Ron Rifkin
1) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Appears on list
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Publisher
Buena Visa Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Double agent Sydney Bristow faces the greatest challenge of her life when her mother, an enemy long thought dead, turns herself in to the CIA. As family relationships change and Sydney's friends take on new roles, her life becomes even more tangled and dangerous. Sydney fights to reclaim her life and the action builds to a spectacular climax.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (1 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A botanist rebels when given the order to destroy the only plants left from Earth and takes his space freighter to Saturn after killing his fellow crew members.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 988 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Enter the complex world of the Walkers and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other's differences.
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A botanist has spent three years aboard the space freighter "Valley Forge" preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, he rebels and hijacks the space craft, killing his fellow crewman and injuring himself. He plunges the ship into the gaseous Rings of Saturn, where he embarks on the loneliest adventure of all with only two drone robots to keep him...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 724 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Secret agent Sydney Bristow returns to settle the score once and for all. Experience the stunning action, as Sydney discovers that she is pregnant with Agent Vaughn's baby, and tragedy strikes before he can reveal more about his secret past.
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1032 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As new challenges arise for the Walkers, they learn to rely on one another more than ever before. Kitty's personal revelation devastates the entire family, Nora begins a relationship with a younger man, and Justin and Rebecca's Malibu wedding doesn't quite go as planned.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 1320 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a ferocious hand-to-hand fight left Sydney on the floor, unconscious, she awakens to find boyfriend Vaughn waiting for her at a safe house. According to Vaughn, Sydney has been missing for over two years, and he is wearing a wedding ring. Syd must now adjust to a world that seems upside-down. Will is in the witness protection program; Irina is on the run; Jack is being held in a federal detention facility; Dixon is now director of the division;...
12) The Majestic
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble,...
14) Dragonfly
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr. 45 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joe, is a physician mourning the death of his wife Emily who died in South America, where she was providing medical outreach. Wracked by grief, Joe feels obligated to check in on his wife's pediatric patients, fulfilling a promise he made before she left. Visiting the ward, Joe starts to believe that Emily is using the near-death experiences of her terminal patients to communicate with him, through images the children report seeing in their dreams,...
15) Three Hotels
Author
Description
Masterfully written by one of America's most lauded playwrights, this deeply human story unfolds in three hotel rooms in Morocco, the Virgin Islands and Oaxaca, Mexico, as a married couple reflect on their lives as players in the game of international business. A devastating tour-de-force of humor, tragedy, and penetrating insight from one of America's premier playwrights.