Edward Asner
1) Scat
Author
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
2) Up
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
3) Elf
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a special assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists. Based on a true story.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 62 min.)
Language
English
Description
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representation from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. This documentary breaks important new ground in exploring wasy in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. Featuring...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB"--Container.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak, from the grave, of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Originally published in book form in 1915, this is a landmark of 20th-century American literature.