Frances McDormand
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to...
Formats
Description
What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
3) Nomadland
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, it features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
4) Fargo
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A persistent, pregnant police chief tries to solve the disappearance of a wife and mother from Fargo.
5) Blood simple
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A jealous husband hires a detective to murder his wife and her lover.
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!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013,©2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 88 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Establishes a diverse and dynamic range of relationships among long-time girlfriends, their spouses, and the way in which money (or lack of it) affects them all. The have-not of the group is Olivia. She is a teacher-turned pot-smoking housecleaner in the upscale neighborhoods of West Los Angeles. She's drifting on a sea of uncertainty, while her friends Franny, Christine, and Jane cope with the relatively enviable problems of wealthy discontentment....
9) Madeline
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twelve little girls lived in two straight lines. The smallest one in rain or shine was the fearless Madeline. A comedy about a Parisian schoolgirl and her classmates.
10) Good omens
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Now she must seize the day if she wants a job. She does this by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level as social secretary. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia...
12) Raising Arizona
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of a wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
14) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.