Mike Nichols
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters,...
Author
Publisher
Acorn Guild Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
Description
"This informative guide discusses the history, myths, customs, lore, and traditions associated with the eight Pagan holidays. More than merely a listing of activities for each holiday, this examination explains the origins and symbolism of the Sabbats and why they are celebrated. The literary quality of the essays, coupled with the comprehensive knowledge of folklore, has made this book a perennial favorite."--
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (131 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Taylor delivers an Academy Award-winning performance opposite Richard Burton in this adaptation of Edward Albee's groundbreaking Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
4) The Graduate
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1967.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
During a party given by his parents to celebrate his graduation, Benjamin Braddock is seduced by Mrs. Robinson. Benjamin is shy and inexperienced; Mrs. Robinson is the wife of one of his father's closest friends. They have an affair. But then, Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine. Jealous and angry, Mrs. Robinson does everything to keep the young couple apart.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When music is your whole life, and suddenly life gets interrupted… In raw, emotional interviews, 80s rock icon John Waite reflects on his 5-decade career. When performing live is not an option - he’s forced to finally confront himself.
6) Zappa
Language
English
Formats
Description
With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault and all its archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1974.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jake Terrell (George C. Scott), a biologist who devotes his life to dolphin research, has concentrated his efforts for four years on Alpha, an animal born and brought up in the center, and for whom he feels an almost fatherly affection. Regrettably, the outside world insists on trying to use his research for political ends and Jake finds himself trapped tragically between these forces and his own beliefs. Nominated for Best Sound and Best Original...
8) Catch-22
Language
English
Formats
Description
**Oscar** winner Mike Nichols superbly directs this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy about a small group of pilots in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. CATCH-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions. Nominated for The UN Award and Best Cinematography...
9) Biloxi blues
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eugene has been sent to boot camp where he encounters lots of new experiences.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson was best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he was 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....
11) Closer
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dan, an aspiring novelist, cannot help but feel immensely attracted to Alice, a young American waitress and stripper who is in London after escaping from a failed relationship. After some time Dan meets Anna, a photographer who also attracts him. From there, things go downhill for Alice and Dan. Eventually Dan, Alice, Anna and Alice's fiancé, Larry, take part in a twisted dance of deceit, guilt and anger.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 352 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying...
16) Heartburn
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bitter romance based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her relationship with Carl Bernstein.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
p2001
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe.
18) Working girl
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young secretary in New York named Tess McGill has the brains, looks and charm to make it big. All she needs is the right haircut, clothes and job. The opportunity arises when her classy, seductive and treacherous boss breaks a leg skiing. Tess steps into her job, her apartment and her clothes, and all sorts of witty and romantic things follow!
19) The graduate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner.
20) The graduate
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
40th anniversary ed. [with CD].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But there's one problem-- she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter.