Robert Zemeckis
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Double feature 2-DVD set
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A romance writer teams with a mercenary to rescue her sister who has been kidnapped in South America, now an estranged couple the romance writer travels to the Middle East and is kidnapped by a sheik.
3) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Special collector's edition ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody...
4) Back in time
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film presenting a look at the impact the Back to the future movie trilogy -- Back to the future (originally released: 1985), and the sequels, Back to the future part II (originally released: 1989), and, Back to the future part III (originally released: 1990) -- has had on our culture.
5) Flight
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the early '60s, Evelyn submitted cleverly worded poems, jingles,...
8) The walk
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
10) Beowulf
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is not your high school teacher's Old English epic poem, but a motion-capture animated film. In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf, to aid King Hrothgar by slaying the monster Grendel. The troubled Danish kingdom has been bedeviled by the demon for years, but in killing him, Beowulf incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother. After killing her, Beowulf returns to the castle and becomes...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.
12) Gothika
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen format (1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A criminal psychologist is accused of the murder of her husband, a charge she is unable to defend herself against due to her deteriorating sanity.
13) Cast away
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
14) Ghost ship
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version (1.85:1 ; 16x9).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Salvagers discover the Antonia Graza, an Italian luxury liner with a dark secret. The passenger ship has been missing since 1962, floating adrift on the Bering Sea, the salvagers claim the vessel as their own. But the Antonia Graza in not uninhabited. Once towing of the ghost ship towards harbor has begun, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
16) Flight
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
17) Contact
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
18) The witches
Language
English
Description
The tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe, undercover, to carry out her nefarious...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (342 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Back to the future: Small-town California teen Marty McFly is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
Back to the future part II: Time-traveling...
20) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.