Emily Mortimer
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Napoleon's turbulent history with Russia including his doomed 1812 invasion provides the setting for Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Often referred to as the greatest novel of all time, Tolstoy's classic follows the tumultuous personal lives of two aristocratic families touching on all of the great human epochs; youth, matrimony, age and death.
2) Dear Frankie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie secretly authors letters from his "father" that detail seafaring adventures from around the world. But she cannot maintain this illusion forever. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie hires a handsome stranger to play the role of a father.
3) Cars 2
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours, and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise...
5) City Island
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love.
7) The bookshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, she earns the polite but ruthless opposition of a local grand dame (Patricia Clarkson) and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower (Bill Nighy). As Florence's obstacles amass and...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about that one family member who is always just a little bit behind the curve. For sisters Liz, Miranda, and Natalie, that person is their upbeat brother Ned, an organic farmer whose willingness to rely on honesty and trusting of humankind allows for a trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Mary Poppins departed London, Jane and Michael Banks grew up into loving and responsible adults. When Michael becomes a single father of three children after the death of his wife, Mary Poppins revisits the Cherry Tree Lane home again to try to help Michael and his family cope and move beyond their grief. Time passes quickly for most normal mortals. Mary Poppins has never been normal. Although it's now the 1930s, she looks exactly the same....
10) Hugo
Language
English
Formats
Description
An orphan boy lives a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy. Special features: featurettes.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 610 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off camera lives of its acerbic anchor, a new executive producer, and their newsroom staff.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off camera lives of its acerbic anchor, a new executive producer, and their newsroom staff.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Genoa debacle, the team decides to use caution in reporting a major breaking story. Neal is contacted by an anonymous source in possession of stolen government documents; Sloan looks to solve a takeover puzzle. When the team attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Mac makes an unexpected acquaintance and Will gets a surprise.
14) Relic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay's concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she clashes with Sam's unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back.
15) Match point
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn't deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution....
16) The kid
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Successful, high-powered Russ Duritz has spent all of his incredibly empty life forgetting the child he used to be--until one day, he meets him face-to-face!
17) 10,000 saints
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1980s, following tragedy, teenage Jude moves from Vermont to New York City to live with his father in the punk-fueled East Village. Caught in the chaos of city life, Jude and his friends, Eliza and Teddy embark on a journey of self-realization in a neighborhood on the verge of riots.
18) Mary
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A family looking to start a charter-boat business buys a ship that holds terrifying secrets once out on isolated waters.
19) The Pink Panther
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau, that is just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton, he goes from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake. From the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York. Will he be able to seduce the pop diva, Xania? Will he...
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers need a wife after the death of their doting mother and decide that a Russian woman will best meet their needs. They learn about the realities of life and love on this romp into mail-order bride land.