Michael Pitt
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Language
English
Description
Four friends stumble into a deal too good to refuse. But when the investment goes bad, they learn that part of their funding came from a notoriously ruthless crime boss… and it's payback time. Now, they must successfully kidnap a family member of a rival kingpin in order to erase the life-threatening debt. In way over their heads, if they can complete the assigned task without screwing up, they just might escape with their lives. John Travolta (Pulp...
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was...
3) Funny Games
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In an English-language remake of his 1997 German thriller, acclaimed director Michael Haneke (Caché) creates a claustrophobic tale of two deeply disturbed young men who take a family hostage in a vacation home invasion. Produced and starring Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts (21 Grams, The Painted Veil, King Kong), Haneke's harrowing film also features Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction), Michael Pitt (The Village) and more in an exploration of violence in...
4) Rob the mob
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A thrilling and poignant crime-thriller about two lovers whose daring heists of Mafia social clubs result in a discovery that could forever change the face of organized crime in America. The film is based on the true story of Thomas and Rosemarie Uva.
5) Delirious
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
Publisher
[Warner Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and times of Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson, Atlantic City's undisputed czar at a time when Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst in the rise of organized crime in America. Season three begins on New Year's Eve 1922-23. The roaring '20s are about to start; though the economy is booming, alcohol has become scarce, competition is fierce, and gangster violence is heating up.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Atlantic City, 1921. In a city whose fortunes have soared in the wake of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in 'the world's playground'. Though the 1920 election is over, Nucky finds himself the target of a federal investigation for vote tampering, and an insurrection by those he counted among his closest allies.
9) Silk
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, Silk is a visually stunning epic spanning two continents. Hervé Joncour's (Michael Pitt) devotion to his beautiful bride, Hèléne (Keira Knightley), is tested when he must make several dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his town's survival. From his journeys to Japan, Hervé brings great wealth for his village, but with each trip he becomes torn by the temptation of a local...
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Language
English
Description
George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb.
12) Moneyball
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
14) Bully
Author
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Larry Clark delivers his most powerful film since KIDS. Marty (Brad Renfro) is a tormented surfer who, despite vicious abuse, relies on his longtime pal, Bobby (Nick Stahl), for rides to the beach and local South Florida bars. When Bobby turns his unwanted attention to Marty's new girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) and her best friend Ally (Bijou Phillips), Lisa decides Bobby's reign of terror must end. Assembling a crew of alienated...