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62) Wakefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield takes a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage, surviving by scavenging at night, Howard secretly observes the lives of his wife and children and neighbors. Wakefield becomes a fraught meditation on marriage and identity, as Howard slowly realizes that he has not in fact left his family, he has left himself.
63) Black nativity
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A holiday musical that follows teenaged Langston as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives. Unwilling to live by their imposing rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima. Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey, and along with new friends and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.
64) The ghost writer
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (292 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on author and naturalist Gerald Durrell's much-loved Corfu trilogy of novels, The Durrells sees impoversihed but sparky widow Louisa Durrell make the radical decision to leave 1930s England in hopes of a better life for her children. As Louisa relocates her reluctant brood to a dilapidated house in the Greek sun, the Durrells face a whole new set of challenges as they meet new friends, rivals, lovers, and animals.
67) The birdcage
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Armand and Albert are a middle-aged gay couple who own and star at a gay nightclub in South Beach. When Armand's son announces his intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, the whole household is turned upside down for a family visit.
68) Dracula
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.
69) Firestarter
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charlene 'Charlie' McGee is a child who has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency, 'The Shop,' that wants her destroyed?
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene, capturing Gilbert's heart and inspiring him to...
71) The glass castle
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family. A remarkable story of unconditional love. A young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
72) It
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
73) Mortal engines
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
75) The rose tattoo
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Serafina is a Sicillian woman who now lives in the American South. She is mourning the death of her beloved husband, constantly telling herself stories of their time together. Her fragile, emotional existence is shattered when she discovers that her husband had been having an affair. Luckily, Serafina meets truck driver Mangiacavello and their tentative romance may help her through this troubling time.
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
77) The impossible
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
78) Julieta
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antia. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antia's father and Julieta's husband. At times, grief doesn't bring people closer, it drives them apart.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time. An otherwise typical soldier in WWII, without warning, he jumps back and forth in his life with no control over where he is going next. Sometimes he is an ophthalmologist at home in suburbia; deep in World War II Europe, surviving the Allied bombing of Dresden; on the planet Tralfamadore, being held captive by aliens in an intergalactic zoo--accompanied by a porn star. In the end, he learns that the many tragic...
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