Robert Redford
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer.
"Nolte's...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004, c1992
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
Examines the 1975 incident where armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, resulting in the deaths of a Native American and two FBI agents. Explores the controversy and potential abuse of justice surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier, who was the sole person in the incident convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
5) All is lost
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (106 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An open-water thriller about one man's battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the...
Publisher
Ronald M. Blatman, Inc., and KQED/KTEH Public Television
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate Bridge, and through World's Fairs and World Wars, San Francisco Bay has been central to the identity of one of the world's leading economic, academic, recreational and cultural regions. Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history of the San Francisco Bay with four one-hour episodes tracing the Bay from its geologic origins following the last Ice Age through years of catastrophic exploitation...
Author
Publisher
Running Press,U.S
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Description
"The first family-authorized photographic study of Natalie Wood, and the first book to examine her glamorous film career as well as her private, off-screen life as a wife and mother"--Front jacket flap.
9) The clearing
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Wayne and Eileen have raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. When Wayne is kidnapped by ordinary guy, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned upside down. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents and their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal...
10) Truth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The last days of news anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes time at CBS News after they broadcasted what became a highly controversial news report about George W. Bush and his military service.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
12) Buck
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
13) Truth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the ensuing firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (343 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the 'land of opportunity' spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Viewers will be transported into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws, and lawmen. The eight-episode limited event series chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.
15) Out of Africa
Publisher
Universal Studios
Formats
Description
The fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband, runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious white hunter.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jim Grant is a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York. Grant's world is turned upside down when a brash young reporter exposes his true identity as a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder.
17) The hot rock
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A team of cat burglars try to steal a diamond from a museum but all their careful planning is powerless against their bad luck.
18) Ordinary people
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
19) The last castle
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
General Irwin is a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
20) Downhill racer
Series
Criterion collection volume 494
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
A skier desperate to win gold in the Olympics joins an American team only to find that his new coach doesn't agree with how he goes about getting it.