Studio Canal+
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.
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.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Germain, a nearly illiterate fifty-something man who is considered the idiot of his small French town, meets elderly Margueritte, who is articulate and highly intelligent, and, through their afternoon visits and friendship, Germain begins to realize he is smarter than he thought.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Will Hayes is a 30-something Manhattan dad who is in the midst of a divorce. His 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins years earlier when, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician, he moves to New York in order to work on the Clinton campaign. Will attempts a "PG" version of his romantic relationships...
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a chance meeting as eight-year-olds, Ana and Otto come to live under the same roof when Ana's mother and Otto's father marry. As the two grow older, they begin to discover an attraction for each other, delving deeper and deeper into a forbidden love. Destiny tears the family apart, but years later they are given one last chance to be reunited.
6) Plenty
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Susan Traherne returns to her home in post-war Britain haunted by her experiences as a resistance fighter in occupied France.
7) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the Nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Victor doesn't have much, but he knows that he wants Judy, the prettiest girl in the projects. His grandmother doesn't approve, his siblings don't want to believe him and Judy seems to have other plans in mind.
Description
Fun, excitement and the whale that captured the world's imagination add up to big family entertainment. A lonely boy understands the plaintive cries of the orca confined to an aquatic park's too-small tank and does something about it in Free Willy. Watch and understand why audiences have loved Willie. The boy rejoins Willy in his new ocean home and together they confront a burning oil spill in Free Willy 2. In Free Willy 3, the best of the Free...
10) Sommersby
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Civil War veteran returns to his hometown a changed man-- leading his wife and others who knew him to doubt his identity.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!
13) Stargate
Description
A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful Sun God, Ra, before they can find their way home.
Series
Criterion collection volume 102
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined"--Container.
15) Billy Elliot
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand.
Publisher
Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Antoine has just been transferred from Normandy to Paris. He is happy, but his wife prefers the country. Antoine loves her dearly, but he loves his job just as much. His co-workers include Inspector Vaudieu, veteran cop Mallet, and Muslim cop Solo. For the most part, they get along pretty well. This is especially so for Antoine and Vaudieu, who develops maternal feelings towards the rookie. When the body of a drifter is found murdered along the Seine,...
17) Falling down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
18) Pirate radio
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who...
19) Chaplin
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chaplin's entire life is covered in the biographical film. From his upbringings in the slums of England to his Honorary Oscar in 1972.
20) Smokin' Aces
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.