Ethan Hawke
Author
Formats
Description
Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present. A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "The Florence of the Elbe," a long time ago, and survived to tell...
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must recruit his younger self while pursuing the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
6) Tesla
Publisher
VVS Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
7) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (164 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
8) Good kill
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being ordered to hit civilians, a drone pilot begins to question the ethics of his job.
Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control. The film documents the first known public protest against the pontiff himself. The investigation helped uncover documents from the secret Vatican archives that show the Pope, who must operate within the mysterious rules of the Roman Curia, as both responsible and helpless in the face of evil.
10) Blaze
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze's past, present, and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and...
11) Juliet, naked
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
12) Before sunrise
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young American man meets a beautiful French student on a train bound for Paris, falls in love and asks her to share his last night in Vienna.
13) Adopt a highway
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn't recognize, including trying to learn how to use the internet, he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast-food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could...
14) First reformed
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Publisher
Showtime Networks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (335 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum...
16) The phenom
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
17) Training day
Formats
Description
Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department, gets a chance to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris. Jake is to prove himself during a one-day ride-along. As the day wears on, it becomes increasingly clear that Detective Harris has blurred the line between right and wrong to an alarming degree, enforcing his own code of ethics and street justice. Eventually, Hoyt begins...
18) White Fang
Publisher
Walt Disney Pictures
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man tries to fulfill his father's dying wish to find gold in the treacherous Yukon valley. His incredible journey begins when he meets a veteran gold miner who guides young Jack to his father's claim. Along the way, Jack discovers a kindred spirit who will change his life forever--a magnificent wolf-dog named White Fang. From the taming of a wolf, to the taming of the wild, he must find the courage to conquer his fears and become a man.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Formats
Description
A notorious mobster is brought into an under-manned police precinct on its last day of operation. Remaining cops and prisoners must fight for their lives against a group of rogue cops intent on taking down the mobster before he testifies against them.
20) Gattaca
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As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...