William Lava
1) PT 109
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Retelling of John F. Kennedy's wartime exploits as skipper of a battle-scarred PT boat. The assignment: harass the enemy and buy time for a U.S. Navy still on the drawing boards. In August 1943, PT 109 was sliced in half by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his surviving crew through a sea aflame from gasoline, towing one badly burned sailor miles to the nearest island.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The ear-repressible Bugs Bunny takes top billing in this rollicking, rambunctious romp. Things start out plenty looney as Yosemite Sam strikes a Devilish bargain to send Bugs straight to you-know-where. The looniness continues as Daffy and Tweety tangle with a pair of feather-brained bird-napping gangsters. Even loonier, Bugs turns Hollywood's glitziest awards ceremony into a cartoon-star-studded disaster zone.
3) Moonrise
Series
Criterion collection volume 921
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormenter. As the police close in around him, Danny makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man's fiancé, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression. A small-town fable about violence and redemption, it is the final triumph of Frank Borzage, one of Hollywood's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy...
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