Category 7: The End of the World

October 10, 2012

Category 7: The End of the World

Call Number: DVD00716

Director/Distributor: Dick Lowry

Format:  DVD

Language: English

Publisher: LaCrosse, WI : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2006]

Notes: Title from container. Originally broadcast on television in 2005.Based on characters created by Matt Dorff.

Summary: As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She must enter the storm itself to stop it.

OCLC #: 63175026

Added: 10/10/2012

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Call Number: DVD01005

Director/Distributor: Guy Ritchie

Format:  DVD video : English

Language: In English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Publisher: [New York] : PolyGram Video ; Universal Studios, CA : Universal, ©2003.

Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features: UK and US theatrical trailers (2 min. each), production featurette (8 min.), Cockney dictionary, cast and crew biographies.

Summary: A streetwise charmer who loses his friends’ money in a rigged game comes up with a plan to make everything come out right, but ends up in a comedy of errors.

OCLC #: 52314897

Added: 10/10/2012

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The Juror

The Juror

Call Number: DVD00966

Director/Distributor: Brian Gibson

Format:  DVD video : English

Language: English, Spanish or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1998.

Notes: Title from disc label.
Based on the book by George Dawes Green.
Videodisc release of the 1996 motion picture.

Summary: A struggling single mother impulsively agrees to serve on a jury hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. She gets far more than she bargained for when she’s forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob’s seductive, psychotic enforcer.

OCLC #: 45440045

Added: 10/10/2012

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A Perfect World

April 10, 2012
A Perfect World
Call Number: VHS01710
by: Kevin Costner; Clint Eastwood; Laura Dern; Warner Bros.; Malpaso (Company)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, 1994.
Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1993. Based on the novel by Nelson DeMille. Running time approx. 138 min.
Summary: After escaping from a Huntsville prison, convict Butch Haynes and his partner Terry Pugh kidnap a young boy, Philip Perry, and flee across Texas. As they travel together, Butch and Philip discover common bonds and suffer the abuses of the outside “Perfect World.” In pursuit is Texas Ranger “Red” Garnett and criminologist Sally Gerber.
OCLC #: 30384270
Added: April 10, 2012
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Alfred Hitchcock – Volume 1 – Double Feature

March 16, 2012
Alfred Hitchcock – Volume 1 – Double Feature
Call Number: VHS01704
by: Alfred Hitchcock; Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder, Peter Lorre, Edna Best, Leslie Banks; Madacy Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  St. Laurent, Québec : Distributed by Madacy Video, 1993.
Notes: 2 videocassettes 150 min. The Man Who Knew Too Much was originally released in 1934, and Sabotage was originally released in 1936.
Summary: The Man Who Knew Too Much: A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Sabotage: A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective’s cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
OCLC #: [?]
Added: March 27, 2012
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Contagion

Contagion
 
Call Number: DVD00744 Copy 1
DVD00744 Copy 2
DVD00744 Copy 3
 
by: Steven Soderbergh; Scott Z Burns; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher; Gregory Jacobs; Marion Cotillard; Matt Damon; Laurence Fishburne; Jude Law; Gwyneth Paltrow; Kate Winslet;Bryan Cranston; Sanaa Lathan; Jennifer Ehle; Elliott Gould; Cliff Martinez; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Participant Media.; Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm); Double Feature Films.;Warner Home Video (Firm)
 
Format: DVD
 
Language: English
 
Publisher:  Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2011]
 
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special feature: Contagion: how a virus changes the world. 106 min.
 
Summary: Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.
 
OCLC #:770032309
 
Added: March 16, 2012
 
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No Mercy

March 2, 2012
No Mercy
Call Number: VHS01690
DVD01074
by: Richard Gere; Kim Basinger; Jim Carabatsos; Richard Pearce; Tri-Star Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, Calif. : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1986 motion picture. 108 min.
Summary: Maverick Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man to meet with someone in from New Orleans looking to have a job done. The result is that both the guy and Jillette’s partner wind up very dead, while a stunning blonde in on the setup disappears. He heads south to settle the score and soon finds himself being hunted, with the girl in tow and the local police anything but happy. New Orleans may never be the same again.
OCLC #: 16207851
Added: March 2, 2012
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Speed

Speed
Call Number: VHS01687
by: Jan de Bont; Keanu Reeves; Dennis Hopper; Sandra Bullock; Joe Morton; Jeff Daniels; Graham Yost; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ©1996.
Notes: Originally produced as a 1994 motion picture. Includes original theatrical trailer and behind-the-scenes featurette! 115 min.
Summary: Bomber terrorist’s elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack’s superior, and Jeff Daniels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb.
OCLC #: 35359595
Added: March 2, 2012
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Sea of Love

Sea of Love
Call Number: VHS01682
by: Al Pacino; Ellen Barkin; John Goodman; Richard Price; Harold Becker; Universal Pictures (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, Calif. : MCA Home Video, ©1990.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1989 motion picture. 113 min.
Summary: Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.
OCLC #: 21414645
Added: March 2, 2012
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Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense

January 13, 2012
Alfred Hitchcock : Master of Suspense
Call Number: DVD00642
by: Alfred Hitchcock; Mill Creek Entertainment.
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  [Minneapolis, MN] : Mill Creek Entertainment, ©2008.
Notes: Episodes from the television series, Alfred Hitchcock presents, “The Chaney Vase” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” originially broadcast between 1955 and 1962; feature films originally released between 1926 and 1939. Running time approx. 748 mins.
Summary: Disc 1. “The Lady Vanishes”: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared — “The Farmer’s Wife”: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him — “The Manxman” (silent): A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man — Alfred Hitchcock presents: the “Chaney “Vase”: An elderly woman finds herself a prisoner in her own home — Alfred Hitchock presents: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: A young drifter is befriended by a carnival magician and his beautiful assistant, who don’t realize with whom they are involved. Disc 2. “Rich and Strange”: Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.; “The Thirty-nine Steps”: A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent. But when the agent is killed and he stands accused, he must go on the run to both save himself and also stop a spy ring trying to steal top secret information.; “Secret Agent”: After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.; “Champagne”: A spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. But Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.; “Blackmail”: Alice White, detective Frank Webber’s girlfriend, is invited by an artist to visit his studio. The man tries to rape Alice and she kills him with a knife to defend herself. A criminal sees the murder and he keeps the lady’s glove from the crime scene in order to blackmail her. Frank is assigned to the murder case.
OCLC #: 233033239
Added: January 13,2012
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The Man with the Golden Gun

December 3, 2011
The Man with the Golden Gun
Call Number: VHS01582
by: Roger Moore; Ian Fleming; Danjaq S.A.; United Artists Corporation.; CBS Fox Video.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : CBS/FOX Video, 1983.
Notes: Released in 1974 as a motion picture by Danjaq S.A./United Artists. Based on the novel of the same title by Ian Fleming. Total Running Time: 125 min.
Summary: Scaramanga is a hit-man who charges a million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realises that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an advantage in the final showdown?
OCLC #: 9283857
Added: December 3, 2011
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The Last Wave

The Last Wave
Call Number: VHS01579
by: Peter Weir; Hal McElroy; James McElroy; Tony Morphett; Petru Popescu; Richard Chamberlain; Olivia Hamnett; World Northal Corporation.; Rhino Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rhino Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Total Running Time: 106 min.
Summary: A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.
OCLC #: 23751988
Added: December 3, 2011
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Sniper

November 18, 2011
Sniper
Call Number: VHS1560
by:Tom Berenger; Billy Zane; Luis Llosa; Tri-Star Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1993.
Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1992. Running Time: 99 min
Summary: A bush-savvy gunny and an inexperienced bureaucrat must track down and eliminate a powerful rebel leader and his Colombian drug-lord financier in the jungles of Central America.
OCLC #: 28577136
Added: November 18,2011
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The Living Daylights

November 9, 2011
The Living Daylights
Call Number: VHS01536
by: Albert R Broccoli; Michael G Wilson; Richard Maibaum; John Glen; Timothy Dalton; Maryam D’Abo; Joe Don Baker; Art Malik; Jeroen Krabbé; Ian Fleming; Eon Productions (Firm); Danjaq (Firm); United Artists Corporation.; CBS Fox Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Livonia, Mich. : CBS/Fox Video, [1988].
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. Total Running Time 130 mins.
Summary: James Bond 007’s mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond’s mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.
OCLC #: 17655291
Added: November 9, 2011
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The World is Not Enough

October 28, 2011
The World is Not Enough
Call Number: VHS01522
by: Michael Apted; Pierce Brosnan; Sophie Marceau; Robert Carlyle; Eon Productions.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, [2000]
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Running Time: 128 min
Summary: Agent 007 is the world’s only hope against Renard, a high-tech terrorist with a most unusual and deadly characteristic: a brain-lodged bullet that renders him impervious to pain.
OCLC #: 44041478
Added: October 28, 2011
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The Day Of The Locust

October 13, 2011
The Day Of The Locust
Call Number: DVD00763
by: John Schlesinger; Jerome Hellman; Waldo Salt; Karen Black; Burgess Meredith; Donald Sutherland; William Atherton; Richard Dysart; Nathanael West; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Long Road Productions.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2004]
Notes: 1 videodisc (total running time: 144 min.) Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975. Based on the novel by Nathanael West. Nominated for two Oscars and two Golden Globes.
Summary: A naive young set designer seeks work in Tinseltown and falls in love with a wannabe actress who lives with her alcoholic father, a former vaudevillian entertainer.
OCLC #: 55232638
Added: October 13, 2011
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Eastern Promises

October 6, 2011
Eastern Promises
Call Number: DVD00812
by:  David Cronenberg; Steven Knight; Paul Webster; Robert Lantos; Viggo Mortensen; Naomi Watts; Vincent Cassel; Armin Mueller-Stahl; Sinéad Cusack; Jerzy Skolimowski; Donald Sumpter; Focus Features.; BBC Films.; Astral Media.; Corus Entertainment (Firm); Telefilm Canada.; Kudos Pictures.; Serendipity Point Films.; Scion Films.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Focus Features ; Universal City, CA : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, ©2007.
Notes: 1 videodisc (total running time: 101 min.) Special features: Secrets and stories [featurette] (11 min.); Marked for life [featurette] (7 min.). Originally released in 2007. Nominated for one Oscar and three Golden Globes.
Summary: Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls’ relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob’s criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian mobsters behind the girl’s death become aware of Anna’s discoveries regarding their crimes.
OCLC #: 180709985
Added: October 6, 2011
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Jaws 2

April 21, 2011
Jaws 2
Call Number: DVD00957
by Roy Scheider; Lorraine Gary; Murray Hamilton; Richard D Zanuck; David Brown; Carl Gottlieb; Howard Sackler; Jeannot Szwarc; Peter Benchley; Universal Pictures (Firm); Universal City Studios.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, ©2001.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978 (117 min). Based on characters created by Peter Benchley. Special features: Anamorphic wide screen –The making of Jaws 2 –Jaws 2: A protrait by actor Keith Gordon –John Williams: The music of Jaws 2 –The “French” joke –Deleted scenes –Production photographs –Storyboards –Shark facts –Theatrical trailers –Production notes –Cast and filmmakers.
Summary: It’s been four years since that marauding great white shark terrorized the small summer resort of Amity; but the shark that Police Chief Brody destroyed wasn’t the only one in the ocean! The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to that film classic.
OCLC #: 47055534
For the first Jaws: DVD00956
Added: April 21, 2011
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Oz: The Complete Sixth Season

April 20, 2011
Oz: The Complete Sixth Season
Call Number: DVD01087
by J K Simmons; Ernie Hudson; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; B D Wong; Eamonn Walker; Tom Fontana; Home Box Office (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  New York : Home Box Office ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]Notes: Originally broadcast on HBO television during the 2002-2003 season. 3 videodiscs (ca. 520 min.) Based on the characters created by Tom Fontana. Special features: Audio commentary on “Dead man talking”, “A day in the death” and Exeunt omnes” with series creator Tom Fontana, cast members Terry Kinney, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winter, Scott Winters and writer, Bradford Winters; Deleted scenes; Original cast audition tapes; Exclusive extended cut of the series finale: “Exeunt omnes.”
Summary: In this final season of Oz, Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. The Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the final act.
Chapters: Dead man talking –See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil –Sonata da Oz –A failure to communicate –4giveness –A day in the death –Junkyard dawgs –Exeunt omnes.
OCLC #: 70789224
Added: April 20, 2011
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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction
Call Number: DVD01115
by John Travolta; Samuel L Jackson; Uma Thurman; Harvey Keitel; Tim Roth; Amanda Plummer; Miramax Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002].
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (154 mins.); Nominated for seven 1995 Academy Awards; Bonus materials: Pulp fiction: The facts documentary; deleted scenes; “The Charlie Rose show”–Interview with Quentin; “Siskel and Ebert at the movies”–“The Tarantino generation”; production design featurette; behind-the-scenes montages; interviews from the independent Spirit Awards; Palme d’Or acceptance speech; reviews and articles analyzing the film; filmographies; theatrical trailers from around the world; TV spots; 8 different still galleries, featuring hundreds of photos; soundtrack chapter stops; enhanced playback track – DVD-ROM feature; synchronized trivia game – DVD-ROM feature; screenplay viewer – DVD-ROM feature; open Mic commentary – DVD-ROM feature.
Summary: Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
OCLC #: 50437614
Also on VHS: VHS00944
Added: April 20, 2011
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