American Zoetrope (Firm)
1) On the rocks
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Laura thinks she's happily hitched, but when her husband Dean starts logging late hours at the office with a new co-worker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix, who insists they investigate the situation. As the two begin prowling New York at night, careening from uptown parties to downtown hotspots, they discover at the heart of their journey lies their relationship....
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (561 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fourth season continues the incredible story of 4400 people who were suddenly abducted and are later mysteriously returned to Earth. Though they have no memory of their otherwordly experiences, some now possess special powers, both good and bad.
7) THX 1138
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime."--Container.
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
10) The beguiled
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tensions, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.
12) Life after Beth
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Zach is devastated after his girlfriend Beth dies unexpectedly. After Beth suddenly and mysteriously returns to life, Zach is overjoyed to have the second chance to prove his love for her. But when Beth starts developing some bizarre tendencies, including a rather disturbing taste for flesh, Zach has to confront facts. Can love survive among the living dead?
13) Don Juan DeMarco
Pub. Date
1998, ©1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A psychiatrist rescues a young man who claims to be the legendary lover, Don Juan, and then becomes enmeshed in the young man's fantasies.
15) Sleepy Hollow
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this version of Washington Irving's classic tale, Ichabod Crane is an eccentric investigator sent to Sleepy Hollow to probe a series of murders allegedly committed by a headless horseman.
16) Priscilla
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland,...
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and a top student and member of the Skull and Bones Society at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These qualities lead to his being recruited for a career in the newly-founded Office of Strategic Services (OSS). During World War II, he is sent to England where his ideals gradually turn to suspicion and distrust. As the OSS evolves into the CIA and the Cold War...
18) Somewhere
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco. You have probably seen him in the tabloids; Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo from his failed marriage arrives unexpectedly at the Chateau. Their encounters encourage Johnny...
19) Dracula
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The tortured journey of the devastatingly seductive Transylvanian Prince as he moves from Eastern Europe to 19th century London in search of his reincarnated long-lost love.
20) Tetro
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Naive, 17-year-old Bennie goes to Buenos Aires to search for his older brother whom he has not seen for ten years. With the success of their father Carlo, a renowned symphony conductor, the family moved from Argentina to New York. When Bennie finds his brother, Tetro, he is surprised to find that he is not the person he remembered. While staying with Tetro and his girlfriend Miranda, the two brothers grapple with the haunting experiences of their...