John Travolta
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Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 8
Language
English
Description
John Travolta began his career as Vinny on "Welcome Back Kotter." The legend then went on to star in some of Hollywood's greatest success stories. Unfortunately, with success often follows scrutiny and scandal, and both found Travolta in spades. Throughout it all, though, and after more than four decades, Travolta continues a career that has experienced both the zeniths and the nadirs of fame.
5) Blow Out
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English
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John Travolta ("Get Shorty") gives an outstanding performance as a B-movie sound-effects editor who inadvertently records the car crash of a presidential hopeful. But the more he listens to his recording, the more he come to believe that the "accident" was hardly that, but, rather, an act of political assassination. With the help of an eyewitness (Nancy Allen, "RoboCop"), Travolta attempts to unravel the web that has been unwittingly spun around him...
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English
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Jan Schlichtmann is a cynical, high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward, Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle ... one where he's willing to put his career, reputation, and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients! Also featuring Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, and John Lithgow -- this gripping,...
Author
Language
English
Description
John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow make a "high-energy comedy team" in this side-splittingly funny comedy inspired by a real-life scam to win the Pennsylvania lottery. Travolta "is truly irresistible" as Russ Richards, a weatherman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Russ is a local celebrity, but when an unusually mild winter causes his snowmobile dealership to take a plunge, Russ needs a get-rich scheme - and fast. With his greedy girlfriend (Lisa Kudrow) -...
12) Grease
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties
13) Get Shorty
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1995
Language
English
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmaker Harry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Reservoir dogs (1992): After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant
Pulp fiction (1994): The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tables of violence and redemption
Jackie Brown (1997): A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer
15) The poison rose
Publisher
VVS Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Philips is an ex-football star turned PI, who's got a soft spot for a lady in distress
16) Carrie
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1976
Language
English
Description
"Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk, to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behavior is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the...
17) Ladder 49
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department under the watchful eye of his mentor Chief Mike Kennedy. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. As Jack reflects on his life - seeing his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, the impact his job has had on his wife and kids - Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save Jack's...
18) Wild Hogs
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Four middle-aged men decide to take a motorcycle road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. These "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink, not knowing that the bar belongs to the Del Fuegos, a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, Woody, one the the Hogs decides to steal the bike back. Woody cuts the fuel...
19) Old dogs
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
20) Gotti
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows infamous crime boss John Gotti's rise to become the 'Teflon Don' of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr., it examines Gotti's tumultuous life as he and his wife attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences