Lloyd Bridges
Author
Description
Through his work in motion pictures, Lloyd Bridges appreciated the impact of skin diving upon this medium and presented an exciting picture of future possibilities in underwater photography. The author's role in Sea Hunt made him keenly aware of the revolution developing in the fields of salvage diving, treasure hunting, search and rescue, science, gold mining, and other virgin areas open to skin divers with imagination and enterprise. He described...
Publisher
Distributed by TGG Direct, LLC
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 975 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Danger and excitement are always lurking below the surface in this underwater adventure classic. Mike Nelson is a scuba diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone and outwits villains, salvages anything from a bicycle to a nuclear missile from the sea, and rescues those trapped underwater.
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A group of disparate travelers journey together through the Southwest soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are heightened when they discover gold... on an Indian burial ground!"--Container.
4) Airplane!
Formats
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Prokofiev's spectacular musical score comes alive as Peter awakens to the first day of spring. The beautiful morning turns into an amazing adventure as Peter and his friends--a bird, a cat, and a deliciously dizzy duck--outwit a mighty wolf. In a touching live-action story intertwining the animation, a real boy named Peter discovers the magic of imagination and the spirit of adventure.
Formats
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hot shots. A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Hot shots, part deux. A do-or-die mission to rescue U.S. hostages in the Mideast takes Topper Harley and his Hot Shots on an action-packed trail booby-trapped with spoofs of movie classics and filled with famous faces in hilarious...
8) Hot shots!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--a lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
10) Sahara
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An explosive war story about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert, after the fall of Tobruk during World War II.
11) High noon
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, the lawman stands to lose not only the town but his new wife.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005, 1982
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (296 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 781 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dip into the highly stylized era of film noir with 10 classic crime dramas that heat up the screen and cool the heart with sinister plots and exciting twists. Featuring all-star casts including Edward G. Robinson, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, and Barbara Stanwyck, prepare to trust no one and enjoy cinema's best!
Series
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Little Big Horn: A cavalry patrol discovers a horde of Indians ready to ambush Custer's 7th Cavalry. They set out to warn Gen. Custer that he is about to embark on a suicidal mission.
Rimfire: The Abilene Kid is sentenced to death by hanging but is actually innocent. "The Kid" returns to kill off all of those who sentenced him.
Series
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The limping man: An ex G.I. returns to England to look up a wartime girlfriend and rekindle their romance. He soon realizes his ex-girlfriend has become involved with racketeers but before he can untangle her mess, he helps the local police track down a deadly sniper. The scar: When a crooked gambler seeks to hide from a rival mobster, he hatches a plot to take the place of a psychiatrist that he's a dead-ringer for. But it's not long before the good...
16) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (381 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
18) East of Eden
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 382 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
20) Abilene Town
Author
Description
Guns, guts and glory are on full display after the Civil War in Abilene Kansas. Homesteaders trying to start new lives clash with cattlemen across the street who want to keep the prairies open for roaming cattle. The town marshal, Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) has the unenviable job of keeping the peace. But when homesteaders decide to lay stakes on the edge of town the balance is upset and leads to a deadly showdown. Mitchell strives to prevent the...