Mike Nichols
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters,...
Language
English
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....
3) The birdcage
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gay man who runs a Miami nightclub must convince his son's future in-laws that he's as uptight as they are. But can he keep up the act when they come for a visit?
4) The graduate
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 106) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
6) Heartburn
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson are wonderful together in this lighthearted look at modern romance headed for failure, based on Nora Ephron's best-selling novel. She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship HEARTBURN, nothing will!
7) Catch-22
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A United States airman tries to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II airbase.
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is an unwitting Nazi sympathizer.
9) Closer
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of passion, drama, love, and abandonment involving two couples, which only gets more complicated when the man from the first couple gets acquainted with the woman from the second couple.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 5 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two gay couples are played out against the backdrop of the specter of AIDS and the conservative politics of the Reagan administration.
11) Biloxi blues
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eugene has been sent to boot camp where he encounters lots of new experiences.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuades his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the Mujahideen and faces the repercussions of the operation.
14) The birdcage
Pub. Date
1998, c1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family: Armand and Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancee's family comes to visit, the whole household is turned upside down.
16) 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.
17) Zappa
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault and all its archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood,...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuades his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the Mujahideen and faces the repercussions of the operation.
19) The Graduate
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
DVD ; Dolby digital. 1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ;
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.