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Big Timber

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Big Timber
Call Number: VHS00284
by Warren Wilson; Jean Yarbrough; Roddy McDowall; Jeff Donnell; Monogram Pictures Corporation.; Video Yesteryear (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher:  [Sandy Hook, Conn.] : Video Yesteryear, [©1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (73 mins.); Edition includes program card;
Summary: A young tree surgeon finds big trouble among the big trees.
OCLC #: 268678964
Added: November 4, 2008
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Quiet Cool

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
 
Quiet Cool
Call Number: DVD00043
by Clay Borris; James Remar; Adam Coleman Howard; Daphne Ashbrook;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : New Line Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Originally released in 1986 (81 mins.);
Summary: Hard-core New York City cop travels to northern California to investigate the disappearance of a former girlfriend’s brother and sister-in-law.
OCLC #: 74180968
Added: November 4, 2008
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
Call Number: VHS00249
by: Michael Gottlieb; Thomas Ian Nicholas; Joss Ackland; Art Malik; Mark Twain; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Tapestry Films.; Trimark Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (90 mins.)
Summary: 14-year-old Little Leaguer Calvin Fuller is in an earthquake which sends him through a time rift into King Arthur’s court. Arthur is in danger of losing his kingdom and Calvin must find a way to conquer his fears and help Arthur save his realm.
OCLC #: 42479259
Added: November 3, 2008
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Five Weeks in a Balloon

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
 
Jules Verne’s Five Weeks in a Balloon
Call Number: VHS00241
by Red Buttons; Fabian; Cedric Hardwicke; Barbara Eden; Irwin Allen; Charles Bennett; Albert Gail; Jules Verne; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Cambridge Productions.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (101 mins.); Based on the novel by Jules Verne;
Summary: Fergusson leads a journey via hot-air balloon in order to claim a remote area in Africa for England. Joining him in the trek are a reporter, a goofy professor, and the professor’s assistant. Along the way they encounter many obstacles and deadly danger.
OCLC #: 42515692
Added: November 3, 2008
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Jungle Drums of Africa

Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Jungle Drums of Africa
Call Number: VHS00233
by Clay Moore; Phyllis Coates; Johnny Spencer; Roy Glenn; Republic Pictures Corporation.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Notes: Originally released in 1953 (167 mins.); Twelve serial episodes over two video cassettes;
Summary: A danger-filled trek through darkest Africa, foreign intrigue and savage natives threaten two of Republic Pictures greatest action adventure stars in this thrill-a-minute jungle serial.
Chapters: ch. 1. Jungle ambush (20:00) — ch. 2. Savage strategy (14:00) — ch. 3. The beast fiend (14:00) — ch. 4. Voodoo vengance (14:00) — ch. 5. The lion pit (13:00) — ch. 6. Underground tornado (13:00) — ch. 7. Cavern of doom (13:00) — ch. 8. The water trap (13:00) — ch. 9. Trail to destruction (13:00) — ch. 10. The flaming ring (13:00) — ch. 11. Bridge of death (13:00) — ch. 12. The avenging river (13:00).
OCLC #: 34130814
Added: October 29, 2008
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Point of No Return

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
 
Point of No Return
Call Number: VHS00225
by Luc Besson; John Badham; Bridget Fonda; Gabriel Byrne; Dermont Mulroney; Warner Bros.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Video, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (109 mins.); Based on Luc Besson’s La Femme Nikita;
Summary: Bridget Fonda stars as Maggie, a woman transformed by a covert government agency from a Death Row inmate into an elite assassin living on borrowed time.
OCLC #: 28773244
Added: October 29, 2008
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Cobra Verde

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Cobra Verde
Call Number: VHS00223
by Werner Herzog; Klaus Kinski; King Ampaw; José Lewgoy; Salvatore Basile; Peter Berling; Bruce Chatwin; Popol Vuh (Musical group); Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.;
Format: VHS
Language: German with English subtitles
Publisher: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2000.
Notes: Originally released in 1987 (110 mins.); Edition includes original theatrical trailer; Based on the novel “The viceroy of Ouidah” by Bruce Chatwin;
Summary: Francisco Manoel da Silva, 19th century, gun-toting Brazilian bandit known as the Cobra Verde, is unknowingly hired by the owner of a sugar plantation to keep his slaves in check, but instead, the Cobra manages to sleep with the landowner’s daughters and impregnate them. In revenge, the owner sends the Cobra on a dangerous mission to sail to the West coast of Africa and reopen the slave trade, and the Cobra wages war with a local tribal king.
OCLC #: 45323080
Added: October 29, 2008
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Sanders of the River

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Alexander Korda’s Sanders of the River
Call Number: VHS00199
by Zoltan Korda; Alexander Korda, Sir; Paul Robeson; Leslie Banks; Nina Mae McKinley; Edgar Wallace; London Film Productions.; Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment (Firm); Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1987], ©1935.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (85 mins.); Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace
Summary: Story of the British colonial administrator’s attempts to keep peace in Nigeria and to civilize warring natives.
OCLC #: 42495230
Added: October 27, 2008
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Saving Private Ryan

Wednesday, October 22nd, 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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The Roy Rogers Collection

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
 
The Roy Rogers Collection 20 Movie Pack
Call Number: DVD00031
by Roy Rogers; Dale Evans Rogers; George Hayes; Mill Creek Entertainment.;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Set contains 20 movies on 4 DVD discs (19 hrs. 48 mins.); All movies in black and white, except “Bells of San Angelo” and “Under California stars”, which are in color.
Chapters: Disc 1. Lights of Old Santa Fe (56 min.) (1944) ; My pal Trigger (79 min.) (1946) ; Rough riders round-up (55 min.) (1939) ; Sheriff of Tombstone (54 min.) (1941) ; Utah (53 min.) (1945) ; Young Bill Hickok (54 min.) (1940) —
Disc 2. Billy the Kid returns (54 min.) (1938) ; Carson City Kid (57 min.) (1940) ; Colorado (54 min.) (1940) ; Cowboy and the Senorita (52 min.) (1944) ; Days of Jesse James (53 min.) (1939) ; In old Caliente (56 min.) (1939) —
Disc 3. Bells of Rosarita (63 min.) (1945) ; Hands across the border (72 min.) (1944) ; Heldorado (54 min.) (1946) ; Robin Hood of the pecos (53 min.) (1941) ; Arizona Kid (54 min.) (1939) ; King of the cowboys (67 min.) (1943) —
Disc 4. Bells of San Angelo (78 min.) (1942) ; Under California stars (70 min.) (1948).
OCLC #: 76065832
Added: October 21, 2008
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