Summary: World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Scrappy, stubborn and strong, the Gallaghers are tested by changing times, but Season Six finds them older, wiser, and better at playing the system. Used to their natural state of chaos, the Gallaghers are as surprised as anyone at how life is turning out for them. But as they come into their own and find out who they really are is it really possible that they could grow apart for good?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY VERSummary: Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WhSummary: Western about a stoic sheriff who comes into an unfamiliar town to bring in a bunch of cowboys who, on a drunken spree, accidentally killed an old man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This contemporary drama is about romance between two imperfect, alcoholic, resentful ordinary people, neighbors in the suburbs, adults with enough money to support themselves in the discontent to which they have become accustomed. Terry Wolfmeyer, suburban Detroit mother of four girls, is suddenly abandoned by her husband, and sinks into depression and subsists on a steady diet of vodka tonics....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY UPSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UPSSummary: Critically acclaimed alcoholic actress Thea Barfoed has gone through turmoil, resulting in a divorce and the loss of custody of her two boys. Eager to break with the past, regain control over her life, and get her children back, she uses charm and manipulation to persuade her ex-husband, Christian, that she is able to take back the mantle of motherhood. But ironically, she has not completely...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN APPSummary: Season five finds the Gallaghers dealing with both the upside and downside of personal and urban renewal as Frank, Fiona, Lip and their family and friends band together to fight the invading hipster hordes and real estate speculators in their beloved South Side. But, as the neighborhood changes, the Gallaghers begin to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: In recovery and living with his mother, Norval decides to visit his estranged father after receiving a letter from the man he barely knows. He finds out that not only is his dad a deadbeat, but reprecussions from a shady past are bearing down on him while Norval battles demons both real and imagined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR COMSummary: Rio bravo : On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RioSummary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIOSummary: A fading star meets an aspiring actress, falls in love with and marries her. Her career skyrockets, while his continues to fade with tragic results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: VCI Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STASummary: Jimmy Quinn, an alcoholic comedian, travels the country by bus, as the world of standup comedy slowly dies. One day at a motel, his long-lost son David, who has dropped out of med school to be a comedian, appears. They grow closer during their road trip, but tensions rise due to Jimmy's destructive behavior. David learns about Jimmy's failed relationship with Laura and his past as a comedian....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMEDY ROA1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Summary: An alcoholic novelist meets a widowed hairdresser. He begins to wonder if she murdered her former husbands and if he'll be next.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FOUSummary: An estranged teenage girl returns to her family home only to discover she has an unexpected roommate; her late mother's lover, a boozy academic who's slowly drinking himself to death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LOVSummary: After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther--this seemingly angelic little girl...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: Lola Delaney is a vulgar, dumpy, less-than-bright "shotgun bride" who is married to recovering alcoholic Doc Delaney. Their unhappy marriage is made even more unhappy when a sexy stranger, Marie, rents a room from Lola. Lola is a tiresome creature who never stops talking, especially about the "imminent" return of her runaway dog Sheba. Doc is having enough trouble staying from the bottle and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COMSummary: Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to fall apart when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie GoodSummary: The tenth season picks up six months after last season's finale: Frank uses his leg injury to collect as many prescription drugs as possible and his exploits lead him to an old friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: The Gallaghers have always scraped by, but Season Seven finds them finally getting a leg up. When Frank awakens from a coma to learn that his family tossed him in the river, he declares war, Gallagher vs. Gallagher.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHADern, Bruce
Summary: An estranged son and his alcoholic father travel from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar sweepstakes prize.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NEBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NEBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Nebraska 2014Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEB RATED RSummary: The final season finds the Gallaghers and the South Side at a crossroads. As Frank confronts his own mortality, Lip struggles with becoming the family patriarch. Newlyweds Ian and Mickey figure out their committed relationship, while Deb embraces single motherhood. Lastly, Cart finds an unlikely new career in law enforcement while Kevin and V fight for their life on the South Side.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: Frank comes out of a drug-induced haze and decides it's finally time to be a contributing member of society. Fiona faces hard decisions when she discovers her success as a landlord may mean someone else's misfortune. Lip struggles with staying sober, while Ian takes up a cause in hopes of getting back with Trevor. Debbie builds her future at welding school while juggling life as a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017