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21) Run all night
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon, once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past. Lately, it seems Jimmy's only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmy's estranged son, Mike, becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young Jacob is tired of living on the family farm. One day he demands an early inheritance, and is shocked when his father agrees. For a while he does surprisingly well: he₂s got money, ladies, prestige. But when he loses it all and sinks lower than rock bottom, he comes to his senses and heads home determined to start all over in his father's business. Will his father welcome him back with open arms or anger?
Pub. Date
2002,1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mysterious stranger appears at the Kansas farm of Jacob and Sarah Witting. The stranger is Jacob's father, John, who abandoned him and his mother when he was a child. Although John establishes relationships with Sarah and his grandchildren, he struggles to reconcile with his son. Third part of a trilogy.
27) Midnight special
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A father and son go on the run, pursued by government agents and a cult drawn to the boy's special powers.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bored, retired rock star learns that his father is close to death, and travels to New York to reconcile with him, only to arrive too late. He embarks on a quest to find his father's nemesis and persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal taking refuge in the U.S.
29) The river why
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sick of living in a home shrouded with secrets, lies, and a smothering sense of competition, Gus runs away from home and the shadow of his famous fly-fishing father. Determined to live life like he wants it, Gus makes his new home in a secluded cabin on the banks of a river where he plans to fish all day. Instead, he is propelled into a quest for self-discovery.
30) Retablo
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the remote mountains of Peru, Segundo is being groomed to follow his father's footsteps in the traditional folk art of crafting intricate, artisan story-boxes. Segundo reveres his father, but realizes that the weight of carrying the family legacy will keep him on the mountain forever. When he stumbles across a secret his father is harboring, Segundo will come to face the reality of his religious and conservative landscape.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heartwarming story about a deceased Sicilian father trying to negotiate his way into heaven. But the only way in is to first go back and repair his relationship with his reluctant son, reunite his feuding family back in Sicily, and help all find love in places they never imagined.
32) Dear Frankie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie secretly authors letters from his "father" recounting seafaring adventures around the world. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie hires a handsome stranger to play the role of a father and gets more than anyone bargained for.
Formats
Description
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
Pub. Date
2003, c2000
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild Highland ancestry. Tricked into returning to Scotland by his eccentric father and dotty mother, Archie discovers he is now the Laird of the decaying family estate, Glenbogle.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD video (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bill Meechum is one of nature's hard cases, an ace marine fighter pilot so adept at his lethal trade that they call him The Great Santini. But now it's peacetime, 1962. More at home playing 'top gun' in the cockpit than playing father in his own living room, he's become that most useless of all figures: a warrior without a war. Based on Pat Conroy's best-selling autobiographical novel, Meechum's battleground is the family home, with his objective...
37) Hellion
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story about a father, his rebellious son and the dangerous world of motocross.
38) At Middleton
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play hooky together, ditching the official tour for a carefree adventure reminiscent of their own college years. But what begins as an afternoon of fun soon becomes a revealing and enlightening experience that will change their lives forever.
39) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
40) Nebraska
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.
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