Studio Canal+
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Will Hayes is a 30-something Manhattan dad who is in the midst of a divorce. His 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins years earlier when, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician, he moves to New York in order to work on the Clinton campaign. Will attempts a "PG" version of his romantic relationships...
2) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the Nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
3) Paddington
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear that travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined; until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says 'Please look after this bear. Thank you,'" and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a...
5) About a boy
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you are never too cool to grow up.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts-- escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi-- and their adventures as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
8) Babies
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 19 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows four babies from different parts of the globe as they navigate their first year of life. Features Ponijao from Namibia, Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Hattie who lives in San Francisco, and Mari from Tokyo.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1992
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
10) Made in America
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive young black woman discovers her biological father is an anonymous sperm-bank donor, a white used-car salesman whose cornball commercials blanket cable TV.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1941, on a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion.
Series
Miriam collection volume 5
Publisher
Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jeremy, a big-hearted owner of a small New York diner, tries to soothe Elizabeth's jilted heart with his blueberry pie. But only after going on a year-long cross-country odyssey does she realize love was right at her doorstep all along.
13) The guru
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A porn queen takes a young Indian man under her wing to learn the tricks of the sex trade. But when her student inadvertently becomes a celebrity "sex guru", it catapults him into a wildly outrageous version of the American dream.
14) 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.
15) Sommersby
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Civil War veteran returns to his hometown a changed man-- leading his wife and others who knew him to doubt his identity.
16) The pianist
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
18) Cracks
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss G is seemingly a force of nature, a glamorous presence beloved and idolized by her blossoming charges at an all-girls British boarding school. Her students heap adoration upon her, a love that Miss G basks in and returns until the arrival of Fiamma, a wild and self-confident transfer student from Spain. Fiamma's new role as teacher's pet ignites the jealousy of former class queen Di, and triggers an obsession in Miss G that quickly spirals out...
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sea turtle hatched in 1959 spends the next fifty years swimming the oceans, searching for the love of his life, and watching how global warming changed the planet.
20) Mulholland Dr
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles away from the accident and meets up with a plucky ingenue new to L.A. But are things really as they seem?