James Earl Jones
1) The sandlot
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the early 1960's, this comedy focuses on a fifth grader who can't throw a baseball but is recruited by the leader of a neighborhood gang to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a summer he'll never forget.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia, disguised as a bounty hunter, and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice, followed by a brief vision of a baseball field. He believes that if he builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson from the infamous 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox will return to play baseball. By being willing to take a chance, Ray gets a second time up at bat in life.
Series
Description
The battle to save the galaxy from the evil Empire rages on in the second of the original trilogy. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millenium Falcon, Luke makes his way to Dagobah for training by the Jedi Master Yoda while Han, Leia and C3PO head to Bespin to avoid the Imperial fleet. It is here that Darth Vader sets...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
Formats
Description
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what...
8) Matewan
Series
Criterion collection volume 999
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wrenching historical drama that recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. Written and directed by John Sayles, this film issues an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today.