Summary: This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. The battle against Chief Crazy Horse is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians and a corporation which wants the land Custer gave to the Indians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THESummary: What can a California girl do with a few dusty acres of land in rural Nebraska? So Kennedy Blaine wonders after she inherits a ranch in the small, western-style town of Valentine, Nebraska. As she makes arrangements to sell the property, she finds herself drawn to the ranch and to its attractive manager, Derek Sterling. She decides to spend the summer and reconnect with family members. But soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LoSummary: Bob is a playboy who recklessly crashes his boat, necessitating the use of a resuscitator. While the equipment is used on Bob, a beloved physician dies of a heart atttack because the resuscitator was unavailable. To atone for this, Bob decides to become a doctor himself. He becomes involved with the doctor's widow, but an accident that causes her to go blind will shadow the rest of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MAGSummary: In The navigator, Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth, and surprisingly little common sense, who finds himself adrift on an immense 500 ft. yacht.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAVSummary: With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they are consumed by fear, lust, and the insatiable...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VOYSummary: [College] Ronald is an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary. [The electric house] Buster turns an ordinary dwelling into an automated funhouse. [Hard luck] A suicidal Buster makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COLSummary: The General (1926): A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. The Playhouse (1921): A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. Cops (1922): A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International Corp. 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GENSummary: Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Cameras follow as they expose government and corporate deception; just as the ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ALLSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POL RATED GSummary: A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Freedom 2007Summary: An anthology of 5 loosely connected and interwoven stories showing how women deal with the variety of problems that each faces in her life. A doctor looking after her invalid mother who realizes that her own life is passing her by. A wealthy bank manager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, a workaholic boyfriend, and a street woman who dispenses advice that hits too close to the truth. A...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie ThingsSummary: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Blackboard 2005Summary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESCVarious
Summary: In John Adams' opera, J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists explore the moral implications of the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA DOCSummary: "This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMFormat: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ga 7Summary: "With the Army of the Dead--led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon--bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: A mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in New England seems to weave a magical spell on a young man with an equally obscure past. Their relationship deepens leading to a shocking conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LILSummary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Sabata: Sabata is a mysterious steely-eyed gunslinger who, after he discovers the town of Daugherty's elite are the masterminds behind the big bank heist, imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM 2005
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN SABSummary: In 1607, the Virginia Company sends a ship from England to America to stake a claim on the New World and bring back the gold that is rumored to be abundant there. Ambitious Governor Ratcliffe is head of the expedition, but well-known explorer and adventurer John Smith is the natural leader. Well-armed, the men anticipate easily fighting off any one they encounter, but John Smith's first meeting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Co. 2005