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Follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his bandmates John, Paul, and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist, and the London police.
63) Into the wild
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
Series
Criterion collection volume 692
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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"About a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast"--Container.
66) Lost in America
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English
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"Stalled in his company's pecking order, ad man David Howard failed to land the Senior VP slot he wanted. He quits, convinces wife Linda to do the same, sells their house and stocks and buys a Winnebago to roam the USA. Though they feel they're Easy Riders, they're actually Born to Be Mild. With their $145,000 nest egg tucked reassuringly within reach, they make their first stop: Las Vegas. Goodbye, nest egg. Greetings, hilarity."--Container.
68) Chef
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After quitting his job at an LA restaurant, chef Carl Casper decides to start a food truck business with his ex-wife, best friend and son, and goes on a cross-country road trip that helps him reconnect with his family, friends and himself.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together. The Mitchells' plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love decide it's time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to work together to...
70) The dry land
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
Suffering from severe memory loss, a young man leaves a loving wife and family for a cross-country road trip with an Army buddy. But the resurfacing memories prove to be too much for him and trigger a violent breakdown that threatens the life he is fighting to rebuild.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The all-American Griswold family wins a deluxe European vacation tour. Ecstatic Clark (who seems to have O.D.'d on "Father Knows Best" reruns) plans a getaway jammed with forced family togetherness, two weeks sure to become a treasure trove of golden Griswold memories. For the Griswolds, it's typical holiday road havoc.
72) Wanderlust
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning directors of American splendor, this iconic movie traces America's love affair with the 'road movie' through interviews with Hollywood stars and clips from roadie classics.
73) Road to Utopia
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Bing and Bob get caught up in a race to stake their claim to the veins of a Klondike gold mine after nabbing the deed from a couple of vicious killers. Since the boys themselves are skipping town after a shady deal, they decide to adopt the murderers' identities and take the opportunity to get to know the beautiful and ambitious Dorothy Lamour.
74) Il sorpasso
Series
Criterion collection volume 707
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
Italiano
Description
A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to rural Southern Italy.
76) Dirty grandpa
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jason Kelly, an uptight lawyer headed down the wrong path, is tricked by his rambunctious grandpa, Dick, into taking an outrageous road trip. While his methods may be unconventional, Dick is determined to teach him how to live life on his own terms.
78) The trip: DVD
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When Steve is asked by the Observer to critique the country's finest restaurants, the only person able to accompany him is his annoying best friend.
79) Nebraska: DVD
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
An estranged son and his alcoholic father travel from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar sweepstakes prize.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1007
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Conceived as the ultimate road movie, this decades-in-the-making science-fiction epic from Wim Wenders follows the restless Claire Tourneur across continents as she pursues a mysterious stranger in possession of a device that can make the blind see and bring dream images to waking life. This breathless adventure in the shadow of Armageddon takes its heroes to the ends of the earth and into the oneiric depths of their own souls.
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