Raiders of the Lost Ark

March 16, 2012
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Call Number: VHS01697
by: George Lucas; Steven Spielberg; Harrison Ford; Karen Allen; Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  [Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Video, 1981.
Notes: Paramount Home Video 1376. Videocassette release of the 1981 motion picture by Lucasfilm Ltd. 115 min.
Summary: The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Renee Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.
OCLC #: 11617636
Added: March 16, 2012
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

March 28, 2011

The Lost World: Jurassic Park or JP 2
Call Number: DVD00964
Director/Distributor: by Gerald R Molen; Colin Wilson; David Koepp; Steven Spielberg; Jeff Goldblum; Julianne Moore; Pete Postlethwaite; Arliss Howard; Janusz Kamiński; Michael Kahn; John Williams; Michael Crichton; Universal Pictures (Firm); Amblin Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, ©2000
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (129 mins); Based on the novel The lost world by Michael Crichton; Nominated for one 1998 Academy Award; Special features include: direct hotlink to the set of Jurassic Park III, “The making of The lost world,” deleted scenes, storyboards, production photographs, design sketches, conceptual paintings, theatrical trailers, dinosaur encyclopedia, production notes, cast and filmmakers information;
Summary: Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free. Now there is a more ominous threat–a plan to capture and bring the dinosaurs to the mainland. John Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition to reach the island before the mercenary team gets there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their own survival in a race against time.
OCLC #: 45188602
Also: Available on VHS at VHS01597, and see the other parts of the Jurassic Park Series, Jurassic Park: DVD00963 and Jurassic Park 3: DVD00965
Added: March 28, 2011
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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park or JP
Call Number: DVD00963
Director/Distributor: by Kathleen Kennedy; Gerald R Molen; Steven Spielberg; Michael Crichton; David Koepp; Sam Neill; Laura Dern; Jeff Goldblum; Richard Attenborough; Stan Winston; Dennis Muren; Michael Lantieri; John Williams; Michael Kahn; Rick Carter; Dean Cundey; Universal Pictures (Firm); Amblin Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, CA : Universal, ©2000
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (127 mins.); Based on the novel by Michael Crichton; Nominated for three 1994 Academy Awards; Special features include: direct hotlink to the set of Jurassic Park III, “The making of Jurassic Park,” pre-production meetings, storyboards, production photographs, design sketches, conceptual paintings, “Raptors in the kitchen” by Phil Tippett Animatics, theatrical trailers, dinosaur encyclopedia, production notes, cast and filmmakers information;
Summary: A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
OCLC #: 45220356
Also: Available on VHS at VHS01100, and see the other parts of the Jurassic Park Series, The Lost World: DVD00964 and Jurassic Park 3: DVD00965
Added: March 28, 2011
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Call Number: VHS01597
by Jeff Goldblum; Julianne Moore; Pete Postlethwaite; Arliss Howard; Richard Attenborough; David Koepp; Steven Spielberg; Michael Crichton; Universal Pictures (Firm); Amblin Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, Calif. : Universal, ©1997
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (129 mins); Based on the novel The lost world by Michael Crichton; Nominated for one 1998 Academy Award;
Summary: Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free, but now there is a more ominous threat–a plan to capture and bring the dinosaurs to the mainland. John Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition led by Ian Malcolm to reach the island before the mercenary team gets there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their own survival in a race against time.
OCLC #: 37898674
Also: See the prior film in the serise, Jurassic Park at VHS01100
Added: March 28, 2011
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Catch Me If You Can

March 20, 2011

Catch Me If You Can
Call Number: VHS01538
by: Steven Spielberg; Walter F Parkes; Jeff Nathanson; Leonardo DiCaprio; Tom Hanks;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2002.
Notes: Based on the book by Frank W. Abagnale, with Stan Redding. Running Time Aprox 141 min.
Summary: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.
OCLC #: 51854573
Added: March 20, 2011
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Amistad

March 15, 2011
Amistad
Call Number: DVD00650
by: Steven Spielberg; Debbie Allen; Colin Wilson; David Franzoni; Morgan Freeman; Nigel Hawthorne; Anthony Hopkins; Djimon Hounsou; Matthew McConaughey; David Paymer; Pete Postlethwaite; Stellan Skarsgård; Janusz Kamiński; John Williams; Dreamworks Pictures.; HBO Pictures.; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, CA : DreamWorks, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Running Time Aprox 155 min. Special features include: theatrical trailer; Making of Amistad; production notes; cast and crew biographies. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards in 1998.
Summary: Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
OCLC #: 335360335
Added: March 15, 2011
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Jaws

November 23, 2010
Jaws
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
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

July 16, 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Call Number: VHS01313
by Willard Huyck; Gloria Katz; George Lucas; Robert Watts; Steven Spielberg; Harrison Ford; Kate Capshaw; Amrish Puri; Roshan Seth; Philip Stone; Hong Qiao; Jonathan Ke Quan; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Lucasfilm, Ltd.; Paramount Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©1989.
Notes:  Originally released in 1984 (118 min.); Nominated for two 1985 Academy Awards;
Summary: Indiana Jones, the daredevil archaeologist, teams up with a night club singer and a twelve-year old boy to find the famous Ankara Stone and save hundreds of children from a mysterious cult.
OCLC #: 22530166
Also: See Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at VHS001171
Added: July 16, 2010
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

July 7, 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 
Call Number: DVD00735 Copy 1
DVD00735 Copy 2
 
by Steven Spielberg; Richard Dreyfuss; François Truffaut; Teri Garr; Julia Phillips; Michael Phillips; John Williams; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm);
 
Format: DVD
 
Language: English
 
Publisher:  Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2002.
 
Notes:  Originally released in 1977 (137 mins.); Nominated for nine 1978 Academy Awards; Special features (Copy 2): Steven Spielberg: 30 years of Close encounters; “Close encounters of the third kind making of” documentary; 1977 featurette “Watch the skies;” a view from above: feature comparison poster.
 
Summary:  Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.
 
OCLC #: 50505147 (Copy 1)
                    181088525 (Copy 2)
 
Added: July 7, 2010
 
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

May 5, 2010
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Call Number: VHS01171
by George Lucas; Menno Meyjes; Jeffrey Boam; Robert Watts; Steven Spielberg; Harrison Ford; Denholm Elliott; Alison Doody; John Rhys-Davies; Julian Glover; River Phoenix; Sean Connery; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Lucasfilm, Ltd.; Paramount Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©1989.
Notes: Originally released in 1989  (126 min.); Nominated for three 1990 academy awards;
Summary:  Indiana Jones and his father set out to find the mystically-empowered Holy Grail.
OCLC #: 20981482
Also: See Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at VHS01313
Added: May 4, 2010
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Minority Report

April 16, 2010
Minority Report
Call Number: DVD00342
byGerald R Molen; Bonnie Curtis; Walter F Parkes; Jan DeBont; Scott Frank; Jon Cohen; Steven Spielberg; Tom Cruise; Colin Farrell; Samantha Morton; Max von Sydow; Lois Smith; Peter Stormare; Tim Blake Nelson; Steve Harris; Kathryn Morris; Philip K Dick; Blue Tulip (Firm); DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., [2003]
Notes:Originally released in 2002 (146 mins.); Based upon the short story by Philip K. Dick; nominated for one 2003 academy award;
Summary:Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who set him up.
OCLC #: 52874308
Added: April 16, 2010
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Jurassic Park

April 5, 2010
Jurassic Park or JP
Call Number: VHS01100 Copy 1
VHS01100 Copy 2
VHS01100 Copy 3
VHS01100 Copy 4
by Steven Spielberg; Michael Crichton; David Koepp; Kathleen Kennedy; Gerald R Molen; Sam Neill; Laura Dern; Jeff Goldblum; Richard Attenborough; Universal Pictures (Firm); Amblin Entertainment (Firm); MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures : Distributed by MCA Universal Home Video, ©1993, 1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (127 mins.); Based on the novel by Michael Crichton; Nominated for three 1994 Academy Awards;
Summary: On a remote island off Costa Rica, wealthy entrepreneur John Hammond (Attenborough) has created Jurassic Park. It features real live dinosaurs, created through the reconstruction of dinosaur DNA. Prompted by his lawyer (Ferrero), Hammond recruits paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Neill), paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler (Dern), and eccentric mathematician Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) to take a guided tour of the park, evaluate it, and give it a seal of approval. Hammond’s visiting grandchildren (Richards and Mazzello) come along for the ride, which is interrupted by a tropical storm and industrial sabotage.
OCLC #: 31210613
Added: April 5, 2010
Also: See the sequal, The Lost World, at VHS01597
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Munich

March 1, 2010
Munich
Call Number: DVD00350 Copy 1
DVD00350 Copy 2
by Steven Spielberg; Tony Kushner; Eric Roth; Kathleen Kennedy; Barry Mendel; Colin Wilson; Janusz Kaminski, cinematographer.; Eric Bana; Daniel Craig; Ciarán Hinds; Mathieu Kassovitz; Hanns Zischler; Ayelet Zorer; Geoffrey Rush; Michael Kahn; John Williams; George Jonas; Universal Pictures (Firm); Dreamworks Pictures.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); Alliance Atlantis (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Originally released in 2005 (164 mins.); Based on the book: Vengeance, the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist team / by George Jonas;  Nominated for five 2006 Academy Awards;
Summary: The intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes, and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it.
OCLC #: 65185300
Added: March 1, 2010
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The Color Purple

December 23, 2008
The Color Purple
Call Number: VHS00584
by Steven Spielberg; Kathleen Kennedy; Frank Marshall; Quincy Jones; Menno Meyjes; Danny Glover; Adolph Caesar; Margaret Avery; Oprah Winfrey; Willard Pugh; Whoopi Goldberg; Akosua Busia; Alice Walker; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1985 (154 mins.); Based upon the novel by Alice Walker; Nominated for 11 1986 Academy Awards;
Summary: This is the story of a black family’s growth and flowering as told through the life of Celie. Set in the rural South about 1909, it tells of the loving relationship between Celie and her sister Nettie. At the center of everything is Celie, who as a young girl gives birth to two children who are both taken away from her. She and her sister are also separated. Celie then marries into a life of virtual servitude to a brutal man causing her life to be filled with oppression and grinding disappointments. Her joys are few until, after 40 years, she is reunited with her family.
OCLC #: 23347528
Added: December 23, 2008
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E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial

October 28, 2008
E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial
Call Number: VHS00076 Copy 1
VHS00076 Copy 2
by: Henry Thomas; Dee Wallace Stone; Drew Barrymore; Steven Spielberg; Kathleen Kennedy; John Williams; Peter Coyote; Melissa Mathison; Universal Pictures (Firm); MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : MCA Universal Home Video, ©1996.
Notes: Orginally released in 1982 (115 mins.); Nominated for nine 1983 Academy Awards; Edition includes retrospective featuring interviews with cast members and production team (10 min.);
Summary: A moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. While E.T. learns about life on Earth, Elliott learns that friendship knows no earthly bounds.
OCLC #: 43299681
Added: October 27, 2008
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Saving Private Ryan

October 22, 2008
Saving Private Ryan
Call Number: VHS00172
by Steven Spielberg; Robert Rodat; Tom Hanks; Edward Burns; Tom Sizemore; Jeremy Davies; Vin Diesel; Adam Goldberg; Barry Pepper; Giovanni Ribisi; Matt Damon; Dennis Farina; Ted Danson; Dreamworks Pictures.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); Mutual Film Company.; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Pictures.; et al
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA: Dreamworks, 1999.
Notes: Originally released 1998 (169 mins.); Nominated for 11 1999 Academy Awards;
Summary: WWII Army Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with the brutality of war, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage
OCLC #: 41435695
Added: October 22, 2008
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