Liam Neeson
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole. The Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will make his Christmas wish. This is a story for all who believe in the spirit of Christmas and those who treasure the sound of a reindeer’s silver bell.
The Polar Express is the 1986 Caldecott Medal winner, and reading the story together is a beloved holiday tradition held...
2) Evolution
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 480 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Evolution" offers a groundbreaking and definitive view of the extraordinary impact the evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world around us. Beginning with Darwin's revolutionary theory, this seven-part series explores all facets of evolution--the changes that spawned the tree of life, the power of sex, how evolution continues to affect us every day, and the perceived conflict between science and religion.
4) Rob Roy
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (139 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt) to provide for his wife Mary (Jessica Lange) and his clan. But when Montrose’s henchman (Tim Roth in an Oscar®-nominated performance) conspires to take the wealth for himself, Rob is thrust into the most challenging battle of his life...one that escalates into a climax...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Franklin leaves London and returns to wartime Philadelphia where he joins Congress and helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain. He spends his last years in the new United States, working on the Constitution and unsuccessfully promoting the abolition of slavery.
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Joan and Tom (Academy Award® nominee Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson) have been married for many years. An everyday couple with a remarkable love, there is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their enduring devotion, as they must find the humor and grace to survive a year of adversity. Official Selection at the **Toronto...
8) Ponyo
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Blu-ray version ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true. Includes World of Ghibli, an extraordinary interactive experience.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (227 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife Deborah. Turning to science, Franklin gains worldwide fame from his lightning rod and experiments in electricity. After entering politics, he spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his own family starts to come apart.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1999
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Actor Liam Neeson hosts an exploration of the history of ancient Greek civilization as seen through the lives of its heroes, with reconstructions and re-creations of significant locations and events.
12) Love actually
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Tenth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Feel the love with the Love Actually 10th Anniversary Edition. Funny, charming and heartwarming, this delightful romantic comedy follows eight couples whose lives intersect shortly before Christmas.
13) Love thy nature
Publisher
In the Light Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (158 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we've lost touch with nature - and takes us on a mesmerizing cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of "Sapiens" (our collective humankind) who, in the past few thousand years, has come to believe that we have transcended nature. Yet, experts uncover how a new era of nature-connection might just be dawning: "Biomimicry"...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
15) The Mission
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1986.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (125 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Sweeping and visually resplendent, THE MISSION is a powerful action epic about a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires. It reunites key talents behind The Killing Fields: co-producer David Puttnam, director Roland Joffé and cinematographer Chris Menges. Winner of the 1986 Cannes Film Festival Best Picture Award,...
16) Suspect
Publisher
Columbia/Tristar Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bizarre evidence leads Kathleen on a dangerous trail from Washington's seamy underbelly to the highest levels of government. And the closer she gets to the answers, the more her life is in danger. Cher and Dennis Quaid take the law into their own hands in this daring suspense thriller where everything is revealed in court--except the truth."
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
18) Schindler's list
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (196 min.) : sd., b&w with color segment ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did.
19) Silence
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1975, nineteen-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin was assassinated by seventeen-year-old Irish-Protestant Alistair Little, and Griffin's eleven-year-old brother Joe witnessed the murder. Thirty years later when a television talk show brings the two men together, they must face their haunted pasts.