William Hurt
1) The King
Author
Language
English
Description
A troubled man (Gael Garcia Bernal) recently discharged from the Navy, goes to Corpus Christi, Texas, in search of the father he's never met.
3) Dune
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, color, Dolby digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
7) Jane Eyre
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The harshly treated orphan girl Jane Eyre becomes a governess in an mysterious Yorkshire mansion and falls in love with the master of the house.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (487 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Joe Turner has always been conflicted about his work for the CIA. But when something he's discovered gets his entire office killed, leaving Joe as the only survivor and forcing him to go on the run, the theoretical reservations he's always harbored turn into all-too-real moral dilemmas."--From back of container.
9) Noise
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man loves his neighborhood in New York City, but can't stand the noise around him. He becomes a vigilante and goes after everyone from the next door neighbor to the mayor in order to get some peace and quiet.
10) Lost in space
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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...
11) Humans
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 385 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the near future, humanoid servants called Synthetics have been created to help busy families simplify their lives. When Joe Hawkins buys synth Anita, he hopes it will relieve the pressure on his wife, Laura.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 10 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Syriana
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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...
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Once happily married, Connor and Eleanor suddenly find themselves as strangers longing to understand each other in the wake of tragedy. The film explores the couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. Originally produced as two discrete films, Him, and Her, on being acquired by the Weinstein Company, the directer re-edited the films into one version, Them, which...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1007
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (287 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages).
Language
English
Description
Conceived as the ultimate road movie, this decades-in-the-making science-fiction epic from Wim Wenders follows the restless Claire Tourneur across continents as she pursues a mysterious stranger in possession of a device that can make the blind see and bring dream images to waking life. This breathless adventure in the shadow of Armageddon takes its heroes to the ends of the earth and into the oneiric depths of their own souls.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
17) Too big to fail
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
18) Days and nights
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 504 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her unprecedented victory over billionaire Arthur Frobisher, Patty Hewes has the legal world at her feet. Just as she is pondering her next move, Daniel Purcell, a man from Patty's past, throws her into a new legal challenge. What starts as a domestic murder case escalates into the highest reaches of government as Patty unearths a vast conspiracy. Ellen, at the same time, is on a mission to take Patty down. She's agreed to act as an informant...