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1) The paper
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A star-studded cast in a stop-the-presses comedy that brings the fast paced, cutthroat, frequently hilarious world of newspaper journalism vividly to life.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ink-setter in New York returns to his family's home, a fishing town in Newfoundland, with his daughter after a traumatizing experience with her mother. His articles find an audience and the town changes his life.
5) Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the world of newspapers in London, it's past riven by hacking scandals, it's present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24-hour news cycle, it's future uncertain, this razor sharp and observant drama explores the current, turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, right after the publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite jest.' Based on David Lipsky's critically-acclaimed memoir "Although of course you end up becoming yourself: a road trip with David Foster Wallace."
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert
Description
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (484 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In "The last time I saw Paris," a successful writer reminisces about his love affair with a wealthy American in Paris.
In "Father's little dividend" when Kay Dunstan tells her father that she's going to have a baby, Stanley Banks has to cope with being a grandfather for the first time. Sequel to Father of the Bride.
In "Penny serenade" a young married couple's love and personal tragedy that tests their courage.
In "Love affair," an ocean voyage...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adele, a redheaded, wisecracking, hard-living adventurer-cum-novelist living in pre-WWI France is on a mission in Egypt. She is attempting to retrieve a sarcophagus and tote it back to Western Europe. She succeeds on both fronts, but runs headfirst into another issue: a Parisian scientist with the power to heal Adele's comatose sister has accidentally let loose an ancient Pterodactyl above the Parisian skies. While a zany detective and a hunter attempt...
10) The paperboy
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
11) Cross Creek
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1928 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
12) His girl Friday
Pub. Date
c2004, 1939
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unscrupulous newspaper editor uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from retiring and remarrying in this twist on The Front Page.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding. This time, inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross. Simon is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar which is an upgrade to Project Treadstone, by writing about it in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst...
14) Dragon wars
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter, and he arrives at the conclusion that a young woman, named Sarah who is stricken with a mysterious illness, is supposed to help him. The Imoogi makes its way to Los Angeles, wreaking havoc and destruction. The entire city is under arms and Ethan and Sarah need make it to Los Angeles in time to save the...
15) Radical Wolfe
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim," when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executives to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility of...
17) State of play
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe." -- Container.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77min, 84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nothing Sacred: Carole Lombard is at her best in this hilarious and zany story about a woman who fakes a serious illness to become the toast of the town in New York City. A reporter, played by a Hollywood screen idol Frederic March, thinks her sad story is the truth and decides to take advantage of her situation, not realizing she's taking advantage of him! ; Something to Sing About: Bandleader Terry Rooney, played superbly by screen legend James...
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Figuring the answers to a murder mystery lie in the old Simmons mansion, so Luther Heggs visits the estate at the witching hour of midnight. Certain he's seen a ghost, Luther writes a story which makes front page news -- and brings on a libel suit from the mansion's owner. When the trial judge orders an investigation -- and no apparition appears -- Luther is branded a fraud. That is, until he and his devoted girlfriend team up to uncover the mystery...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Robert Redford plays an ex-world champion cowboy, reduced to huckstering breakfast food in a suit studded with flashing lights. Jane Fonda is a chic, sharp member of the electronic media, a TV newswoman who'll do anything to get a good story. When Redford rides out of a Las Vegas casino into the desert astride his sponsor's living symbol, a multi-million dollar racehorse, Jane is determined to discover why. She does, one step ahead of a posse of...
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