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1) Grease
Series
Language
English
Description
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
3) Cry-baby
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Director's cut. ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spoof and homage to 1950's teen rock melodramas. Cry Baby's a rebel with a gang of rough friends. Allison is the straight-laced girl who falls for him.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the mid-80's, and Marty McFly is your average 17-year-old slacker who happens to be friends with an inventor, Doc Brown. Doc's latest invention is a time machine, that ends up transporting Marty back to 1955 where he must bring his parents together so that he will exist when he gets back to his own time.
6) Diner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of kids in 1950s Brooklyn form a gang and do everything together. While this makes things easier, they eventually have to face new problems.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 505 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brother and sister are magically transported through their television set and into the black-and-white world of a 1950s sitcom called Pleasantville. Soon they affect this environment with their worldly sensibilities, and people and things slowly begin to acquire color.
10) West Side Story
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, this musical tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
[Special edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marty visits 2015 to straighten out the future of the McFly family, but Biff Tannen steals the time machine, and with it a book that allows his young self in 1955 to amass a gambling fortune, which has significant consequences to the present. To correct the problems, Marty and Doc must return to 1955 to retrieve the book.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marty visits 2015 to straighten out the future of the McFly family, but Biff Tannen steals the time machine, and with it a book that allows his young self in 1955 to amass a gambling fortune, which has significant consequences to the present. To correct the problems, Marty and Doc must return to 1955 to retrieve the book.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (343 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marty McFly and Doc Brown time travel to the past, present and future in their DeLorean to restore the space-time continuum.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 383 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High school students Richie Cunningham and his friends, "Potsie", Ralph, and "The Fonz" head a brilliant comedic cast in 1950's Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Arnold's Drive-In is the local hangout and meeting place, and lots of hilarious, memorable and classic adventures are the results.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"...[I]nspired by the real-life experiences of Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a brilliant college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force to spearhead a clandestine operation to investigate UFO sightings and alleged extraterrestrial encounters. Drawing from actual case files, Project Blue Book blends UFO theories with authentic historical events, exposing an incredible mystery that persists to this day"--Container.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
18) Carol
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1957, and it's as if the world of Grantchester has returned to an idyllic state, a metaphorical Garden of Eden. Will believes that everyone can get close to their own Eden through good works and a proactive attitude. But as Geordie knows, every Eden has its snakes. Will's faith will be tested as he and Geordie are reminded that there's darkness lurking in their corner of Cambridgeshire.
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