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1) CATS
Series
Language
English
Description
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. The film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap. One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, it won seven Tony Awards, including...
3) Elsa & Fred
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred's life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live, be it more or less, is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases....
4) The comedian
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
5) The mule
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
10) On Golden Pond
Language
English
Description
The Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. When their daughter arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome friction that has existed for years, as Norman finds his way through anger and frustration at growing old.
12) Edie
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her husband, EDIE (Sheila Hancock) breaks free from years of his control and rebels against her daughter’s wish for her to move into assisted living by embarking on an adventure she and her father had always longed for: a trip to the Scottish Highlands to climb the world famous Mt. Suilven. Along the way, she hires young camping shop owner Jonny (Kevin Guthrie) to be her guide. Despite the generational differences, Jonny encourages...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifty-something 'super genius' Mr. Belvedere pretends to be 77-years-old to trick his way into a senior citizens' home where he helps invigorate the current residents. Mr. Belvedere also finds time to smooth a romantic path for a Reverend Watson and his fiancě.
14) The whisperers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Ross is an eccentric elderly woman living alone in a meager apartment and hearing 'whisperers' that plot against her. The whispering voices are right, but will anyone believe her?
15) Foxfire
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity, while Alan's...
17) Lovely, still
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the approach of Christmas causing him to feel lonely in life and love, Robert Malone braves the wintery snow to arrive home from his job at the grocery store only to find a stranger standing in his home. What begins as an odd and awkward encounter quickly blossoms into what appears to be a romantic late life love affair that takes a heartfelt and wonderful journey with an unexpected turn.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the last day of summer in a small seaside resort town, an older woman named Louise realizes that the last train has departed without her. With no one to keep her company, she must rely on her past to help her survive the present.
19) Going in style
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three senior citizens who are bored with their lives decide to rob a bank. If they get away with it they have the money, and if they get caught they wonder what the police will do to three old men.
20) Redwood Highway
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Living in a comfortable retirement community in Southern Oregon, estranged from her family and generally not happy about life, Marie decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast and revisit the ocean of her past for the first time in 45 years. Once reluctant to attend her granddaughter's wedding, she now arrives as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast of characters and discovers that she's never too old to learn...
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