Jack Kerouac

king of the beats

Jack Kerouac [videorecording]: king of the beats / Mill Valley Film Group.

Kerouac's writings took American literature to new levels of creativity and inspired unprecedented social change. Rare documentary footage and interviews with Allan Ginsberg and William Burroughs shed light on the life of this amazing writer.

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Jack London

Jack London [videorecording] / a G

Upon his return to the San Francisco area from the Alaska gold rush, Jack London began to write about his experiences. London's colorful life, during which he wrote more than 50 books, including his masterpiece, The Call of the wild, and which included experience as a war correspondent, and two stormy marriages, ended in his suicide at the age of 40. The program presents London's life story, examines the social and political events which influenced his work, and includes commentary, archival documents and rare interviews.

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Jack Mitchell

my life is black and white

Jack Mitchell [videorecording]: my life is black and white / by Craig B. Highberger; written, produced and directed by Craig B. Highberger.

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Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills

Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills [videorecording] / Person Films; written, directed and produced by Cecile Leroy Beaulieu.

Old Hollywood meets modern fashion in this nostalgic story of famous men's suit designer Jack Taylor, the Beverly Hills custom suit-making icon who dressed everyone from Cary Grant to Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley to Jason Schwartzman, handcrafting the styles immortalized by the Rat Pack.

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Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a Band Apart; a film by Quentin Tarantino.

A sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out beach bunny and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.

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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock [videorecording] / Kultur International Films.

The video contains definitive biographies accompanied by a visual analysis of the artist's major work. Full of imagery the video is the perfect introduction to Jackson Pollock's modern art.

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Jacob's ladder

Jacob's ladder [videorecording]

Jacob is a man living in a nightmare. Having survived Vietnam, he's back home in New York City. But memories of both his wartime demons and the accidental death of his son haunt and terrorize him. Jacob's grip on reality begins to slip and only his friend can save him.

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Jacqueline du Pr

Jacqueline du Pr

This DVD combines two films by Christopher Nupen, the 1st of which is a documentary produced in 1967 containing interviews with Du Pr

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Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida [videorecording] / a Wall to Wall Television Production for Channel 4.

At an Oxford Amnesty Lecture Jacques Derrida discusses with Alan Montefiore about deconstruction of the subject and the implications for human rights; Derrida argues that, as deconstruction changes the nature of the subject, so deconstruction of nationalism should lead to a modern nationality incorporating different forms of nationality, such as singularities of tradition and minorities of various sorts.

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James B. Harris & Stanley Kubrick's Lolita

James B. Harris & Stanley Kubrick's Lolita [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents in association with Seven Arts Productions; screenplay by Vladimir Nabokov; produced by James B. Harris; directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Humbert, a divorced British professor, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte, whom he marries in order that he might pursue her 14-year-old daughter, Lolita.

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