Martin Balsam
Series
Language
English
Description
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
2) Psycho
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story.
8) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
10) Catch-22
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.
12) Hombre
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A white man raised by an Arizona Apache tribe is forced to confront the society he despises when he sells the boarding house he inherits.
13) 12 angry men
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
15) Cape Fear
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ex-con is determined to wreak bloody revenge on the small-town lawyer who helped send him to jail.
16) 12 angry men
Series
Criterion collection volume 591
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (in container).
Language
English
Description
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.
18) Tora!Tora!Tora!
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization which chronicles the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view.
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 27 hr.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock continue their trek across North America, hopping from town to town and giving aid to anyone in need. Buz eventually stops traveling the road and Tod is joined by a new traveling companion, Lincoln Case.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone