Irwin Winkler
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century
The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have...
2) Creed III
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
5) Rocky
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa, the underdog, gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect and the world heavyweight boxing crown and comes out a winner.
6) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
7) Enough
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married the man of her dreams. After the arrival of her daughter, Slim begins to see the hidden, abusive side of her husband. Terrified for her and her daughter's safety, Slim flees. But her husband's resources allow him to relentlessly pursue them. Finally Slim fights back, engaging her husband in a physical and psychological battle.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
9) The juror
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A struggling single mother impulsively agrees to serve on a jury hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. She gets far more than she bargained for when she's forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob's seductive, psychotic enforcer.
10) At first sight
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1998
Language
English
Description
A man who has been blind since shortly after birth undergoes a surgical procedure that allows him to see again, which both enriches and complicates his life.
11) Creed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
12) The net
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2002, c1997
Language
English
Description
A computer expert's whole life is erased by a computer conspiracy.
13) Rocky IV
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Rocky's training regimen takes him to icy Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match against a vicious Soviet fighter, Drago, who literally killed his last opponent.
14) Rocky II
Series
Rocky anthology volume 2
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in his win against heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, announces his retirement. But he soon realizes he can't escape his true calling, and prepares for the fight of his life.
15) GoodFellas
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young man grows up in the mob and works hard to advance himself through the ranks, enjoying the life of the rich and violent.
16) Survivor
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A Foreign Service Officer newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the US. After surviving a vicious attack on the embassy, she finds herself framed for crimes she didn't commit and racing to elude assassins while trying to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve.
17) Raging bull
Series
Language
English
Description
Robert DeNiro stars as Jake LaMotta, the controversial prize fighter of the 1940's. Shows his life from the beginning and as he fights his way up the ranks and earns the reputation as the "Raging Bull," a fighter who can't be stopped.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Shortly after receiving the news that they will soon be reunited with their families back in the United States, a unit serving in Iraq is deployed on one last humanitarian mission. Their objective is to deliver medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village. Upon arriving in the village, the unit is viciously ambushed and many lives are lost. Now, as the four surviving members of the battalion return home and attempt to readjust to civilian life, the...
20) Rocky V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Rocky and his family must move to their old, low-rent neighborhood after all their money is lost by an an unscrupulous financial advisor and injuries force his retirement from the ring. As Rocky tries to resolve the resentment held by his son, a young boxer Rocky trained publicly taunts his mentor, and Rocky realizes he must fight once more.