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Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus--who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat--refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickie, an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm.
2) Mr. Holmes
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
3) Land ho!
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (95 min. each) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two ex-brothers-in-laws set off to Iceland in an attempt to reclaim their youth nightclubs, trendy spas, and rugged campsites. This adventure is a throwback to 1980s road trip comedies, as well as a candid exploration of aging, loneliness, and friendship.
4) The hero
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
5) Remember
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A suspense-filled story of Zev, an Auschwitz survivor who discovers that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some seventy years ago; is living in America under an assumed identity. With the aid of a friend, Zev sets out on a gripping journey that tests both his will and his fading memory as it brings him closer to the retribution he seeks.
Pub. Date
©2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : (DVD video) sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Description
"Patrick Foley (Academy Award® winner William Holden, Stalag 17) is a complex man with much on his mind. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he has returned to his native Australia in order to live out his final days in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. But a chance encounter with Shawn Daley (Golden Globe winner Ricky Schroder, The Champ), a young boy who has just lost his parents in an accident, turns Patrick's whole world upside down. The two...
8) Grudge match
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
9) Youth
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two longtime friends are vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter and best friend Mick, a renowned filmmaker. The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
11) Last Vegas
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four best friends in their late-60s decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
12) Robot & Frank
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frank is an aging ex-jewel thief, and his two grown children are worried that he can no longer care for himself. In deciding what to do with Frank, the most likely option appears to be putting him in a nursing home. But Frank's son comes up with another option: buy Frank a walking, talking robot programmed to look after him and improve his physical and mental health. Frank resists the robot at first, but he warms to it after realizing that it could...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The UK is in peril. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7's security is breached and every agent in the field identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent out of retirement, but with most of them either dead or close to it, the head of MI7 is left with only one choice, and his name is English.
14) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (209 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
15) Roommates
Pub. Date
[2003?], ©1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a 107-year old man moves in with his grandson, both of their lives are turned upside-down.
16) Lucky
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Description
The spiritual journey of a ninety year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
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