Philip Seymour Hoffman
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful story that blends raw emotion with fiery passion to form an unforgettable cinematic masterpiece. After 25 years together, the members of a world-renowned string quartet learn that their beloved cellist may soon be forced to retire. But the news stirs up equally painful challenges when competing egos, harbored resentment, and irrepressible lust threaten to derail the group as they struggle to maintain harmony in their music, and their lives....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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) Moneyball
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
4) The master
Publisher
distributed by Anchor Bay
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
5) Capote
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, the project expands into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially Perry...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he has ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen , in order to rescue Lindsey, one of his trainees, who was kidnapped...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Connie are two single people who on their own might continue to recede into the anonymous background of New York City, but in each other begin to find the courage and desire to pursue a budding relationship. As Jack and Connie cautiously circle commitment, the couple that introduced them, Clyde and Lucy, confront their own unresolved issues, and each couple comes face to face with the inevitable path of their relationship.
10) Empire Falls
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
11) Savages
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. After Lenny's girlfriend dies, he cannot care for himself. Although Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years, and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Together again, they must come to terms with the new responsibility of their father.
12) Punch-drunk love
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barry Egan, a shy sad-sack with a great deal of repressed anger that occasionally bursts forth in sudden violent outrages, falls in love with Lena, a co-worker of one of Barry's seven sisters. After calling a phone-sex line, Barry is extorted by bad-guy Dean, who eventually sends four goons to assault Barry and get the money.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half-Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge?
15) Patch Adams
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect larcenous crime: they plan to rob a mom-and-pop shop. The only problem is that the owners of the store are their mom and pop. But things go awry, and no one, including the brothers and their parents, is left unscathed.
17) Cold Mountain
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Widescreen collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
18) Almost Famous
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.
19) Doubt
Language
English
Formats
Description
1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
20) God's Pocket
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Mickey Scarpato's stepson Leon, is killed in a construction "accident", Mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news along with the body. But even in the gritty, blue-collar neighborhood of God's Pocket, PA, no secret can stay hidden forever. When a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, Mickey quickly finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle compounded by a body he can't bury, a wife he can't please, and a debt he can't pay....