Home Box Office (Firm)
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 468 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The criminal psychologist returns in three more episodes: To Be A Somebody, The Big Crunch, and Men Should Weep. 'Fitz' combats personal crisis and professional challenges when racism, religion, and murder get in his way.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What happens when an unknown actor who can't catch a break actually catches one? For Andy Millman, who's just broken through with a TV sitcom called When the Whistle Blows, celebrity doesn't necessarily mean happiness.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For better or worse, times are changing in Deadwood, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. In an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders, they learn the hard way that fortune comes with a price.
9) Mantle
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A case could be made, that no one in the history of sport ever fit a team, a town, and a time more perfectly than Mickey Mantle. From the early 1950s, into the 60s, "The Mick" was the quintessential American athlete, center fielder and centerpiece of the most dominant and visible team in sport: the New York Yankees. Fair-haired, innocent, indestructible. Despite constant nagging injuries, Mickey Mantle managed to hit 536 home runs, and he remains...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (516 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For years, Bill Henrickson wished for a world free from the corrupt 'Prophet' of Juniper Creek, Roman Grant. Now that Roman appears to be out of the picture, Bill and his family can breathe easily, or can they? Season 4 continues the Henricksons' story, as Bill launches another business venture: a Mormon-friendly casino. At the same time, Bill eschews a chance to seize the Prophet mantle at Juniper Creek in favor of an even more high-profile calling:...
11) VEEP: season 4
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 281 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer has accepted the call to serve as Vice President of the United States. The job is nothing like she imagined and everything she was warned about. 'Veep' follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy, without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Despite the success of his highly-rated (but critically-panned) sitcom, Andy can't help but wonder if true artistic respectability will ever come his way. Andy decides to take drastic measures: he fires his loyal but useless agent Darren; pulls the plug on his hit show; and turns down roles he considers "beneath him." He even goes so far as to lash out at his best friend Maggie.
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (527 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, this series embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 368 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Larry's back -- and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO brought back the hit series starring writer/producer/comedian Larry David as ... writer/producer/comedian Larry David. Each episode features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) as he gets into everyday predicaments with both fictional and real-life personalities. With cast regulars Jeff Garlin...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits. This film follows the group's meteoric rise as they navigate the complexities of working so intimately alongside family.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (379 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Larry attempts to capitalize on a friend's unexpected death and takes issue with a pattern of discrimination at a trendy restaurant. Later, Larry offers his dermatologist's son a job and Richard has a suspiciously good day on the golf course.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min) : sound, color with black and white sequences : 4 3/4 in.
Description
From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful...
19) Ironweed
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's winter, 1938 in Albany, New York. The soup kitchens and flophouses are overflowing with homeless people. Francis Phelan wanders the streets, back in his hometown after 22 years, ready to confront the family he abandoned long ago. While sharing his whiskey with longtime 'pal' Helen, Francis reveals the dark secrets of his past, the painful memories from which he once tried to escape, but now must reconcile.