Tim Robbins
Author
Language
English
Description
Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. A follow-up to the provocative documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
3) I.Q
Author
Language
English
Description
Legendary scientist Albert Einstein (played here by Walter Matthau) takes a break from theoretical physics to try to set up his intellectual niece with a handsome auto mechanic in this romantic comedy. The movie's central conceit is that Einstein's brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that Ed Walters (Tim Robbins), a bright, lower-class mechanic obsessed with Popular Science Magazine, would be perfect for his...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
The outrageous film about a highly evolved, offbeat duck from outer space. Based on the popular Marvel Comics. Follow the exploits of a wise-cracking, cigar-chomping duck as he tries to return to his home planet. Features include featurettes, trailers, and more.
Publisher
Lakeshore Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD-video (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed by a right-wing group, college professor Michael Faraday becomes obsessed with the culture of these groups, especially when his new neighbors, the all-American Oliver and Cheryl Lang start acting suspiciously. With each twist the mystery deepens and the question looms: is Faraday just consumed by fear and driven by paranoia, or has a lethal conspiracy been born on Arlington Road?
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision
7) Zathura
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper space-time coordinates is to finish the game, but before they can finish,...
8) Bull Durham
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
American romantic comedy, dealing with a very minor minor-league team and three of its current constituents, an aging baseball groupie that beds one player each season, a cocky foolish new pitcher, and the older, weary catcher brought in to wise the rookie up
Publisher
TGG
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 video discs (ca. 300 min.) : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Cadillac man: "Cadillac man is a non-stop joy ride of comic lunacy! Joey O'brien's got some serious troubles. A mafioso wantes his hide. The women in his life--an ex-wife, a space cadet girlfriend and someone else's wife--are all trying his patience. Into the showroom walks larry (Tim Robbins), a lunkhead terminator with an axe to grind. Now in a life-or-death situation, Joey is forced to do the one thing he does bes--lie!"--Container insert
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11) Miss firecracker
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Carnelle, a hellraiser, enters the Miss Firecracker contest in the old-fashioned town where she was raised. Carnelle's not the usual contestant, but her cousin is a famous winner, and Carnelle's determined to equal her, no matter what
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
""Red" Redding is a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. New inmate Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker, unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship and his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises-- and he saves his best for last." -from container
13) Top gun
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Maverick Mitchell is a daring young flyer in the U.S. Navy who is out to become the best of the best at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
At the world's hottest fashion show, there's been a murder. Now, everybody's a suspect ... They're all caught up in the year's biggest see-and-be-seen event-- where steamy scandals and spectacular supermodels turn up the heat in a riotous show of high fashion
15) Dark waters
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his future, his family, and his own life - to expose the truth.
16) Tapeheads
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
After being fired from their jobs, Ivan and Josh form 'Video Aces' to break into the world of music videos. But when they try to resuscitate the career of a legendary soul duo, they find themselves careening through the outrageous underworld of music
17) The sure thing
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], ©1985
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man and a young woman accidentally share a ride to California during their Christmas break.
18) High fidelity
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Rob Gordon's record store is semi-failing, and his long-time girlfriend has just walked out on him. In order to figure out where things went wrong, he examines his past relationships with other women
19) Cadillac man
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002, 1989
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whether he's pitching himself, or his high-priced luxury cars at Turgeon Auto Sales, Joey O'Brien never lets a day go by without "doing" someone good. But Joey's schmoozed through life on cruise control ... and now he's riding in the hot seat.
Language
English
Formats
Description
City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...