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Call Number: VHS01183

by Gore Vidal; Joseph L Mankiewicz; Elizabeth Taylor; Montgomery Clift; Katharine Hepburn; Albert Dekker; Mercedes McCambridge; Gary Raymond; Tennessee Williams; Horizon Pictures (G.B.); Academy Pictures.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Culver City, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, ©1986.

Notes: Originally released in 1959 (114 min.); Adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams; Nominated for three 1960 Academy Awards;

Summary:  “Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Catherine’s aunt, Violet Venable, tries to influence Dr. Cukrowicz, a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine’s hauting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of sodium pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine’s delusions are in fact true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son’s lurid death.”–Container.

OCLC #: 65383865

Also: Available on DVD at DVD00514

Added: May 5, 2010

Call Number: VHS01176

by Doug Liman; Patrick Crowley; Richard N Gladstein; Tony Gilroy; William Blake Herron; Matt Damon; Franka Potente; Chris Cooper; Clive Owen; Brian Cox; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Oliver Wood; Saar Klein; John Powell; Pierre-Yves Gayraud; Dan Weil; Robert Ludlum; Universal Pictures (Firm); Hypnotic (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English Subtitled in Spanish

Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, ©2002.

Notes: Originally released in 2002 (119 min.); Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum;

Summary:  Bourne, is pulled from the sea suffering from amnesia with a pair of bullet wounds in his back. His only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and several passports with different names await. He quickly realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Maria ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. With Maria’s reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs.

OCLC #: 50983514

Also: Available on DVD at DVD00077

Added: May 5, 2010

Call Number: VHS01174

by Sam Hamm; Warren Skaaren; Jon Peters; Peter Guber; Tim Burton; Jack Nicholson; Michael Keaton; Kim Basinger; Michael Gough; Jack Palance; Billy Dee Williams; Warner Bros.; Guber-Peters Company.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros., 1989.

Notes: Originally released in 1989  (126 min.); Based on Batman characters created by Bob Kane, published by DC Comics; Nominated for one 1990 academy award;

Summary:  Batman faces the Joker for the first time.

OCLC #: 20645809

Also: See Batman Forever (DVD00662),(VHS00733); and Batman & Robin (VHS00824)

Added: May 5, 2010

Call Number: VHS01172

by Sigourney Weaver; Tom Skerritt; David Giler; Walter Hill; Ridley Scott; Gordon Carroll; Harry Dean Stanton; Veronica Cartwright; John Hurt; Ian Holm; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm); DVS Hone Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Fox Video ; [Oak Forest, IL?] : DVS Home Video, [1993?]

Notes: Originally released in 1979  (116 min.); Nominated for two 1980 academy awards;

Summary:  Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.

OCLC #: 37869006

Added: May 5, 2010

Call Number: VHS01168

by Walter Bernstein; Max E Youngstein; Sidney Lumet; Henry Fonda; Dan O’Herlihy; Walter Matthau; Larry Hagman; Eugene Burdick; Harvey Wheeler; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995.

Notes: Originally released in 1964  (113 min. Black & White); Based on the best-selling novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler;

Summary:  A computer malfunction causes nuclear equiped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.

OCLC #: 35747925

Added: May 4, 2010

Call Number: VHS01164

by Phillip Noyce; Terry Hayes; Doug Mitchell; George Miller; Sam Neill; Nicole Kidman; Billy Zane; Charles Williams; Kennedy Miller (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©1989.

Notes: Originally released in 1989  (96 min.); Based on the novel by Charles Williams;

Summary:  In this Australian film, a couple on their small boat rescue a half-delirious stranger from the sea. This man is a demented killer and the couple are soon in a fight for their lives.

OCLC #: 20624318

Added: May 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00793

by Adam Fields; Sean McKittrick; Richard Kelly; Jake Gyllenhaal; Jena Malone; Drew Barrymore; Mary McDonnell; Katharine Ross; Patrick Swayze; Noah Wyle; Steven B Poster; Sam Bauer; Eric Strand; Michael Andrews; Adam Fields Productions.; Flower Films (Firm : 1999- ); Gaylord Films (Firm); Pandora Cinema.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2001.

Notes: Originally released in 2001 (113 min.); Special features: Commentary by writer/director Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhaal; theatrical trailer; “Cunning visions” infomercials; “Mad world” music video; deleted scenes with commentary; art gallery and production stills; TV spots

Summary: In this psychological thriller, a troubled teen comes face to face with his destiny. As he struggles with suburban alienation and delusions, visitations from a demonic rabbit lead him through dark visions of the future.

OCLC #: 63159966

Added: April 22, 2010

Call Number: DVD00915

by Clint Eastwood; Verna Bloom; Mariana Hill; Robert Daley, film producer.; Ernest Tidyman; Universal Pictures (Firm); Malpaso (Company);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:  Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, 1998.

Notes: Originally released in 1973 (106 min.); Special features include production notes, cast and filmmakers’ biographies, film highlights, theatrical trailer

Summary: A stranger is hired to protect a guilt-ridden Western town from three desperadoes.

OCLC #: 41440508

Added: April 22, 2010

 

Call Number: DVD00730

 

by Timothy Marx; Chris Gerolmo; Randy Edelman; Stephen Rea; Donald Sutherland; Jeffrey DeMunn; Joss Ackland; John Wood; Radu Amzulescu; Imelda Staunton; Max von Sydow; Robert Cullen; HBO Pictures.; Asylum Films.; Citadel Entertainment (Firm); HBO Video (Firm);

 

Format: DVD

 

Language: English

 

Publisher:  [New York] : HBO Home Video, [2000]

 

Notes: Originally broadcast in 1995 (102 min.); Based on the book “The Killer Department” by Robert Cullen;

 

Summary: Viktor Burakov (Rea), a brilliant forensics expert but an inexperienced detective, is put in charge of investigating the case of a serial killer. As the number of victims continues to rise, the investigation slows to a standstill, buried under government red tape.

 

OCLC #: 45536183

 

Added: April 22, 2010

 

Call Number: DVD00821

by Irwin Winkler; Rob Cowan; Nicholas Kazan; Michael Apted; Jennifer Lopez; William Campbell; Juliette Lewis; Dan Futterman; Fred Ward; Bill Cobbs; Noah Wyle; Rogier Stoffers; Rick Shaine; David Arnold; Shay Cunliffe; Doug Kraner; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:  Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2002.

Notes: Originally released in 2002 (116 min.); Special features: widescreen and full screen presentations; Jennifer Lopez music video; theatrical trailer; filmographies

Summary: Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married the man of her dreams. After the arrival of her daughter, Slim begins to see the hidden, abusive side of her husband. Terrified for her and her daughter’s safety, Slim flees. But her husband’s resources allow him to relentlessly pursue them. Finally Slim fights back, engaging her husband in a physical and psychological battle.

OCLC #: 50609026

Added: April 22, 2010

Call Number: DVD01006

by John Flynn; Sylvester Stallone; Donald Sutherland; John Amos; Darlanne Fluegel; Tom Sizemore; Frank McRae; William Allen Young; Larry Romano; Sonny Landham; Bill Conti; Donald E Thorin; Tri-Star Pictures.; White Eagle (Firm); Carolco Pictures Inc.; Gordon Company.; LIVE Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:  Van Nuys, CA : Live Entertainment, [1998]

Notes: Originally released in 1989 (115 min.); 

Summary: Drama about a convict and the vicious warden determined to break his will.

OCLC #: 45577443

Added: April 22, 2010

Added: April 16, 2010