Ben Kingsley
Author
Description
Holocaust survivor Friedman recalls her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau as a young child in this heartrending memoir. Born in Tomasz̤w Mazowiecki, Poland, in 1938, Friedman's first memories were of life in the Jewish ghetto. Suffering starvation, disease, and constant violence, she and her parents managed to survive several deportations and mass killings by the Gestapo. In autumn 1943, however, the family was deported to a slave labor camp in central...
3) Anne Frank
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (189 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The beloved, unforgettable true-life story of romance, intrigue, and courage during the world's darkest hour. For the first time in a television drama, the identities of the Franks' betrayers are revealed.
Pub. Date
2000, c1993
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
5) Jules
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Jules follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors (Harris and Curtin) discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive...
7) Dave
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kevin Kline stars as an off-the-wall, temporary replacement for the missing president. His unusual style of governing and decision making tip off the opposition that something is definitely "out-of-order" in Washington.
8) The walk
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's a race against time when a rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly teams up with a rival princess (Gemma Arterton) to safeguard a magical dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world.
10) The BoxTrolls
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story, this gripping and timely thriller follows an idealistic UN employee as he investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may even involve his own boss.
13) Ender's game
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
1 DVD, NTSC (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
14) Dalíland
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1974 a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dalí's life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
15) Transsiberian
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Roy and Jessie are a couple in a rocky relationship. Following a stay in Beijing they decide to give their relationship one last go and have another adventure together. They decide to travel on the Transsiberian from China to Moscow. The couple discover that the days of the train's glorious luxury has faded and has been replaced with cold steel carriages and indifferent fellow passengers. It is reputed to include drug traffickers. In the company of...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fifteen year old birding fanatic thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. On the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
17) Hugo
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aging spy is on one last mission to redeem his life and career before the clock runs out; but when a mysterious woman appears, and the lines of trust with his superiors begin to blur, Adereth realizes the hunter may become the hunted in a world of mirrors and deceit.