Johnny Depp
Author
Language
English
Description
In this documentary, director Chuck Workman examines the lasting cultural significance of the Beats, focusing mainly on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Along the way, these freethinking men became friends and associates, and their writing influenced numerous generations of questioning individuals. Workman combines interviews, TV clips and archival footage in his film, in addition to dramatic readings by notable...
3) Minamata
Author
Language
English
Description
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971.
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 10
Language
English
Description
For over three decades, Johnny Depp remains an icon in the film industry. A versatile and talented actor, Depp has starred in a variety of unique, thought-provoking, and imaginative films, and has experienced great success. No matter the chaotic storm that surrounds him, Depp personifies Neil Young's lyrics- "Rock and Roll can never die. There's more to the picture than meets the eye." to a 'T.'
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are...
6) Life
Author
Language
English
Description
Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones' first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Collector's edition; widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces Dr. Thompson's life from his travels with the Hell's Angels, through his various Wild Turkey & drug ingested episodes in politics and righting the wrongs of society.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stranded on a tropical island, SpongeBob and his friends find themselves being swept away by a giant wave. While trying to get back to Bikini Bottom they meet the infamous surf guru Jack Kahuna Laguna who tells them they must surf the legendary wave called 'The Big One' before they can get home.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tale of truth, betrayal, youth, demise, and mermaids! When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Forced aboard the ship of the most feared pirate ever, Jack doesn't know who to fear more, Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save...
12) Donnie Brasco
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone (Depp) as he infiltrates the mafia of New York.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the...
14) Secret window
Language
English
Formats
Description
Famous mystery writer Mort Rainey is confronted by a strange man who claims that Rainey plagiarized a manuscript written by him. The stranger demands that Rainey make restitution, lest he destroy Rainey's life.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the life and death of author Hunter S. Thompson, an American master whose gonzo reportage defined an era, while his depraved appetites forged a legend. Features interviews with Thompson, his childhood friends, his wife and those who worked with him. Includes footage from the biographical films Where the buffalo roam and Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.
17) Black mass
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The saga of El Mariachi continues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the President of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping, he is doing it for revenge. Special features include: deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes, and more.
20) Mortdecai
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold. Meanwhile he is being chased by several angry groups of people.