Paul Giamatti
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
Butterflies have been flying around the planet for over 50 million years, and today around 20,000 different species inhabit the globe. From egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to the winged insect, this follow their life stages, highlighting their survival techniques and the new science that is unlocking the secrets of their world and changing the view of these fantastic and yet fragile creatures.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ducks are true originals. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters. Ducks have a talent for survival, and life stories filled with personality and charm. Each bird is more fun than the last, and will leave you wanting more.
Publisher
SDs
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 14 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them--a damaged, brainy troublemaker--and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam"--
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on...
8) The congress
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
9) Cosmopolis
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eric Packer, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager, heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo, while remotely wagering his company's massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Little does he know his perfectly ordered, doubt-free world is about to implode.
10) Madame Bovary
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When she becomes bored by her life, a married woman tries to pursue excitement through a series of adulterous affairs.
13) Breakthrough
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is a revolutionary new series about scientific explorers and how their cutting-edge innovations and advancements will change our lives in the immediate future and beyond. Every scientific breakthrough is driven by a compelling human drama, the scientists grappling with the fear of failure and the anticipation of success, and at the same time, challenging and inspiring us all to look at the world and its possibilities.
14) Duplicity
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ex-CIA officer Claire Stenwick and ex-MI6 agent Ray Koval are both racing to secure the formula for a product that will bring untold wealth to the company that lands the patent first. As the stakes begin to rise, so does the passion between Claire and Ray. Meanwhile, their mutual employers, industry giant Howard Tully and trailblazing CEO Dick Garsik start resorting to some seriously underhanded tactics as each hopes to gain an advantage over the...
15) Sideways
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miles is a divorced man and a failed writer who teaches junior high English. He decides to take his best friend, somewhat famous actor Jack, on a weeklong drive through California's wine country. There they explore their failures and question their relationships.
16) San Andreas
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the wake of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot ventures across the state to rescue his daughter.
17) Cinderella man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hrs., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept winning...
18) Turbo
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a freak accident, a garden snail with dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world might just realize his goal.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (693 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Former enemies Bobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades, and Wendy Rhoades, the chief counselor to each, have come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals.
20) The last station
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...