Films with: Mason, James

20,000 leagues under the sea

A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.

DVD 2959

Blast

The high-energy performance special that uses special blends of brass and percussion with dramatic choreography, briliant lighting and special effects to create a new genre of performance. Imagine a cross between a marching brass band, ballet troupe, and vaudeville skit - and you're halfway there. Unlike musical theater or a symphonic concert, the performers are in constant motion, staging intricate movements. Drawn from the finest classical, symphonic, Broadway and popular compositions, the music is arranged to continuously stimulate and surround the senses and emotions.

DVD 2807

Boys from Brazil

A band of Nazi leaders, escaped from postwar Germany, scheme to return to power. Their plans to dominate the world are based on a bizarre biological experiment undertaken by Josef Mengele.

DVD 378

British noir

They met in the dark: discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career. The october man: after a traumatic brain injury, a young engineer tries to repair his life. But his recovery is thwarted when a woman is found strangled and he becomes the prime suspect. Snowbound: a British Army vet exposes a plot by ex-Nazis to reclaim a stash of gold bullion hidden at a ski resort. The golden salamander: a British archaeologist finds himself caught between a gang of North African gun-runners and the woman he loves. The assassin: a private eye arrives in Venice in search of a fugitive, but soon discovers that the city's winding waterways hold dark secrets.

DVD 11081

Cross of iron

A battle-hardened German sergeant tries to hold his platoon together on the Russian front during WWII. Not only must he try to hold his platoon together, but he must deal with his commander, a glory seeker, who wants to be awarded Germany's highest medal of honor, the "Cross of Iron."

DVD 150

Films of Michael Powell

A matter of life and death: British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator. Age of consent: Based on the life of controversial Australian artist Norman Lindsay. Lindsay is a jaded painter who heads Down Under looking for a way to revitalize his creative soul. His self-imposed exile is interrupted by Cora, an uninhibited young woman on her own journey of self-discovery.

DVD 6716

Georgy girl

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while striving to capture some of the glamorous life of her swinging London roommate.

DVD 6787

Heaven can wait

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback accidently goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man.

DVD 615

Homage to Chagall

Portrait of Russian painter Marc Chagall, with photographs of over 300 of his paintings, murals and stained glass windows. Also includes interviews with the artist and his wife.

DVD 2507

Lolita

The story of the passion of a middle-aged man for a young teenager.

DVD 8

Madame Bovary

A woman, not satisfied with the limited life she leads, rebels against conventional society, and finds tragedy.

DVD 5852

Mandingo

"A shocking look at plantation life in the Deep South. Mede is a slave whose master, Hammond Maxwell, intends on keeping him as a prizefighter. As Maxwell focuses his attention on his wenches and Mede's brutal training, his neglected wife turns her passions towards Mede himself."--Container.

DVD 6029

Murder by decree

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson conduct a gruesome and dangerous search through London's squalid east end for the legendary Jack the Ripper. They soon discover that he is no ordinary murderer, but one with influential and determined friends.

DVD 1874

North by northwest

An ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents.

DVD 4213

Odd man out

An IRA gunman, wounded and on the run in Belfast, is helped and hindered by a variety of people.

DVD 5

People of the wind

A documentary in which the Babadi, a nomadic tribe belonging to the Bakhtiaries of Iran, annually migrate across the Zagros Mountains from winter to summer pasture with their herds of sheep. The people are led by Jafar Qoli, the Kalanter (chief) of the Babadi groups who assumes responsibility for the trek.

DVD 3558

Shooting party

A group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the English countryside. They go through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. Times are changing, though, and their values are about to change.

DVD 4644

Star is born

As a band singer is discovered and guided to heights of show-business success by an alcoholic ex-matinee idol, she performs one superb song after another in a production that exhilarates with its craft and style even as its story moves toward a heartbreaking finale.

DVD 8184

UPA the jolly frolics collection /

"[This three-disc set] includes 38 theatrical cartoons released from 1948 to 1959. Originally distributed by Columbia Pictures, the cartoon shorts produced by UPA (United Productions of America) were revolutionary, adopting the contemporary graphics of Modern design and offering non-traditional, provocative storytelling. Giving the animators at Disney, MGM and Warner Bros. a run for their money, UPA earned six nominations and three Academy Awards, and among their classic one-shot cartoons they adapted stories by James Thurber ("A Unicorn in the Garden") and Edgar Allan Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart" narrated by James Mason). The studio tried to avoid repetition, but nevertheless presented two long-lasting characters in Gerald McBoing Boing (created by Dr. Seuss) and the near-sighted Mr. Magoo, whose first cartoon -- "Ragtime Bear" -- is also included in [collection]."--Container.

DVD 8923

Verdict

Alcoholic lawyer finds a chance to redeem himself by accepting an unwinnable case.

DVD 2348

Voyage of the damned

A group of German Jews, trying to avoid Nazi oppression in Germany, leave on a ship bound for Cuba and freedom, only to be forbidden to leave the ship when they reach Havana.

DVD 643

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

An adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, chronicling the events around the assassination of Julius Caesar.

DVD 5868