Films with: Herrmann, Edward

Aviator

Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he never left, the victim of compulsions that drove him to greatness, while containing the seeds of his undoing.

DVD 3814

Bereft

After the sudden death of her fiancé, amateur photographer Molly struggles in life. Now that she is without her love, she can't find solace in her once-comforting, small Vermont town. Trying to maintain the outward appearance of a normal life to her family and friends, Molly plays the part of grieving widow even though her grief refuses to abate and her fiancé's memory continues to haunt her. Tracks Molly's emotional recovery as she begins to cope through uncommon friendships, unsettling art and some unorthodox business practices.

DVD 6789

Frank Lloyd Wright a film /

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest of all American architects. Over the course of his long career, Wright designed over 800 buildings. This program uses live cinematography, interviews, and rare archival footage to bring Wright's story to life.

DVD 8131

French Revolution Liberté, egalité, fraternité, a new republic is born in blood /

" ... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ..." Container.

DVD 4823

Gilmore girls.

Television series about a mother and a daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. After 20-plus years of single motherhood, after a series of Mr. Not-Quite-Rights, after buying that perfect wedding dress and watching it hang in the closet, Lorelai finally gets married. This season also includes Lane's baby shower and Rory's graduation.

DVD 11484

Gilmore girls.

Relive the first year of being an inn owner with Lorelai, the turmoil of being a second-year student at Yale with Rory, and the ups and downs of love and family.

DVD 11482

Gilmore girls.

Lorelai and Rory are a mother and daughter who are sharing life's ups and downs in a small town in Connecticut. This heartfelt, humorous drama appeals to young and old alike with it's blend of traditional family issues and hip attitude.

DVD 11479

Gilmore girls.

Welcome to the fourth season of the series acclaimed for its agile balance of life and laughter. Oh yes, and love. Now fans can relive Rory's first year at Yale and Lorelai's dream of opening her own inn coming true.

DVD 11481

Impressionists the other French revolution.

"Tells the story of the first truly modern artistic movement, focusing on five of its most important practitioners, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Morisot. Their determination to remain true to their convictions--and the price they paid as a result--is vididly captured in their own words, taken from letters and diaries, while the world's foremost authorities offer fascinating insights into their lives and work"--Container.

DVD 2696

Intolerable cruelty

Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless romantic pursuit to out-swindle each other.

DVD 4395

Lost boys

When Sam, Michael, and their mother move to Santa Clara, California, strange things begin to happen. A new twist on the familiar vampire story.

DVD 1845

M*A*S*H comedy under fire /

M*A*S*H, Robert Altman's acclaimed comedy-drama about reluctant surgeons drafted to serve in the Korean conflict, is based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dr. Richard Hornberger. And while studio executives may have envisioned M*A*S*H as an offbeat comedy, director Robert Altman and others on the creative team were in fact crafting an anti-Vietnam film. In this fascinating program, Altman, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, screenwriter Larry Gelbart and Korean War MASH unit veterans help to sort fact from fiction, and reflect on the impact of the film.

DVD 4106

Norman Rockwell painting America /

Examines Norman Rockwell, "the artist of the people," using archival footage and visual images from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Featuring interviews with historians, critics, family, friends and admirers, this production gives an in depth look at the artist, his art and the Americana he created with his brushstrokes.

DVD 1315

Paper chase

A moving story of a first-year Harvard Law School student who comes to terms with his dreams in America's most competitive school. Hart finds he must survive much more than the pressures, all-night cramming and insecurities he expected. He becomes fearful of a brilliant professor, who terrorizes some, inspires others and who easily separates the men from the boys.

DVD 2940

Patton a rebel revisited /

Footage of George Patton and excerpts from the 1970 Twentieth-Century Fox film accompany interviews with Patton's descendants, colleagues, and contemporaries, discussing the Hollywood myth and the historical facts surrounding the World War II general.

DVD 4108

Price check

Pete Cozy has a nice house in the suburbs and a solid job that allows him to spend quality time with his wife and son. Everything changes when Pete gets a new boss, the beautiful, fast talking Susan. Due to Susan's influence, Pete quickly finds himself on the executive track. That means more money, more time at work, and the less time with his family. He and Susan get too close and become enamored with one another-creating tension in the workplace and in Pete's personal life.

DVD 12316

Roosevelts an intimate history /

Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of the National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage, and the conquest of fear.

DVD 10642

Sorrows of gin

The story of an eight year old girl's search for a sense of family amid the sophisticated and detached whirl of her parents' lives in suburban America.

DVD 1960

Wealth & power

Details the history of the effects of wealth on political power, social change, and the development of the modern state.

DVD 6577