Universal Pictures (Firm)
101) Nanny McPhee
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Description
Nanny McPhee can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower, Mr. Brown. He is under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide. His love for scullery maid Evangeline remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly; but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right, especially...
102) Spy game
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
103) Life
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rayford Gibson is the fast talking con-artist and Claude Banks is the conservative bank teller. The two are accidentally teamed up to become the funniest "odd couple" east of the Mississippi. There is no limit to their comical misfortune as they are placed at the scene of a crime and their mistaken identity lands them right in front of the judge. This hysterical comedy gives a whole new meaning to friends for life.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend.
105) You, me and Dupree
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson, life is sweet. With a nice house and established careers, nothing seems to get in the newlyweds way. However, Carl's best friend, Dupree, has just been displaced from his home and fired from his job because of attending their wedding. Taking his friend in for what should just be a few days, turns into a lot more than they bargained for. Especially when Dupree overstays his welcome and in causes one hilarious...
107) Fried green tomatoes
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?], c1991
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
Formats
Description
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
109) Two brothers
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two mischievious twin tiger cubs are born in the jungle but are soon seperated and taken into captivity. One is sold off to the circus and the other becomes the pampered pet of the governor's son. They are reunited years later by an explorer who trains them to be sport fighters and inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 39 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the early '60s, Evelyn submitted cleverly worded poems, jingles,...
111) The Sentinel
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A beautiful model learns that the New York City brownstone where she rents an apartment guards the gateway into hell.
112) Beethoven
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Newton family is unprepared for the chaos that enters their lives when the cute, frisky St. Bernard puppy they adopt grows into an enormous, drooling disaster-prone pooch named Beethoven!
113) Razor
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Learn about Lee Adama's first mission as commander of the Battlestar Pegasus, and how Admiral Cain served her ship during the original Cylon attack on the colonies. Includes deleted scenes and outtakes; documentary; commentary; and more.
115) Play Misty for me
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2001.
Formats
Description
A popular DJ's life and happiness are threatened when he rejects the advances of an infatuated, emotionally disturbed fan. DVD format.
116) Casino
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (179 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The rise and fall of a crooked casino owner, his family and hoodlums due to drugs, sex, and betrayal.
117) Shaun of the dead
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When flesh eating zombies go on the hunt for a bite to eat, it is up to Shaun and his best pal to save their friends and family from becoming the next entree.
118) Meet the parents
Series
Publisher
Universal
Description
Male nurse Greg Focker wants to pop the question to his girlfried Pam Byrnes. But she's daddy's little girl, and daddy, has some old-fashioned ideas about manners and manhood. So Pam and Greg make a pilgrimage to the Byrnes' homestead on Long Island. Greg gets off the wrong foot with Mr. Byrnes and never recovers. Little white lies mushroom into ghastly whoppers. Greg finds out that Mr. Byrnes was in the CIA for 34 years. And so the weekend goes from...
119) They might be giants
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wealthy New York judge believes he is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. When his brother and sister-in-law attempt to get him committed, he is put under the care of analyst Dr. Mildred Watson. To her amazement, she finds there is something very real in his delusion and the two take to the streets of Manhattan to seek out the detective's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty.
120) Les misérables
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.