Dave Grusin
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four close friends, two great couples, married for years, they planned on eating, drinking and parenting their way into old age. But at a dinner party, one friend shows up without their spouse, bearing the news that will test their friendship and their marriages. When a close friend leaves his wife for another woman, whose side do you take?
5) For the boys
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001], c1991
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A USO singer teams up with a song and dance man to entertain the troops, and For The Boys follows them through 3 wars and 50 years of music and memories.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"John Singer, who is deaf . . . moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized friend Antonapoulos, who is deaf and mentally impaired. Singer rents a room with a family whose father, Mr. Kelly, is unable to earn a living due to a serious injury. His teen-aged daughter Mick is at first resentful of Singer's presence, but he ingratiates himself by introducing her to classical music (which he can "feel," if not hear). Singer likewise...
8) The front
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Howard Price, a restaurant cashier, poses as a writer so that blacklisted authors can submit their work through him, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand when he is forced to testify at an investigative congressional committee hearing.
9) Selena
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
Series
Criterion collection volume 475
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free.
12) The graduate
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But there's one problem-- she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
13) On Golden Pond
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
14) Heaven can wait
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man who was a corporate giant. After deciding to resume his place with the Rams (by purchasing the team), Pendleton must also deal with the consequences of the former businessman's actions.
16) The graduate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.