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2) Pretty Bird
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs set out to invent a rocket belt. The venturesome partnership soon takes an unhealthy toll as their mismatched personalities clash and some unexpected success lead to retaliations and kidnapping in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
3) Cold Souls
Author
Language
English
Description
Paul Giamatti is an anxious New Yorker who finds the answer to his deep-rooted malaise after stumbling upon an article about a high-tech company that claims to have found a solution to human suffering. By deep-freezing souls, claims the company, they can give their customers a life free from fear, doubt, and worry. Eager to free himself from the emotional burden of angst, Giamatti eagerly enlists their services. Trouble arises, however, when Giamatti's...
Author
Language
English
Description
George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Explore the astounding abilities of butterflies – 360° vision, deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry and fantastic flight. Look beyond their bright colors and fragile beauty and follow them on one of the greatest migrations on earth.
7) Sideways
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
Two friends take a road trip through wine country to celebrate Jack's final bachelor days. They indulge in a mid-life crisis consisting of wine, women, and a yearning for the past, but they eventually collide with reality.
Publisher
Magnet
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. It's all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. But some who come back are no longer human.
11) The phenom
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Hopper was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major-league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed and punished by his abusive father, he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope for a future lies with an unorthodox sports therapist who urges him to piece together the past and confront the man who is both bully and family.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
13) The holdovers
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (644 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In season six, the dust clears to reveal a world that has evolved. With Axe gone and Michael Prince assuming his place, Chuck must develop a new strategy that is keener and more sophisticated than before. All the players, from Wags to Wendy, from Taylor to Sacker, and of course Senior, must sharpen their weapons and look for new alliances in order to survive. The ground is ever shifting and the stakes absolute in this four-disc collection that includes...
15) Parkland
Publisher
Millennium
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
November 22, 1963 is a day that changed the world forever when beloved American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Parkland is the true story behind that tragic day, told from the vantage point of individuals who are forced to make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that will change the world's landscape forever.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (693 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former enemies Bobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades, and Wendy Rhoades, the chief counselor to each, have come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals.
17) The Congress
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An aging actress (Robin Wright) decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. In return, she receives healthy compensation so her digitized character will stay forever young.
Publisher
Paramount / Showtime
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (687 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power, and influence to outmaneuver the other.
19) The ant bully
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
When you're as small as an ant, the world is big - and adventure is bigger! That's what young Lucas learns after he aims his water pistol at some hapless ants. They retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks him down to their size.
20) 12 years a slave
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...