Robin Wright
1) The congress
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
2) Adore
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Escape to a close-knit seaside community where friendship, love and lust collide. A sensual yet thought provoking drama in which two lifelong friends find themselves entangled in passionate sexual relationships with each other's sons. As they struggle to make sense of conflicting emotions and desires, the lines between family, friendship and morality are blurred. When powerful bonds reach their breaking point, discover what truly keeps us connected....
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This film chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends, charting a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they've created and hold their friendship together?
4) Unbreakable
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
"After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."--Container.
5) Empire Falls
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
6) Forrest Gump
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north, where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
9) Moneyball
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
11) Beowulf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A motion-capture animated film. In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonate throughout the ages.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named ... Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale, complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, and escapes.
13) Everest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
14) Moll Flanders
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shocking family secrets, and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head as she strives to triumph...
15) State of play
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe." -- Container.
17) Land
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After nearly two decades under the wing of an aging, avuncular husband, dutiful mother and housewife Pippa Lee undergoes a midlife breakthrough. Unearthing the sexually curious wild child of her teens, middle-aged Pippa sparks a relationship with a divorcee loner. Pippa Lee is a resilient woman, refusing to let life pass her by.
19) The pledge
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A veteran police detective, on the day of his retirement, handles the case of a seven-year-old girl who has been brutally murdered. When a mentally retarded man confesses to the murder and then kills himself, the detectives consider the case closed, but was he actually the murderer? Before long evidence is uncovered that suggests the girl was just one in a series of brutal killings involving young girls and a mysterious man.