Brian Helgeland
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
3) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher tells anyone in earshot about the secret movers, shakers and assassins who really control things. When he tries to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton in the know, he's run out of her office. Soon both will be running for their lives.
5) Payback
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mel Gibson is Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist betray him.
6) Green zone
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
7) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (156, 141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 13th century England, Robin Hood and his band of followers battle French invaders, the King, and taxes.
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slaying of the patrons at an all-night diner. A tribute to tough film noir crime films.
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling.
10) Finestkind
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in New Bedford, Mass., America's biggest commercial fishing port, FINESTKIND tells the story of two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks, who are reunited as adults over one fateful summer. When desperate circumstances force them to strike a deal with a dangerous Boston crime syndicate, a young woman finds herself caught in the middle. Along the way, sacrifices must be made, and bonds between brothers, friends, and a father and his son are...
11) Blood work
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
There is a masked killer on the loose, and the police believe that it is the locations of the murders that are important and that the victims are just unlucky. But retired FBI agent Terry McCaleb thinks that it goes the other way around. The killer's victims are very specific. Forced to retire after suffering a heart attack, and receiving a new heart 2 years later, he is approached by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he now has. Now McCaleb...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Darren is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and get tickets. Steve and Darren think that it is all a joke until a vampire named Larten Crepsley comes on stage with a very poisonous spider that he makes do tricks. Steve tells Larten he would like to join him and become an apprentice.
14) Mystic river
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed convict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers, to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quiet life, but harbors some...
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Killer Freddie Krueger faces a new adversary. As her friends succumb one by one to Freddy's wrath, telepathically gifted Kristen embarks on a mission to destroy the satanic dream stalker and release the tortured souls of his victims once and for all.
16) Mystic River
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ed. (2.40:1)
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed conflict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quite life, but harbors some...
17) Man on fire
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
High definition widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wave of kidnappings sweeps through Mexico City spreading panic among its wealthier citizens. John Creasy is a burned-out ex-CIA assassin who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos. Pita is the daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a young girl, but he accepts the assignment. Slowly, Pita...
18) The order
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the head of a secret order of priests is found dead, with a strange mark left on his body, another member is sent to investigate. He soon finds himself plunged into a mystery, only to find himself at the heart of it.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
20 videodiscs (approximately 2057 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
48 hrs. (1982) (96 min.) (R) Renegade cop Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) pulls bank robber Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) from a federal prison on a 48-hour leave to help him capture Hammond's old partner. Having escaped from a prison work crew, Ganz is on a killing spree around San Francisco, on the trail of half a million dollars that went missing after one of his robberies. The cocky Reggie knows where the money is, but spars with the hotheaded Jack as...