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2) True grit
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
c1969
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn is hired by a 14-year-old girl to kill the man who murdered her father and stole the family nest egg. She accepts the help of a Texas Ranger, who is intent on the reward, and accompanies them on the quest.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. Bill (Richard Gere), a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby (Brooke Adams). Winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama at the **Golden Globes**. Winner of the Best Director Award and Nominated for the Palm d'Or at the...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two lions on a man-eating rampage have shut down the construction of a railway in 1896 East Africa. The beasts hunt together, showing no fear of man or fire. What's more, they're killing for sport rather than for food--and they have an almost supernatural knack for knowing what traps await them. Big-game hunter Remington and construction engineer Patterson set out to stop these unstoppable monsters. But, in this astonishing tale of man against beast,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.
6) Clueless
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
"Whatever" ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cher Horowitz and her friend Dionne, two of the most popular sophomores in school, play matchmakers for two teachers. Inspired by their success, Cher takes under her wing Tai, a "clueless" transfer student. While trying to make an advantageous match for Tai, Cher attempts to find a boyfriend of her own. Several misfires take place, due to poor communication, before she finds the Baldwin of her dreams. Inspired by Jane Austen's Emma.
7) Scrooged
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president is visited by three ghosts on Christmas eve who show him the error of his ways.
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.
9) Braveheart
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
William Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation.
10) The Conversation
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A provoking mystery-suspense drama explores the morality of privacy in the story of Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in a murder scheme.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this may be his last space mission. But Khan--a brilliant renegade of 20th Century Earth--is back with his exiled band of genetic supermen and setting a deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk ... with the threat of a universal Armageddon!
12) Forrest Gump
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Special collector's ed. ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody...
13) The gift
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Annie has 'the Gift'. Some fear her, others claim she's a witch. But now, a murder has ben committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage, she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart"--Promotional materials.
14) Ordinary people
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralizing everthing in its path and Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated U.S.S. Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head-on.
16) Changing lanes
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A minor traffic accident turns two perfect strangers into vicious adversaries waging an all-out war of personal destruction.
17) Crossroads
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the night of their senior prom, Lucy and her once-close childhood friends -- Kit and Mimi -- reunite to dig up a time capsule they buried together as little girls. Mimi's wants to make good on her childhood dreams; leaving their small town for fame and fortune in Los Angeles. Though Lucy and Kit are reluctant to join her, they decide to tag along, agreeing to be chauffeured by Mimi's friend, Ben. As they trek across the country, plagued by car...
18) Grease
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A musical fantasy of high-school life in the 1950's, the story focuses on the romance between the handsome Danny, a would-be gang leader, and his naive girlfriend Sandy.
19) Mostly Martha
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Martha is the chef who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her job and her natural shyness keep her from meeting new people. When her sister dies in an accident, she adopts her 8-year-old orphan niece, who throws her life into turmoil. Martha gets unexpected help from Mario, Martha's new chef.
20) Orange County
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.
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