Donald Sutherland
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious heiress asks famed but unscrupulous art appraiser and auctioneer Virgil Oldman to evaluate her late parents' collection yet remains forever unseen behind closed doors, it ignites a spark of curiosity in the normally austere Virgil that soon grows into an all-out obsession. Before long everything in Virgil's carefully constructed life threatens to come apart as he delves ever further into the world of intrigue surrounding his enigmatic...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the town of Kingsbridge during the middle of the twelfth century, the lives of those who are working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world become entwined through their ambitions, loves, and tribulations. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey back 4,500 years to unlock the secrets of the world's most enduring archaeological mystery. This television program presents world-renowned archaeologists as they reveal a revolutionary new theory about who built Stonehenge and why. Thanks to a recent discovery of a lost city just two miles from the famous stone circle, our understanding of this era is now transformed.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty years after his renowned film JFK, Oliver Stone takes viewers on a thought-provoking and eye-opening journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Subjects covered include the early formation of President Kennedy's foreign policy overview and his anti-colonial convictions, which put him in opposition to the Eisenhower administration, the CIA, and the Pentagon.
9) The eagle
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and...
11) Don't Look Now
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Working with elements of the traditional horror genre - second sight, ESP, warnings from the dead, a mad killer - and a cinematography of disquieting beauty and dreamlike sense of dislocation, director Nicolas Roeg weaves a fabric of anxiety that questions all reality. The evocative use of the back streets of Venice is a sinister participant in the action based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. This intensely erotic and macabre film boasts outstanding...
12) Threads of hope
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This program tells the powerful story of a group of Chilean women who banded together in silent protest and dared to defy a dictatorship. They are the sisters, mothers and wives of Pinochet's 'disappeared' and, armed with scraps of cloth, sewing needles and the overwhelming desire to find their loved ones, they set to work telling their stories by creating arpilleras: colourful handmade tapestries that chronicled the horror and injustice of Chile's...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Manhattan art dealers take a young man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Poitier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1978
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3.4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recreation of the dramatic 19th century train robbery masterminded by Edward Pierce. He was the first man in history to rob a moving train, and he and his accomplices got away with a fortune in gold.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A master thief conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. To pull off the most daring heist in history, he must join forces with a safecracker and his own beautiful girlfriend in a series of intricately plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie, and larcenous skill.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[2-disc inaugural ed.]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 769 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mackenzie Allen becomes the first woman American President after she ascends to the job following the death of President Teddy Bridges.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007, 2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To fight the international epidemic of young women being sold into brutality and prostitution, a team of ICE agents has been formed and is committed to bringing this operation of modern slavery down.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[2-disc inaugural ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 769 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mackenzie Allen becomes the first woman American President after she ascends to the job following the death of President Teddy Bridges.
20) Reign over me
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is surprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11. Flooded with grief, Charlie quits his job and isolates himself from everyone around him. Alan attempts to help Charlie get over his grief by rekindling their friendship. As Alan spends a lot of...