Summary: Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears to be perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job that he hates. One he places little effort at, but he has yet to figure out what his passion in life is. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. They are not happy. One day, April...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REVSummary: Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFKSummary: A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 2000
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY SOMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Somewhere 2000Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SOM RATED PGSummary: Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Invictus 2009Summary: Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2002
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEA RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE Beautiful 2002Summary: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MySummary: In a remake of the original film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers--and humans are little more than slaves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PLASummary: Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford captures the majesty of the Montana Wilderness and the strength of the American family in this acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, and Brad Pitt also stars as his brother Paul, an irresistible daredevil driven to challenge the world. Growing up, both boys rebel against their stern...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RIVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie River 1999Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RIVCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RIV RATED PGSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME RATED GHawke, Ethan
Summary: Story of a young man who hopes to strike it rich in the Yukon gold country at the turn of the century and his relationship with the wolf-dog White Fang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney DVD 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WHISummary: In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOBSummary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RATED PG-13Summary: While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PASSummary: Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LEAWilliams, Robin
Summary: A divorced man takes a job in disguise as his ex-wife's housekeeper to be near his children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MRSSummary: Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns' think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants, who originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shuns him. Ignored,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIC FLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flash 2009Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FLASummary: CIA operative Roger Ferris is on a covert mission. He is working in Jordan and searching for terrorists who have been bombing civilian targets. Ferris uncovers information on the Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem. He devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help of his Langley boss, Ed Hoffman. Ferris enlists the help of the Chief of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BODSummary: Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY TWICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TWICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWI RATED PG-13Summary: Gigi is struggling to find true love while shifting through men who are simply not interested. After her latest date, Conor, has failed to call her. Gigi visits a bar he said he frequented in order to see him. There, she meets Alex, a friend of Conor's who works at the bar. Gigi admits that Connor is not expecting her. Alex explains that Connor isn't interested and takes it upon himself to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HE'SCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HSmith, Maggie
Summary: A Scottish schoolmistress is a bad influence on her students.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRISummary: Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006
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3 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HISSummary: A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Green 2007McKenna, Virginia
Summary: Based on a true story of a couple who raise a lion cub and then set her free when she reaches adulthood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2003