Robert Sean Leonard
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In a single, engaging volume, The Great Gatsby presents a helpful literary guide to one of America's most prized classic novels. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the Jazz Age and examined the American obsession with love, wealth, material objects, and class. Considered one of the great novels of the 20th century, Fitzgerald s famous work remains relevant for its observations on the pursuit of...
Author
Language
English
Description
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls'...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 2 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The history of the American whaling industry, from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Special edition widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 129 min. + extras) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (972 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hugh Laurie stars as the brilliant but sarcastic Dr. Gregory House, a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving medical puzzles that other doctors give up on.
Series
Criterion collection volume 485
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the 'last days' at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Icy Charlotte and demure Alice toil by day as publishing house assistants and by night the two look for romance and entertainment at a premier disco club. But, as the disco is closed, they wonder if disco can ever really be dead?
Publisher
Paramount Pictures [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the most famous and controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Explores the complete spectrum of Warhol's artistic output, from the late 1940s to his death in 1987.