Fine Line Features
1) Hoop dreams
Series
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (172 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert.
Description
This documentary follows two inner-city basketball phenoms' lives through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
2) For Roseanna
Publication Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marcello is a trattoria proprietor in an Italian village who will stop at nothing to make sure his beloved but ailing wife, Roseanna, realizes her dream of being buried at the local cemetery.
3) Saving Grace
Publication Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A recent widow joins with the caretaker of her estate on the Cornish coast to use her green thumb for fun and profit. All goes well until the business starts booming.
Publication Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.
5) Vera Drake
Publication Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
6) Short cuts
Series
Publication Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving.
Publication Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story, Spaniard Ramon Sampedro fights a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life. The film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone...
Publication Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "Pink Flamingos, John Water's landmark cult classic, sets a benchmark for the bizarre that has never been equaled. Divine stars as Babs Johnson, 'The Filthiest Person Alive.' When fellow degenerate Mink Stole covets her title, down-and-dirty competition ensues. Don't miss the infamous dog walking scene, or the fabulous Edith Massey starring as 'The Egg Lady.'"--Container.
DVD-R. "This underground epic, which breaks every rule of good film-making...
9) Shine
Publication Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. Driven by his father and his teachers he experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
10) Widows' peak
Publication Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a stranger moves to Widows' Peak, she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets. She seduces the men, enrages the women, and unleases a major scandal, but its all part of an astonishing plan.
Series
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaflet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
Based on the long-running New York smash hit, this film is a high-powered rock musical that tells the hilarious but emotional tale of a German glam-rock diva on a journey to find love and stardom in her new home, a trailer park in Kansas!
Series
Criterion collection volume 301
Publication Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Publication Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A look at the life of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo [Arenas] endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression....