Ray Walston
Language
English
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Formats
Description
How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C.C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve,...
4) Damn Yankees
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Starring the original Broadway cast, this is the musical adaptation of the novel 'The Year The Yankees Won The Pennant'. A Washington Senators fan sells his soul to the devil to become a great baseball player and to help his favorite team win the pennant.
5) The sting
Language
English
Formats
Description
1930s Chicago. After a friend is killed by the mob, two con men try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate "sting." No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to the one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A young American nurse from Little Rock meets the handsome and mysterious French planter on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise.
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. He guides a talented young parishoner as she pursues a career in entertainment, and tries to save her from the clutches of a wolfish nightclub owner.
9) Popeye
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003, c1980]
Language
English
Description
Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Bluto and others join Popeye in his adventures in the harbor town of Sweethaven.
10) The Westing game
Series
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To become instant millionaires several potential heirs must unravel the strange circumstances of the death of Samuel W. Westing.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1075
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. Based on Crowe's experiences going undercover as a student at a southern California high school, [it] blend hormone-fueled hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping mall hangouts, fast-food...
12) The stand
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"In Stephen King's epic vision of an apocalyptic future, the few survivors of a plague-ravaged world must choose sides in the ultimate battle of good vs. evil that will decide te fate of humanity. As the followers of demonic Randall Flagg plot to rebuild the world in his dark image, a courageous foursome embarks on a heroic mission against Flagg and his minions. Fighting overwhelming odds, they will risk more than their lives as they take one desperate...
13) The stand
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The U.S. government denies that there's a problem when the horrifying deaths begin, but within a few days, only one percent of the world's population is left alive after a deadly virus escapes from a California research lab. The shattered remnants of humanity face the end of civilization and the beginning of the ultimate battle between good and evil.
14) South Pacific
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of sailors put on a musical during the war in the South Pacific. Bonus features include commentary, sing-along subtitles, documentaries, vintage stage excerpts and screen tests.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"Ambitious TV reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a Martian who has just crashed on Earth. Thinking this is the story of the millennium, Tim schemes to expose the Martian who has taken human form as 'Uncle Martin.' When Tim's efforts are constantly foiled by Uncle Martin's crazy antics, he decided to help the resourceful alien return home. With the government hot on their trail and a spaceship in pieces, can they blast Uncle Martin off in time?"--Container....
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Langoliers: On a flight from LA to Boston 10 passengers awake from a nap to find that all the other passengers have vanished ... and the ground below them is only ... ground. Once they land the situation doesn't improve. No one is there ... the air is still ... the clocks have stopped ... and a dread, evil presence bent on their destruction is headed straight for them.
The stand: The U.S. government denies that there's a problem when the horrifying...
18) Time travelers
Publisher
Rhino Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Features four episodes of the television program with a time-travel theme.
19) From the hip
Publisher
Studio Canal/Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Robin "Stormy" Weathers is a brash young lawyer with a reputation for breaking the rules and some wild ways of practicing criminal defense. But when Stormy takes on the case of a brilliant professor accused of a brutal murder, he finds himself questioning his client's innocence as well as his own abilities as an attorney.