Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

American buffalo [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; a Samuel Goldwyn Company presentation ; in association with Capitol Films ; produced in association with Punch Productions ; screenplay by David Mamet ; produced by Gregory Mosher ; directed by Michael Corrente.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001.

Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"For down-and-out junk dealer Don, life goes form unlucky to unvbearable when he discovers that the rare buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much! Refusing to let himself be out-swindled, Don enlists the help of a young protégé in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach, a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heist-- a decision that carries explosive consequences for everyone involved."--Container.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Series:

Avant-garde cinema.

Subjects:

Mamet, David -- Film and video adaptations.

Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Drama.

Thieves -- United States -- Drama.

Coins -- Drama.

Caper films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.