James Earl Jones
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the United States coast under the command of Captian Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.
22) Field of dreams
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a mysterious voice, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella constructs a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.
Series
Star wars volume VI
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia, disguised as a bounty hunter, and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the rebel leaders map their strategy for an attack on the Emperor's new Death Star, Han Solo remains frozen and imprisoned in the desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, now a master of The Force, rescues his friends but cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against his evil father, Darth Vader, who has sworn to win him over to the Dark Side.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food restaurant.
27) End of the road
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to 'The Farm,' a bizarre insane asylum run by Doctor D. After being 'cured', Jacob takes a job as an English lecturer at a nearby college and begins a disastrous affair with the wife of a colleague.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
CIA Agent Jack Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his mentor, Admiral James Greer becomes gravely ill. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
30) Rogue One
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a period of great conflict, a group of unlikely heroes led by Jyn Erso, a daring fugitive, and Cassian Andor, a rebel spy, band together on a desperate mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
31) Matewan
Series
Criterion collection volume 999
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (1 page : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan's miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut), arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company's violent...
33) Coming 2 America
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing the evil Galactic Empire, the rebels abandon their new base on Hoth. Princess Leia, Han Solo, R2-D2 and C-3P0 escape in the damaged Millenium Falcon. Later, on Bespin, they are captured by Lord Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker, meanwhile, follows Ben Kenobi's posthumous command and receives Jedi training by Yoda on Dagobah.
Intergalactic battles, droids, interesting hairdos, sarcasm ... again.