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Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
3) Snow cake
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2006], c1975
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne's life at Green Gables takes unexpected turns with the arrival of two new orphans and the realization of her dream to go to college. Through marriage proposals from suitors and the sale of her first story, Anne holds on to her memories of Avonlea and discovers life and love on her own terms.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, and the ongoing involvement...
7) Evening
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Antoine still has feelings for his first love Cecile after 30 years and arranges to be reunited with her in Morocco in the hopes of rekindling their love.
11) The Rose Tattoo
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004, c1955
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A neighborhood is disturbed when truck driver Rosario is killed by the police. One day, his wife learns Rosario was having an affair; and a new carefree, handsome Italian truck driver enters her life. Winner of the Best Actress (Anna Magnani), Best Cinematography and the Best Art Direction Awards at the **Academy Awards.** Winner of Best Actress Award at the **Golden Globes** and the **BAFTA Awards.** *"That fine Italian actress Anna Magnani...has...
12) Gilles' wife
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A devoted wife struggles to save her marriage when she suspects her husband is having an affair with her younger sister.
13) We are Marshall
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home from a hard-fought game in North Carolina. Less than a minute...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
15) Reign over me
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is surprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11. Flooded with grief, Charlie quits his job and isolates himself from everyone around him. Alan attempts to help Charlie get over his grief by rekindling their friendship. As Alan spends a lot of...
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Louis lives an isolated existence on the French-Swiss border. When an ailing heart leads him to visit Geneva to pay for a replacement on the black market, he travels to his former home where he searches for his lost son.
17) Pearl diver
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of two sisters, haunted by the twenty-year-old murder of their mother, and what happens when a farming accident rips away the layers of secrecy and buried trauma surrounding that night. They learn that sometimes the secrets from the past can bring hope for the future.
18) Camelot
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at New York's Winter Garden Theater in 1982, the classic story of King Arthur and the love triangle between him, his wife, Queen Guenevere, and his best friend Lancelot.
19) Sequins
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Claire moves from her parents farm to an apartment in the city. She spends most of her time embroidering and keeping a big secret. When fate brings her together with a famous designer, will this help Claire's dreams as well as her big secret?
20) Barrio Cuba
Publisher
Laguna Productions
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A look at life and everyday struggles in Havana through three main stories-- when a woman dies in childbirth, the new father runs away; a lonely woman is courted by an older man, but can't forget her first love; a couple's relationship crumbles when they can't conceive a child.
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