JoBeth Williams
Author
Language
English
Description
Struggling to care for her sick father and raise her teenage children alone, a divorced mother spends the weekend at a North Carolina inn, only to meet a former surgeon running from his past.
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite,...
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A housewife wins a trip to Paris as a prize from a mystery writing contest. Silly from a blow on the head, she begins living the fictional life of her favorite literary adventure.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006, 1989
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
4) Dutch
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dutch Dooley picks up his girlfriend's son from boarding school in Atlanta, and sets out to drive to Chicago for Thanksgiving. He thinks it's a good chance for them to get acquainted, but Doyle turns out to be an upper class brat. Their cross-country battles land them in big trouble and make it doubtful whether they'll ever make it home.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
7) Switch
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A notorious womanizer is shot and killed by three of the women he has hurt. His entry into Heaven is delayed because God wants him to prove himself by finding one woman who truly loves him. The task is complicated by the fact that he is sent back to Earth as a woman.
Publisher
Spartan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It began like just another day for Donald, Alice, and their teenage son. But when Jarvis & Pepper drop in unannounced, these wild and eccentric strangers change their lives forever.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Devastated over his breakup with his girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves Los Angeles to stay with his ailing Grandmother in her suburban Detroit home. Across the street lives the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women. All the Hardwicke women, in their way, fall in love with Carter. Each woman, in her own way, helps Carter find his way back.
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frankie (Mischa Barton) has studied ballet her whole life. Her grandmother (Joan Plowright) has raised her to be the next prima ballerina, but Frankie has other plans. Meanwhile, Frankie's best friend Hazel has plans of her own with dreams of becoming the town's youngest mayor. Together Frankie and Hazel set out to prove that all it takes is a little kid power to make a big difference.
11) Dutch
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dutch Dooley is a working-class good guy who's the new boyfriend of a wealthy big shot's ex-wife. But when the woman's spoiled son refuses to come home from his southern prep school for Thanksgiving, Dutch volunteers to pick the bratty boy up for a road trip back to Chicago that quickly goes hilariously wrong. From fireworks fiascos to hitchhiking with hookers, can a man who's really just a grown-up kid find a way to bring out the child in a little...
12) Stir crazy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1980
Edition
Widescreen ed., full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo.
13) Poltergeist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Life is very pleasant for a California family until a host of other-worldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. Their house is turned into a supernatural sideshow, and if the family doesn't clear out, they will be swept off into nightmarish chaos.
14) In my dreams
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Natalie and Nick don't know each other, but they share lots in common. They're both frustrated in their work lives and in the romance department; Natalie despairs of finding Mr. Right, while Nick's meddling mother is forever trying to set him up. After tossing coins in Hayward Fountain, Nick and Natalie begin dreaming about each other. But there's a catch. They may be perfect for each other, but according to fountain legend, they only have one week...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Still mourning the loss of her family, Ellie agrees to watch her brother's children when he has to leave town. When a fire is set, Ellie works with a handsome deputy to clear a friends name and learns that if she can trust her faith, this Christmas may bring more miracles than she hoped.
16) Timer
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What if a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate? In this alternate version of present day Los Angeles, a revolutionary device called the TiMER fulfills this fantasy. For a reasonable installation fee and moderate monthly charges, a TiMER implanted in the wrist will accurately display the numbers of days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the wearer's date with destiny.
18) The big chill
Series
Criterion collection volume 720
Language
English
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
19) Stir crazy
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Skip and Harry have both been fired from their jobs, so they take off in their van for California to seek fame and fortune, but somewhere along the way the van conks out and they're broke and, well, they have to eat, right? So they land a gig as singing and dancing woodpeckers to promote a bank opening. When two bank robbers steal their costumes and stick up the bank, guess who gets the blame? Skip and Harry are carted off to the state pen for 125...
20) Wyatt Earp
Language
English
Formats
Description
The biography of the legendary Wyatt Earp, including the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral.