(0)Elizabeth Peña
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A story of the fading of the jazz-age American aristocracy, The Song of Sway Lake tells of the last remnants of the Sway family, in the golden light of late summer, on a lake that bears their name. In the early 1990s, orphaned Ollie (Rory Culkin) and his charismatic young Russian friend Nikolai (Robert Sheehan) try to steal a priceless 1940s record from the collection of Ollie's grandmother Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil). While Ollie falls in love...
2) Transamerica
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pre-operative transsexual learns that she fathered a child years earlier.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min. not 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jacob is a man living in a nightmare. Having survived Vietnam, he's back home in New York City. But memories of both his wartime demons and the accidental death of his son haunt and terrorize him. Jacob's grip on reality begins to slip and only his friend can save him.
4) Rush hour
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc ; Dolby digital, surround sound, stereo surround sound. 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Lee is a Hong Kong detective who helps confiscate millions of dollars worth of stolen Chinese artifacts from crime lord Juntao. Seeking revenge, Juntao kidnaps the young daughter of the Chinese consul when he moves to America. Lee is sent as a diplomatic advisor and finds himself paired up with a New York cop--a man who works alone, and wants to stay that way.
5) Lone star
Series
Criterion collection volume 1202
Language
English
Formats
Description
A keen observer of America's social fabric, writer-director John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath a small Texas border town in this sprawling neo-western mystery. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, lawman Sam Deeds, son of a legendary local sheriff, begins an investigation that will have profound implications both for him personally and for all of Rio County, a place still reckoning with its history of racial violence. Sayles's...
Series
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bob and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment....
7) La bamba
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life of rock and roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances. Depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American's rocket rise to fame from field laborer to rock star.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the summer heat of a small Arizona border town, sparks fly for three generations of women. 17-year-old Blanca discovers romance for the first time with the new bad boy in town. Lolita, her mother, had hit a dry spell until the husband of one of her customers husband pays her a visit. Blanca's grandmother, Doña Genoveva enlists her gardener Don Pedro to give her driving lessons and learns about more than cars in the process.