Richard Masur
1) Palindromes
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Acclaimed writer/director Todd Solondz once again presents a story of moral complexity in his latest film about a 13-year-old girl who wants to be a mom.
3) Forget Paris
Pub. Date
2000, c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An NBA referee and an airline rep think they've found happiness together, until they meet each other's family and friends.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Francine Hughes marries her small-town high-school sweetheart Mickey only to discover his temper is short and his behavior violent. Urged to hang in there by her family and a broken social welfare system, she suffers continuous abuse, until desperation leads her to cross a threshold from which neither her nor her husband can ever return.
5) Tumbledown
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Years after the accidental death of her folk-singer husband, Hannah has yet to fully accept her small town life without him. Then she is approached by a charming New York writer, intent on penning a biography of her late husband's life, and Hannah finds herself opening up again.
6) The thing
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (216 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages ; color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Description
A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.
8) Hiroshima
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with B & W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the final months of World War II. While war rages in the Pacific, newly installed President Truman and his chiefs of staff wrestle with the unprecedented moral question of whether to drop the atomic bomb, and Emperor Hirohito and his proud Samurai generals face the moral dilemma of whether to surrender or fight on to the end.
9) The Patriots
Author
Description
Espionage, personal integrity, and political commitment are the main themes running through this French thriller that chronicles a young man's journey from idealism to disillusionment and maturity.
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Description
Two rooftops in suburban Ohio. A 75-year-old man and a nine-year-old girl sit on houses full of secrets. Literally. Bernard wants nothing more than to enjoy his beer (and perhaps kill a few sparrows), but Rory next door has different plans for him.
With six decades between them and only four chance encounters to connect, these unlikely new friends unearth what's buried in each other and find new ground.
The Net Will Appear features Emmy-nominated...
11) Forget Paris
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Description
Mickey knows about marriage. He knows it won't work if one partner is happy and the other miserable. No, a successful marriage requires both to be miserable! Love is such sweet misery in the witty story of when basketball referee Mickey (Billy Crystal) met airline employee Ellen (Debra Winger). They fall head over croissants for each other in Paris, then reluctantly move on to pursue their careers, only to reunite passionately and make feverish domestic-bliss...
12) Scavenger hunt
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items that cannot simply be bought.
14) Rent-A-Cop
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Description
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop after a drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a murderous gunman. He joins forces with a prostitute-the only one able to identify the killer-to bring the murderer to justice.