HBO Video (Firm)
1) Chernobyl
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Genoa debacle, the team decides to use caution in reporting a major breaking story. Neal is contacted by an anonymous source in possession of stolen government documents; Sloan looks to solve a takeover puzzle. When the team attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Mac makes an unexpected acquaintance and Will gets a surprise.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spencer is back in a new season of the hit comedy that explores the glamorous, and often cutthroat, world of pro football, as seen through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard and the guys struggle to find a backer as they face legal and financial woes. Meanwhile, an old enemy pays Richard a visit. Gavin's interference causes Pied Piper to struggle with securing their expansion. The verdict on Pied Piper's fate coincides with a startling real-life drama that makes their livestream immensely popular, and emotions run high as the gang tries to keep the company together.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (536 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A portrayal of the prostitution business in New York in the 1970s. The story follows characters that are forced to venture toward relatively safer and more discreet forms of the same work.
7) Volunteers
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The final season of a comedy that follows the life of former football superstar Spencer Strasmore as he deals with retirement while mentoring other former and current players through the business of football.
11) Bessie
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (358 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The sun-soaked world of a group of past and present football players in and around Miami, Florida. Leading the pack is Spencer, a retired football superstar who is trying to find a foothold as a financial manager to current players. In an industry where the career span is unbelievably short, Spencer and his crew must figure out where the game ends and life begins, all while keeping their cool and having each other's backs.
14) Empire Falls
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An entertaining fusion of reality and fiction; a fly-on-the wall look at government. Produced on location in Washington, D.C., the largely improvised ten-episode series combines fictional characters with appearances by real-life political figures.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims examining the abuses that occurred in the fall of 2003 at the notorious Iraqi prison. Probes the psychology of how typical American men and women came to commit these atrocious acts.
