Claire Danes
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the...
2) Shopgirl
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Ray Porter is a buttoned-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle, a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away in a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Everett brings his fiancé Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie ventures a delicate alliance with the Pakistan's secretive Inter-Services Intelligence. Fara fails to recruit a key asset, forcing Carrie to intervene. After the events in Islamabad, Quinn zeroes in on a potential lead.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (604 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Now living in New York City, Carrie gets swept up in the aftereffects of the U.S. presidential election as she struggles to deal with an injury-ravaged Peter Quinn and an increasingly suspicious Saul Berenson. When the president-elect battles the CIA during her transition to power, Carrie finds herself caught in the crossfire..." -- Container.
10) The family Stone
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Everett brings his fiancé Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human...
12) Evening
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her...
13) Brokedown palace
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
On vacation in a foreign land, best friends Alice and Darlene fall for the same mysterious man in this riveting thriller
14) Stage beauty
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself
15) Little women
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
16) The hours
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it...
17) Les miserables
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (648 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With a paranoid president facing investigation and the country tearing itself apart, Carrie and Saul must determine who they can trust in the gripping seventh season. As President Keane finds herself under threat from forces outside the government and within, Carrie embarks on a mission to unravel the truth and bring down a harrowing conspiracy.
Publisher
[Distributed by] Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 629 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Lewis) is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Danes) has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire"--Container