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Gabriel Byrne
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled...
2) Little women
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
3) Hereditary
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the matriarch of the Graham framily passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
4) Jindabyne
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of men discover the body of an Aborigine girl in an Australian fishing hole. Instead of reporting the murder right away, they wait until they've filled their coolers with fish. Their inaction sets off a scandal that threatens to tear them apart.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The past has cast a long shadow over the present. A picturesque farm is where the now-married Melanie lives unhappily with her husband. When Melanie invites fellow Holocaust survivor Jakob to her home, he unexpectedly brings Christopher, whose love for Melanie has never diminished since their confinement in an internment camp. Old feelings and long-suppressed memories are stirred up and reveal a climactic, life-changing feasts.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (3 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 4/3 in.
Language
English
Description
Legendary Calamity Jane searches not only for her long-lost daughter, but also for the Wild West that is now waning. Her unforgettable friends include Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull, and Annie Oakley.
8) Patrick
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the life of St. Patrick and his conversion of Ireland.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A journalist, trapped in Leningrad during the Nazi onslaught, joins forces with a young militia officer to provide refuge for the masses devastated by the explosive atrocities surrounding them. Bonus features included.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned Hungarian terrorist and Roger Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for suspects in a truck highjacking, and ends with the possible identification...
11) Lies we tell
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When his billionaire boss dies, chauffeur Donald is given one final job, to wipe out any evidence of Demi's relationship with his mistress, the enigmatic and beautiful Amber. Donald's task soon unravels when Amber's life is threatened, and he finds himself her reluctant protector. Unwittingly drawn into a dangerous urban underworld, he encounters dark, harrowing practices, and a sinister criminal figure who will test him to his very limits.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a gold-rush boomtown that has gone bust, a prospector strikes gold - and is murdered. Sheriff James Ambrose assumes the killer to be a newcomer, a former enslaved person who calls himself Cicero. But as it becomes clear that Cicero is innocent, and as the mystery of the prospector's death deepens and puts the whole town in jeopardy, the town's new minister, Thaddeus Murphy must stand up to Sheriff Ambrose and bring the true culprit to justice.
13) Vanity fair
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Robert Clayton Dean is a successful Washington D.C. attorney who-- without his knowledge-- is given a video that ties a top official of the National Security Agency to a political murder! Instantly, every aspect of Dean's once-normal life is targeted by a lethal team of skilled NSA surveillance operatives, who wage a relentless, ultrahigh-tech campaign to discredit him and retrieve the incriminating evidence!"--Container.
15) Vanity fair
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
16) Virginia's run
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Virginia's mother is killed in a freak riding accident, her father sells the offending mare, Twister, and forbids Virginia to ever ride. When Twister later dies giving birth to a foal, Virginia breaks the ban and grooms Twister's offspring, Stormy, to compete in the big Memorial Day 50 Mile Endurance Race.
17) Vampire academy
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rose Hathaway is a half-human and half-vampire, who is training to be a guardian at St. Vladimir's Academy. Her best friend, Princess Lissa Dragomir is a peaceful, mortal vampire. After ditching school and being on the run for a year, Rose and Lissa are caught and brought back to the Academy. Lissa struggles to reclaim her social status while Rose risks everything in an attempt to protect her best friend from the immortal, evil vampires that lurk...
18) Dead man
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, he finds himself a wanted man running scared until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man."
20) Shipwrecked
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Set sail for high-seas adventure in the classic Disney tradition as a boy named Hakon embarks on an extraordinary voyage!"--Container.
