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Language
English
Description
The powerful drama of Willy Loman & his tragic end. Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family. But the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college, decades after leaving to raise her children, a devastating accident will bring the family's history and relationships to light.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adam Fiedler is a Hollywood agent who wants nothing more than to give his son Ben the lavish bar mitzvah he rightly deserves. Trouble is, Adam's archrival and former business partner Arnie Stein has already thrown a spectacular bar mitzvah for his own son. Now Adam feels intense pressure to keep up with the Steins. Adam's estranged father Irwin has been living on an Indian reservation with his younger girlfriend Sacred Feather. Ben wants to use his...
Author
Publisher
Newmarket Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 112, [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A fiercely satirical look at today's culture of spin, this hilarious movie portrays the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, Nick Naylor, as the hero. Nick makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put "poison" labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes while still trying to be a role...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rex is the world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch. He gets lost and is reluctantly adopted by a young boy. His father, the fire chief of a rundown station, agrees to the adoption only if his defiant son takes care of the dog. Little do they realize Rex will not only bring them closer, but also bring some much-needed faith back to the fire station.
8) Fireproof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind - it's a natural instinct. But when it comes to marriage, it's another story. After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. As the two prepare for divorce, Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare experiment. While hoping the experiment has nothing to do with his parents' newfound...
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a film about the conflict between nature and grace, the agonizing mystery of God, and the meaning of life itself. The death of his brother forces Jack O'Brien to confront his past, which is dominated by his difficult relationship with his father. Jack's father was a stern authoritarian whose no-nonsense demeanor masked a host of unfulfilled dreams. His mother was a gentle, kind woman who often allowed her own needs and desires to give way...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 460 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join single father Steve Douglas as he guides his three sons, Mike, Robbie and Chip. Along with Grandpa Bub and Tramp the dog. The boys go through a never-ending series of calamities, all the while Steve fends off marriage-minded women.
11) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
12) Housebroken
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A newly retired father wants to enjoy his golden years relaxing at home with this lovely wife. Mom and Dad want to claim their rec room for themselves, and the only thing standing in their way is their two older sons who won't move out! When Mom and Dad decide that the only thing that will solve the problem is for them to move out, the sons must learn how to pay bills and it's either sink or swim for clueless Elliot and Quinn.
13) Behind the mask
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Dr. Robert Shushan, an overworked clinic director and absent father to his son, Brian. After suffering a heart attack, his life is saved by a patient. An unlikely hero is made and a friendship is born that proves to be life-altering.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father...
16) Knowing
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1959, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. One mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule's contents and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of Caleb. But it is Caleb's father, professor John Koestler, who makes the...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen presentation
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 461 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Join single father Steve Douglas as he guides his three sons, Mike, Robbie and Chip. Along with Grandpa Bub and Tramp the dog. The boys go through a never-ending series of calamities, all the while Steve fends off marriage-minded women.
18) Bigger than life
Series
Criterion collection volume 507
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (22 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to an experimental painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.
19) He got game
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With promises of a reduced sentence, Jake Shuttlesworth is granted temporary release from state prison in order to persuade the nation's top college basketball recruit, his estranged son Jesus, to play ball for the Governor's alma mater! Includes theatrical trailer.
20) House
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Author Roger Cobb (Katt), long overdue for a new horror novel, begins work instead on a book based on his experiences in Vietnam. In part, the new project is a way of purging himself of the horrors that he experienced while there. But what begins as an ambitious fiction experiment soon deteriorates into a seething and terrifying reality. Cast into a sinister otherworld, looking into the void of uncertain death, in the darkness, Roger grapples with...
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