Elmer Bernstein
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment -- and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
5) Slap shot
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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The coach of the Chiefs, a struggling minor-league hockey team. To build up attendance at their games, management signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition. --
6) Heavy metal
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white rough cut ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when it encounters its one true enemy will goodness prevail in the universe.
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a late-night cable-TV philosopher, Martin is convinced that his destiny involves producing an overblown screen epic even as his life is falling apart around him. Still, hounded, hassled, and harassed, Martin heads for Manhattan and hooks up with a wacky screen writing receptionist, a mysterious businessman, and a street king"--Container.
10) Hud
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high.
11) The shootist
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
12) Fear strikes out
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the record books closed on Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall's career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of .272. But before all that, Piersall faced a foe much tougher: mental illness. Based on the true story.
13) Animal house
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1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade.
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
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2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.
16) The tin star
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Taciturn marshal-turned-bounty hunter Morg Hickman rides into a small town where new sheriff Ben Owens is the sole representative of the law. Sensing that the boy could use some seasoning, Hickman makes it his mission to teach the sheriff how to protect himself against the criminal element. The older Hickman and the younger Owens find they are kindred spirits in their dedication. Using the lessons learned, Owens proves his worth by taking on the town...
Series
Criterion collection volume 913
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2 videodiscs (138 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (24 unnnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
"No filmmaker captures the grandeur and energy of New York like Martin Scorsese. With this sumptuous romance, he meticulously adapted the work of another great New York artist, Edith Wharton, bringing to life her tragic novel set in the cloistered world of Gilded Age Manhattan. The Age of Innocence tells the story of Newland Archer(Daniel Day-Lewis), whoses engagement to an innocent socialite (Winona Ryder) binds him to the codes and rituals of his...
19) Sudden fear
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a train headed home to California, Myra Hudson falls in love with and marries actor Lester Blaine, whom she has just fired from her most recent New York play. Back on her San Francisco estate, something evil appears to be lurking beneath the surface of the couple's idyllic life.