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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Still mourning the loss of her family, Ellie agrees to watch her brother's children when he has to leave town. When a fire is set, Ellie works with a handsome deputy to clear a friends name and learns that if she can trust her faith, this Christmas may bring more miracles than she hoped.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small family finds hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a 'little guitar,' Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.
3) Detour
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hitchhiking nightclub performer runs into trouble with a mysterious death and a blackmailing woman.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Art Leroldi is terminally irritable. He is a small-time Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts, hot dogs and horse books. He lives everyday same as the last. But when he is hit with the death of his business partner and friend, he faces losing the only thing in life he's got left - his barbershop. To keep the shop, he will have to hire the last person on earth he'd ever want - a woman named Gloria MacIntyre.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lonely Grumpy Cat lives in a mall pet shop where she never gets chosen by customers. One day during the holidays, a very special twelve-year-old girl named Chrystal enters the pet store and falls in love with Grumpy. The two form a special friendship when Chrystal discovers she is the only person who can hear this feline talk. Will Grumpy Cat finally learn the true meaning of Christmas?
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A ten part detective series from the BBC about an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway. Investigating crime in Stratford-upon-Avon, the duo quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this little theatre town.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Graham, a long-lost college friend ... drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, Ann, and her saucy sister, Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very 'personal project' Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed"--Container.
8) Lean on Pete
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he...
9) Finding Thea
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Although her name is found on a waterway, a park and other places in Tacoma, Thea Foss' personal story is not well known. An immigrant from Norway and a pioneer business woman, she founded, with her husband, the Foss Launch Company. This small venture grew to be the Foss Launch and Tug Company, and is now the Seattle-based Foss Maritime Company, reputedly the largest tugboat company on the West Coast. The Tugboat Annie character made popular in the...
10) Oh Lucy!
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Setsuko is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy." This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from...
11) Transit
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Inside the walls of St. Vincent's Orphanage, young boys fall victim to sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their guardians. Henry Czerny gives a terrifying performance as Brother Lavin, the head of the orphanage who must juggle the teachings of the church with his own personal demons. The plight of the boys under his care remains a secret until the orphanage janitor and a local policeman speak out against the Brothers' appalling...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 934 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
NCIS is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humor, it's a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations. Following the cliffhanger Season 19 finale, with Special Agent Alden Parker still on the run with his ex-wife Vivian, the team investigates who from his past might have a personal vendetta against him in hopes of clearing Parker's name.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya's paths collide, and the unlikely foursome has no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates 'Ghost Protocol'. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency's name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on his mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know.
17) An honest liar
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"An Honest Liar tells the story of the world-famous magician, escape artist and enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. He devised intricate investigations exposing the 'miracles' of psychics, faith healers and con-artists. A master deceiver who came out of the the closet [at] 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a shocking...
18) Frankie & Alice
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frankie is an African-American go-go dancer with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She struggles to retain her true self while fighting against two very different personalities: a seven-year-old girl named Genius, and a Southern white racist named Alice. Inspired by a remarkable true story.
19) Missing
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : b&w, ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
As the title screens proclaim, "This film is based on a true story. The incidents and facts are documented. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect the film." In a Latin American country in the throes of a military coup, Charles Horman, an American journalist and filmmaker living there with his wife Joyce, disappears--never to be seen again. His father Ed always found his son flaky and naïve, and didn't approve...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Description
After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school,...
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