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1) The jerk
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
2) Joy
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
Formats
Description
Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals. Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world again!
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself....
5) Flubber
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo, flubber, that enables anything it's applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.
Publisher
The Kids Are Alright Productions
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a Boston apartment as Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn't return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Formats
Description
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tells the story of an eccentric wannabe scientist, Flint Lockwood. His latest contraption is a miraculous device designed to solve the world hunger crisis. But when Flint bites off more than he can chew, he sets in motion a global disaster of epic proportions.
10) Wonka
Author
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate‐maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today"--
11) Robots
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Un joven inventor se embarca en un viaje para intentar una posici?n en una empresa dirigida por su ?dolo, maestro inventor Gran Soldador; en el camino se encuentra con nuevos y viejos amigos del robot que le ayuden a luchar por mantener su posici?n en la empresa.
A young inventor embarks on a journey to attempt a position in a company run by his idol, master inventor Bigweld; along the way he encounters new and old robot friends who help him battle...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
August 1896: Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people, mostly women, abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. An epic fantasy/science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might very well change the world.
14) Good Burger 2
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Dexter is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again." --publisher's website.
15) The thin man
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a retired detective who, while spending much of his time managing his wife's considerable fortune and consuming quantities of alcohol, is asked to follow the trail of a missing inventor. Although reluctant to interrupt his holiday in Manhattan, he is persuaded to investigate by his wife's craving for adventure, and together they embark upon a case that leads to the disclosure of deception and murder.
16) BlackBerry
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone maker.
17) The inventor
Author
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The insatiably curious and headstrong Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by the audacious princess Marguerite, Leonardo will uncover the answer to the ultimate question--What is the meaning of it all?"--
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 558 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the quirky town of Eureka, America's brightest scientists are working on some of the government's best-kept secrets-- some lead to brilliant inventions and some to total chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident.
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
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