John Williams
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
2) War horse
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.
4) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (146 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Frank embarks on a journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
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.
7) Home alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are tyring to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!"--Container.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 388 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Science fiction tales of derring-do, heroism and romance. Set in the distant past, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial Army.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.
10) Amistad
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, this film chronicles the 1839 revolt on board a slave ship bound for America. When the ship, La Amistad, is recaptured the Black Africans are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt, a battle that captured the attention of the entire nation, confronting the foundations of the American justice system.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008, c1981
Edition
[Widescreen format], Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indiana Jones, an unconventional archeologist, is assigned by the U.S. government to find the mystically empowered Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain it for their own evil use.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (69 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Clone Wars, Jedi knights struggle to keep peace in the galaxy despite the presence of the dark side of the Force.
13) The cowboys
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither Andersen nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
14) Jurassic Park
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Collector's ed., Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor all before his 21st birthday.
16) Munich
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the 1972 Olympics PLO terrorists kidnapped and murdered eleven Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim, over information...
17) Hook
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD combo pack]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, Hook stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (blu-ray) (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets: Cars fly, trees attack and a mysterious house-elf warns Harry of great danger as he returns for his second year.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen version ; [Special ed.]--French container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indiana Jones and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called 'the most powerful movie musical ever made.' Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, it captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscarʼ- nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and...