Summary: ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision. Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead, STYX is an astute modern day parable of Western...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STYSummary: Archibald Asparagus stars as Jonah, who is chosen by God to help spread his message to the world. Unfortunately, his first stop on his evangelical tour is the city of Nineveh, where the residents while away their days bingeing on cheese snacks and arguing. Circumstances force Jonah to set sail across the ocean, where he's assisted by Khalil, and pirates who are led by the well-meaning but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Idea Productions 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV VEGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD VeSummary: Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor competes in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MERSummary: A successful businessman is forced to confront his troubled past as he isolates himself on a dilapidated sailboat.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Film Co. 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HID RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HIDRedford, Robert
Summary: A man sailing solo in the Indian Ocean capsizes and tries to survive the rest of his journey in a life raft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2014
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Described Video Cassette, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ALLSummary: The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PIRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PIRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIR RATED PG-13Summary: Captain Geoffrey Thorpe is the terror of the Spanish Main, striking crippling blows against the oppressive Spanish war machine, freeing English slaves from the galley ships and filling England's coffers with Spanish gold--with the tacit approval of England's Queen Elizabeth I. When the dashing Thorpe raids and sinks a diplomatic vessel bringing ambassador Don José Alvarez de Cordoba and his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SEASummary: Two feuding brothers try to drive each other out of the used car business. To add to the problems, one salesman (who is working as a used car salesman as training for his political career) ends up creating even more problems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY USESummary: Goodbye, Tree Hill High. Graduation nears and with its approach comes the realization that, for students and parents alike, life is changing forever. There are new loves to nurture, old scores still to settle. The longtime triangle of Lucas, Peyton and Brooke finally comes down to two. The memory of Keith--or is it his spirit?--inspires Lucas and Nathan and haunts Dan. Peyton is terrorized by a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ONESummary: Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006