Summary: 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: The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DIVSummary: Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to other patients.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1997
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AWACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AWASummary: In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2006
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CONCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE CONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER CONSummary: An uncomfortably unmarried thirty-something "singleton," Bridget decides to take charge of her life and chronicles her Year of Change in this comedic homage to Pride and Prejudice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BRISummary: 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
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: Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie AmeliaSummary: Kathy gets evicted from her home for failing to pay a tax she never should have been charged to pay in the first place. The house is swiftly put up for auction and bought by a former military officer from Iran named Behrani. When legal efforts fail her, Kathy turns to a sympathetic cop who wants out of a loveless marriage and who is willing to step over legal boundaries if it might give him the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie House 2004Summary: Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD COLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COL RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Cold 2004Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE COLSummary: In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRESummary: 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