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Call Number: VHS01442

by  James Earl Jones; Madge Sinclair; Robert Guillaume; Jonathan Taylor Thomas; Rowan Atkinson; Matthew Broderick; Roger Allers; Irene Mecchi; Jonathan Roberts; Linda Woolverton; Walt Disney Pictures.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1995]

Notes: Originally produced in 1994. (88 min.); Nominated for four 1995 academy awards; 

Summary: Disney’s epic coming-of-age saga tells of the love between a lion ruler and his son–Container

OCLC #: 32062312

Added: January, 28 2011

Call Number: DVD01008

by  John Travolta; James Gandolfini; Jared Leto; Salma Hayek; Scott Caan; Alice Krige; Laura Dern; Boaz Davidson; Holly Wiersma; Todd Robinson; Millennium Films.; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.

Notes:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006 (108 min). Special features: Making-of featurette. Nominated for one award

 Summary: Based on a true story. In the late 1940’s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious “Lonely Hearts Killers”. They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray’s initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray’s sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray appeared as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison

OCLC #: 123981502

Added: January 21, 2011

Call Number: DVD01171

by  Scott Rudin; Donald De Line; Edgar J Scherick; Gabriel Grunfeld; Frank Oz; Paul Rudnick; Nicole Kidman; Matthew Broderick; Bette Midler; Christopher Walken; Roger Bart; Jon Lovitz; Faith Hill; Glenn Close; Ira Levin; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Dreamworks Pictures.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©2004

Notes: Based upon the book by Ira Levin. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. (92 min). Summary: After moving with her husband and children to the well-manicured community of Stepford, Connecticut, former New York television executive Joanna Eberhart is beginning to realize that Stepford is more than just the “perfect” place to live … it’s a little to perfect. All the wives in town are models who cater to their husband’s every desire. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men’s Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Can Joanna figure out the problem before it’s too late?

OCLC #: 56220857

Added: January 21, 2011

Also: See the VHS version at VHS01041

Call Number: THFM1610_S11_10

by Caroline Thompson; Denise Di Novi; Tim Burton; Johnny Depp; Winona Ryder; Dianne Wiest; Vincent Price; Alan Arkin; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; CBS Fox Video.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Berverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005.

Notes: Originally released in 1990 (105 min.); Nominated for one 1991 Academy Award;

Summary: Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn’t quite perfect. The inventor’s sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward’s fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

OCLC #: 23998920,62286653

Call Number: DVD01119

by  Akira Kurosawa; Toshirō Mifune; Criterion Collection (Firm); Janus Films.; Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: Japanese  

Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.

Notes: Originally released in 1950 (88 mins. Black  & White); Nominated for two 1953 Academy Awards;

Summary: The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove, seen from four different perspectives

OCLC #: 246725280

Added: January 12, 2011

Call Number: DVD00991

by Martin Scorsese; Robert De Niro; Joe Pesci; Cathy Moriarty; Joseph Carter; Peter Savage; Jake La Motta; Chartoff-Winkler Productions.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., Nicolas Cage; Elisabeth Shue; Julian Sands; Paige Simpson; Stuart Regen; Mike Figgis; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: MGM Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment [?]

Notes: Leaving Las Vegas: Originally released in 1995 (112 mins.); Nominated for four 1996 Academy Awards;

Raging Bull: Originally released in 1980 (130 mins. Black & White); Based on the book by Jake La Motta; Nominated for eight 1981 Academy Awards;

Leaving Las Vegas:  Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.

 

Raging Bull: De Niro stars as champion boxer Jake La Motta, who rose from the streets of the Bronx to the heights of his sport, only to find disillusionment and corruption as well as fame. Also available on DVD00419 & DVD00459

OCLC #: 454735251, 17588802, 57206235, 40072969

Added: December 2, 2010

Call Number: DVD00880

by Lawrence Turman; Calder Willingham; Buck Henry; Mike Nichols; Anne Bancroft; Dustin Hoffman; Katharine Ross; William Daniels; Murray Hamilton; Robert Surtees; Sam O’Steen; Paul Simon; Dave Grusin; Charles Richard Webb; Embassy Pictures Corp.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.; Simon and Garfunkel.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©1999.

Notes: Originally released in 1967  (106 min.); Based on the novel by Charles Webb; Nominated for seven 1968 academy awards;

Summary: A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father’s business partner.

OCLC #: 44694176

Added: December 2, 2010

Also: Available on VHS at VHS01158

Call Number: DVD00750 Copy 1, DVD00750 Copy 2

by  Bill Kong; Hsu Li Kong; Ang Lee; Huiling Wang; James Schamus; Yun-fat Chow; Michelle Yeoh; Ziyi Zhang; Sihung Lung; Tim Squyres; Dun Tan; Dulu Wang; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (Firm); Good Machine (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm);

 

Format: DVD

 

Language: English  

 

Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001, ©2000.

 

Notes:  Originally released in 2000 (120 min.); Based on: Wo hu cang long / Wang Du Lu; nominated for ten 2001 academy awards;

 

Summary: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen.

 

OCLC #: 521648107

 

Added: November 23, 2010

 

Also: available on VHS at VHS01062

 

Call Number: DVD00956 Copy 1

DVD00956 Copy 2

by  Steven Spielberg; Carl Gottlieb; Robert Shaw; Roy Scheider; Richard Dreyfuss; Lorraine Gary; Murray Hamilton; Peter Benchley; Universal Pictures (Firm); Universal City Studios.;

Format: DVD

Language: English  

Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, ©2000, 1995.

Notes:  Originally released in 1975 (125 mins); Based on the novel by Peter Benchley; Nominated for four 1976 Academy Awards; Bonus materials: deleted scenes; outtakes; Get out of the water! trivia game; shark world; production photographs; original theatrical trailers. Includes documentary: Spotlight on location : the making of Jaws (60 min.)

Summary: A man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast and three men join together to hunt and destroy it.

OCLC #: 44580439

For Jaws 2 Go Here DVD00957

Added: November 23, 2010

Call Number: DVD00508 Copy 1

DVD00508 Copy 2

by  Jeffrey Blitz; Sean Welch; Angela Arenivar; Nupur Lala; Ted Brigham; Emily Stagg; Ashley White; Neil Kadakia; April DeGideo; Harry Altman; Yana Gorskaya; Daniel Hulsizer; Blitz/Welch (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm); Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.); International Documentary Association.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2002, 2003.

Notes:  Originally released in 2002 (97 mins); Nominated for one 2003 Academy Award; Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by filmmakers ; Theatrical trailer ; Bonus footage; ‘Where are they now?’ [updates on all 8 profiled spellers] ; About the filmmakers [text feature] ; DVD-ROM content: Interactive Hangman game: deluxe edition, Educational guide, including “Host your own spelling bee” kit;

Summary: Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.

OCLC #: 53479655

Added: November 23, 2010

Call Number: DVD01160

by William Inge; Elia Kazan; Natalie Wood; Pat Hingle; Audrey Christie; Barbara Loden; Zohra Lampert; Warren Beatty; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Newton Productions.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©2009.

Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1961 (124 mins). Special features: Oscar-nominated cartoon “Beep prepared;” theatrical trailer.

Awards: Nominated for Oscar, Best Actress.

Summary: A fragile Kansas girl’s unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

OCLC #: 56365706

Added: October 16, 2010

Call Number: DVD00662

by Tim Burton; Peter Macgregor-Scott; Lee Batchler; Janet Scott Batchler; Akiva Goldsman; Joel Schumacher; Val Kilmer; Tommy Lee Jones; Jim Carrey; Nicole Kidman; Chris O’Donnell; Michael Gough; Pat Hingle; Bob Kane; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); DC Comics, Inc.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]

Notes: Originally released in 1995 (122 mins.); Based upon Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics; Nominated for three 1996 Academy Awards;

Summary: Batman faces two nemesis – Two-Face and the Riddler. Former District Attorney Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face, believes that Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. He decides to unleash a reign of terror on the citizens of Gotham City. Edward Nygma, a.k.a. The Riddler, is a computer genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne. He is out to get Bruce at all costs. The Riddler has perfected a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce’s knowledge of his other identity. Bruce’s love interest is Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, whose family is killed by Two-Face, becomes Bruce’s ward and Batman’s new partner, Robin.

Also: See Batman (VHS01174); and Batman & Robin (VHS00824)

OCLC #: 33393485, 299814661

Call Number: DVD01022

by Woody Allen; Brian Cox; Matthew Goode; Scarlett Johansson; Emily Mortimer; Jonathan Rhys-Meyers; Penelope Wilton; Dreamworks Pictures.; BBC Films.; Thema Production SA.; Jada Productions Ltd.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Pictures : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006, nominated for one 2006 Academy Award

Summary: Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn’t deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe’s brother. But when their affair threatens Chris’s increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution.

OCLC #: 64388355

Added: October 28, 2010

Call Number: DVD01076

by Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Leonard Bernstein; Arthur Freed; Frank Sinatra; Betty Garrett; Ann Miller; Jules Munshin; Vera-Ellen; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2000

Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949 (98 min). Special features: theatrical trailer ; cast & crew biographies ; scene selection ; interactive menus. Nominated for one 1950 Academy Award

Summary: Three sailors have a 24-hour shore leave to enjoy New York. They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can’t resist the advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist’s “prehistoric man,” and Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn’t quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned.

OCLC #: 44510914

Added: October 28, 2010

Call Number: DVD00925

by John Farrow; John Wayne; Geraldine Page; Ward Bond; Robert Burks; Archie J Stout; Hugo Friedhofer; James Edward Grant; Robert Fellows; Wayne Fellows; Louis L’Amour; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Batjac Productions.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2005]

Notes: Originally released in 1953 (84 mins.); Based on the short story by Louis L’Amour; Nominated for two 1954 Academy Awards;

Summary: Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie’s good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. When Vittorio captures Hondo to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In order to protect her from a forced marriage with one of the Apaches, Hondo reluctantly goes along with the lie.

 

Also available on VHS00465

 

OCLC #: 61199178

Call Number: VHS01392

VHS01392 Copy 2

by Roberto Benigni; Nicoletta Braschi; Giustino Durano; Sergio Bustric; Lydia Alfonsi; Giorgio Cantarini; Marisa Paredes; Horst Buchholz; Miramax Films.; Cecchi Gori Group (Firm); Melampo cinematografica.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher:  [Calif.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999]

Notes: Originally a feature film in 1997 (116 min). 1998 Academy Awards: Best actor (Benigni), Best foreign language film, Best dramatic score.

Summary: A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

OCLC #: 84542056

Added: October 15, 2010

Call Number: DVD00850

by Kino International Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [New York] : Kino on Video, ©1998-2000.

Notes: Contains 5 classics from the studio vault

Chapters: 

Sudden Fear (Released 1952, 110 mins., Black & White, Nominated for 4 Acaedmy Awards)
The Long Night  (Released 1947, 97 mins., Black & White)
Hangmen Also Die  (Released 1943, 134 mins., Black & White), Nominated for 2 Acaedmy Awards
Railroaded (Released 1947, 74  mins., Black & White)
Behind Locked Doors (Released 1948, 62 mins., Black & White)

OCLC #: 192006010

Added: October 14, 2010