Category: Crime

Chinatown

Chinatown VHS cover art. Movie starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1974.

Chinatown on VHS. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1974.

From the box:

Jack Nicholson is private-eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway), to investigate her husband’s extramarital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.

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Ocean’s Eleven

Ocean's Eleven VHS cover art. Movie starring George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon. With Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 2001.

Ocean’s Eleven on VHS. Starring George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon. With Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 2001.

From the box:

The plan is set. The rules are clear. If all goes right for Danny Ocean’s grifters, the payoff is $150 million. Divided by 11. You do the math.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit VHS cover art. Movie starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd. With Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Stubby Kaye. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Based on the story by Gary K. Wolf. 1988.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit on VHS. Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd. With Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Stubby Kaye. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Based on the story by Gary K. Wolf. 1988.

From the box:

Touchstone Pictures and Steven Spielberg present A Robert Zemeckis Film

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a tale of a man, a woman and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. It’s a world where laughing can be dangerous, romance can be hilarious, and Toons and people live side by side. It’s a wonderful place you’ll want to visit again and again.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The chemistry is magic. The effects are astonishing. And the film is unforgettable!

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48 HRS.

48 HRS. VHS cover art. Movie starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy. With Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Denise Crosby. Directed by Walter Hill. 1982.

48 HRS. on VHS. Starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy. With Annette O’Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Denise Crosby. Directed by Walter Hill. 1982.

From the box:

Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in Walter Hill’s roller-coaster thriller, 48 HRS. Nolte is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can’t do it without the help of a smooth and dapper Murphy, who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Nolte wants the villains; Murphy wants his money and some much-needed female companionship. Watch for Murphy’s hilarious scene in a redneck country-western bar–you’ll want to see it again and again.

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Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero VHS cover art. Movie starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. With James Spader, Flea, Brad Pitt. Directed by Marek Kanievska. Based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis. 1987.

Less Than Zero on VHS. Starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. With James Spader, Flea, Brad Pitt. Directed by Marek Kanievska. Based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis. 1987.

From the box:

The best-selling novel by Bret Easton Ellis is vividly brought to the screen in this tale of Beverly Hills kids that have it all: money, looks, dreams… and stand to lose it all. In a spellbinding performance, Robert Downey Jr. (“The Pickup Artist“) portrays Julian, a boy with looks, charm, smarts, and a father who sets him up in the record business. He’s also got a best friend, Clay (Andrew McCarthy, “St. Elmo’s Fire“), and a girlfriend, Blair (Jami Gertz, “The Lost Boys“)… and Julian has a drug habit. Clay wants to help and is willing to do just about anything for his friend, but Julian’s going down the tubes so fast he might just take both Clay and Blair with him. Fueled by exceptional acting and immensely effective photography, this powerful drama is the unforgettable story of three kids who started out with everything going for them, and are about to wind up with LESS THAN ZERO.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? VHS cover art. Movie starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter. Inspired by Homer ("The Odyssey") and written by the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. Directed by the Coen Brothers. 2000.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? on VHS. Starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter. Inspired by Homer (“The Odyssey”) and written by the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. Directed by the Coen Brothers. 2000.

From the box:

A Film By The Coen Brothers
The Academy-Award Winning Creators Of Fargo

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill busts loose. Except that he’s still shackled to his two chain-mates from the chain gang — bad-tempered Pete and sweet, dim-witted Delmar. With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain — before it’s lost forever in a flood — the three embark on an adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman, it’s an odyssey filled with chases close calls, near misses and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.

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The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest VHS cover art. Movie starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran. Directed by Archie Mayo. Based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood. 1936.

The Petrified Forest on VHS. Starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran. Directed by Archie Mayo. Based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood. 1936.

From the box:

Bette Davis Signature Collection

Bogie plays Duke Mantee, a thug on the lam, who’s spent most of his life in jail. And, he growls, “It looks like I’ll spend the rest of my life dead.” At the Black Mesa Bar-B-Q, he holds hostages at gunpoint while waiting for his moll to show up with the getaway car. Among his captives are Alan Squier (Leslie Howard), a writer looking for something worth living or dying for, and Gabby (Bette Davis), a sweet-natured waitress who dreams of abandoning her nowhere existence for life as an artist.

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Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock VHS cover art. Movie starring Elvis Presley. With Judy Tyler, Dean Jones, Mickey Shaughnessy. Directed by Richard Thorpe. 1957.

Jailhouse Rock on VHS. Starring Elvis Presley. With Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy. Directed by Richard Thorpe. 1957.

From the box:

Elvis Commemorative Collection

Sent to prison for accidentally killing a man, young Vince Everett (Elvis) takes up signing behind bars. But everything gets “All Shook Up” when he crosses paths with a beautiful record label talent scout in this fast-paced musical drama featuring seven dynamic classics including “I Want To Be Free,” “Don’t Leave Me Now,” “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” and the blistering smash “Jailhouse Rock.”

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Eat The Rich

Eat the Rich VHS cover art. Movie starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

Eat the Rich on VHS. Starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

From the box:

You are what you eat!

“You are what you eat,” is given new meaning when a trendy London restaurant is suddenly taken over by maniacal subversives in the outrageous Eat The Rich. Nosher Powell stars as an ex-boxer, beer-gulping bully elected to the elitist position of Home Security, second in command to the Prime Minister. Tired of watching his country be terrorized by undesirables, Nosher kicks butts…bashes baddies…and still finds time to flirt with the Queen. Meanwhile, a surly but sensitive ex-waiter Alex (Lanah Pellay) has assembled a small band to join his people’s uprising-while suave Commander Fortune (Ronald Allen), a Soviet double agent, and his sidekick Spider (Lemmy), are plotting Nosher’s downfall. It’s might versus mincemeat, where the strongest, sexiest, or just plain silliest wind up eating eating their words-or each other-in this unforgettable spoof of the upper crust featuring music by “Motorhead,” and cameos by Paul McCartney, Koo Stark and Bill Wyman.

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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead VHS cover art. Movie starring Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Foreman. Directed by Mike Hodges. 2003.

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead on VHS. Starring Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Foreman. Directed by Mike Hodges. 2003.

From the box:

The hypnotic thriller from the director of Croupier and the classic Get Carter

“One of the best crime movies of the year” — Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper

Ex-gangster Will Graham (Clive Owen) thought he had gained back his soul by leaving the hard-boiled life of the criminal underworld behind him and taking on the life of a drifter. When he learns that his younger brother is found dead of a gruesome suicide, Will comes back to town and discovers that his death was motivated by a shocking event involving a local car dealer with a violent habit.

To get vengeance against the man responsible, Will must deal with the unfinished business of his old life which includes a feud with the local crime boss and lingering feelings for an old flame.

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