Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
25) Starman
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
An alien, from a distant planet, lands in Wisconsin and arrives at the remote cabin of Jenny Hayden, a distraught young widow. The alien (Starman) convinces her to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he is not picked up by his mothership in three days he will die. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion.
27) The tingler
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Price stars as a doctor who discovers a parasite that grows on the spinal cord of terrified people. If they scream it dies, but if they don't it severs the spinal column; he isolates it only to have it escape in a theater.
28) Gattaca
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
29) Desperado
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000-]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious guitar player searches for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend. Loosely continues the story from El Mariachi.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates and tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band.
32) Born yesterday
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
34) The Governess
Publisher
Columbia TriStar
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A young woman loses her identity and her innocence in an all-consuming love affair.
35) Five easy pieces
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
36) Taxi driver
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1976
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
38) Jumanji
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.
39) The patriot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
When the British arrive at his South Carolina home, French and Indian War hero Benjamin Martin takes up arms again to protect his family after swearing off violence and fighting.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jama's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.