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1) Annapolis
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake Huard, a local kid, is a shipbuilder's son who wants to prove to his father, not to mention himself, that he can cut it as a Naval officer. But at the Academy he runs afoul of a hard-nosed training officer named Cole who does all he can to drive Huard out of the school. They end up settling their differences in the boxing ring during the Academy's annual competition.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A $10,000 insurance benefit creates conflicting dreams within a Chicago ghetto family. Son, Walter Lee wants to start his own business while his mom wishes to spend her days in a little house of her own. Their love a bond, their warmhearted humor a breath of fresh air, their tenative hold on dignity - their lifeline. A family caught between the reality of their surroundings and a chance at a piece of the American dream.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents....
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archie is the brains of a society of thugs in sport coats called the Vigils. The Vigils have gained power over their fellow students and faculty by using intimidation. They meet their match in new student, Jerry Renault. Jerry refuses to participate in the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale event. Brother Leon, the school's sadistic headmaster, makes a pact with the Vigils to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates so he can be promoted to head of...
10) Mask
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Rocky Dennis, a personable young man who has craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. Rocky is the son of biker Rusty and he is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and her cycle buddies, but treated with pity and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal doesn't want to enroll Rocky, but Rusty fights for her son's rights. Rocky eventually falls...
11) The descendants
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
12) Nine lives
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine interweaving tales confront the relationships, past and present, of nine different women.
Language
English
Description
Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A PLACE IN THE SUN. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters),...
14) Precious
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
15) Network
Language
English
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
Language
English
Description
"WORLD TRADE CENTER is a film about heroism and the best in all of us," raves Good Morning America's Joel Siegel. Academy Award winner, Nicolas Cage stars in the unforgettable true story of the courageous rescue and survival of two Port Authority policemen who were trapped in the rubble on September 11, 2001 after they volunteered to go in and help. Academy Award winning director, Oliver Stone reveals an intimate look at the events of the day as seen...
17) Fielder's choice
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Advertising executive Phillip Fielder has no complications in his life until his sister dies unexpectedly, leaving him with temporary custody of his nephew he barely knows. Phillip begins a new enlightening life with his nephrew.
18) On a clear day
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational and triumphant story of a man who defies great odds and takes on a monumental challenge. This heartwarming tale of determination is an uplifting and humorous film.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angel in the family: An ailing widowed father and his two estranged daughters experience a miracle when their late matriarch returns to spend Christmas with them.
Fielder's choice : Advertising executive Phillip Fielder has no complications in his life until his sister dies unexpectedly, leaving him with temporary custody of his nephew he barely knows. Phillip begins a new enlightening life with his nephew.
20) Hidden places
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A widowed mother of two must overcome great odds to save her family's home. Just when things can't get worse, fate brings along hope in the form of a mysterious drifter who offers his help.
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