Philip Bosco
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time-- one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but...
5) Coney Island
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2006], c1991]
Language
English
Description
In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and eventually, everyone came to see it. At the turn of the century, Coney Island exploded in a forest of glittering electric towers and a riot of rides, restaurants, recreated disasters, freak shows, and historical displays when three vast amusement parks -- Steeplechase, Luna Park, and Dreamland -- were built. Indicative of its overwhelming popularity,...
Series
Reading rainbow volume 62
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The featured book explores the ecosystem of the giant Saguaro cactus. LeVar introduces desert animals such as jackrabbits, bobcats, gila monsters, javelina pigs and woodpeckers. Explorers how cacti adapt to the heat and scarcity of water. A "snake man" offers a close-up look at rattlesnakes. A video montage shows the life and seasons of the desert. Review books - Snakes are hunters by Patricia Lauber ; Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck ; A living desert...
7) Mark Twain
Language
English
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
8) Savages
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jon and Wendy Savage (Hoffman and Linney) are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny (Bosco). Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time-- one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but...
Series
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
In Riverton, Maine, circa 1893, Dr. Thomas Stockman wants to disclose that the town's moneymaking health spa "Clearwater Springs" has been fouled by pollution from a tannery. But his proposal to go public is opposed by his brother Peter, the town mayor, who prompts a wave of public outrage against Dr. Stockman and his family.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Kate & Leopold: Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. One can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in...
15) Cupid & Cate
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 37
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Cate DeAngelo is a talented and slightly quirky individual whose life and identity seem to be stuck in neutral until her sister decides to play "Cupid" and introduces her to a handsome and truly endearing man.
17) It takes two
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A streetwise orphan in the care of an attractive case worker, and the refined daughter of a widowed tycoon meet, and the two lookalike girls scheme to bring the two adults together.
18) F/X: F/X2
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
F/X2: Retired special-effects (FX) expert Rollie Tyler now devotes his time to designing high-tech toys. When the police ask for Rollie's help to catch a homicidal maniac, he reluctantly agrees. But it's Rollie who gets caught in the deadly trap, an elaborate set-up designed to hide a massive conspiracy. He needs help from detective Leo McCarthy to expose this conspiracy.
F/X: Rollie Tyler is one of the movies' best special effects artists, known...