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Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the apocalyptic world we live in, Mother Nature is angry. Danger waits at every turn, and catastrophes like the Los Angeles sharknados have taught us that we need to be ready for anything ... But fear not. [This book] is the first and only comprehensive guide to surviving the very worst that Mother Nature can throw our way. Inside this life-saving reference, youll find vital information about dozens of unnatural disasters and ungodly monsters...
3) Deluge
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Triggered by a series of earthquakes on the West Coast of the United States, a massive tidal wave circles the globe and-in a prolonged and spectacular special effects sequence-wipes out New York City. Sidney Blackmer stars as a man who, separated from his family, must begin to rebuild civilization in the wake of the catastrophe. For decades, DELUGE was a lost film of almost mythical status, until horror/sci-fi archivist Forrest J. Ackerman discovered...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
[Full screen ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"WORLD TRADE CENTER is a film about heroism and the best in all of us," raves Good Morning America's Joel Siegel. Academy Award winner, Nicolas Cage stars in the unforgettable true story of the courageous rescue and survival of two Port Authority policemen who were trapped in the rubble on September 11, 2001 after they volunteered to go in and help. Academy Award winning director, Oliver Stone reveals an intimate look at the events of the day as seen...
5) Airplane!
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the...
7) Dante's peak
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Without warning, day becomes night. Air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava. From director Roger Donaldson comes an adrenaline-pumping adventure ... Welcome to the town of Dante's Peak, where a long-dormant volcano ia about to erupt with devastating force. ..."--Container.
8) Tornado!
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A storm chaser (Campbell) helps a former meteorology professor (Hudson) to use his new invention with which he hopes to collect data to be used to predict tornado activity. The only hitch: They must place the device smack in the devastating path of the twister-- and get away in time. To make matters worse, Samantha Callen (Sturges), a field investigator from the National Accounting Office, has been dispatched to kill the program, unless she can be...
9) 13 Minutes
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just thirteen minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 256 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceeded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
11) Cast away
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chuck Noland is a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. He has a girlfriend, Kelly, with whom he is deeply in love with and family he hardly sees. When work intrudes on Christmas Eve, Chuck has a quick gift exchange in the car and kisses Kelly goodbye. He boards a delivery plane going overseas which gets caught in a horrendous storm and crashes onto the shores of a deserted tropical island in the Pacific....
12) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire , and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
13) Gray lady down
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Navy must attempt a daring rescue when a submarine sinks off the coast of Connecticut after colliding with a Norwegian ship.
14) Moonfall
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
15) Only the brave
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[Spanish, English or French subtitled version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
16) Arctic blast
Publisher
distributed by ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a solar eclipse sends a blast of super-chilled air towards the earth, a brilliant but troubled physicist tries to warn the scientific community of the impending disaster. When his attempt fails, he is forced to use unconventional methods to warn the world's governments, but will he be successful at stopping the impending ice age?
17) Titanic II
Publisher
Video Services Corp
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On the 100th Anniversary of the original voyage, a modern new luxury liner christened, 'Titanic 2,' follows the same path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an iceberg into the new ship's path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate."--Container.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, causing officials to scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She teams up with storm chaser Tommy Tornado and Judith Carr, head of FEMA. The country is vulnerable and the government becomes aware that it is the target of a terrorist organization.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She must enter the storm itself to stop it.
20) Tornado
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A photographer chases tornados and finds that a cult is able to influence these storms.
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