Horton Foote
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Since 1939, Horton Foote, "the Chekhov of the small town," has chronicled with compassion and acuity the experience of American life both intimate and universal. His adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and his original screen play Tender Mercies earned him Academy Awards. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, the Gold Medal for Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama, and the President's...
Author
Description
In 1950's Houston, an affluent couple is transformed by tragedy when their son dies under mysterious circumstances and the husband loses his job of 40 years. Shirley Knight recreates her Tony-nominated performance in this 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Phyllis Applegate, Jamie Hanes, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Ronan O'Casey, Daniel Passer, Kenna Ramsey, David Selby and Tom Virtue.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An alcoholic drifter comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife.
5) Tomorrow
Publisher
Home Vision
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + book (21 p.)
Description
A young man leaves his father's farm to work at a local sawmill. He rescues a young pregnant woman, who has been abandoned by her husband and family, and the two fall in love.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
7) Storm fear
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Bank robber Cornel Wilde, after being wounded by a bullet, seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife, and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son."--IMDb
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.
10) The chase
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sheriff attempts to capture an escaped convict before a bloodthirsty mob lynches him.
11) Main Street
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community, will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood