Ellen Burstyn
2) Resurrection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A woman experiences clinical death and returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Attributing her powers to human love, rather than divine intervention, she begins to aid the residents of her childhood town. No one she touches will ever be the same again.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With the approach of Christmas causing him to feel lonely in life and love, Robert Malone braves the wintery snow to arrive home from his job at the grocery store only to find a stranger standing in his home. What begins as an odd and awkward encounter quickly blossoms into what appears to be a romantic late life love affair that takes a heartfelt and wonderful journey with an unexpected turn.
6) Main Street
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"... a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships...
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) Nostalgia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A profoundly moving drama about people's collective need to find meaning in the objects we hold dear. It is a mosaic of interconnected stories built around the central theme of loss and memory, filled with characters as real and recognizable as friends and neighbors.
10) Queen bees
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen temporarily moves into a nearby retirement community. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying 'mean girls' the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics...
11) Draft day
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
13) Follow the river
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly captured by Shawnee Indians. Impressed by her courage and strength after being taken captive, the Shawnee leader decides to make Mary his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A gothic story of four siblings who, after the death of their father, are torn from a peaceful life and subjected to abuse resulting from a dark, family secret. Abandoned by their mother and forced to endure unimaginable treatment living in the attic of their grandparents' mansion, the children form their own family unit. But as the oldest boy and girl come of age, they are entrapped by their family's sordid past as they try to survive and escape...
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.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alice and Michael are a passionate couple whose once-stable marriage is rocked by her increasing dependence on alcohol. As they strive to overcome this challenge, they discover a renewed sense of love and commitment.
17) The exorcist
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The frightening and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic resolve to save her, and two priests, one doubt-ridden, the other a rock of faith, joined in battling ultimate evil. The extended director's cut includes over ten minutes of footage deleted before the film's 1973 release.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents threatens to uncover the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever.
19) The tale
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking film memoir, based on the filmmaker's own personal experiences, this HBO Films presentation tells the story of Jennifer Fox (Laura Dern), a globetrotting documentarian and professor living an apparently enviable life with her boyfriend (Common) in NYC. That world is turned upside down when her mother (Ellen Burstyn) discovers a story Jennifer wrote at 13 depicting a "special" relationship she had with two adult coaches, Mrs. G (Elizabeth...
20) Interstellar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.