John Travolta
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 8
Language
English
Description
John Travolta began his career as Vinny on "Welcome Back Kotter." The legend then went on to star in some of Hollywood's greatest success stories. Unfortunately, with success often follows scrutiny and scandal, and both found Travolta in spades. Throughout it all, though, and after more than four decades, Travolta continues a career that has experienced both the zeniths and the nadirs of fame.
5) Blow Out
Author
Language
English
Description
John Travolta ("Get Shorty") gives an outstanding performance as a B-movie sound-effects editor who inadvertently records the car crash of a presidential hopeful. But the more he listens to his recording, the more he come to believe that the "accident" was hardly that, but, rather, an act of political assassination. With the help of an eyewitness (Nancy Allen, "RoboCop"), Travolta attempts to unravel the web that has been unwittingly spun around him...
Author
Language
English
Description
Jan Schlichtmann is a cynical, high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward, Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle ... one where he's willing to put his career, reputation, and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients! Also featuring Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, and John Lithgow -- this gripping,...
Author
Language
English
Description
John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow make a "high-energy comedy team" in this side-splittingly funny comedy inspired by a real-life scam to win the Pennsylvania lottery. Travolta "is truly irresistible" as Russ Richards, a weatherman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Russ is a local celebrity, but when an unusually mild winter causes his snowmobile dealership to take a plunge, Russ needs a get-rich scheme - and fast. With his greedy girlfriend (Lisa Kudrow) -...
10) Swordfish
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A criminal mastermind blackmails a hacker into helping him.
11) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Language
English
Description
A couple of low rent hit men, a fighter forced to throw a fight, the wife of a mobster, and two would-be robbers all find redemption.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A gang of armed professionals hijack a New York subway train somewhere outside the Pelham station threatening to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met. Forced to stall these unknown assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue is made, Detective Anthony Piscotti (Edward James Olmos) must shrewdly outmaneuver one of the craftiest and cruelest villains (Vincent D'Onofrio) in a battle of wits that will either end heroically or...
14) The forger
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A second-generation petty thief arranges to get out of prison to spend time with his ailing son by taking on a job with his father to pay back the syndicate that arranged his release.
15) Urban cowboy
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Bud Davis, a Texas oil refinery worker, meets and falls in love with Sissy at Gilley's, a popular country-western nightclub in Houston. However, their relationship becomes endangered when a mechanical bull-riding ex-convict schemes to steal Sissy's heart.
16) Broken arrow
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Two military pilots engage in a no-holds-barred battle against time and each other in a race to recover two stolen nuclear warheads.
17) Old dogs
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The lives to two confirmed bachelors are turned upside down when, on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives, they are saddled with the care of seven-year-old twins.
Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins.
18) Get Shorty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who can make even a "slow pay" come across, follows a mark to Hollywood, ends up partners with him and makes it big in the movie business.
19) Bolt
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Super-dog Bolt is the star of a hit TV show. His life is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue. When Bolt is accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penney, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt immediately springs into action to save her from the forces of evil. With the help of his number one fan and loyal partner, Rhino, and an alley cat named Mittens, they embark on an extraordinary mission to reunite with Penney. Along the...
20) Savages
Publisher
Universal Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry, raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town, until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.