David Mamet
1) Chicago
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago--a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better--by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross. Mike Hodge--veteran of the Great War, big shot of the Chicago Tribune, medium fry--probably shouldn't have fallen in love with Annie Walsh. Then, again, maybe the man who killed...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
ix, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of the Free Lunch"-- Provided by publisher.
Exposing how oppressive cultural codes-encapsulated in buzzwords such as inclusion, diversity, social justice, appropriation-are constricting the vibrant intellectual life of the world's freest country, a renowned author and playwright examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the U.S. throughout history.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"For down-and-out junk dealer Don, life goes form unlucky to unbearable when he discovers that the rare buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much! Refusing to let himself be out-swindled, Don enlists the help of a young protégé in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach, a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heist-- a decision...
6) Wag the dog
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, his Washington spinmaster decides they need a war to distract the public's attention so he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004, c1989
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two escaped convicts' only prayer is to pass themselves off as clergymen. As men of the cloth, they are able to pass right through a police blockade at the border and into the safety of Canada.
8) The verdict
Publisher
CBS/Fox Video
Pub. Date
2002, c1982
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alcoholic lawyer finds a chance to redeem himself by accepting an unwinnable malpractice case.
Series
Unit volume Season 1
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (564 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that operates outside the military chain of command. They are on the front lines, protecting U.S. citizens and foreigners alike, risking their lives daily in the process.