that she designed, Kyle Pratt faces every mother's worst nightmare when her six year-old daughter, Julia, vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. Already emotionally devastated by the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle desperately struggles to prove her sanity to the disbelieving flight crew, pilot, and passengers while facing the very real possibility that...
13) Be Natural
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An energetic documentary about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché that is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation. Nominated for two awards at the **Cannes Film Festival.** "*By the end of "Be Natural," you won't only have a clear idea of who this remarkable woman was; you may well have acquired a new taste in old movies. Critic's Pick.*"...
14) Mesmerized
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In 1880s New Zealand, Victoria Thompson, a young orphaned girl forced into an arranged marriage to a businessman twice her age, discovers that her new husband is bizarre and abusive. When he is found dead and she is the only witness, she stands accused of his murder.
15) Inside man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
Description
English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the 58 children of King Mongkut. Each has preconceived ideas about the other's world. Amid the danger of political unrest, their respect for each other turns into something more.
17) Money monster
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.
18) Love, Antosha
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of late actor Anton Yelchin, LOVE, ANTOSHA explores his successes and struggles through his journals, photography, original music, and interviews with his colleagues, including Chris Pine, Kristen Stewart, and Jennifer Lawrence. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
19) Nell
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The backwoods of North Carolina is where Nell lives, all alone. She has her own form of language and no idea of a world beyond her small plot of land. When civilization enters her life, Nell's life will never be the same again.
20) Nim's Island
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...