Helen Mirren
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world's leading animal welfare and conservation specialists, this pioneering feature explores the work of zoos and aquariums across the globe as they race to protect and preserve animals from al seven of the Earth's continents." -- Container.
A look at the world's leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth's...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pinkie is a desperate youth who is hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. When a young and very innocent waitress, Rose, stumbles on evidence linking him to a revenge killing, he sets out to seduce her to secure her silence. Special features: a trailer, featurette, behind the scenes, and interviews.
4) Trumbo
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. Nominated...
5) Hitchcock
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma, as he sets out to make the film.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This new documentary by Academy Award-winning director Kirk Simon celebrates the centenary of the Pulitzers - the revered national award for excellence in journalism and the arts. The Pulitzers have had an immeasurable impact on American sensibility and beyond over the past 100 years. The riveting tales of the winning artists give an insider's view of how these pinnacles of achievement are selected and how the award has the power to change lives and...
9) Red
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team; Joe, Marvin, and Victoria, and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy. Special features included.
10) Prime suspect 2
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This case involves a death in the Afro-Caribbean community that puts Detective Chief Inspector Tennison and the rest of the police force in the middle of racial controversy. Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Miniseries.
11) Elizabeth I
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 218 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.
12) Prime suspect 3
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Jane Tennison has been transferred to a new station and now has the job of cleaning up the streets of Soho. The team goes into the underworld of teenage prostitution, pornography and runaways.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
14) The pledge
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A veteran police detective, on the day of his retirement, handles the case of a seven-year-old girl who has been brutally murdered. When a mentally retarded man confesses to the murder and then kills himself, the detectives consider the case closed, but was he actually the murderer? Before long evidence is uncovered that suggests the girl was just one in a series of brutal killings involving young girls and a mysterious man.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
16) The good liar
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
17) Painted lady
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 198 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Sheridan is a semi-retired, former '60s rock singer. She seems resigned to a life lived on a crumbling country estate, ruminating about her past. Everything changes when a botched robbery leaves her friend Sir Charles Stafford dead and one of his prized pantings missing. Determined to retrieve the masterpiece and find the killer, Maggie plunges into the dark underworld of the art trade. Posing as a wealthy Polish countess, she sets off on a...
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 study guide (38 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Follows four cases over a two-year period that were brought before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which investigates the crimes of apartheid, by bringing together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. In so doing South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication, providing the most definitive record of one of the most...
19) The clearing
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wayne and Eileen have raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. When Wayne is kidnapped by ordinary guy, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned upside down. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents and their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal...
20) Anna
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.