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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 35 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Collector of Bedford Street is an Academy Award nominated short documentary that follows the filmmaker's 60 year old neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who has an intellectual disability. Every year, Larry collects thousands of dollars for charities while living at the poverty line. When Larry’s primary caregiver becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to protect his...
2) Dina
Publisher
The Orchard
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous for their beloved Dina after the death of her first husband....
3) Gigli
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Larry Gigli is a low-level Los Angeles mob enforcer whose volatile boss, Louis, hires Gigli to kidnap Brian, the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor who's about to bring Louis' boss to trial in New York. Gigli gets the kid home without a hitch. Then Ricki, a beautiful woman, shows up at his door. Gigli soon learns that the nervous Louis has hired her to keep an eye on him. As Gigli and Ricky continue to look after the young,...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant scientist, obsessed with perfecting a revolutionary virtual reality software program, enlists the aid of a slow-witted gardener, only to encounter a shadowy group seeking to turn the "lawnmower man" into the ultimate weapon.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Widescreen version; Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the adventures of a free-spirited mental ward inmate whose rebelliousness pits him against the repressive head nurse, and whose charm wins him the loyalty of his fellow inmates.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Gold Crown collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound (stereophonic), color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four mentally challenged men share a house and with the help of a social worker learn to cope with the ups and downs of daily life through laughter, love, & joy.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen version (1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the heart-wrenching true story of Marie Balter. Abused and victimized, she beats impossible odds to build a normal life after spending 20 years locked away in a mental institution.
9) I am Sam
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
10) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
11) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
12) Rudy: Radio
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4.
Language
English
Description
Rudy: Rudy Ruettinger, a working-class boy, realizes his dreams of playing football at Notre Dame.
Radio: "The inspiring true story of the real life friendship between Robert "Radio" Kennedy and Coach Harold Jones and the thirty-year legacy of victory they created"--Container.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary following a group of actors with learning disabilities, from the Drama Program of Long Island's ANCHOR organization, as they embark on a four-month-long journey to mount a stage performance of film The wizard of Oz.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two very dimwitted guys make a cross-country road trip to return a large sum of cash to its owner. Along the way they encounter police, kidnappers, & assorted others.
15) Strait-jacket
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1963, 2014.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Harbin goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death, then spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder. After she is released, she moves in with her brother, his wife, and her own daughter, now age twenty-three. Her nightmare is over, or is it? When a series of axe murders suddenly occurs in the neighborhood,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (968 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Two contains worlds (and alternative worlds) of excitement complete with shape-shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and people who turn to ashes before our eyes. But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (1028 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three unlikely colleagues -- a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who's spent the last 17 years in a mental institution, and the scientist's sardonic son -- investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as 'the pattern.' Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
18) Dumb and dumber
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lloyd and Harry. One is dumb, the other is dumber. Lloyd and Harry hit the road to return a misplaced briefcase to its owner. The boys don't know that the case is filled with ransom money. Now, they are being trailed by some smashmouth lowlifes who want the case and the cash.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs in 4 separate volumes (DVD) (1,028 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three unlikely colleagues -- a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who's spent the last 17 years in a mental institution, and the scientist's sardonic son -- investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as 'the pattern.' Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
20) Forrest Gump
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Forrest Gump is a low-intelligence man who has good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army and heads off to Vietnam where he becomes friends with Dan and Bubba. He wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, writes bumper stickers...
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