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Publisher
Luis Argueta
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
Set during the 1954 American-led military coup to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy, Neto (Oscar Javier Almengor), who dreams of one day flying in a hot air balloon. After the U.S. military arrives in the country, he watches as his family and friends are negatively affected. First, his father loses his job, and then the whole family is forced to leave the city, which culminates in the death of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file (35 min.)) : sd., col.
Language
English
Description
In this powerful new film based on his bestselling book, sociologist Michael Kimmel maps the troubling social world where boys become men -- a new stage of development he calls "Guyland." Arguing that the traditional adult signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood are no longer clear, Kimmel provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where more and more young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity...
3) Daisy Miller
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a Swiss spa, upper-class expatriate American Frederick Winterbourne meets pretty, nouveau riche flirt Daisy Miller; her bratty, xenophobic little brother Randolph; and her tremulous, nattering mother. Despite warnings from his dowager aunt about Daisy's recklessness with men, Winterbourne finds himself drawn to her. When he encounters her again in Rome, he tries to convince her that her liberated behavior with an Italian admirer may sully her reputation...
4) Salvador
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1980, Richard Boyle, a veteran war photographer whose career needs a boost, heads for El Salvador to cover the civil war there. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerrillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. After the murder of Archbishop Romero, the rape and murder of an American nurse and three nuns, and the death of a fellow...
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (161 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
6) The beach
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Special ed., widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
"A young American backpacker ... on a secret, deceptively perfect beach ... will discover that 'heaven on earth' can instantly change into a jungle of seduction and danger"--Container.
7) The American
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a job ends more violently than expected, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside and accepts one last assignment to construct a deadly weapon for a mysterious contact. But when he pursues a relationship with a beautiful local woman, he may be tempting fate by stepping out of the shadows. Jack soon finds himself in an escalating battle to escape from his secretive past.
8) Source code
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of an experimental government program called the 'Source Code' that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life. Armed with the task of identifying the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, Colter must relive the incident over and over again, gathering clues until he can solve the mystery and prevent an even...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
cc2010
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (220 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full-spectrum of institutional repression. The patients in the mental hospital then rebel against the rule-bound head nurse, whose smiling, unruffled and patient manner conceal her ruthless determination to crush any hint of individuality of spirit in the men in her charge.
10) Eat pray love
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
A happily married woman who is trying to get pregnant realizes that her life needs to go in a new direction. After a very painful divorce, she risks everything and embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller....
12) Shooter
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"With more than sixty confirmed kills, Gunnery Sgt. Coughlin is the Marine Corps' top-ranked sniper. A divorced father of two who grew up in a wealthy Boston suburb, he had never even held a gun when he joined the Marines, but would spend the next twenty years behind the scope of a long-range precision rifle. In that time he accumulated one of the most successful records in the Corps, ranging through many of the world's hotspots. Now he has written...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
25th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After Earthling Alex (Lance Guest) conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park home for the outer regions of space, Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds -- including Earth."--Container.
14) Cool runnings
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story.
15) Jurassic Park
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg's ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking, this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the...
16) The Danish girl
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
18) The Avengers
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of superhumans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.
19) Head
Series
Criterion collection volume 544
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
[Special] DVD ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book.
Language
English
Description
A kaleidoscopic satire that is a movie homage, media send-up, concert movie, and antiwar cry all at once.
20) Chattahoochee
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fictionalized account of a decorated Korean War veteran's ordeal of incarceration in Florida's state mental institution and his campaign to reform its unjust practices and improve inmate living conditions.
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