Scott Rudin
1) Fences
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French subtitled version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh -- bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues -- is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; c4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
4) Eighth grade
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school (the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year) before she begins high school.
5) Greenberg
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Roger Greenberg is single, fortyish and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to housesit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate and successful ex-girlfriend. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself forging a connection with his brother's personal assistant, Florence. Greenberg has come to realize that he may at last have found...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Issac) is at a crossroads and struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles- some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the basket-houses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club- on an odyssey to audition for...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
South Park is a quiet place until the latest Terrance and Philip movie comes out. Once all the kids see it, all hell breaks loose and the citizens declare war on Terrance and Philip's home country, Canada.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shaun Brumder dreams of attending Stanford but when his guidance counselor sends the wrong transcripts with his application, he is rejected and must use any method necessary to get accepted.
10) Lady Bird
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Directed by Greta Gerwig and nominated for five **Oscars**, LADY BIRD is a warm, affecting comedy about a high schooler (Saoirse Ronan) who must navigate a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother (Laurie Metcalf) over the course of her eventful and poignant senior year of high school. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy....
11) Iris
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
13) The hours
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Edition
Standard format; special collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The power of the written word of Virginia Woolf touches women from three eras, as they all struggle with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and dispair.
14) Stop-loss
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship of each other. Their "spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course -- thanks in part to over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
17) Uncut gems
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Director-Approved two-DVD Special Edition
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard’s ship has finally come in—as long as he can stay one step ahead...
18) Frances Ha
Series
Criterion collection volume 681
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and Gerwig with an effortless combination of sweetness and wit,...
19) Zoolander 2
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
The magnum edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beloved model Derek Zoolander and his rival-turned-partner Hansel are facing a threat to their continued success.
20) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a near-future dystopian Japan where all dogs have been banished to a trash island after a flu outbreak, twelve-year-old Atari sets out for the island to find his lost dog Spots.