John Lithgow
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Actor John Lithgow wields a satirical pen in this poetic diatribe chronicling the last few years in politics. He takes readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency, lampooning the likes of Betsy DeVos, Anthony Scaramucci, Scott Pruitt, Paul Manafort, Trump's doctors, and many others. Illustrated from cover to cover with Lithgow's own line drawings, the poems draw inspiration from A. A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film uses physics, which explains how the universe works, to explain our metaphysics, the story of our values, our institutions, our interactions. Using her own experience and a custom blend of insight and humor, provocation and inspiration, personal story and social commentary, Emily takes her audience through its paradigm shift: from the Fear of Change to the Edge of Chaos. Emily Levine, like her film, was one-of-a-kind. She was a television...
7) Pet Sematary
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Louis Creed and his wife Rachel relocate with their two young children from Boston to rural Maine. The couple soon discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his neighbor Jud Crandall, setting off a perilous series of events that unleashes an unspeakable evil with horrific consequences.
8) Leap year
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Anna's four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of Declan, a handsome and carefree local man, to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the...
9) 2010
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
American and Soviet astronauts go to Jupiter in an attempt to solve the puzzle of the original Discovery flight made in 2001.
10) The tomorrow man
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come, and Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. These two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other's stuff.
13) Ricochet
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rookie cop Nick Styles' arrest of a ruthless psychotic killer, Blake, makes him a deadly enemy. Blake escapes from jail, faking his own death, and starts an intricate plan of revenge involving intimidation, public humiliation and murder. Nick, now the assistant district attorney, is forced to return to the tough streets of his childhood and call on his old friend Odessa, a hustler and drug dealer, for help. Together they set a trap that pits Nick...
15) Prohibition
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....
17) The campaign
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man, naive Marty Huggins, is director of the local Tourism Center.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner in Los Angeles. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire real estate developer. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.
20) Love is strange
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After nearly four decades together, Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job, the couple must sell their apartment and temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. George moves in with two cops who live down stairs while Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their teenage son. While struggling with the pain of separation, they are challenged...