Walter Bernstein
Author
Language
English
Description
A young American soldier, blessed with the sure touch of the born" journalist and a deep personal understanding of what it means to be an active participant in this war, tells here the story of his three eventful years in camp and in combat. Beginning at Fort Benning, Georgia, on a fine afternoon in 1941 with the war three thousand miles away, and ending in Marshal Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia in 1944, Sergeant Bernstein's war adventures have...
3) Fail-safe
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
4) Fail_safe
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
5) Semi-tough
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barbara Jane and wayward football players Billy Clyde and Shake have been best friends for years. But when Shake finds enlightenment with a wacky philosophy called 'IT,' Barbara Jane finds herself falling in love with his new confidence. Soon engaged, Shake and Barbara Jane make a dash for the altar. But as Billy Clyde watches from the sidelines, he suddenly realizes that he wants Barbara Jane too.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1932, Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with doctors on the "Tuskegee Experiment" to study the effects of syphilis. She is faced with a terrible dilemma when she learns the patients are denied treatment that could cure them.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of family intrigue and power struggles, sexual dealings and money manipulations of a fictional automobile manufacturing dynasty. The action centers around the patriarch of the family wanting to become involved in the creation of a new super car, after having been retired for many years.
8) The front
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Women & Men and Women & Men 2 tagteam in this double feature starring an all-star cast about relationships of love, family, and trust, a the characters are forced to look at their lives and see where they're are headed.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
James McParlan is an operative working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who is hired by a major coal company to infiltrate and expose an underground terrorist organization, the "Molly Maguires". The Mollies operate within the impoverished mining communities of Pennsylvania and are mostly Irish emigrants. McParlan is selected to infiltrate the organization to pose as a new member, but it quickly becomes apparent that the working conditions are truly...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on a Louis L'Amour novel, Heller In Pink Tights struts onto the screen with sass and shimmy that shows how the West was fun! Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn play members of the Healy Dramatic Co., an itinerant theatrical troupe struggling to stay one step ahead of the bill collector as it travels from mining camps to cowtowns. Come sleet, snow or hail of bullets, the Healy show must go on! And go on it does in this witty, colorful romp directed...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Molly Maguires was a secret society of militant coal miners who battled their exploitation by mine owners with violence, intimidation… and sometimes murder. Based on actual events, this gripping story is a sympathetic and accurate account of the Irish-American miners’ struggle. Richard Harris (Gladiator, Camelot) plays a detective on undercover assignment for the owners, fighting his own conscience. Academy Award®–winner Sean Connery...
Author
Language
English
Description
Director Michael Ritchie, well respected for his perceptive satirical jabs at American society in such diverse films as The Bad News Bears, Semi-Tough, and Smile, presents us with a charming love story while he delivers a gentle swipe at his own movie making industry. Set in the midst of the frenzied goings-on of the Cannes Film Festival (many sequences were actually filmed during the 1976 event), this romantic comedy concerns the relationship between...
Author
Language
English
Description
They can change her local, but they can't change her ways! Exiled from her familial estate for "scandalous indiscretions," amorous Austrian Princess Olympia (Sophia Loren) turns her attentions to a handsome American stranger (John Gavin) and finds that the attraction is mutual...but the romantic complications are many. Maurice Chevalier costars, bringing his touch of charm to this lighthearted romance. And, as a scheming countess, Angela Lansbury...
