Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Egyptologist Dr. Joann Fletcher investigates a hitherto unacknowledged side chamber of tomb K-V35. In this tomb, Dr. Fletcher and her associates come across the well-preserved remains of three "forgotten" mummies, surrounded by their worldly possessions. One of the mummified bodies is that of a woman, obviously of great importance to the Egyptian hierarchy. Can this be the body of the legendary Queen Nefertiti? Using state of the art DNA technology...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of America's greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the Copacabana, where he wowed the crowds with his songs. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing - stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own heart.
6) The stand
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (366 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo, a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbors.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...
9) Dark wind
Pub. Date
p2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The popular hero of several Tony Hillerman best-sellers, Navajo cop Jim Chee, is a student of the old ways who wanted to be a medicine man before he became a lawman. Now as a cop covering the Arizona Territories belonging to the Hopi and Navajo Indians, he's torn between both worlds. When the badly mutilated victim of a Navajo skinwalker is found on Hopi land, Chee is suddenly plunged into a world of mystery filled with drug dealers, F.B.I. agents,...
10) L.A. story
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wacky television weatherman thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend. Then, one bright and smoggy L.A. day, an electronic freeway sign changes his life, when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blond and, ultimately, to true love with the woman of his dreams.
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recruited for a highly secret and dangerous mission in the jungles of Vietnam to locate missing American POW's, John Rambo is deserted and left in the hostile jungle with only his knife, bow, and arrows. With the help of a Vietnamese girl, he vows to bring revenge to all who have become his enemies.
12) Total recall
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Quaid is a construction worker in the year 2084 who is haunted by dreams of Mars. Against the wishes of his wife, "Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars-or is he?"--Container.
13) Plenty
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Susan Traherne returns to her home in post-war Britain haunted by her experiences as a resistance fighter in occupied France.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003], ©2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Archibald Asparagus stars as Jonah, who is chosen by God to help spread his message to the world. Unfortunately, his first stop on his evangelical tour is the city of Nineveh, where the residents while away their days bingeing on cheese snacks and arguing. Circumstances force Jonah to set sail across the ocean, where he's assisted by Khalil, and pirates who are led by the well-meaning but lethargic Mr. Lunt, Pa Grape, and Larry the Cucumber. However,...
15) Reservoir dogs
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?"--Container.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three student filmmakers set out into the forest to film a documentary on a legend known as The Blair Witch. As they become lost in the woods, an unseen evil begins to stalk and harass them. They soon realize that what they are filming is not a legend, but their own descent into a horrifying encounter with the supernatural.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 or 3 videodiscs (265 or 295 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy, and forever change the galactic balance of power.
18) High noon
Description
This is the classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, the lawman stands to lose not only the town but his new wife.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harry and his best friend, Tyrone, are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY. Harry's girlfriend, Marion, is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Harry's mother, Sara, spends her days watching television and wants to lose weight to go on a game show. She visits a sleazy doctor who prescribes her amphetamines and soon Sara has a drug habit of her own.
20) The last unicorn
Pub. Date
[2004], c1982
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A unicorn, believing herself to be the last, searches for any others of her kind, while avoiding the malevolent Red Bull, the agent believed to have destroyed the rest of her herd. Along the way she is mistaken, ignored, attacked, and absessed about. She finally finds help from a magician named Schmendrick and a knight named Prince Lir.