Zanuck Company.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.
5) Big fish
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Bloom is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Special edition; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
8) Dark shadows
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection.
10) Yes man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say "yes" to everything--and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
11) Big fish
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
2-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a remake of the original film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers - and humans are little more than slaves.
13) True crime
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Boozer. Skirt chaser. Careless father. You could create your own list of veteran reporter Steven Everett's faults, but not right now. A San Quentin death row prisoner is slated to die at midnight, a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent. Intercuts the parallel stories of the inmate and Everett's scramble to save the man. And just maybe, lift his own life out of the trash heap along the way.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
15) Reign of fire
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In present day London dragons awake. Fast forward 20 years, to a world devastated by their destruction. Fire Chief Quinn, is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive in what's left of the world. Into their midst comes a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to destroy the beasts and save mankind.
17) Dark shadows
Publisher
distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After being turned into a vampire by a jilted lover, Barnabas Collins ... is entombed for two centuries until he emerges into the very changed world of 1972. Returning to his once-majestic home, he finds the few dysfunctional descendants of the Collins family who remain. Determined to return his family name to its former glory, Barnabas is thwarted at every turn by his former lover--the seductive witch Angelique"--Container.
18) Big fish
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. +
Language
English
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.