Tom Hanks
21) Splash
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a workaholic who thinks he will never find love and the mermaid who comes ashore to find him and prove him wrong.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Buck Howard is a mentalist extraordinaire who used to spend his days in the limelight. But nowadays, it's become clear to everyone but Buck that his act has long ago lost its luster. Yet, Buck is convinced his comeback is imminent. With the help of his new personal assisstant, recent law school drop-out and would-be writer Troy, not to mention his fiery publicist, Buck surprisingly lands back in the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the...
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 149 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in a chase...
25) Greyhound
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the novel "The Good Shepherd" by C.S. Forester, this is the thrilling story of the leader of an Allied convoy crossing the North Atlantic in 1942 as he faces relentless attack by a Nazi submarine wolf pack. The leader of the convoy's destroyer screen is a US Navy commander making his first Atlantic crossing.
26) The terminal
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Viktor is a simple man with a mission who finds himself entrapped in JKF airport after the accidental loss of his country to villainous coup. He becomes a man without a country and is stuck in at the airport's international terminal with no visa, and is instructed that he is not allowed to leave. Slowly he encounters airport workers who come to his aid by mutual coercion. Gupta the hilarious Indian custodian; Enrique who transports food; Torres the...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fun and adventure continues when Andy goes off to cowboy camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody, who hasn't the slightest clue that he's a greatly valued collectible.
28) You've got mail
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videdisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A romance in which superstore book chain magnate Hanks and cozy children's bookshop owner Ryan are anonymous e-mail cyberpals who fall head-over-laptops in love, unaware that they are combative business rivals.
30) Cast away
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
31) Toy story 3
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As Andy prepares to leave for college, his loyal toys find they have been donated to the Sunnyside Daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants, and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape and ensure that no toy gets left behind.
33) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
35) Forrest Gump
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; c4 3/4 in.
Description
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 2650 min.)
Description
The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 2650 min.)
Description
The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
40) The Circle
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...