William Hurt
1) Endgame
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In 1985 South Africa becomes more ungovernable as it plunges towards a race war. The vile apartheid regime is doomed but will the transition to democracy be peaceful? Working for P.W. Botha as a Head of Intelligence, Dr. Neil Barnard talks with imprisoned Nelson Mandela. Lesser known are the secret talks that take place in a rural English manor house, arranged by a British businessman and sponsored by a mining company. Both sides have everything to...
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Like everybody else, Blake Pellerin (William Hurt) has a past. He's running for the Governor of Missouri, so his past is under intense scrutiny. Blake handles it well, trading barbs with his opponent, while managing to maintain a strained relationship with his wife. When a reporter begins asking questions about Blake's political mentor, Kim Mennaker (Hawthorne), Blake starts to get a little nervous. A strange note left in his room leads Blake to...
4) Part 2
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Captain Ahab's need to slay the great whale Moby Dick has becomes and all-out obsession that proves dangerous and impossible for the crew. Stars William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Donald Sutherland, Eddie Marsan and Raoul Trujillo.
6) Dune
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©2000 | Artisan Home Entertainment | 2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, color, Dolby digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy and forever change the galactic balance of power.
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[2006] | Distributed by Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history...
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c1998 | 15th anniversary collector's ed. | Columbia TriStar Home Video | 1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([5] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) | English | On Shelf
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Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
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Fiction King, S
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c1999 | Scribner | 523 p. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
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p1999 | Simon and Schuster | 20 sound discs (ca. 21 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Five interconnected, sequential tales set in the years between 1960 and 1999 center on the Vietnam War and weave together innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery.
10) Syriana
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c2006 | Widescreen ed. | Distributed by Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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There is less oil than the world requires, and that will make some people rich and others dead. Career CIA field operative Bob Barnes is sorting out his midcareer issues -- his bosses want him quietly confined to a desk job. Bryan Woodman, an expatriate in Geneva, becomes the financial adviser to idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir. Corporate lawyer Bennett Holiday is finessing the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies. In Prince Nasir's...
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2000 | Widescreen version. | Paramount Pictures | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Children Main Media DVD Children |
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One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, this uplifting love story garnered four **Oscar** nominations and a Best Actress **Oscar** for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD tells the story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship...
12) Days and nights
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[2015] | MPI Media Group | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Movie star Elizabeth takes her paramour Peter to her lakeside estate to visit her family during Memorial Day weekend. There they meet up with Elizabeth's ailing brother, her artist son, the family doctor, the estate's custodian, its careless caretaker, their temperamental daughter, and her long suffering ornithologist husband who's the keeper of the sacred land where a bald eagle is trying to raise its young.
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[2016] | ITV Studios Global Entertainment | 4 videodiscs (approximately 10 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior Beowulf. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code.
14) The host
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[2013] | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans' bodies and erasing their minds, a young woman risks everything to protect the people she cares about most.
15) Altered states
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c1998 | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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The incredible terrifying tale of a research scientist experimenting with altered states of consciousness, and the horrors he finds in secret landscapes of the mind.
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c2007 | Anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1). | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (167 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Good Main Media has 2 DVD Good Southside AV DVD Good |
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An American intelligence officer's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him.
17) Winter's tale
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[2014] | Widescreen. | Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Winter's Southside AV DVD Winter's |
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Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, follow a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil. A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
When a man attempts to rob a seemingly empty mansion, he instead begins to fall for the wealthy heiress.
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[2006] | Monterey Video : | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them to the jungle to search for it.
19) Lost in space
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c1998 | Letterboxed, widescreen version. | New Line Home Video | 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Lost Southside AV DVD Lost |
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The year is 2058. With the Earth's resources severely depleted human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family -- the Robinsons -- into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime," the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space, facing alien invaders, time- warp wonders and non-stop...
20) Into the wild
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[2007]. | Paramount Vantage | 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
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