Gretchen Mol
Author
Language
English
Description
Rose Baker seals men's fates. With a few strokes of the keys that sit before her, she can send a person away for life in prison. A typist in a New York City Police Department precinct, Rose is like a high priestess. Confessions are her job. It is 1923, and while she may hear every detail about shootings, knifings, and murders, as soon as she leaves the interrogation room she is once again the weaker sex, best suited for filing and making coffee. This...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Pub. Date
2003, 1997.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound (stereo), color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a five-year-old boy aids in the birth of a family friend's baby girl, he vows to marry her when she grows up. Twenty-five years later, they find each other and the comedy ensues.
4) Rounders
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A reformed gambler must return high stakes poker to pay off the loans of a friend.
5) Anesthesia
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow, a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flashing back one week to the beginning of a domino effect of events that led up to this seemingly senseless assault, the film traces hidden connections between an apparently disparate group of people.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (403 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American Gigolo, a present-day reimagining of the iconic film, follows Julian Kaye after his release from prison as he navigates relationships with his former lover, his troubled mother, and the people who betrayed him. While Julian struggles to reconcile his past with the man he is today, Detective Sunday seeks the truth about the murder that sent Julian to prison all those years ago, unearthing a much larger conspiracy along the way.
8) Tenure
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Professor Charlie Thurber loves to teach but can't stand all the expected publishing and politicking that goes along with the position. So when his opportunity for tenure is announced, he goes out on a limb to prove his worth, but unexpectedly finds himself falling for the very person who might replace him. It's a battle of the brains where the stakes are high and only one person can get an 'A' for effort. Includes deleted scenes, and bloopers.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Allegra is a New York writer and opera addict who loves her girlfriend Samantha, but can't commit. When Samantha leaves her, Allegra rebounds with handsome philosophy professor Phillip and the irresistibly beautiful, recently single Grace. Allegra juggles secret relationships with both of them, never suspecting that Philip and Grace have a connection of their own.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
5 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Atlantic City, 1921. In a city whose fortunes have soared in the wake of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in 'the world's playground'. Though the 1920 election is over, Nucky finds himself the target of a federal investigation for vote tampering, and an insurrection by those he counted among his closest allies.
11) 3:10 to Yuma
Language
English
Description
Arizona in the late 1800s. Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail,...
12) A family man
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dane Jensen is a hard-driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven, but polar opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control of the company. As Dane gears up for the professional battle of his life, he learns his ten-year-old son, Ryan, has been diagnosed with cancer.
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On the eve of Earth's destruction, a crew of explorers depart on the most advanced ship in the galaxy, the Nightflyer, to intercept an alien spacecraft that might hold the key to their survival. As the crew nears their destination, they discover the ship's artificial intelligence and never-seen captain may be steering them into deadly and unspeakable horrors deep in the outer reaches of space."--
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lavish new production made from Welles' original shooting script, allowing audiences to finally see his epic vision of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Booth Tarkington novel fully realized. The haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the dawn of the 20th century.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 810 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deception : Nothing can stop Bessie Faro (Andie MacDowell) from putting together th epuzzle of her husband's (Viggo Mortensen) unexpected death and secret life. co-starrin gLiam Neeson.
Tunnel vision : Gabriel's (Cristos) wife and son have been murdered, and when the jury fails to convict the killer, this vengeful father must seek out his own justice.
Crosshairs : A hired hitman is distracted by a troubled ex-girlfriend and a potential new employer...
17) True story
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After journalist Michael Finkel is fired from The New York Times for embellishing a story, he learns that accused murderer Christian Longo has been claiming to be him. Hoping this story will save his career, Finkel begins interviewing Longo in prison. But soon, the men find themselves in an eerie game of cat and mouse in this psychological drama.
18) Rounders
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks."--IMDB web site.
19) The ten
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
No one will ever mistake Jeff Reigert for Moses, but like Moses, it is Jeff's job to introduce the world to the Ten Commandments. However, Jeff is not exactly the picture of virtue. In fact, Jeff is surrounded by gigantic replicas of the famous stone tablets. He is so busy juggling his wife Gretchen and his girlfriend, that he can barely get through a single commandment without breaking one himself.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 731 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
NYPD detective Sam Tyler finds himself walking both sides of the line between delusion and reality, when he is suddenly hurtled back in time to 1973 after being struck in an 2008 car accident. As Sam continues to figure out why he is struck in 1973, he continues to clash with colleagues and superiors over police procedure as they pursue a robbery suspect. A decorated Vietman War vet is beaten to death; a Puerto Rican man is accused of throwing a black...