Sean Penn
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a retired rock star travels to New York to visit his father who is dying, he arrives too late and seeks revenge on the ex-Nazi war criminal who persecuted his father Auschwitz.
4) Fair game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on actual events, the status of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame is leaked by the White House after her husband writes an article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq.
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
200-?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from a town called Beaver who is obsessed with Olivia Newton John. The first piece is a documentary. The second piece is a drama shot on a home video camera. It is based on the documentary. The third is yet another drama.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
9) Milk
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death...
10) The tree of life
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is a film about the conflict between nature and grace, the agonizing mystery of God, and the meaning of life itself. The death of his brother forces Jack O'Brien to confront his past, which is dominated by his difficult relationship with his father. Jack's father was a stern authoritarian whose no-nonsense demeanor masked a host of unfulfilled dreams. His mother was a gentle, kind woman who often allowed her own needs and desires to give way...
11) Dead man walking
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision.
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. Based on James Jones' novel, this is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking...