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Pub. Date
p1988
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (ca. 35 min.) : digital, mono., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Good Morning Vietnam was a comedy drama starring Robin Williams as an American Army DJ in Vietnam. Appropriately, the soundtrack is filled with oldies -- from Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" and Martha & the Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run" to the Rivieras' "California Sun" and James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" -- punctuated by Williams' manic comic routines. Some listeners will find the routines a bit tedious, but it's a thoroughly entertaining...
3) Boulevard
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A subtle and moving drama following a devoted husband and dutiful bank employee who begins to confront his own secrets. What starts as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering decision for the curious Nolan Mack. For many years, Nolan and his wife Joy have embraced their marriage as a convenient distraction from facing reality. When he meets a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home, Nolan finds himself breaking...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tommy Wilhelm's life is falling apart. He's lost his job and his girlfriend, his investments have gone sour, he trusts the wrong people with the little money he has left, and he's rejected by his own father. Quite simply, Tommy is a portrait of failure.
7) Jumanji
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.
8) Cadillac man
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When car salesman Joey O'Brien gets the chance to redeem himself from all his past sales pitches, financial misdeals and relentless womanizing, he is forced to confront all his demons in one very long afternoon.
9) The birdcage
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Armand and Albert are a middle-aged gay couple who own and star at a gay nightclub in South Beach. When Armand's son announces his intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, the whole household is turned upside down for a family visit.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 129 min. + extras) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.
11) Flubber
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo flubber that enables anything it's applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
12) Old dogs
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Boyd and his family are forced to spend Christmas at his parents' house. When he realizes that he left his son's gifts at home, Boyd and his father must hit the road in a blizzard to retrieve the gifts before sunrise and save Christmas.
15) The big wedding
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future, and hopefully avoid killing each...
16) Patch Adams
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Patch Adams is a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like other doctors. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
Pub. Date
2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own eternal happiness to find Annie and rescue her from her fate.
19) Aladdin (1992)
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aladdin is an orphan living on the streets of the city of Agrabah, continually outwitting and avoiding local law enforcement. One day he meets a young girl--also hiding from the guards--who is actually Princess Jasmine, seeking to escape from a disagreement with her father the Sultan about her marriage. He gallantly conceals her, and promptly falls in love. Soon, the Grand Vizier Jafar divines that Aladdin represents the key to his plans, and tricks...
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (52 p. : col. ill. ; 12 x 19 cm.)
Description
Includes the director's music videos for the bands Jay-Z, Linkin park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Audioslave, No Doubt, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Weezer, Eels, Snic Youth, Madonna, R.E.M., G. Love & Special Sauce, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, En Vogue and kd lang, as well as interviews, commentaries and a documentary: Making of 99 problems.
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