Summary: The story of the infamous meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in 1970, which was immortalized in the most requested phonograph in the National Archives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ELVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ELVSummary: A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatches plans of their breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie PokerSummary: Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TOOSummary: On the last day of high school, mild-mannered English teacher Andy Campbell tries to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration, and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. Then he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland, who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and it ends...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FISSummary: A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POISummary: Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THISummary: The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACESummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Lewis, M. B.
Summary: "A quest to save the world... a secret that could change it. Forever. Kadie Jenkins is a survivor. Now part of an elite group of scholars and scientists, their mission is to stop an impending global terrorist threat. But when a colleague is murdered in Egypt, Kadie finds herself pitted against a foe more terrifying than the one they were trying to stop. Teaming up with a renegade pilot and her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021