Paul Newman
Author
Description
Here are the greats of ancient Greece--gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters--as freshly described in words and pictures as if they were alive today. In print for over fifty years, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths has introduced generations to Greek mythology-- and continues to enthrall young readers. Now updated with a new cover and an afterword featuring never-before-published drawings from the sketchbook of Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, plus an essay...
2) Harry & son
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harry Keach, a widowed, blue collar, by the- book construction worker whose less-than-ideal relationship with his sensitive, daydreaming son, Howard sets the story in motion. Frustrated by Howard's inability to take life seriously, Harry is soon confronted by his own mortality when an on-the-job accident offers him an opportunity to re-evaluate his life and shortcomings.
5) The sting
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
6) Paris blues
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two American jazz musicians living in Paris fall in love with two girls on vacation from America. They must decide whether to stay in Paris for their music careers, or move back to America for love.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. His name: William Bonney. His legend: Billy the Kid, the fabled gunslinger of this film. The West had never before seen the likes of this Brooklyn-born desperado, a troubled teen who wrote his name in blood on history's pages. And the genre had never before seen a performance like the one by Paul Newman. He displays a complex, twitchy moodiness that captures the killer₂s half-boy, half-man nature.
9) Empire Falls
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
11) Slap shot
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The coach of a third-rate hockey team signs up some rough and tough players to help his team win.
13) Hombre
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A white man raised as an Apache faces confrontation with society.
14) Hud
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
16) The hustler
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York. Ames Billiards, with high ceilings and air of hushed concentration, is a church of pool. "Fast" Eddie Felson enters as an innocent con man and leaves with a taste of what the world can do, that talent alone will only get him so far, and that a man's search for "character," that hard-to-define quality that is simultaneously elusive and essential, could last a lifetime. Having come to take on pool legend Minnesota Fats, Eddie is soundly beaten...
17) Exodus
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.