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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Billie Jean King is the single most important female athlete of the 20th century, winner of 39 Grand Slam titles and a major force in changing and democratizing the cultural landscape. AMERICAN MASTERS looks back to the 12-year-old girl who played tennis on public courts, observed disparity and, as she soared athletically, never stopped trying to remedy inequality. Perhaps best remembered from "The Battle of the Sexes" match vs. Bobby Riggs on Sept....
Author
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, 2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn't deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution....
4) Althea
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Althea Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper's daughter, her family's migration to Harlem, her mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and her fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring the story into a much broader realm of African American history, transcending sports.
5) Ping pong
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about eight competitors in the World Over-80 Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. They are all in their 80s and 90s; one Australian woman is a centurion. Most of the players have been athletes all their lives, but one woman took the sport up as an octogenarian after suffering a stroke. The advanced masters scene is like those in other sports, with rivalries, egomania and even dirty tricks. Losing doesn't get any less painful...
6) King Richard
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story that inspired the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona gets sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, all in an effort to smoke out his father's killer. The killer happens to be one of the FBI's Most Wanted, Feng. Two decades out of the game,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[DVD version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
10) Wimbledon
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aging male tennis star has one last shot, and two weeks, to win the greatesst tennis tournament and the heart of an upcoming women's tennis star.
11) 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...
12) Borg vs. McEnroe
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wimbledon, 1980. The rainiest summer in decades. The world is waiting to see the number one tennis player in the world, Bjorn Borg, claim his fifth Wimbledon title. But few know of the drama behind the scenes: at only 24, Borg is close to the end, run-down, worn out and ridden with anxiety. Meanwhile, the challenger John McEnroe, 20, has decided to replace his former hero on the Wimbledon throne. A story about the price of success.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 474 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Along came Polly : Reuben, a man who always plays it safe, finds his world shaken up when he falls for Polly, a free-spirited girl who lives for the moment.
The wedding date : Rather than risk ridicule by attending her sister's wedding without an escort, Kat turns to the Yellow Pages to find a date.
Intolerable cruelty : Sparks fly between a divorce attorney and a ruthless woman.
The story of us : Empty-nesters Ben and Katie must decide whether...
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