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The landmark American play-and its prequel-from the Tony Award—winning author of Sticks and Bones and In the Boom Boom Room.
Nominated for the Tony Award when it was first produced in 1984, Hurlyburly was immediately hailed as a classic American drama. This edition is the definitive version of David Rabe's most celebrated work, reflecting his continued exploration of the play through several productions-in particular the one he directed in 1988...
2) Rampart
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A cop works the streets of the Los Angeles Rampart district, a corrupt place where his instincts for self-preservation seem to serve him well--until he is caught on film beating a suspect. As the law closes in, his racist and sexist tendencies come to the fore and threaten to destroy not just his career, but his entire life.
3) Short cuts
Series
Criterion collection volume 265
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A series of vignettes providing a panorama of life in contemporary Los Angeles
6) Peter Gunn
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Thirty-two episodes featuring the suave Los Angeles detective, Peter Gunn
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From maverick filmmaker William A. Wellman (The public enemy, Nothing sacred) comes the original, timeless tale of Hollywood fantasy and heartbreak: A star is born. Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom only to have them shattered by a ruthless, cold-hearted town without pity, where the chances of finding fame are one in a hundred thousand. Enter falling (and falling down drunk) movie star Norman Maine (Fredric March),...
10) The extra girl
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The extra girl follows the misadventures of Sue Graham, a small-town lass who escapes her romantic entanglements by heading for the green pastures of Hollywood. Sue quickly discovers that the dream factory is just a factory like any other, as she is assigned to duty in the wardrobe department. But through pluck and ambition, she manages to overcome every setback, including one hair-raising sequence in which she accidentally unleashes a man-eating...
12) What's cooking?
Series
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Four Los Angeles families of various ethnic backgrounds and social standings gather for their respective Thanksgiving dinners
13) Sunset Blvd
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An aging silent movie queen makes a tragic attempt to return to stardom
14) The take
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime and set him up
15) Crash
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles residents face the ugliness of intolerance
16) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The stories of two Los Angeles hit men, a boxer, and a pair of bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption
17) The terminator
Publisher
MGM DVD/MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A cyborg is sent from the year 2029 to 1980s Los Angeles to kill a woman whose life will have great significance in the decades to come
18) Die hard
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A New York cop battles the terrorists who took over a building in Los Angeles where his wife is among the hostages
20) Zeroville
Publisher
MVD Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Vikar is a lost soul journeying through a land of myths, beauty and monsters. Hollywood, 1969. The studio system is in decay, and a new generation of brash filmmakers are on the rise. With his shaved head marked by a tattoo from his favorite film (1951's A Place in the Sun), Vikar is a bizarre presence even amid the freaks and dreamers. He finds work first building sets, then as an apprentice editor obsessed with wielding the power of moving images....
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