Ridley Scott
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Description
viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street"--
The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. Toler tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital. Women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, and Anne Reading saw casualties on...
Pub. Date
1996, 1991.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 2019: Deckard, an expert "blade runner," must identify and execute four replicants, (genetically engineered beings virtually identical to humans) which have illegally returned to earth from their off-world slave duty.
5) G.I. Jane
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant O'Neil is the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces' most highly skilled combat unit--the elite Navy SEALs. But the already brutal rigors of training camp turn into an unimaginable test of courage and determination once it becomes clear that no one--powerful politicians, top military brass or her male Navy SEAL teammates--wants her to succeed.
6) The East
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Moss is an ambitious new recruit at an elite private intelligence firm. Her first undercover assignment is to infiltrate 'The East,' an elusive activist collective that terrorizes corporate leaders who commit crimes against humanity. The more involved she gets, the more Sarah's life is in danger.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 Blu-ray disc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Moses sets out to rise up against the Egyptian Pharoah. He frees 400,000 slaves and they all journey across Egypt fighting deadly plagues. The epic tale of one man2s daring courage to take on an empire.
8) A good year
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max Skinner is a highly successful investment broker with no time for life outside of his job. When his estranged uncle dies, Max inherits the chateau and vineyard in France where he grew up. His first intention is to sell the vineyard as quickly as possible, but after spending unexpected time at the vineyar, he discovers a part of himself that he thought he had lost and experiences romance and a blossoming new love affir with a beautiful French woman...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guz̀mn, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Oǔdraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (252 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning writer, director, and producer James Cameron explores science fiction's roots and futuristic vision through interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, among many others.
12) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 Blu-ray disc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
13) American woman
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take an in-depth voyage into the sci-fi masterpiece with th visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time burst to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and the universal fears.
15) Alien: Romulus
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
16) Tell tale
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Terry has a new lease on life thanks to a recent heart transplant and to meeting a beautiful woman. Life takes a turn, however, when he becomes haunted by his own heartbeat and realizes he must investigate the death of his heart's donor.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
18) Prometheus
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
20) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (156 min. ; 141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.