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Pub. Date
1999
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune.
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of the Bonanno empire and reveals the inside story of the kidnapping of Joe in 1964, the jailing of Bill in 1971 and the famous "Banana War." The brutal, intimate study of a Mafia family which includes the inside operations of the Mafia.
4) Dalíland
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, DALÍLAND stars Sir Ben Kingsley as the legendary artist Salvador Dalí, focusing on the later years of the strange marriage between Dalí and his wife. The film is told through the eyes of a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world by helping Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
5) Great circle
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about comedian Lenny Bruce, who died in 1966. In his personal life he was a tortured soul, and his humor was ahead of the times, but his influence was enormous. He attacked hypocracy, racism, war and organized religion, and was rewarded by being hounded by the police.
8) Warm springs
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
9) Chaplin
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Portrays the amazing life and times of the "Little Tramp" from his poverty-stricken childhood in England, to his friendships, his many wives and scandalous affairs, his acting career, and his relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover.
10) Ferrari
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950's Formula 1, ex-racer, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for their one son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another. His drivers' lust to win pushes them out to the edge. He wagers all in a roll of the dice on one race, the treacherous...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Parker, a brilliant writer with a razor-sharp tongue, shares a professional but intimate relationship with comic genius Robert Benchley. But when she meets Charlie McArthur, she falls hopelessly in love, a condition even literary genius can't seem to cure.
12) Silkwood
Series
Physical Description
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.
13) Albert Fish
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A docudrama telling the horrific true story of a sadomasochistic cannibal and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 2.5 hrs.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Even more no-holds-barred interviews with Brock Lesnar, Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho, Torrie Wilson, Shawn Michaels, Tazz, Al Snow, John Cena, Randy Orton and Christopher Nowinski. Learn what they did before joining the WWE and becoming world famous celebrities.
15) American me
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Description
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail.
16) A beautiful mind
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life and legacy of Julia Child is remembered and celebrated in this special program. The film tells two love stories: one between Julia and Paul Child, the other between Julia and French food. It includes photos never before seen.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford captures the majesty of the Montana Wilderness and the strength of the American family in this acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, and Brad Pitt also stars as his brother Paul, an irresistible daredevil driven to challenge the world. Growing up, both boys rebel against their stern minister father. While Norman channels his rebellion into...
20) 8 seconds
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The heroic life story of rodeo legend Lane Frost, the bull-riding champion who fights to achieve his childhood dreams-- both in and out of the rodeo ring.
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