Howard Koch
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents Koch's radio play, Invasion from Mars, which was made famous by Orson Welles; the play is an adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel, War of the worlds. This is followed by a short play which continues the theme in a more modern form.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar®-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays...
4) Dragonslayer
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
5) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
6) Airplane!
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
7) Casablanca
Language
English
Description
Entering Casablanca is easy, getting out is much harder, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most-wanted list. At the top of the list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine, a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa, the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the Five on her tail, a beautiful and young werewolf named Vivian looks for peace in the arms of a man named Aiden while trying to escape the relentless infatuation of Gabriel. After a series of 'accidental' murders happen, it threatens to tear and expose her pack apart.
9) Untraceable
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Marsh is an FBI secret service agent who gets caught up in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer. The killer knows that people are drawn to the curious and the dark side of things. They will log onto an 'untraceable' website where the killer conducts violent and painful murders live on the internet. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
50th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
" Released in December 1942, Casablanca is the classic of all classic films, the enduring triumph of Hollywood's golden age. This volume contains the complete screenplay as well as a behind-the-scenes look at how the Oscar-winning movie was made, by one of its writers, Howard Koch. Charles Champlin, Roger Ebert, Umberto Eco, and others contribute incisive analyses of the movie's timeless appeal, and twenty-five beautifully reproduced stills capture...
11) Frequency
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John discovers the ability to talk to his father. who's been dead for 30 years. His attempts to change the past go awry as they set in motion a string of brutal, unsolved murders. Now they're fighting to find a way to stop the crime that could destroy the future for both of them.
13) Casablanca
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, his beautiful wife Ilsa and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine is still the same old story, but it's never looked better.
14) Gorky Park
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gorky Park opens with the discovery of three mutilated bodies buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Arkady Renko, the chief investigator of the Moscow Militia, is assigned to unravel this horrific crime, but he is confronted by an uncooperative and corrupt KGB.
15) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in World War II Morocco within a city filled with European refugees. A bitter nightclub owner helps his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chain-smoking kooky Daisy consults psychiatrist Chabot to help her stop smoking. Chabot is astonished to learn she has amazing ESP powers and that under hypnosis she reveals her former life as Melinda, an 1840 English coquette.
17) The Sea Hawk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dashing, patriotic pirate raids Spanish ships for England, and finds himself drawn into a conspiracy.
18) The idolmaker
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Standart version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Idolmaker takes an incisive look at the machinations behind the music business. It's also a loving remembrance of the early days of rock 'n' roll and an honest, thrilling story of what success is about.
19) In this our life
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stanley Timberlake is a young woman who decides to dump her fiancé and runs off with her sister Roy's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In early 20th century Vienna, Stefan Brand is in the process of fleeing on the eve of a duel he wants no part of. However, before he can do so, he receives an anonymous letter from an unknown woman. Stefan is deeply moved by what he reads and starts to realize that the letter's author is Lisa Berndl, a young woman he's known but disregarded for most of his life.