Jessica Tandy
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this taut, neo-noir thriller, Dr. Sam Rice (Roy Scheider) is a successful psychiatrist who becomes involved in a murder investigation after his client is found dead. First, the cops come looking for answers, and then the victim’s enigmatic mistress (Meryl Streep) comes looking for a whole lot more! Sam succumbs to her charms, but he soon begins to suspect that she knows more than she’s saying!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Paul Newman earned an Oscar® nomination plus Best Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle for his portrayal of Sully, a likeable working stiff who’s made a lifetime of bad decisions. But he unexpectedly has a chance to make right on some of them when his estranged son – and grandson – drop into his life. Melanie Griffith and Jessica Tandy are among the talented costars of this engaging film honored...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1984.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Boston, 1876: At a Women's Movement meeting, fiercely independent Olive (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes mentor to gifted young orator Verena (Madeleine Potter) - who soon attracts the amorous attentions of Olive's Southern cousin Basil (Christopher Reeve). The contesting demands of courtship and sapphic friendship in this love-triangle in all but name are further complicated by New York society matron Mrs. Burrage, who tries to secure Verena for her son....
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winner Robin Williams, Glenn Close and John Lithgow star in this film based on John Irving's expansive, offbeat best-selling novel. When Jenny Fields (Close) decides to become a mother, she has no intention of finding a husband or of having marital sex, so she gets herself pregnant by a hospitalized solder on his deathbed. And so begins the unusual life of Garp (Williams), who is destined to be anything except what he himself desires...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?], c1991
Edition
Widescreen collector's ed., extended version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Among the most prominent environmental issues facing humankind this century is the fate of the whale. Whale expert Roger Payne takes an in-depth look at these massive creatures and their fight for survival.
7) The birds
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The residents of Bodega Bay are inexplicably attacked by hundreds of birds of all shapes and sizes.
8) The birds
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen ; Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
9) Foxfire
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 4
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1987
Edition
Gold Crown collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003, c1987
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to a tenement to get rid of the last five tenants. The five are visited by tiny visitors from outer space who turn the tide with magical powers.
11) Butley
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gay college teacher in London is left by his boyfriend, finds out his ex-wife is remarrying and that a less esteemed colleague is having a work published--all in one day.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
14) The birds
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.
15) Nobody's fool
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.