Jeff Daniels
21) Blood work
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
There is a masked killer on the loose, and the police believe it's the locations that are important and that the victims are just unlucky. But retired FBI agent McCaleb thinks that it goes the other way around. The killer's victims are very specific. Forced to retire after suffering a heart attack, and receiving a new heart 2 years later, he is approached by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he now has. Now McCaleb has to use his wits to...
22) Steve Jobs
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
23) The crossing
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve, Washington will make one of the most courageous decisions in military history. Staking everything on a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington sets out across...
24) Pleasantville
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twin siblings David and Jennifer couldn't be more different: she curses, smokes, and sleeps around; David is a prototypical nerdy outcast. Then, one dark and stormy night, they're sucked into the TV and Pleasantville: a perfect suburban Disneyland suffused with church-social niceness and Rotary Club boosterism. Jennifer despises it all. So, like a pint-size Lauren Bacall, she refuses to play the role of poodle-skirted good girl and introduces one...
25) Arachnophobia
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A doctor who is deathly afraid of spiders moves his family to a small town where the disgusting arachnids are attacking the townspeople. He must overcome his fear to save the community, but it may already be too late!
27) Traitor
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to point back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter, a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
29) The hours
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it....
30) Allegiant
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Oisín Mahoney is an American Army vet in his 70s who is asked to lead a group of young grand-nieces and grand-nephews on a walk through the hills of California's Central Coast. Walking toward a setting sun, their destination is a place called The Museum of Rain, which may or may not still exist, and whose origin and meaning are elusive to all. In one of his most elegiac stories, Eggers gives us a beautiful testament to family, memory, and what we...
33) Gettysburg
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (254 min.) : sound (stereo), color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Meet Jim Carrey. He's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege-- but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even getting fat? Nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui ... until Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ingénue, love of his life. And he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself-- his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up!...