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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In order to graduate despite skipping too many classes, a college football star takes a job at a local Renaissance fair as a favor to his professor. There he meets a former investment banker-turned-actress and helps turn the fair's ragtag theatrical troupe into a real class act, a feat made more challenging when the fair's aging benefactress hires a competing professional troupe to drive up ticket sales.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
James Tyrone is an aging actor and an alcoholic miser who has spent a lifetime treading on the spirit of his dope-addicted wife, Mary. His oldest son Jamie is a troublemaking alcoholic who is envious of the writing talent of his sickly younger brother, Edmund. The three Tyrone men will spend a hellish night together when they sit about drunkenly while Mary hallucinates about her younger and happier days.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Rose family continues to ingratiate themselves into everyday life in Schitt's Creek. Johnny has hit a brick wall in his quest to get the Roses out of Schitt's Creek, and struggles to find a new project to give his life purpose - that is, until he finds one right under his nose.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Gavin Stone, a washed-up former child star is forced to do community service at a local mega-church and pretends to be Christian so he can land the part of Jesus in their annual passion play only to discover that the most important role of his life is far from Hollywood.
65) A double life
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Full screen (1.37:1).
Language
English
Description
The portrayal of an actor who finds his on stage role of Othello is affecting his off stage life as murderous revenge begins to seem reasonable.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Murphy is a mega-famous canine TV star, but to his owners and to the greedy Hollywood executives, he is just a 'cash machine'. They don't seem to care about him and treat him like, well, just a regular dog! When Murphy decides he isn't going to put up with being mistreated, he plots an epic escape and soon after a group of fun loving kids fall in love with him and protect him.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After a failed attempt to sell the town, the once rich and powerful Rose family come to the depressing realization that their stay in Schitt's Creek may be longer than they originally hoped. As for their spoiled children, David and Alexis, they must do the unthinkable: find jobs.
68) The country girl
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Frank Elgin is an alcoholic actor and singer who gets a second change at stardom. His long suffering wife, Georgie, and their marriage is put to the test. Frank is desperate to make a come back and Bernie Dodd is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a "name" star for his new stage production. Georgie is both weary of her husband's weaknesses and Dodd's motives. When Georgie appears to be dragging Frank down, Bernie tries to force her to leave....
69) The artist
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
71) Camp
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Guitarist Vlad attends Camp Ovation, the summer theater camp for budding actors, dancers, and musicians. Finding himself to be one of the only straight boys around, he soon befriends Ellen. Meanwhile, openly gay Michael develops a crush on him. This sparks dramatic confrontations among fellow campers Jenna, Jill, and Fritzi. The whole camp is run by Bert Hanley, a washed-up Broadway songwriter who decides to enlist the help of his young campers to...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating from alcoholism, drug addiction, and imminent death. Aging actor James Tyrone has abandoned all hope of being a great performer and has settled for being a hack. His bitter wife, Mary, has slipped into morphine addiction, while his eldest son, Jamie, is a drunk. Jamie is envious of the writing talent of his sickly younger brother, Edmund. These four haunted lives are about to clash.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Peter Sellers was one of the most gifted British comic actors of his time, perfectly moving from costume to costume and accent to accent in a series of films that ranged from brilliant to awful. Despite his brilliance as an actor, Sellers led a deeply disturbing personal life. The actor is best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. Despite his Hollywood success, Peter Sellers' comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life....
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Working for Party Down, an Hollywood catering company, a group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers waiting for their big breaks while stuck serving hors d'oeuvres. But in a town where everything is possible, can the ultimate going-nowhere job ever get them anywhere?
76) Tropic thunder
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Director's cut, widescreen.
Language
English
Description
While filming an action movie in the jungle, death and hilarity ensue as the lead actors believe the murderous heroin-producing gang they encounter is a part of the script.
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Old feelings stir when an action movie star agrees to take the leading role in his hometown production of "A Christmas carol" directed by his high school sweetheart; the ghosts of three ex-boyfriends visit Lauren just before Christmas to convince her to see her best friend Nate in a different light.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Created by and starring Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, this irreverent, character-driven comedy centers on the "reversal of fortune" story of the once filthy-rich Rose family. Suddenly finding themselves broke, the Roses are forced to rebuild their empire in a small town they once purchased as a joke. As the years go on, we see them thrive in a place they begin to call home, ready to take their personal relationships, business pursuits and, for some,...
80) Sunset Boulevard
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Struggling Hollywood writer Joe Gillis becomes entangled with reclusive silent film star Norma Desmond, whose madness destroys them both.
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