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Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When deaf-mute John Singer moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend, a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (1,249 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of a family living in the South during the Great Depression, and features in particular the experiences of John-Boy, a youth on the verge of manhood.
3) Paper Moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ryan O’Neal teams up with his daughter Tatum in this bright, warm, and funny period film for which Tatum won an **Oscar** for her first film role, making her the youngest actress to ever receive this honor. O’Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth behind a convincing smile, and a list of newly widowed prospects for his line. Addie (Tatum O’Neal) is...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lazarus is an extremely religious man who is broken hearted after his wife leaves him for his own brother. Rae is the town slut, who one night is beaten up and left by the roadside near Lazarus' house. Lazarus takes her in and chains her to his radiator while trying to "cure" her insatiability.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy."
6) Idlewild
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Prohibition-era American South, speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival, meanwhile, must choose between his love for Angel and his obligations to his father.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Magazine writer Patrick is everything a family could hope for-- he's handsome, polite and a big success in the Big Apple. But when he returns home to his traditional, rural Southern family, two worlds collide with a sudden jolt. As one shocking truth after another is revealed, Patrick and his eccentric family struggle to respect one another.
8) Wise blood
Series
Criterion collection volume 470
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
[Special edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian, but he somehow makes observations about the state of a run-down country church and understands that there are ridiculous frauds on the streets. Memories inspire him to take on, after initially refusing, the part of a traveling preacher when a cab driver insists he looks like one in his new hat.
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2002, 1993.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) :; sd., color ;; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A devoted old couple are separated when the wife dies. The husband struggles to cope with his loneliness and failing health, but his spirit is fading when a mysterious white dog appears and reawakens his joy of life.
10) My cousin Vinny
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When two carefree pals from up north are mistakenly arrested in Alabama, they call Cousin Vinny, a lawyer from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after the sixth try.
11) The apostle
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen; [Collector's edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sonny is a gifted Southern Pentecostal preacher loved by his community in Texas. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small Louisiana town of Bayou Boutte, Sonny adopts a new identity as the Apostle E.F. and sets out on a new mission--to find the road to redemption.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day?
14) Black like me
Publisher
Video Service Corp
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities.
15) Magic Mike XXL
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day? Bonus features include the making of Beasts of the Southern Wild and the theatrical trailer.
Publisher
Classic Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen version ; thirtieth anniversary special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The history of blacks in the South as seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave. Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food,...
19) Love me tender
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Serving as Confederate soldiers, the Reno brothers steal a Union army payroll at the end of the Civil War, not knowing that the war has ended. Returning home, the eldest, Vance (Egan), finds his sweetheart Cathy (Paget) has married his younger brother Clint (Presley) after hearing reports that Vance was dead. To complicate matters, Cathy still loves Vance--and the Union army is hunting him down. Moviegoers were introduced to Elvis Presley in this...
20) Roots
Author
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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