Jason Robards
1) Quick Change
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill Murray, Academy Award winner Geena Davis and Randy Quaid star as a trio of first-time bank robbers who commit an audaciously perfect crime ... but then find the heist much easier than getting out of New York City with the loot in this hilarious crime caper.
2) Truman
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008, 1997
Edition
Full screen version
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the unlikely rise of a gritty American original, Harry Truman. He was a farmer, a bankrupt businessman, an unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held America's highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but he would prove to be a surprise. Facing some of the biggest crises of the century, Truman would end the war with Germany, use the atomic bomb against Japan, confront...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Ken Burns traces the life and turbulent career of one of America's best known and least understood painters. A bittersweet portrait combining rare archival material, commentary by those close to him, and a collection of his stunning paintings.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Long-lost footage, penetrating interviews and the magnificent art of Benton tell the bitter-sweet story of an extraordinary American artist who became emblematic of the price all artists must pay to remain true to their talents and themselves.
Series
Publisher
CBS Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Addie Mills is a smart and strong-willed young girl living in Nebraska in the 1940s with her sensible but stubborn father, James, and her loving, quirky Grandma. In The House Without A Christmas Tree, all Addie wants is to have a Christmas tree for the first time. But James refuses due to a painful family memory. Trouble ensues in The Thanksgiving Treasure when Addie tries to invite Jame's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending...
8) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Publisher
PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life and work of artist Thomas Hart Benton as shown through his paintings, through old newsreels, and through interviews with people who knew him.
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Spirit Lands and the Great West is a visual and musical journey to some of the most spectacular, beautiful and awe-inspiring natural wonders of the American desert. Emmy Award winning cinematographer David Fortney spent four years collecting imagery for this project traveling to every desert location in America, including seven National Parks. A variety of innovative filming techniques were used in the production of this non-narrated, visual masterpiece,...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (216 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1983
Edition
Widescreen or standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dark's Pandemonium Carnival comes to a small Illinois town. Mr. Dark makes the wishes of the townspeople come true, but with horrifying results. Two young boys figure out what is going on and try to stop Mr. Dark.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1991
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three men who made it happen: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff. Combines archival photographs, newsreels of the period, interviews, and radio soundtrack.
14) The day after
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122 min. ; 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
15) Julia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Born to great wealth, the firecely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting facism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, a friend of Julia's is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders.
17) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
Deluxe widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of two competing lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
18) The day after
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1929 and Chicago's two powerful rival gangs, led by Al Capone and Bugs Moran, are in fierce competition over bootlegging ... but not for long. Capone's boys are plotting a Valentine's gift for Moran that will put him and his crew out of business for good. All it will take is a few fake police uniforms, a staged delivery of liquor and, of course, a lot of ammo ...
20) Parenthood
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Language
English
Description
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
