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(0)Glenn Close
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Series
Publisher
HarperChildren's Audio
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall," Sarah writes Papa. And so begins the journey for Sarah, Papa, Anna and Caleb in Patricia MacLachlan's masterpiece, Sarah, Plain and Tall. In Skylark, a drought turns the land dry and brown and Sarah takes Anna and Caleb back to the city as Papa stays behind. Will the family ever be reunited? Caleb's Story continues the saga of Sarah and her family on the prairie. All the beloved...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Famed documentary producer Sheila Nevins is the one person who always tells it like it is, and who will say, "Learn from my mistakes and my successes. Because you don't get smarter as you get older, you get braver." An astonishingly frank, funny, poignant book about the real-life challenges of being a woman in a man's world; what it means to be a working mother; what it's like to be an older woman in a youth-obsessed culture; the sometimes changing,...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998, 1983]
Language
English
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
11) 102 dalmatians
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Under the influence of Dr. Pavlov's psychotherapy, Cruella De Vil is released from prison a seemingly law-abiding animal lover, but the sound of Big Ben can reverse her treatment.
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Sarah, plain and tall: In this heartwarming, enormously popular family film, a mail-order bride travels to Kansas in 1910 and teaches a lonely family to love again. Skylark: When Sarah's beloved family is tested first by nature and then by a separation, they discover that home is not a piece of land, but a place within the heart. Winter's end: Having abandoned his family decades ago, Palance returns to the farm to reconcile his relationship with his...
13) Air Force One
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, 1997.
Language
English
Description
Terrorists have seized Air Force One thirty thousand feet in the air with the President, his family, and more than fifty other people on board. The terrorists threaten to execute a hostage every 30 minutes if their demands are not met. The official word from Washington is "no negotiations".
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
16) Tarzan
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tarzan was raised by apes since birth, but after he is discovered living in the jungle by humans, he must decide which world he belongs in.
17) Home
Publisher
Elzévir Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, Home captures the Earth's most amazing landscapes in a new and astonishing light, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability to change" --Container.
18) Albert Nobbs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in nineteenth-century Ireland finds her livelihood threatened when a painter arrives at the hotel where she works and discovers her secret.
19) Tarzan
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Raised by gorillas, Tarzan has made the jungle his home and the animals his friends. But with the appearance of humans, the only world Tarzan has ever known and the one in which he belongs are about to become one.
20) The natural
Language
English
Description
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...