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Series
Criterion collection volume 409
Language
English
Description
A story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. Bill (Richard Gere), a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby (Brooke Adams). Winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama at the **Golden Globes**. Winner of the Best Director Award and Nominated for the Palm d'Or at the...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Walter has had a hard life for a 13-year old. His no good floozy of a mother tends to get together with many equally despicable men. Before going on yet another husband-hunting trip, she drops Walter off at the house of his great-uncles Hub and Garth. In their youth, they would disappear for quite a while. The two are rumored to have acquired a great fortune, which Walter's mother hopes to get her hands on if he can ingratiate himself enough to the...
4) 1985
Publisher
Wolfe
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian (Cory Michael Smith, “Gotham”) returns to his Texas hometown for the holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York City, Adrian looks to reconnect with his preteen brother Andrew (Aidan Langford) while navigating his relationship with religious parents Eileen (Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen) and Dale (Golden Globe...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Casey Affleck & Rooney Mara star in this critically-acclaimed tale of an outlaw who escapes prison and sets out across Texas to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen director's cut.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Texas State Police are set to make a full-scale attack against the murderous Firefly family residence for the thousand plus murders and several disappearances over the past couple of years. But three of the family members escape, including Otis, Baby Firefly and Baby's father Captain Spaulding. The evil trio go on a road trip, leaving dozens of mangled bodies in their wake. Evading a massive Texas Rangers dragnet as well as a group of equally...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
9) Red rocket
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mikey Saber (a magnetic, live-wire Simon Rex) is forced to return to his small-town Texas roots after flaming out and burning bridges all throughout LA. A washed up porn star and charismatic con man, Mikey quickly begins plotting his path back to the big time causing destruction every step of the way. A wild, fiercely funny film from writer-director Sean Baker, RED ROCKET is an indelible portrait of an all-American hustler and a hometown that barely...
10) Bernie
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012, c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town's most beloved residents. He sang in the church choir and was always willing to lend a helping hand. He befriended an affluent widow, and she soon became dependent on Bernie. Later it was reported that Marjorie Nugent had been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede was charged with the murder.
11) The tree of life
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (139 min.) : HD, dual layer ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 blu-ray disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Formats
Description
The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (387 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
More thrills and chills in the steamy second season of the supernatural drama. Home to psychics, vampires, witches and other outcasts, the remote town of Midnight is a mysterious safe-haven for those seeking refuge from the outside world. As the town members' bond is stronger than ever, the mysterious arrival of new hotel owners threatens the balance of Midnight.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On the eve of becoming a married man, the Counselor makes a risky entrance into the drug trade- and gambles that the consequences won’t catch up to him. Along the gritty terrain of the Texas- Mexico border, a respected and recently engaged lawyer throws his stakes into a cocaine trade worth millions. His hope is that it will be a one-time deal and that, afterward, he can settle into life with his beloved fiancée. But instead, the Counselor finds...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled with $2 million and a truck loaded with heroin. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On his the way from El Paso to the Mexican border, he discovers he's being followed...
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....
18) Whip it
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
20) Vengeance
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A journalist and podcaster from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down to Texas to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.
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