Bill Paxton
1) Mean Dreams
Author
Language
English
Description
Mean Dreams follows courageous local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, as they embark on a journey away from Casey's abusive father, Officer Caraway (Bill Paxton). Under relentless pursuit from her father and corrupt law enforcement, the duo learns the hard truth of what it will take in order to survive.
3) Mean Dreams
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
4) Nightcrawler
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship-at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
6) Frailty
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
FBI Agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the spontaneous declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks that Fenton’s delusion father believed he had a divine mission as avenging angel that required him and his brother Adam to become his “demon-slaying” murder accomplices. Fenton promises to provide the agent with a complete confession if he agrees to be shown the secret graves of the victims. Agent Doyle agrees, but this seemingly open-and-shut case is...
8) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
9) Apollo 13
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (2 hrs. 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter selection sheet.
Language
English
Description
A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.
10) Vertical Limit
Language
English
Formats
Description
When mountain climbers are trapped by an avalanche on 28,250 foot-high mountain K2 in Pakistan, a rescue team races against time to save them.
11) Streets of Fire
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amid a brooding rock & roll landscape, the Bombers motorcycle gang, led by the vicious Raven Shaddock, kidnap diva Ellen Aim. Her hope for rescue lies with unlikely heroes: Tom Cody and his sidekick, the two-fisted beer guzzling McCoy.
12) A Simple Plan
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When three men come across a downed plane with over 4 million dollars stuffed inside a duffel bag, they devise a seemingly foolproof plan to keep the money. But their scheme spirals out of control into intrigue, mistrust, and murder.
13) The Terminator
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cyborg is sent to the past to kill the woman who will conceive the child destined to become the great liberator and arch-enemy of the Earth's future rulers.
15) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazi's top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (290 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the true American story of a legendary family feud, one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region where they lived.
17) Haven
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shy and Andrea share a secret her parents can never know: they are in love. But their love is soon discovered, prompting a devastating act of vengeance by Andrea's brother. Meanwhile, an American businessman has fled with his daughter to avoid federal prosecution, only to be drawn into a dangerous web of deceit.
18) Nightcrawler
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
[DVD; widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of LA crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder, and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cutthroat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
19) Traveller
Publisher
Artison Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index (1 sheet ; 19 cm)
Language
English
20) Frank and Jesse
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[between 1990 and 1999?]
Edition
[Widescreen].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The James Brothers, Frank and Jesse, feel they have no choice but to seek their own justice after witnessing the murder of their younger brother.