James Garner
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English
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The revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal--and proud of it," and much more
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James Garner stars in a lighthearted tale about the vices and virtues of small-town life, based on the novel by Weldon Hill. It's 1952 in Cushing, Oklahoma, and George Adams (Garner) knows his time with the railroad has come to an end. A steam-engine expert in an industry switching to diesel, George juggles a second job with his too-busy wife, the neighborhood temptress and other distractions while he figures out what to do with the rest of his life....
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James Garner and Debbie Reynolds star as hapless American parents adrift on the French Riviera at the height of the 1960s who discover life, love and How Sweet it Is. When Grif and Jenny Henderson's (Garner and Reynolds) 20-year-old son follows his girlfriend to Europe, the parents follow the boy to keep him out of trouble. But when Jenny Henderson gets conned by Mr. Tilly (Terry-Thomas) into renting a villa that isn't vacant, the Henderson's depend...
4) Promise
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English
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James Garner and James Woods deliver powerhouse performances in this deeply moving story about family obligations and brotherly love. When his mother dies, Bob Beuhler (Garner) inherits a house, land and custody of his schizophrenic younger brother, DJ (Woods). Reluctant to take responsibility, Bob faces the most difficult challenge of his life as he tries to fulfill the promise he made to his mother 30 years earlier and look after DJ now that she's...
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English
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When a woman's lifeless body is pulled from the cold ocean waters off the Pacific Northwest by her Doberman Pinscher, all evidence points to the dog as the woman's killer. But the police chief of the small town of Eden Landing has doubts-and his investigation may be placing him squarely in a killer's aim in They Only Kill Their Masters.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 3
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English
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Woodrow breaks off from his posse to pursue Mo Mo while his men try to capture or kill Joey Garza. Meanwhile Lorena searches for Pea and Joey's mother Maria tries to help her son elude the law.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 2
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English
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Call finds he has more than just teenage killer Joey Garza to hunt down but the infamous "man-burner" Mox Mox and his gang.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 1
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English
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Captain Woodrow Coll returns to his old profession of Texas Ranger in order to track down a killer who likes robbing trains and murdering victims on a whim.
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English
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As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will people remember to order new checks from the bank? Did the invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or complete planetary destruction? Is it really worth investing in that Five-Year CD? 'Tonight,' in the...
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The #1 bestselling author of Once Upon a More Enlightened Time reads his Politically Correct holiday gift. Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens' A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, overweight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas) and justify the...
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English
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The hilarious sequel to the #1 phenomenon Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. "If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed...the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." -- James Finn Garner Spurred by the overwhelming success of the million-copy bestseller, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner continues his quest...
13) Hour of the gun
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Distributed by Shock DVD
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Wyatt Earp - hero with a badge or cold-blooded killer? James Garner plays legendary Wyatt Earp in director John Sturges' hardhitting, historically accurate account of the famed Tombstone gunfight's bloody aftermath"--Shockdvd.com.au.
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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Murphy's been charged with a savage murder, condemned to die, then given a reprieve when the autopsy of the victim reveals startling new evidence. Murphy is a Doberman Pinscher. James Garner portrays affable lawman Abel Marsh, who takes possession of the dog and of the case that's disrupted the tiny California coast town of Eden Landing. Marsh will interview suspects. Suffer a knock or two to the noggin. See the corpse count grow. And realize that...
15) The notebook
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Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. When Allie doesn't hear from Noah after several years, she meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, with her love still alive for Noah, stops by Noah's home to check on him. Seeing that their reunion has rekindled a passionate romance, Allie must now...
16) Grand Prix
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
Nine races. One champion. Formula One drivers compete to be the best in this tale of speed, spectacle, and intertwined personal lives
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two former Presidents are framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents. The two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperate and delightfully frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence. As they scramble through the real America, they get an unexpected crash course in how their policies affected the citizens
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again
19) Legalese
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Accused of murder, a beautiful actress seeks the counsel of a celebrity attorney. Knowing that trials are won on television, he hires an inexperienced lawyer to serve as his front and capture the hearts of America.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (232 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Maverick (127 min.): Mel Gibson stars as card-playing gunslinger Brett Maverick, who meets up with wily gambler Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster) and a marshal named Zane Cooper (James Garner, trading his old role to Gibson) on his way to the World Series of poker in St. Louis. Maverick's trying to raise the $5,000 needed to join the high-stakes contest, but that's easier said than done due to a lot of unscrupulous competition and a twisting plot...