Silence of the Lambs

November 1, 2010
Silence of the Lambs
Call Number: DVD01147
VHS01554
by Jonathan Demme; Edward Saxon; Kenneth Utt; Ron Bozman; Ted Tally; Jodie Foster; Anthony Hopkins; Scott Glenn; Ted Levine; Anthony Heald; Thomas Harris; Orion Pictures.; Criterion Collection (Firm).;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©1998.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990 (118 mins). Based on the novel by Thomas Harris. Special Features include: Scene selection; Commentary track featuring Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Tally & John Douglas; Deleted scenes; Storyboards; FBI crime classification manual; Voice of Death (word-for-word statements from convicted killers).
Summary: A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
OCLC #: 39949091, 233134251
Added: November 1, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Married to the Mob

March 26, 2010
Married to the Mob
Call Number: VHS01070
byEdward Saxon; Jonathan Demme; David Byrne; Michelle Pfeiffer; Matthew Modine; Dean Stockwell; Orion Pictures.; MGM Home Entertainment.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, [2000]
Notes: Originally released in 1988 (104 min.); Nominated for one 1989 academy award;
Summary: Mafia princess Angela DeMarco wants out. With her husband Frank dead, Angela decides it’s time to divorce “the mob” and start a new life. But what she doesn’t realize is once you’re married to the mob, it’s death do you part … usually yours.
OCLC #: 460306049
Added: March 26, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Manchurian Candidate

March 11, 2009
The Manchurian Candidate
Call Number: DVD00320
by Jonathan Demme; Denzel Washington; Meryl Streep; Liev Schreiber; Jon Voight; Kimberly Elise; Tak Fujimoto; Rachel Portman; George Axelrod; Richard Condon; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©2004.
Notes: Originally released in 2004 (129 mins.); edition contains commentary, inside The Manchurian Candidate, The Cast of The Manchurian Candidate, 5 deleted/extended scenes, outtakes, Liev Schreiber screen test and political pundits; based upon the novel by Richard Condon and the 1962 John Frankenheimer-directed version;
Summary: When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
Also: See the John Frankenheimer version The Manchurian Candidate (VHS00151)
OCLC #: 56556573
Added: March 11, 2009
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Philadelphia

December 23, 2008
Philadelphia
Call Number: Copy 1: VHS00587
Copy 2: VHS00587
by Ron Nyswaner; Edward Saxon; Jonathan Demme; Tom Hanks; Denzel Washington; Jason Robards; Mary Steenburgen; Antonio Banderas; Tak Fujimoto; Craig McKay; Howard Shore; Tri-Star Pictures.; Clinica Estetico, Ltd.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [©1994]
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (125 mins.); Nominated for five 1994 Academy Awards;
Summary: Powerful story of two lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
OCLC #: 30692478
Added: December 23, 2008
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