James Earl Jones
21) Field of dreams
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice, followed by a brief vision of a baseball field. He believes that if he builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson from the infamous 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox will return to play baseball. By being willing to take a chance, Ray gets a second time up at bat in life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and two robots (R2-D2 and C-3PO) work together to rescue the princess and restore justice in the Empire.
23) Coming 2 America
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 108 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Akeem and Semmi are back! Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem and his trusted confidante Semmi embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York, where it all began.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c1990
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captian Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.
Series
Description
The battle to save the galaxy from the evil Empire rages on in the second of the original trilogy. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millenium Falcon, Luke makes his way to Dagobah for training by the Jedi Master Yoda while Han, Leia and C3PO head to Bespin to avoid the Imperial fleet. It is here that Darth Vader sets...
26) Finder's fee
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Tepper finds a wallet on the street, he calls the owner to return it. He discovers, after making the call, that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. His friends are on their way over for their weekly poker night, and the group tradition is to bet their lottery tickets. To add to the drama the wallet's owner shows up and joins the game too.
27) Patriot games
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Description
His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife and daughter. Meeting them outside Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorists.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
1999, c1988
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedy about a wealthy, pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, the prince quickly finds a new job, new friends and lots of trouble.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cimmerian Conan is captured as a child after his parents are murdered by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom. After years of enslavement, Conan is freed to learn the "riddle of steel" and to kill the arch-villain Thulsa Doom.
30) The Lion King
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
CIA Agent Jack Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his mentor, Admiral James Greer becomes gravely ill. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands.
32) The Lion King
Formats
Description
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Authentic historical footage is blended with colorful animations as students learn about the civil rights leader who challenged all Americans to turn his dream of freedom into reality.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the mid-1780s, widower Thomas Jefferson replaces Benjamin Franklin as the U.S. representative to French regents Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. He tries to resist the beautiful Mrs. Cosway. Also in Paris is Jefferson's daughter Patsy; when another daughter dies back in Virginia, Jefferson sends for his youngest, who brings along her slave, Sally Hemings, then 15, whom he also finds irresistible.
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 61 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears": A tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. Will the jungle creatures ever get the story straight? "A story, a story": Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyanme, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider Man, wanted them - and caught three sly creatures to get them. "Who's in Rabbit's house?": Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't...
36) Matewan
Series
Criterion collection volume 999
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wrenching historical drama that recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. Written and directed by John Sayles, this film issues an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today.
37) Coming 2 America
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The hunt for Red October: A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captain Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius...