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Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, The (1980)
- VTR 85
Based on Mark Twain's novel, Tom Sawyer and his adventures are sure to
please young and old alike. Tom, mischievous and impertinent, brings to
life a likeable and enjoyable character. His boyhood adventures are
timeless, combining laughter, young romance and suspense into one
memorable package. (76 min.)
Age of
Innocence, The
(1993) DVD 789
New York 1870, Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), a
young lawyer from
the upper
class, is engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder), also from a very good
family. May’s cousin, the
unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns from
Europe
and hires Newland to represent her in her divorce case.
An adaptation of the Edith Wharton’s
Pulitizer prize novel. (133 min.)
All the
President's Men (1976) DVD 710
In 1972 the findings of
two reporters triggered revelations about a
burglary in Washington's Watergate building that drove a US President
from office. Based on the book of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about
their experiences uncovering the Watergate coverup for the Washington
Post, this movie tells their story. Starring Robert Redford, Dustin
Hoffman. (133 min.)
American Beauty (1999) DVD 711
Lester Burnham, an ad man in his forties, and his status-seeking wife
Carolyn lead a "slowly deteriorating" life in American suburbia. But as
Lester decides to make a few changes in his life he is about to learn
that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price. A funny, moving
and shocking journey through life in suburban America. Starring Kevin
Spacey, Annette Bening. (117 min.)
American Graffiti (1973) DVD 712
Reflecting the culmination of the 50s this film features the coming of
age of four teenagers on their last summer night before college.
Starring Richard Dreyfuss. (108 min.)
Amistad (1998) DVD
771
Based on a true story, it tells of a shipload of Africans being sent to
the United States to be sold into slavery, who take over the ship and
try to return to their home. The ship, Amistad, is captured and the
Africans are taken to the United States and put on trial for murder.
Starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Housou, and Matthew
McConaughey. (148 min.)
Angels in America (2004) -DVD 810
Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis
during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected
individuals. Starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson.
(337min.)
Annie Hall (1977) - VTR
8
The ill-fated relationship between a professional neurotic comedian and
an insecure singer is portrayed in a touching and hilarious manner.
Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. (93 min.)
Apartment, The (1960) DVD 713
In this sparkling Billy Wilder comedy a lonely insurance clerk promotes
his business interests by making his apartment into a romantic hideaway
for his five bosses and their amours. His efforts, however, also lead
to unexpected results in his own love life.Starring Shirely MacLaine,
Jack Lemmon. Director/ Screenplay Writer: Billy Wilder. (120 min.)
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
DVD 714
Francis Coppola's all-new cut of his motion picture epic.
The first film to excoriate US-involvement in the Vietnam War. Starring
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brandon, Rubert Duvall....(195 min.)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) DVD 770
Two nutty aunts, a sociopathic brother, a nonviolent insane brother, a
nephew and his fiancee interact in this comedy. Starring Cary Grant.
(114 min.)
Bananas (1971) - VTR
46
In Woody Allen's strangest film a New York gadget inventor becomes a
revolutionary leader in a mythical South American country. Starring
Woody Allen and Louise Lasser. (82 min.)
Basquiat (1996) - DVD
715
The story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's rise from unknown graffiti
artist to darling of New York's art critics and 'Jimi Hendrix of the
art scene', famous for his excessive and self-destructive lifestyle.
Starring David Bowie.
(107 min.)
Ben-Hur (1959) - DVD
808
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman
friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Starring
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet and Stephen Boyd. (214
min.)
Birds, The (1963) - DVD 772
Hitchcock's classic which takes place in an isolated coastal California
community about a woman and bird attacks. Starring Tippi Hedren.
(approx120 min.)
Black Hawk Down (2001) – DVD 790
Harrowing dramatization of of the disastrous 1993 mission in Somalia
which
resulted in the deaths of 18 American soldiers. Not
for the faint of heart. (138 min.)
Black Stallion, The (1979) - VTR 6
The classic Walter Farley novel of the extraordinary relationship
between a boy and a horse comes to life in this gorgeously filmed
movie. Starring Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney and Teri Garr. Presented by
Francis Ford Coppola. (110 min.)
Blue in the Face (1995) VTR 12
A companion film to Smoke. This film is about a motley crew of
characters whose lives intersect and collide at a corner cigar shop in
Brooklyn.
Directed by Wayne Wang, screenplay by Paul Auster. Starring Harvey
Keitel, Roseanne. (89 min.)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) DVD 716
Adrift in the bleak Depression days of the early 1930s, Clyde Barrow
and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. Starring Faye Dunaway,
Michael J. Pollard. (107 min.)
Boogie Nights
(1997) DVD 717
Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s, and among the most
ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in years.. Although
loosely based on the sleazy life and times of real-life porn legend
John Holmes, at heart it's a classic Hollywood rise-and-fall fable: a
naive, good-looking young busboy is discovered in a San Fernando Valley
disco by a famous motion picture producer, becomes a hotshot movie
star, lives the high life, and then loses everything when he gets too
big for his britches, succumbs to insobriety, and is left behind by new
times and new technology. (154 min.)
Bostonians, The (1984) - VTR 74
This Henry James story tells of women in love and of women losing,
against a backdrop of images that brilliantly captures the lives and
times of 19th Century America. Starring Christopher Reeve and Vanessa
Redgrave. (117 min.)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) DVD 718
Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to
marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor thwarts
those plans. Based on Capote's novel. Starring Audrey Hepburn.
(110 min.)
Breaking Away (1979) - VTR 44
Four university town boys, all struggling with feelings of inferiority
when compared to the hordes of college students around them, set out to
beat the fraternity men at their own game - the annual team bicycle
race. Starring Dennis Christopher. (92 min.)
Bridges At Toko-Ri, The (1954) - VTR
59
Harry Brubaker, a busy American lawyer, resents being called up for a
second time, but realizes he must fight because "he is there". He
insists on flying against the bridges at Toko-Ri, a target so dangerous
and well defended that its ultimate destruction must automatically be a
telling blow to enemy morale and a mission from which he is unlikely to
return. Starring William Holden and Grace Kelly. (99 min.)
Broadcast News (1987) - DVD
773
Appealing intelligent inside look at the personal and professional
lives of three TV journalists. Starring Holly Hunter, William Hurt,
Albert Brooks and Jack Nicolson. (Approx 131 min)
Bulworth (1998) DVD
809
A mix of hip-hop and politics, after putting a hit out on himself
Senator Bulworth becomes a rapping politician who isn't afraid to say
anything he wants and offend anyone he wants to. Starring Warren Beatty
and Halle Berry (104 min.)
Cane Mutiny, The (1954) DVD
719
Humprey Bogart is Lt. Commander Queeg, the skipper of the minesweeper
Caine, who, when involuntarily relieved of his command during a violent
typhoon, brings his officers up on charges for conspiration. Adaptation
of Herman Wouk's novel The Cane Mutiny . Starring Humphrey Bogart. (120
min.)
Candidate, The (1972) - VTR 68
The Candidate is the story of a man who is seduced into a big-time
political race by the belief that he can do it his way, only to find
himself swept along in a tide of other people's needs and desires. He
fights to remain a man when the world is bent on making him an image.
Starring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle and Melvyn Douglas.
(106 min.)
Cape Fear (1962) - DVD
774
A Hollywood classic with a theme of murder and vengeance. Robert
Mitchum is creepy as an ex-con who blames lawyer (Gregory Peck) for his
imprisonment and plots an insidious revenge on his family. Starring
Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Terry Savalas.
Director: J. Lee Thompson (105 min.)
Cape Fear (1991) - DVD
774
REMAKE Starring Robert de Niro as Max Cady and Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden
and Jessica Lange as Sam's wife, Director: Martin Scorsese (128 min)
Casualties of War
(1996)
- DVD 791
A GI in Vietnam fears his comrades more than he does the enemy after
refusing to
participate in the rape and murder a Vietnamese woman.
Starring
Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. (109 min.)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - DVD 720
In this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, Paul Newman plays
troubled sports hero Brick. Elizabeth Taylor makes Maggie the Cat,
diffing her claws in and holding onto her ideal version of life.
Starring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor. (104 min.)
Chicago (2003) - DVD
775
The dancer Roxie Hart, wants to be as successful as her idol, nightclub
star Velma Kelly. When Roxie learns that her lover has betrayed her,
she shoots him and lands in prison as a murderer. Her idol, Velma, is
accused of a double murder and they meet in prison. Roxie concocts a
plan and relies on press coverage to make her as famous as Velma.
Starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen
Latifa . (approx 113 min.)
Citizen Kane (1941) DVD 721
The story of a multimillionaire newspaper publisher, political
aspirant, and wielder of public opinion - a man who had every material
advantage in life, but who lacked a feeling of human sympathy and
tolerance. Starring Orson Welles. (114 min.)
Days Of Heaven (1979) - VTR 30
The wheat fields of the Texas panhandle at the beginning of the First
World War provide a beautiful backdrop for this triangular love story.
Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams and Sam Shepard. (94 min.)
Dead Man Walking (1995) DVD 724
A highly intriguing drama about the complex relationship between a
devout nun and a death-row convict. Inspired by a true story the film
is a provocative examination of crime, punishment, and redemption.
Starring Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn. (118 min.)
Dead Poets Society (1989) DVD 725
When charismatic English professor John Keating arrives at a hard-line
boy academy, his unconventional teaching methods breathe new life into
the curriculum and inspire his young student. Starring Robin Williams
(123 min.)
Death Of A Salesman (1985) - VTR 3
Willy Loman is a salesman, whose hopes for his sons are all shattered
bit by bit as frustration and futility sweep his life to a bitter,
self-destructive end. Starring Dustin Hoffmann, Kate Reid, John
Malkovich and Charles Durning. (133 min.)
Deer Hunter, The (1978) DVD 726
A powerful epic about three steelworkers from Pennsylvania whose lives
are changed irrevocably in the tragic devastation of the Vietnam war.
Starring Robert DeNiro. (176 min.)
Deliverance (1972) - VTR 69
Four ordinary men in two canoes descend a river they have only seen as
a squiggly line on a map and are determined to test themselves against
a wilderness they only think they understand. Starring Jon Voight and
Burt Reynolds. (100 min.)
Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - DVD
727
Stanley Kubrick's black Cold War comedy tells the story of two
psychotic US generals, who, through a series of military and political
accidents, trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme leading toward the
total nuclear apocalypse. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott. (90
min.)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - DVD 728
A painstakingly authentic depiction of the life of drug addicts. Set in
the early 1970s, the film tells of one self-confessed and unrepentant
junkie who robs drugstores, not for money, but for drugs. Starring Matt
Dillon. (100 min.)
East of Eden (1954)
- DVD 799
Based on John Steinbeck's novel about a youth who vies for the
attention of his father. Directed by Elia Kazan, starring James
Dean. (113 min.)
Easy Rider (1969) - DVD 729
This original "road movie" tells the story of two dropouts on a long
trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans on a search for freedom. Starring
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. (92 min.)
8 Mile (2002) –
DVD 792
Angry young white rapper tries to use his music to escape the grimness
of life
in Detroit. Eminem is impressive in a film
that echoes his own life story. (106 min.)
El Dorado (1967)
- DVD 825
Howard Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in
a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the
midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first
sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny
hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat. In El Dorado
the heroes are a bit older than in Rio Bravo, their powers a bit
weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to
get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he
needs to put down. (121 min.)
Elmer Gantry (1960) - VTR
70
Gantry, a divinity student who has been expelled from college for
seducing a deacon's daughter, takes to the road as a salesman of vacuum
cleaners, keeping one eye firmly fixed on women, the other on the main
chance. Women and chance turn up together in the person of Sister
Sharon Falconer, who is touring the Mid-West with a religious
tent-show. Starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons. (142 min.)
Erin Brockovich
(2000) -
DVD 793
Based on a true story. A brassy divorced
mother of three becomes obsessed with a pro bono case involving the
residents of
a California town who have been exposed to poisonous, polluted water. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her
performance with Albert Finney as her boss. (126
min.)
Fame (1980) - VTR
77
Fame is what eight talented teenagers are all hotly pursuing at New
York's High School of Performing Arts. It's a stunning combination of
drama and pathos - an explosion of pulsating music and spectacular
dancing. Directed by Alan Parker. (116 min.)
Far and Away (1992) DVD 730
Joseph Donelly, a poor Irish farmer, accompanies his landlord's
daughter to America in a quest for land and a new life. Starring Tom
Cruise, Nicole Kidman. (134 min.)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
DVD 707
Ferris is a street-wise
kid who knows all the tricks. Today he decides to take the day off
school. When Ferris takes the day off, so must his best friends,
Cameron and Sloane. Suspicious dean of students Ed Rooney knows all
about Ferris, but can never catch him. (99 min.)
Flashdance (1983) - VTR
29
This box office hit is the story of Alex Owens, an 18-year-old woman
who works as a welder by day and a dancer at a local bar by night, and
her dream of studying at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. Starring
Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri. (91 min.)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - DVD
777
Based on Hemingway novel. Starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. (158
min.)
From Here to Eternity (1953) - VTR 4
Based on James Jones's bestseller it is the powerful, realistic story
(and fierce indictment) of the lives of American military men (and
their women) stationed in peacetime Hawaii) in the summer and fall
before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the US
entrance into WW II.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. (113 min.)
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (1966)
- DVD 807
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master
to earn his freedom. Starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford
and Buster Keaton (93 min.)
Gangs of New York (2002) - DVD 778
Film about rivalries among warring factions of New Yorkers in the
1860s. A young man returns to his home turf determined to avenge his
father's death at the hands of Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) the
self-appointed leader of the nationalistic "Native Americans."
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson
(160 min.)
Gattaca (1997) DVD
731
One of the first major Hollywood movies to deal with the effects of
genetic enineering on human civilization. In a near future world
"designer people", forged in lab tubes, strive for perfection. Starring
Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman. (102 min.)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) DVD 732
Based on Laura Z. Hobson's novel the film tells the story of a writer
who poses as a Jew to write a magazine series on anti-Semitism. He soon
discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance.
Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire. (118
min.)
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
DVD 733
The epic Western relates the final stages of the US government's
subjugation of the West's native population. As the last Indian leader
yet to surrender to the white man, Geronimo leads a small band of
warriors in escape. Starring Wes Studi, Gene Hackman. (110 min.)
Giant (1956) DVD
734
Three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive, and clash
in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry, and conflict between cattle
barons and newly rich oil tycoons. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, James
Dean. (193 min.)
Godfather, The (1972) - VTR 80
Based on the novel by Mario Puzo, this film faithfully recreates the
period of the 1940s. The complex relationships of a Mafia family are
played out against the background of New York City and its suburbs.
Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. (175 min.)
Godfather Part II, The (1974) - VTR 81
This film, continuing the story of Corleones five years after the final
scene of The Godfather, is a chronicle covering almost three
generations. Starring Al Pacino. (200 min.)
Gold Rush (1925/1942) DVD 735
Charlie Chaplin is a tramp prospector in the wilds of Alaska facing all
manner of perils with fortitude, turning them into hilarious moments of
comedy. Starring Charlie Chaplin (69 min.)
Gone with the Wind (1939) DVD 736
The monumental Civil War-era epic deals with the destroyed South and
the impact of its defeat. Based on Margaret Mitchell's novel the film
remains as one of the most popular and elaborate Hollywood productions.
Starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable. (224 min.)
Graduate, The (1967) - VTR 10
A recent college graduate takes a crash course on life, given by the
notorious Mrs. Robinson. All goes well until he makes the mistake of
falling in love - with Mrs. Robinson's daughter. A 1960s classic
starring Dustin Hoffmann and Anne Bancroft. (105 min.)
Grapes of Wrath , The (1940)
- DVD 779 ntsc
Remarkable film version of John Steinbeck's novel. Starring Henry
Fonda, Jane Darwell. Director John Ford. (129 min.)
Great Gatsby, The (1974) - VTR 31
From F. Scott Fitzgerald's book about America in the Jazz Age comes
this story of love among those to whom glamour, elegance and, above
all, money were everything. Starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
(140 min.)
Great Muppet Caper, The (1981) - VTR
24
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppet characters get themselves
involved in a big jewel robbery. For "children" of all ages. Featuring
Diana Rigg and Jack Warden. (94 min.)
Great Santini, The (1981) - VTR 45
"Bull" Meacham is a hard-driving Marine Corps jet pilot whose "macho"
character affects his entire family, especially his eldest son. A
sensitive family drama starring Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner. (115
min.)
Green Berets, The
(1968) DVD 826
Anyone who fought in Vietnam can tell you that the war bore little
resemblance to this propagandistic action film starring and codirected
by John Wayne. But the film itself is not nearly as bad as its
reputation would suggest; critics roasted its gung-ho politics while
ignoring its merits as an exciting war movie. David Janssen plays a
journalist who learns to understand Wayne's commitment to battling
Communism, and Jim Hutton (Timothy's dad) plays an ill-fated soldier
who adopts a Vietnamese orphan. (135 min.)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
DVD 738
Joanna, the beautiful daughter of longtime liberal parents, returns
home with her new fiancé, a distinguished black doctor. Both
families now are forced to face a trial of their beliefs and opinions.
Starring Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. (104 min.)
Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1957) -
VTR 79
Wyatt Earp is the U.S. marshal in Dodge City and Doc Holliday is a
dentist-turned-gambler who knows how to handle a gun. When Earp saves
Holliday from mob violence, the foes become friends and join forces to
rid the West of the lawless Clanton gang. It all leads up to the
legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk
Douglas.
Haunting,
The (1963) - DVD 780
A psychic research team studies the supernatural powers of a 90-year
New England house. Starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom. Directed by
Robert Wise. (107 min.)
Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The (1968)
- VTR 51
From the novel of Carson McCullers, this is the story of a deaf-mute
who becomes the confidant to a series of troubled people. When their
secrets become more than he can bear, the deaf-mute commits suicide and
leaves them alone with their fates. Starring Alan Arkin and Sandra
Locke. (123 min.
High Noon (1952) - DVD
739
On the day Marshall Will Kane trades in his tin star for his bride, a
killer is returning on the noon train to seek revenge. The
confrontation inevitably leads to one of the most famous showdowns in
film history. Starring Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper. (85 min.)
Hiroshima (2002) -
DVD 803
Beginning in the final months of WWII Hiroshima moves back and forth
between Truman, Churchill, and Hirohito. Secretary of State James
F.-Byrnes, the DAZ's namesake, plays an important role in this
movie. (178 min.)
How To Make an American
Quilt (1995) - DVD 804
Captivating story that celebrates finding your way and following your
heart. Starring Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn and Anne
Bancroft.
(110 min.)
I Heard The Owl Call My Name (1974)
- VTR 57
Father Brian, a young Anglican priest, is unaware that he is dying of
leukemia when he begins a mission into the majestic solitude of British
Columbia. Sharing the joys and sorrows of a once proud Indian tribe, he
learns enough of life to be ready to die, peacefully and with dignity.
Starring Tom Courtenay. (75 min.)
In Cold Blood (1967) - DVD
740
Based on Capote's book the film deals with the inner workings of two
criminals who brutally slaughter a Kansas family. Starring Robert
Blake, Scott Wilson. (133 min.)
The Insider
(1999) - DVD 794
A former tobacco executive (Russell Crowe) and a gutsy segment producer
for
TV’s “60 Minutes” (Al Pacino) provide a compelling, dynamic, fact based
story
about real life machinations of TV journalism and big business. (160 min.)
JFK (1991) - DVD 767
Oliver Stones film about the mystery that surrounds John F. Kennedy's
assassination. Starring Kevin Costner. (181 min.)
Kramer vs. Kramer 1979) - DVD 781
A film about the dissolution of a family. Starring Meryl Streep, Dustin
Hoffman. Dorector Robert Benton. (105 min.)
Last Tycoon, The (1983) - VTR 53
Hollywood during the Great Depression is the subject of this adaption
of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last novel. Starring Robert de Niro. (130
min.)
Laurel And Hardy's Laughing 20s -
VTR 37
A collection of Stan and Ollie's funniest scenes from the 1920s. (90
min.)
Lion in Winter, The
(1968) DVD 821
Christmas 1183 - an aging and conniving King Henry II plans a reunion
where he hopes to name his successor. He summons the following people
for the holiday: his scheming but imprisoned wife, Queen Eleanor of
Aquitaine; his mistress, Princess Alais, whom he wishes to marry; his
three sons (Richard, Geoffrey, and John), all of whom desire the
throne; and the young but crafty King Philip of France (who is also
Alais' brother). With the fate of Henry's empire at stake, everybody
engages in their own brand of deception and treachery to stake their
claim. (129 min.)
Lolita (1961) DVD
742
Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel Stanley Kubrick's provocative film
explores the theme of sexual obsession. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Starring Peter Sellers. (147 min.)
Long Hot Summer, The (1958) - VTR 20
Based on William Faulkner's work this is the story of a tyrannical
rancher who threatens to disinherit his family in favor of a newly
arrived ranch hand. Starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. (116
min.)
Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) -DVD
811 ntsc
The brutally honest autobiographical account of O'Neall's early years
represent a landmark in American film history. Directed by Sidney
Lumet. Starring Katharine Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards,
Jr.
and Dean Stockwell. (180
min.)
Long Day's Journey into Night
(1987) - VTR 812 ntsc
Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his
explosive homelife, fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who
wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an
older brother who is emotionally unstable and a misfit. The family is
reflected by the youngest son, who is a sensitive and aspiring writer.
Starring Jack Lemmon, Bethel Leslie and Kevin Spacey. (170
min.)
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Love Story (1971)
- VTR 32
This extremely popular movie portrays a young couple who cross social
barriers, marry, and cope with unexpected, impending death. Starring
Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. (96 min.)
Major Dundee (1964) - VTR 18
A small group of tough and ruthless men from a U.S. cavalry post set
out to annihilate Chief Charriba and his gang of marauding Indians.
Starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris. (118 min.)
Malcolm X (1992) - VTR
510 , DVD 782
Spike Lee's epic biography of America's fiery civil-rights leader, who
is superbly played by Denzel Washington, from his early days as a
zoot-suited hustler known as "Detroit Red" to his spiritual maturity
after his pilgrimage to Mecca, as a Black Muslim by the name of El Hajj
Malik El Shabazz. (193 min.)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) - VTR 9
Private eye Sam Spade finds himself disputing with a set of fascinating
scoundrels for possession of a priceless statuette once sent by the
Knights of Malta as tribute to Emperor Charles V. Starring Humphrey
Bogart and Sidney Greenstreet. (99 min.)´
Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955)
- DVD 768
Focuses on the torments and agonies of heroin addiction and withdrawal.
A gripping, fascinating film starring Frank Sinatra. Produced by Otto
Preminger. (120 min.)
Manhattan (1979) DVD
745
Woody Allen's film is a finely-rendered portrait of modern
relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. The core of the
story revolves around writer Isaac Davis and his quest for love and
fulfilment. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen, Diane
Keaton. (96 min.)
Meet me in St. Louis (1944) VTR 14 ntsc
It's the time of the St. Louis fair. Everything that makes for the
happy existence of a typical American family is skillfully panoramaed.
Directed by Vincent Minnelli. Starring Judy Garland. (113 min.)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
DVD 746
Mr. Smith, an idealistic smalltown sentator heads to Washington where
he finds himself battling a ruthless political machine. Starring James
Stewart, Jean Arthur. (125 min.)
Natural Born Killers (1994) DVD 747
Two cold-blooded killers, embarking on a murderous rampage, are made
into cult heros by a greedy tabloid press. A scathing indictment of a
mass media establishment that caters to and profits from such
star-making. Directed by Oliver Stone. (115 min.)
Night At The Opera, A (1935) - VTR 58
In this comedy an arrogant tenor who is ignored by his female partner
is finally put out of action by the Marx Brothers and a charming young
man of the chorus saves the premiere of the New York Metropolitan
Opera. Starring The Marx Brothers. (94 min.)
Norma Rae (1979) - VTR
54
An uneducated, unremarkable Southern textile worker transforms herself
into a person of courage, intelligence and commitment as she struggles
to improve conditions for her fellow workers. Starring Oscar winner
Sally Field. (109 min.)
North By Northwest (1959) - DVD 744
The Alfred Hitchcock thriller tells the story of an innocent man caught
up in a whirlwind of international espionage and danger, culminating in
a midnight chase across the giant faces of Mount Rushmore. Starring
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. (131 min.)
O (2001) - DVD
788
Modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello . Contemporary setting deals
with teen fears, racism, violence, and the timeless story of love,
jealousy, and deceit. Starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia
Stiles. Director Tim Blake Nelson. (90 min.)
Of Mice And Men (1980) - VTR 48
John Steinbeck's story of two itinerant ranch hands - retarded giant
Lenny and his protector George - and the tragedy that engulfs them.
Starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid. (116 min.)
On Golden Pond (1981) - DVD 801
This Oscar-winning film explores the love of an elderly couple for each
other, for their semi-estranged daughter and for their tough, future
step-grandson. Starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda.
(105 min.)
On the Waterfront (1954) DVD 748
Dealing with the rough and violent rule of a waterfront dock union, the
film tells the story of one man's fall and redemption in this world of
terror, violence, and guilt. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Marlon
Brand. (103 min.)
Once Upon a Time in the
West (1968) - DVD 802
Sergio Leone's Western masterpiece starring Henry Fonda, Charles
Bronson, Claudia Cardinale. (160 min.)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
DVD 749
When free-spirited Randle P.McMurphy arrives at the state mental
hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine, which
inevitably turns into a battle against the system. Starring Jack
Nicholson. (128 min.)
Paris je t'aime
(2006) DVD 820
Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, je t'aime could've
ended up like a fallen soufflé. Though all 18 films aren't
equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics
anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be
disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of
Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a different
district). (114 min.)
People vs. Larry Flynt,
The (1996) - DVD 805
Engrossing saga of an unlikely American “hero” , controversial Larry
Flynt who
starts the Hustler magazine in the 1970’s. Starring Woody
Harrelson as
the mercurial, unpredictable publisher and Courtney Love as his wife. (132 min.)
Philadelphia Story, The (Special Edition) (1940) DVD 708
Applying her impossibly high ideals to
everyone but herself, Tracy (Katharine Hepburn) is about to marry a
stuffy executive when her congenial ex-husband (Cary Grant), arrives to
protect his former father-in-law from a potentially scandalous tabloid
exposé. (108 min.)
Pocahontas (1995) DVD 750
Disney's animated feature tells the story of the Indian princess who
falls in love with English settler John Smith. (87 min.)
Pollock (2000) –
DVD 796
Vivid portrait of modern artist Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) with Marcia
Gay Harden
as Lee Krasner, who forsook her own career to shepherd his and become
his
wife. (117 min.)
Porgy and Bess ( George Gershwin) (1993)
DVD 751
An opera in three acts, including the songs 'Summertime', 'It ain't
necessarily so'.
Starring Willard White, Cynthia Haymon. (184 min.)
Portrait of a Lady, The
DVD 766
Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe
to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood,
another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph
Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her. She
makes an unfortunate alliance with the creepy Madame Merle who leads
her to make an even more unfortunate alliance with Gilbert Osmond, a
smooth but cold collector of Objets' de art who seduces her with an
intense but unattainable sexuality. (142 min.)
Private Benjamin (1980) - VTR 5
Judy Benjamin, pampered by her parents and a failure at two marriages,
decides to join the army and forget her problems. The film chronicles
the comic and serious results of her decision. Starring Goldie Hawn.
(106 min.)
Psycho (1960) - VTR
28
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre starring Anthony Perkins
and Janet Leigh. (108 min.)
Quiet American, The (2002) DVD 752
Set in early 1950s Vietnam, an idealistic young American becomes
entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful
mistress of a troubled British journalist. Based on G. Greene's
novel. Starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser. (118 min.)
Ragtime (1981) - VTR
49
America of the early 1900s bursts onto the screen with an intoxicating
mixture of fact and fiction, dire poverty and fabulous wealth. From the
novel by E. L. Doctorow. Starring James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern and
Howard E. Rollins. (149 min.)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - VTR
83
Indiana Jones, a tough and cunning adventurer, is engaged in a
desperate race with Hitler's agents to locate the lost, ancient Ark of
the Covenant. In Cairo his beautiful companion Marion falls victim to
an attempt on his life by the Nazis. The two catapult from episode to
episode of breathtaking adventures. Starring Harrison Ford and Karen
Allen. (112 min.)
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961) DVD 753
The Younger family, living in a crowded Chicago apartment, sets out to
claim their piece of the American Dream: a house in an all-white
suburban neighborhood. Written by L. Hansberry's, starring Sidney
Poitier. (123 min.)
Rear Window (1954) - DVD 783
Photographer Jimmy Stewart, confined to a wheelchair, spies on his
neighbors. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly. Director Alfred
Hitchcock.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - DVD 797 ntsc
Jim Stark's loneliness, frustation and anger mirrors postwar youthful
alienation. Starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.
(111 min.)
Red River (1948) DVD 754
Tom Dunson, a self-made Texas cattle baron will do anything to protect
his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he
drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that
he'll risk anything to reach his destination. Starring John Wayne,
Montgomery Clift. (133 min.)
Right Stuff, The (1983) - VTR 11
This epic tale chronicles the first American astronauts and their
hopes, frustrations and successes. Starring Sam Shepard, Scott
Glen and Ed Harris. (185 min.)
Rocky (1976) - VTR
7
A small-time boxer gets his crack at the championship and a chance to
prove that he is not a no-account neighborhood bum. Starring Sylvester
Stallone and Talia Shire. (121 min.)
Rooster Cogburn (...and
the Lady) (1975) DVD 822
A small village in the Indian Nation that is run by a Minister
Goodnight and his daughter Eula is overrun by a band of drunken thugs.
They kill and rape the people of the village. Miss Goodnight then teams
up with the ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn who goes after them and
bring them to justice. (103 min.)
Rosa Parks Story, The (2002) -
DVD 244 ntsc
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus
segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice. Starring
Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James and Cicely Tyson. (94 min.)
Sacco and Vanzetti
(2006) - DVD 798 ntsc
This picture brings to life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder
in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced
trial.
(82 min.)
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - DVD 755
A squad of US soldiers during WWII embarks on a special mission to
locate a certain private, James Ryan, whose three brothers have been
killed in combat. Spielberg 's film is a realistic and bloody portrait
of war, as well as an intimate drama about a handful of men trying to
come to terms with this reality. Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon. (163
min.)
Seventh Cross, The
(1998) - VTR 539 ntsc
It's 1936 and Germany is embarking on its Aryan philosophy by rounding
up undesirables and interring them in concentration camps. An
embittered and mentally broken Tracy along with six others has escaped
from the Westhof concentration camp. They are planning to seek refuge
from the underground in the nearby town of Mainz. Dutiful and ruthless
camp commandant Fahrenberg nicely played by George Zucco vows to
crucify each captured escapee on crosses erected for that purpose in
the camp courtyard. (112 min.)
Shane (1953) - VTR
35
This classic Western tells the story of a gunfighter and the devotion
he wins from a small boy. Starring Alan Ladd and Jack Palance. (117
min.)
Smoke (1995) - VTR
13
Unrelated characters make their way through the lonely urban landscape.
In the course of the motion picture they cross paths by chance and end
up changing each other's lives. Directed by Wayne Wang, screenplay by
Paul Auster. Starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt. (112 min.)
Snows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952) -
DVD 756
A Hunter lies wounded in Africa and, while waiting for help, looks back
over his life and loves. Based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. Starring
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Neff. (117 min.)
Soldier's Story, A (1984) - DVD 757
The film tells the story of a black army attorney during WWII who is
sent to a black army base to investigate the ruthless shooting of a
black sargeant. Starring Howard E. Rollins Jr. (97 min.)
Some Like it Hot (1959) - DVD 758
When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentially witness a gangland
shooting they "escape" into the anonymity of a girl band by dressing up
as female musicians. This leads to the obvious complications. Directed
by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon.
(117 min.)
Sophie's Choice (1983) - VTR 50
For concentration camp survivor Sophie, 1947 New York does not bring
the peace she has hoped for. Based on William Styron's novel. Starring
Oscar-winner Meryl Streep. (140 min.)
Stagecoach
(1939) - DVD 824
This landmark 1939 Western began the legendary relationship between
John Ford and John Wayne, and became the standard for all subsequent
Westerns. It solidified Ford as a major director and established Wayne
as a charismatic screen presence. Seen today, Stagecoach still
impresses as the first mature instance of a Western that is both mythic
and poetic. The story about a cross-section of troubled passengers
unraveling under the strain of Indian attack contains all of Ford's
incomparable storytelling trademarks--particularly swift action and
social introspection--underscored by the painterly landscape of
Monument Valley. (92min.)
Star Wars (1977) - VTR
87
Princess Leia is captured by the evil imperial forces in their efforts
to take over the galactic empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and
dashing spaceship captain Han Solo team up with loveable robots R2D2
and C-3PO to restore justice in the Empire. Starring Mark Hamill,
Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. (116 min.)
Sting, The (1973) - VTR
33
Set in the 1930s, this comedy/suspense favorite deals with a small-time
crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on the vicious crime lord
who murdered one of their friends. Starring Robert Redford and Paul
Newman. (129 min.)
Stunt Man, The (1981) - VTR 40
A fugitive finds work on a movie set as a stunt man and struggles to
survive in a world where illusion and reality are constantly shifting.
Starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback. (129 min.)
Summer Of '42 (1971) - VTR 71
Along a misty, lonely beach on a summer colony island off the New
England Coast, a man reminisces about his childhood. On the morning in
1971, he re-lives the balmy summer of '42. Starring Jennifer O'Neill
and Gary Grimes. (98 min.)
Sweet Hereafter, The - DVD 785
After a terrible school bus accident in a small town, a big-city lawyer
arrives. As he investigates the crash and its effects on the community,
he begins to realise that there is more than one tragedy hidden behind
the small town's grief. Directed by Atom Egoyan. (51 min.)
Tarzan, The Collection - DVD
806
The 'Tarzan Collection' contains six Tarzan films on three discs:Tarzan
the Ape Man (1932), Tarzan Escapes (1936),
Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939), Tarzan's Secret
Treasure (1941), Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942). The bonus
disc contains special features. ( 527min.)
Taxi Driver (1976) - DVD
760
A young veteran and cab driver prowls the New York streets until dawn,
killing time in porno theaters. Faced with a series of rejections, he
exorcises himself in a climatic sequence. Starring Robert De Niro (109
min.)
Terms Of Endearment (1983) - VTR 82
This film explores with gentle humor the complex, honest and joyous
evolution of the relationship between a mother and a daughter over the
course of 30 years. Starring Shirley McLaine and Debra Winger. (126
min.)
This Boy's Life (1993) - DVD 786
Harrowing but utterly absorbing true story. Set in the 1950s a young
boy and his footloose mother wind up living in a remote part of
Washington state with a lout who both browbeats the youngster and beats
him physically. Starring Robert DeNiro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio
(110 min.)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - DVD 761
An Alabama lawyer, a distinguished citizen of his small town, steps out
to defend an African American falsely accused of raping a white woman.
Starring Gregory Peck. (124 min.)
THX 1138 (1970) - VTR
72
The setting is a future society of sophisticated technology in a
subterranean city. Sex is outlawed; each individual has a number, not a
name. Starring Rober Duvall and Donald Pleasence. (92 min.)
Three Days of the Condor
(1975) – DVD 800
CIA agent Joe Turner (Robert Redford) comes back from lunch to find all
his
colleagues shot to death. The sole
survivor and now the hunted man and he goes into hiding….
(112 min.)
To Catch a Thief (1954) - DVD 769
Cary Grant, a reformed jewel thief, has to prove his innocence.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock also starring Grace Kelly. (102 min.)
Tootsie (1982)
- VTR 16
An out-of-work actor achieves stardom and an extremely complicated life
when he costumes himself as a woman. Starring Dustin Hoffmann and
Jessica Lange. (112 min.)
True Grit (1969) - VTR
34
In tough, rough-and-tumble U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn young Mattie
Ross sees her only chance to bring her father's killer to justice.
Starring John Wayne and Kim Darby. (128 min.)
True Grit (1969)
- DVD 823
In True Grit, Wayne put the joke in italics by donning an eyepatch and
several inches of girth to play cantankerous territorial marshal
Rooster Cogburn. True Grit is a splendid movie, with lovingly textured
storytelling and sturdy characters, Henry Hathaway's finest
high-country action set-pieces, intoxicatingly ornate frontier
language, and a couple of formidable bad guys (Jeff Corey's Tom Cheney
and Robert Duvall's "Lucky" Ned Pepper) (123 min.)
12 Angry Men (1957) - DVD 762
Twelve Jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The
Twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. Starring Henry Fonda. (92 min.)
Vertigo (1958) DVD
763
An acrophobic detective is hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife.
After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the San Fransisco
Bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautiful, troubled
woman. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak.
(124 min.)
Wag the Dog (1997) DVD
764
When the President is caught in scandal two weeks before the election a
political consultant is called in to rescue his image. In order to
divert the country's attention from the President his advisors whip up
an aura of impending national crisis. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert
De Niro. (92 min.)
West Side Story (1961) DVD 765
The film's plot sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the
backdrop of gang warfare between Puerto Rican immigrants and Americans
in 1950s New York. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Starring Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer. (146 min.)
When We Were Kings
(1996) - DVD 795
Oscar winning documentary about the
classic 1974 match in Zaire of heavy weight champions Ali and Foreman. Full of fascinating observations from the
participants as well as temporary observers like Norman Mailer, George
Plimpton, and Spike Lee. (92 min.)
Witness (1985) - DVD
787
Samuel, son of a young Amish widow, witnesses a murder in the
Philadelphia train station. Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis,
Lukas Haas. Director Peter Weir. (108 min.)
Art
American Photography: A Century of Images (1999)
- VTR 158 - 160 ntsc
Producer: KTC St Paul Minneapolis in Association with Middlemarch
Films, Inc
The series traces the profound effect photographs have had on American
life. Whether it's the evocative art photography of Edward Weston, the
first image of a fragile Earth taken from space, glamorous photographs
of the latest fashions, or a powerful World War II image by Robert
Capa, the program captures the image of a century of change and the
role the camera has played in both documenting and creating it. (161
min. on 3 tapes)
American Art '85: A View From The Whitney (1985)
- VTR 273
Producer: PED
A look at the 1985 Biennal Exhibit of Contemporary American Art at the
Whitney Museum in New York, as curators, critics, artists and the
public all give their views. The program shows the diversity of current
art activity. The exhibit covers the work of 84 artists chosen by six
museum curators from the Whitney. (23 min.)
Basquiat (1996) - DVD 715
New World Visions, Part I (1985) -
VTR 200
Producer: Films, Inc.
The tape examines and analyzes the first 250 years of concurrently
developing styles of American Art, architecture and design, and how
these forms reflected the emerging American consciousness. The film
uses both natural settings and the new styles of art. Part I begins
with the dawn of American colonization and proceeds to the mid-19th
century. (90 min.)
New World Visions, Part II (1985) -
VTR 201
Producer: Films, Inc.
Part II continues through the Civil War and up to the years prior to
the outbreak of World War I. (90 min.)
Pollock - DVD 796
Thomas Hart Benton (1988) - VTR 229 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films
(Ken Burns' America Collection) (PBS Home Video)
Ken Burns uses long-lost footage, penetrating interviews and the
magnificent art of Benton to tell the story of an extraordinary
American artist who became emblematic of the price all artists must pay
to remain true to their talents and themselves. Benton's paintings were
burly, energetic and as uncompromising as the midwestern landscapes and
laborers they celebrated. They pictured a self-reliant American
emerging from the Depression. A fierce defender of the aesthetics of
realism Benton railed against abstraction and his reputation suffered
the consequences. (86 min.)
History
Alistair Cooke's America - Home from Home (1973)
- VTR 115
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America -series No. 2)
The first settlement of the English in North America, in Virginia and
Massachusetts, their development and evolution of self-government is
described. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - Making a Revolution (1973)
- VTR 116
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 3)
Describes the reasons for the American Revolution and the events from
the French and Indian War to the end of the Revolutionary War. (52
min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - Inventing a Nation (1973)
- VTR 117
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 4)
The video shows the events which led to the formation of the United
States: the ill-fated Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional
Convention, the Bill of Rights, the role of the Supreme Court, the
decline of elitist ideas and the rise of democracy. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - Gone West (1973)
- VTR 118
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 5)
A presentation how the "West" followed the frontier, the Louisiana
Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, stockades and cavalry posts,
fur trading and the discovery of gold in California. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - Firebell in the
Night (1973) - VTR 119
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 6)
The video describes the causes of the Civil War, the institution of
slavery, the Dred Scott case, Lee and Lincoln, the war itself and the
reconstruction. (52 min.)
Alistair
Cooke's America - Domesticating a Wilderness (1973) - VTR 120
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 7)
The video describes the settling interior of the continent. Some people
sought religious freedom, some were cowboys, some farmers and some
searched for individual freedom. Railways provided freedom of movement.
(52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - Money on the Land (1973)
- VTR 121
Producer BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 8)
This episode shows how farming machinery made farming an industry, the
growth of railways, the development of mining, the great industrial
inventions, petroleum exploitation and the first great fortunes, the
rise of a permanent labor population and consequent problems. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - The Huddled Masses (1973)
- VTR 122
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 9)
Describes the immigrant and what he brought to U. S. society, explains
the reason for immigration to the U. S. and analyzes the changes in
political and social behaviour affected by the adopted American. (52
min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - The Promise Fullfilled
and the Promise Broken (1973) - VTR 123
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 10)
Shows the 1920s and 1930s, Wilson's moralism changing into Coolidge's
morality and support of business, the loosening of morals, Prohibition,
the stock market collapse, the Great Depression and Franklin D.
Roosevelt and the New Deal. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - The Arsenal (1973)
- VTR 124
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 11)
How America turned from an un-military nation into a world super-power.
Roosevelt's dream of an "arsenal for democracy", World War II, the U.
N., A-bomb, Korea, S. A. C. and the new missile soldier. (52 min.)
Alistair Cooke's America - The First Impact (1973)
- VTR 125
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 12)
Presents Cooke's personal reminiscences of America, the Great
Depression and New Deal, New Orleans jazz, Vermont in the autumn, the
Mayo Clinic, San Franciso and a long friendship with H. L. Mencken. (52
min.)
American History "World
War I" - VTR 433
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and the
War To End All Wars, was a global military conflict which took place
primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. Over 40 million casualties
resulted, including approximately 20 million military and civilian
deaths. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th
century. (25 min.)
<>American History "The
Twenties" - VTR 434
The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or the "Roaring
Twenties" usually applied to America. In Europe the decade is sometimes
referred to as the Golden Twenties. (25 min.)
American History "The New Deal" - VTR 435
The New Deal was the title President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a
sequence of programs and promises he initiated between 1933 and 1938
with the goal of giving reform to the people and economy of the United
States during the Great Depression. (25 min.)
FREEDOM: A History of US (2003)
- VTR > 377 - 384<>
ntsc
Producer Kunhardt Production/Thirteen/WNET New York >
Episode 1: Independence .
- VTR 377 ntsc
Begins in 1776 when the original 13 colonies stake everything on their
struggle for independence from England. The American Revolution, the
Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence begin the
history of the United States.
Episode 2. Revolution: Colonial
Americans fight to defeat the world's greatest military power and
strive to create a new kind of government that will live up to their
high ideals. George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson take
their turns as America's first presidents. Lewis and Clark undertake
their great expedition to explore the west and the American dream is
born. (60 min.)
Episode 3. Liberty For All. VTR 378 ntsc
Pilgrims and the Puritans lay the groundwork for religious freedom
while the Salem witch trials recall superstition and intolerance. The
nation's population starts moving west in the early 19th
century--Wilderness Trail, Trail of Tears, The Gold Rush.
Episode 4. Wake Up, America. The
Industrial Revolution brings innovations: steamboats, the Erie Canal,
the very first railroads and to some Americans leisure and personal
freedom, but there is a dark side as well for factory workers and
women. Reformers begin to protest against these growing problems.
Women, like Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Stanton, begin to rally for
equal rights for women. (60 min.)
Episode 5. A Fatal Contradiction. VTR
379 ntsc
The Declaration of Independence states that "All men are created
equal", but this is contradicted by the fact that the nation's slaves
have no citizen status or rights. The colonial slave trade and the
brutal life for slaves on southern plantations spark the abolition
movement and the Underground Railroad. This episode covers the famous
Lincoln-Douglas debates and the election of Abraham Lincoln as
President of the United States.
Episode 6. A War to End Slavery. The
Civil War, the bloodiest battles battles ever fought on American soil,
begins as the country fights over the Union and slavery's place in it.
Grim battles unfold: Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Lincoln
delivers his famous Gettysburg Address and just a year and a half later
is assassinated at Ford's Theater. (60 min.)
Episode 7. What is Freedom? - VTR 380 ntsc
After the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era brings hope to the
devastated South, but political turmoil continues. Reconstruction
efforts fail. The Supreme Court decision, Plessy versus Ferguson ,
"separate but equal" becomes the law of the land.
Episode 8. Whose Land is This? The nation
seethes with racial conflict as immigrants increasingly become targets
of prejudice, and soldiers massacre and force western Indians onto
reservations. European immigrants continue to pour into America and the
Supreme Court rules in a little known but very important case that
non-citizens are due equal protection under the law. (60 min.)
Episode 9. Working for Freedom. -
VTR 381 ntsc
Industrial progress continues and the gap between the rich and poor
widens, a new labor movement emerges to advocate for workers' rights.
Samuel Gompers emerges as an influential labor leader, and Susan B.
Anthony paves the way for women's right to vote.
Episode 10. Yearning to Breathe Free. The
newly unveiled Statue of Liberty inspires a time of reform and
compassion. Mother Jones brings the child labor issue to the forefront
of the nation's consciousness; Jane Addams, America's first social
worker, creates Hull House; and Ida Tarbell exposes the abuses of J.D.
Rockfeller's Standard Oil Company. (60 min.)
Episode 11. Safe for Democracy. -
VTR 382 ntsc
The Wright Brothers introduce the airplane, Woodrow Wilson reluctantly
goes to war, while on the home front, women finally get the right to
vote. In spite of "Prohibition", the Twenties represent the beginning
of an era of personal freedom.
Episode 12. Depression and War . With the
crash of the stock market, America enters the Great Depression.
Franklin Roosevelt becomes President and builds the New Deal, overseas,
Adolph Hitler comes to power and World War II begins. After Pearl
Harbor, the U.S. enters WWII. (60 min.)
Episode 13. Democracy and Struggles. -
VTR 383 ntsc
In the postwar "free world", America becomes the acknowledged leader,
striving to rebuild democracies abroad. The Iron Curtain falls and the
Cold War begins. Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his communist
witch-hunts. The Supreme Court decision, Brown vs Board of Education,
outlaws segregation, thus forcing the U.S. to face up to racial
separation.
Episode 14. Let Freedom Ring. Civil
Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., March on Washington, Little
Rock. John F, Kennedy elected, Cesar Chavez founds the National Farm
Workers Association. (60 min.)
Episode 15. Marching to Freedom Land. -
VTR 384 ntsc
While the 60's bring progress in the quest for freedom, it is also an
explosive decade that threatens to tear apart the fabric of society.
President Kennedy is assassinated, and Lyndon B. Johnson pursues the
war in Vietnam. Martin Luther King is assassinated.
Episode 16. Becoming Free. America
continues to make tremendous strides through the 1980s, 1990s and into
the new millennium. Poverty increases at home and anti-Americanism
spreads abroad. The American mettle is severely tested by the terrorist
attack of September 11, 2001. American freedom becomes more important
than ever before. (60 min.)
Colonial America (1500 - 1600) (n.
d.) - VTR 298
Producer: Mastervision
Recalled for us here are "The Beginnings" and "The Colonial Economy" in
America's earliest days, when France, Spain and Great Britain were
fighting for the riches of the virgin continent. Illustrated here are
customs and traditions which set patterns for life as we live it in the
United States today. (60 min.)
LIBERTY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1997)
- VTR
Producer: KTCA with Middlemarch Films (PBS Home Video)
1: The Reluctant
Revolutionaries; Blows Must Decide - VTR
171 ntsc
In 1763, American colonists are proud to be subjects of King George
III. This changes when the British impose a seemingly routine tax - the
Stamp Act. By the fall of 1774, British troops occupy Boston and its
port has been closed. Thirteen colonies take faltering steps to unite
in reaction to this aggression. On July 2, 1776, independence is
declared. Two days later, Congress ratifies the Declaration of
Independence. A fight for independence is transformed into a political
revolution. (120 min.)
2: The Times That Try Men's
Souls; Oh Fatal Ambition! - VTR 172 ntsc
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, an immense
British force drops anchor in New York harbor. George Washington, a
perfect gentleman, wants to conduct the war in the traditional 18 th
century style. On the day after Christmas, 1776, a defeated and
desperate Washington leads his Continental army quietly across the
frozen Delaware River, surprises a garrison of Hession soldiers, and
becomes a hero. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in late
1776 to request financial and military assistance. British General
Burgoyne takes his army down the Hudson River in an ill-fated campaign.
His defeat at Saratoga is the incentive France needs to supply arms and
men to the revolution in America. (120 min.)
3: The World Turned Upside Down; Are
We to Be a Nation? - VTR 173 ntsc
How do Americans, fighting in the name of liberty, justify the
institution of slavery? This episode details the miscalculation of the
British and how their attempt to win the "hearts and minds" of the
south fails and describes the entrance of France into the revolution.
The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending eight long years of fighting and
the Revolutionary War is over. Peace brings a new set of challenges. A
Constitutional convention held in Philadelphia in 1776 creates a
blueprint for an entirely new system of government. The new
Constitution is fiercely debated. Americans weigh the power of the
federal government versus the power of the states and of individuals.
The Constitution with the Bill of Rights is ratified. (120 min.)
Lewis & Clark. The
Journey of the Corps of Discovery by Ken Burns (1997) - VTR 521 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films and WETA
(PBS Home Video) (240 min.)
This film tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery .
A breath-taking landscape and an unforgettable experience that explores
the history of America.
"The Trail" Lewis & Clark Expedition 1806
1806 ( 1996) - VTR 522 ntsc
VTR 523 pal
Producer: Robert Williams Films
(88 min.)
"We proceed on..." The expedition of Lewis and
Clark 1804-1806 (1991) - VTR 524 ntsc VTR
525 pal
Producer: Kaw Valley Films and Video
(32 min.)
The Civil War by Ken Burns (2000) -
VTR 516-520 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films and WETA-TV
(PBS Home Video)
1: The Cause (99
min.) - VTR 516 ntsc
The stage is set for war as the nation begins to tear apart. Opposition
by the North to slavery in the South fuels a bitter debate, and the
country wrestles with conflicts between the Union and States' rights.
Commanding center stage are towering figures - Abraham Lincoln,
Frederick Douglas, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. From Harper's
Ferry to Fort Sumter, the first chapters unfold in a conflict from
which there would be no turning back.
2: A Very Bloody Affair ;
Forever Free 1862 (145 min.) - VTR 517 ntsc
The war to preserve the Union becomes a war to free the slaves, and
political fights become as fierce as those on the battlefield. The
chains of slavery begin to crumble while the Confederacy struggles for
recognition, and its resourceful army hands the Union critical defeats.
New weapons and strategies emerge, as ironclad ships do battle and
Ulysses S. Grant wins at Shiloh. With unprecedented ferocity, the age
of modern warfare takes hold.
Forever Free 1862: Dark clouds of
defeat hover over the Union Army as President Lincoln prepares the
landmark Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves. While Lincoln
waits for a victorious moment for this announcement, Union troops lose
repeatedly. Finally with a victory at Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day
of the war gives way to the dawn of emancipation.
3: Simply Murder; The Universe of
Battle 1863 (157 min.) - VTR 518 ntsc
Their names are etched
forever in history - Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg
- some
of the Civil War’s stormiest battlegrounds. While life in the
South
becomes more desperate, Northern opposition to Lincoln’s Emancipation
Proclamation also grows. The combat spearheaded by Ulysses S.
Grant and
Robert E. Lee brings the war to a fever pitch, and both sides strain
with the
weariness of so many years under siege
The Universe of Battle 1863: The turning
point of the
war is reached at the legendary Battle of Gettysburg. It spreads
westward to
Chattanooga and Chickamauga. As the Union drafts more soldiers, riots
rage in New
York, and African American troops join the fight. Lincoln's
Gettysburgh Address.
4: Valley of the Shadow of Death;
Most Hallowed Ground 1864 (142 min.) - VTR
519 ntsc
It’s a chess game
between two masters - played out on the board of life. The Union’s
General Grant
and the Confederacy’s General Lee are a study in contrasts as they vie
for
victory. In one month’s time, the armies suffer more causualties than
in three
years of war, but the impass continues. Lincoln’s hope for re-election
fade,
along with hope for the Union’s survival.
Most Hallowed Ground 1864: The
presidential campain
of 1864 finds a nation truly divided against itself, and Lincoln seems
doom to
defeat. The Union armies have stalled, and people have turned against
the war.
5: War is All Hell; The Better
Angels of Our Nature 1865 (137 min.) - VTR
520 ntsc
Sherman’s legendary
“March to the Sea” portends the War’s end, searing the heartland of
Georgia and
the Carolinas. Key Southern cities fall under General Grant’s command,
and
General Lee’s troops have nowhere to flee.
The Better Angels of Our Nature 1865 : In the
bittersweet days
after the war’s end, the Union’s triumph quickly turns to sorrow:
President
Lincoln dies by the hand of John Wilkes Booth just five days after the
victory,
and the nation’s story is again changed forever. This final episode
surveys the
fates of the people who left their indelible marks on this remarkable
area. And
it leaves us with insights into the meaning of a conflict that helped
make the
Americans the nation they are today.
American Foreign Policy (1981) - VTR 170
Producer: Encyclopedia Britannica
This tape consists of four programs:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler in Europe ... Pearl Harbor ... Roosevelt Declares War ...
Mobilization and Wartime Production ... Churchill ... The North African
Invasion ... Rommel ... Invasion of Sicily ... Fighting in the Pacific
... D-Day ... The Yalta Conference ... Stalin and the Russian
Occupation of Eastern Europe.
Truman
Potsdam, 1945 ... Growing Tensions Between Russia and the West ...
Testing the A-Bomb ... Division of Germany ... Hiroshima ... The Truman
Doctrine ... Turkey and Greece ... Communist Takeover of
Czechoslovakia, 1948 ... Beginning of the Cold War ... Eisenhower Named
Supreme Commander of NATO ... Dean Acheson ... North Korean Invasion of
South Korea ... The High Cost of "Containment".
Eisenhower
Korea...The Yalu River ... Eisenhower Promises a Settlement ...
Eisenhower Elected ... John Foster Dulles and "Brinkmanship" ... Riots
in East Berlin ... Khrushchev Succeeds Stalin ... The Nuclear Threat
... The International Atomic Energy Agency ... The French Vietnam ...
The Geneva Summit Conference, 1955 ... Russia Invades Hungary ... The
Marines in Lebanon.
Kennedy
The Kennedy Inauguration ... The Bay of Pigs, 1961 ...
Kennedy/Khrushchev Summit ... Establishment of the Peace Corps ...
Kennedy Goes to Berlin ... Cuban Missile Crisis ... Cuban Blockade ...
Guerilla Warfare in Laos and Vietnam. (60 min.)
The Female Rebellion: Suffragette Movement (1962)
- VTR 305
Producer: Hearst Metrotone News
An entertaining cavalcade of the sights and sounds of the women's
suffrage movement: the struggle for equal rights in politics, careers
and in the home. (60 min.)
Focus On The Constitution (1986) - VTR 359
Producer: ABC
This three-part series examines the system of checks and balances that
has kept the United States in civil harmony.
Federalism
The first part of the series examines the structure, problems and
transformation of the American federal system.
The Amendments
A study of the flexibility afforded the American constitutional system
via the amendment process.
The Presidency
A look at the checks and balances governing the role of the President
and at how the chief executive's role has expanded during the last 200
years. (60 min.)
Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On 1900
- 1909 (1983) - VTR 211
Producer: ABC
Rare documentary footage drawn from a spectacular array of archival
sources creates a vivid portrait of America in the last century. In
this first segment, focusing on 1900-1903, Teddy Roosevelt dominates
American politics, the Wright brothers launch the air age and the U. S.
begins digging the Panama Canal. (58 min.)
Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On 1910
- 1919 (1983) - VTR 212
Producer: ABC
Woodrow Wilson strives to make the world save for democracy and America
enters World War I. Women win the vote, skyscrapers climb and the stars
rise in Hollywood. (58 min.)
Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On the
Forties (1981) - VTR 215
Producer: ABC
America mobilizes for total war, bringing the fateful dawn of the
atomic age. It is a decade of G. I. Joe, victory gardens, zoot suits
and penny loafers.
America in the '40s (1997) - VTR 207-209 ntsc
Producer: Tom Spain, Inc. for Reader's Digest Video and Television. In
association with PBS
Ten years of triumphs and tragedies, heartaches and heroics, hopes and
humor. Here are the fads, the fun, the hits, the headlines, the songs,
movie clips...
1940-1942 - VTR 207 ntsc
America welcomes the new decade with optimism. Then the war in Europe
creeps closer and Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor! (60 min.)
1942-1945 - VTR 208
ntsc
Battle footage is shown as the war accelerates, veterans recount
poignant tales of frontline terror and bonds of friendship. Marines
wade ashore at Guam. Betty Hutton and Bob Hope record hit tunes for the
troops. The homefront sacrifices as American gears up its war plans.
(60 min.)
1945-1949 - VTR 209
ntsc
The war is over! Ecstatic crowds celebrate VJ DAY in New York's Times
Square. GIs adjust to civilian life. Relive America's introduction to
the gadget that changed life forevermore--TV! (60 min)
History Of The United States Foreign
Relations/Series I
An Age Of Revolution (1976) - VTR 175
Producer: USIA
Traces U. S. foreign relations from the diplomacy of the American
Revolution through the early Federal period. Includes Benjamin
Franklin's role in winning independence. The entanglements precipitated
by the French Revolution, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812 and
the Monroe Doctrine. (31 min.)
History Of The United States Foreign
Relations/Series II Youth To Maturity (1976) - VTR 176
Producer: USIA
Traces the development of U. S. interests in Asia and Latin America and
the evolution of the U. S. from a small and weak nation into a world
power. Includes American expansionism and "Manifest Destiny Opening" of
Japan and China, the diplomacy of the Civil War, the "Open Door"
policy, Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy and Europe on the
brink of World War I. (30 min.)
History Of The United States Foreign
Relations/SeriesIII: The Reluctant Worldpower (1976) - VTR 177
Producer: USIA
Relates the process by which the U. S. assumed, rejected and finally
was obliged to accept the role of a major power. Includes the tragedy
of Woodrow Wilson, World War I, the League of Nations, isolationism,
the erosion of international security and finally World War II. (30
min.)
History Of The United States Foreign
Relations/Series IV: The Road to Interdependence (1976) - VTR
178
Producer: USIA
Portrays the tumultuous of the last 30 years. It was the age of the
United Nations, nuclear confrontation, the Marshall Plan, containment,
the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Cuban crisis, the
turbulent 60s crisis at home and an unpopular and traumatic Vietnam
War. (30 min.)
Sound of Freedom--The Berlin Airlift and the
General Who Changed History (1998) - VTR
542
Producer: United States Army Visual Information Center
Focuses on the career of Lieutenant General William H. Tunner and the
Berlin Airlift. (55 min.)
Berlin: Blokade und Luftbrücke -
VTR 543
Producer: Multimedia
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) - DVD 394 ntsc
Producer: Mark Kitchell
The 1960s come to life in this gripping film. The birth of the Free
Speech Movement, civil rights marches, anti-Vietnam War protests, the
counter-culture, the women's movement, and the rise of the Black
Panthers--in all their immediacy and passion. Archival footage
interwoven with present-day interviews and songs from the Grateful
Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, the Band and the Jefferson Airplane.
(117 min.)
Vietnam: A Television War (1983) -
VTR 386-392 ntsc
Producer: WGBH Boston, Central Independent Television/UK and Antenne-2,
France and in association with LRE Productions.
The collection carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of the
Vietnam War and provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war.
1: Roots of a War. The First Vietnam War (1945 -
1954) - VTR 386 ntsc (2 hours)
2: America's Mandarin (1954 - 1963). LBJ Goes to
War (1964 - 1965) - VTR 387 ntsc (2 hours)
3: America Takes Charge (1965 - 1967). America's
Enemy (1954 - 1967) - VTR 388 ntsc (2
hours)
4: Tet 1968. Vietnamizing the War (1968 - 1973) -
VTR 389 ntsc (2 hours)
5: Cambodia and Laos. Peace Is at Hand (1968
- 1973) - VTR 390 ntsc (2 hours)
6: Homefront USA. The End of the Tunnel (1973 -
1975) - VTR 391 ntsc (2 hours)
7: Legacies - VTR 392
ntsc (1 hour)
Woodrow Wilson (2002) - DVD
438 ntscs
Producer: KCET Hollywood with Red Hill Productions for American
Experience. PBS DVD Gold
Using photos, letters, newsreels, archival footage, and beautifully
filmed reenactments, Woodrow Wilson tells the story of a professor who
became one of America's greatest presidents It is the tale of an
emotionally complex man who craved affection and demanded unquestioned
loyalty. It is a fascinating portrait of towering intellectual, one who
appeared to espouse unwavering moral principles, but who nonetheless
shredded civil liberties during wartime and withheld support of civil
rights and women's suffrage. (180 min.)
John F. Kennedy: Years Of Lightening, Day Of Drum (1964)
- VTR 179
Producer: USIA
Tells the story of the two years and ten months of the Kennedy
administration. In part, it is a memorial film to John F. Kennedy. In
the larger sense, it is much more than a simple memorial, for it tells
of the major programs put forth by President Kennedy and strongly
supports the idea that though the man is now dead, the programs and
ideas live on. The Peace Corps, Alliance for Progress, Civil Rights,
Space, Freedom and Peace are the six faces of the New Frontier
presented in the film. Scenes of his personal efforts and those of the
government he represented in regard to these six faces are delicately
interwoven with scenes of the Kennedy funeral in the fabric of the
film. (85 min.)
JFK see 767
The Presidents--80 years on camera.
Perfect President - The Man For His Time, The -
VTR 410
(49 min.)
Vice President And Third Parties - VTR 408
(49 min.)
Wit And Warmth In The White House - VTR 407
(49 min.)
We the People. The President and the
Constitution (1991) - VTR
440- 443
Producer: Anthony Potter Productions with the
Trust for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. (each episode 50
min.)
Profile of President
Richard M. Nixon. -VTR 440
Profile of President
Gerald Ford. -VTR 441
Profile of President Jimmy Carter. -VTR
442
Profile of President Ronald Reagan. -
VTR 443
Reagan (1998) - DVD
439 ntsc
Producer: WGBH Boston for American Experience. PBS DVD Video
The program follows Reagan's life from his boyhood in Illinois to his
battle with "communist agitators" in the Screen Actors Guild and his
dramatic 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter. He left the White House as one
of the most popular presidents of the century. (263 min.)
1988 Presidential Debates (Bush/Dukakis)
- VTR 375
1988 Republican National Convention Speeches VTR
413
(126 min.)
State of the Union Address, President Bush
1991 - VTR 445
(52 min.)
State of the Union Address, President Bush
1992 - VTR 446
(50 min.)
State of the Union Address, President Clinton
1993 - VTR 447
(60 min.)
President Clinton's Address to the 48th United
Nations General Assembly- VTR 449
27 September 1993. (40 min.)
State of the Union Address, President Clinton
1994 - VTR 448
War Room, The see 437
Victory Speeches - VTR
450
Bill Clinton and Al Gore November 4, 1992. (27 min.)
Clinton Inauguration - VTR 451
52nd Presidential Inauguration. An American Reunion. ( 60 min.)
The Clinton Years (2001) - DVD 452 ntsc
Producer: FRONTLINE and ABC News Nightline. PBS Home Video
Chronicles the political ascent of Bill Clinton. Offers an inside look
at the real-life West Wing. A portrait not only of Bill Clinton, but
also of his staff members, advisers and confidantes. (120 min.)
George W. Bush. Election & Inauguration (2001)
- VTR 453 ntsc
Producer: CBS NEWS Productions. An MPI Video.
Reported by Dan Rather coverage begins on Election night and extends
through Inauguration Day examining the historic events that catapulted
George W. Bush into the White House. (86 min.)
Language and Linguistics
Black On White: The Story Of English (1986)
- VTR 222
Producer: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Black English has made as rich and vital a contribution to the tongue
as any other influence. This program probes the roots of black English,
including the American slave trade, the Creole influence and Harlem's
jive talk. (60 min.)
Literature
American
Passages: A Literary Survey
(2003)
- VTR 306 - 313
Producer: Oregon Public Broadcasting (Annenberg/CPB
series)
http://www.learner.org/resources/series164.html
1. Native Voices VTR 306
Native Americans had established a rich and highly developed tradition
of oral
literature long before the writings of the European colonists. This program introduces Native American oral
traditions through the work: Leslie
Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), and Luci
Tapahonso
(Navajo). ( 30 min.)
2. Exploring
Borderlands. Explores the literature
of the Chicano
borderlands and its beginnings in the literature of Spanish
colonization. (30
min.)
3. Utopian Promise
VTR 307
The lasting influence of Puritans and Quakers upon American identity. (30 min.)
4. Spirit of Nationalism. The enlightenment brought new ideals and a
new notion of selfhood to the American colonies. The
program begins with an examination of the importance of the
self-made man in Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and then turns to
the writings
of Romanticist Ralph Waldo Emerson. (30
min.)
5. Masculine Heroes
VTR 308
This program turns to James Fenimore Cooper, John Rollin Ridge, and
Walt
Whitman, and examines the influential visions of American manhood
offered by
each author. (30 min.)
6. Gothic Underc urrents. What was haunting the American nation in the
1850s? Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman
Melville, and Emily Dickinson use poetry and prose to explore the dark
side of
19th century America. (30
min.)
7. Slavery and
Freedom
VTR 309
How has slavery shaped the American literary imagination and American
identity? This program turns to the
classic slave narratives of Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass and
the
fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe. (30
min.)
8. Regional Realism.
Compares Mark Twain’s depiction of Southern
vernacular culture to that of Charles Chestnutt and Kate Chopin, and
introduces
the hallmarks of American Realism. (30
min.)
9. Social Realism
VTR 310
Authors of the American Gilded Age and social realists are juxtaposed. The double world that made up
turn-of-the-century New York--that of the elite and that of the poorest
of the
poor is exposed. Which of these
realities is the more truly American? (30
min.)
10. Rhythms in Poetry.
The modernist lyrics of William Carlos
Williams and Langston Hughes. What is
modernism? How did these poets start a
revolution that continues until today? (30
min.)
11. Modernist
Portraits VTR 311
American prose writers sought out the forbidden --the slang, the
dialects, and
the rhythms of the folk and of everyday life. Writers
such as Hemingway, Stein, and Fitzgerald forged a
new
style: (30 min.)
12. Migrant Struggle.
Americans have often defined themselves
through their relationship to the land. This
program traces the social fiction of John Steinbeck,
Carlos
Bulosan, and Helena Marma Viramontes. (30
min.)
13. Southern Renaissance VTR
312
Uncovers the
revisioning
of
Southern myths during the modernist era by William Faulkner and Zora
Neale
Hurston. (30 min.)
14. Becoming Visible.
The works and contexts of ethnic writers from
1945-1965. Starting with the works of
Ralph W. Ellison,
Philip Roth, and N. Scott Momday, we explore the way writers from the
margins
took over the center of American culture. (30
min.)
15. Poetry of Liberation VTR 313
The artists of the 1960s
wanted an art that was relevant. They wanted an art that not only
spoke about
justice, but also helped create it. The
program explores the innovations made in American poetry in the 1960s
by Allen
Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, and Adrienne Rich. (30
min.)
16. Search for Identity Contemporary prose writers began
creating a
new American tradition comprised of many strands, many voices, and many
myths
about the past. Maxine Hong Kingston,
Sandra Cisneros, and Leslie Feinberg’s search for identity is
portrayed.
(30 min.)
Auster, Paul N.Y. Confidential
(1997) - VTR 511
Arte Themenabend von Guy
Seligmann.
Paul Auster speaks about
his childhood, work, and his relationship to
Brooklyn, N.Y. (52 min.)
Auster, Paul Der
Geschichtenerzähler von New York (1997) - VTR
512
Der Schriftsteller spricht offen über sein Leben. (52 min.)
Anderson, Sherwood
: I'm A Fool
(1977) - VTR 132
Producer: Learning in
Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story
series)
I'm A Fool sees Andy, a
young man working as a horse handler on a
Midwest race circuit, lose his first chance at true love. Andy tries to
impress a young lady when he passes on a winning tip in one of the
races. He poses as the son of a wealthy landowner and soon realizes he
has made a mistake when she promises to write to him at the ranch. (38
min.)
Bierce, Ambrose: The Man and The
Snake (1972) - VTR 527 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS.
(The short story collection.2.)
A natural fear for scaley, venomous creatures produces an unnatural end
à la Hitchcock. (30 min.)
Bierce, Ambrose: The Return (1972) -
VTR 527 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS.
(The short story collection.2.)
Set in a desolate country house, a man seeks out his destiny with a
ghost who cannot rest. (60 min.)
Bradbury, Ray: Any Friend of
Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine (1981) -
VTR 528 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Imagine a small town, the kind you don't find anymore. Enter a
mysterious stranger who calls himself Charles Dickens, a writer by
trade, a spinner of tales who whirls through town and somewhere in the
wide-eyed imagination of a 12-year old boy and the loving eyes of a
lady who would prefer to be known as Emily Dickinson, comes a wondrous
change that will affect their lives forever. (55 min.)
Capote, Truman:
Breakfast at Tiffany's DVD 718
Capote, Truman: In Cold Blood DVD 740
Cather, Willa : Paul's Case (1980) -
VTR 134
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story second series)
Willa Cather's turn-of-the-century tale about a romantic, sensitive
young man who risks everything to escape his stultifying Pittsburgh
background for a brief but splendiferous fling in the city of
Manhattan. (60 min.)
Cheever, John : The Five Forty-Eight
(1979) - VTR 135
Producer: WNET
A smug office romeo is brought low when his philandering refuses to
stay in town - and pursues him home on the 5:48. (60 min.)
Crane, Hart - Voices and Visions -
series VTR
366
Powerful images of contemporary machinery and the Brooklyn Bridge
reflect Crane's preoccupation with technology and its human impact.
Dramatizations of Crane's life in the Carribean, New York and Ohio
reveal his use of history and autobiography to describe his vision of
America. (60 min.)
Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel
(1976) - VTR 136
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
The Blue Hotel is set in the 1880s and is the focal point of a young
Swede's arrival in a moody, frontier Nebraska town. The young man
anticipates the Wild West of the dime novels and parlays this
anticipation into his own death. Unable to adapt to his new enviroment,
the Swede is antagonistic to his hotelkeeper and fellow guests. A
fateful card game results in accusations of cheating, a fight and a
violent climax. (55 min.)
Dickey, James: Deliverance
VTR 69
Dickinson, Emily - Voices and Visions -
series VTR 367
Period dramatic recreations evoke the domestic context in which Emily
Dickinson wrote her metaphysical poetry. Along with rich New England
landscapes, this program illuminates the passionate genius of
Dickinson's poems. (60 min.)
Doctorow, E.L.:
Ragtime VTR 49
Farley, Walter: The Black Stallion VTR 6
Faulkner, William: The Long Hot Summer VTR 20
Faulkner, William: Two Soldiers (1985) -
VTR 529 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Charming tale of a small farm boy who runs away to look for his older
brother who has joined the army to fight the Japanese in World War II.
(30 min.)
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott : Bernice
Bobs Her Hair (1976) - VTR 138
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair is the story of the country bumpkin cousin who
comes to visit city relatives. The "ugly duckling" is turned into a
sought-after vamp by her cousin and is trapped into cutting her hair to
prove her mettle. Bernice thus loses her new found beauty, but her
revenge gives this story a delightfully ironic twist. (40 min.)
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott: The
Great Gatsby VTR 45
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott: The Last Tycoon VTR 53
Frost, Robert - Voices and Visions -
series VTR
369
Through his lyric poems and dramatic narratives, Frost asserts that
nature is the clearest window into the human personality. This program
features interviews with the poet over a 13-year period as well as
dramatized versions of some of his poems. (60 min.)
Gaines, Ernest : The Sky Is Gray
(1980) - VTR 139
Producer: PBS
(The American Short Story second series)
Ernest Gaines' sensitive story of a young, black boy's first trip off
the farm to a small Louisiana town, and of the sudden revelations in
violence, sex, racism, kindness and human dignity that await him. (48
min.)
Greene, Graham: The
Quiet
American DVD 752
Hammett, Dashiell: The
Maltese Falcon VTR 9 , DVD 743
Hansberry, Lorraine:
A Raisin in the Sun DVD 753
Hemingway, Ernest: For
Whom the Bell Tolls DVD 777
Hemingway, Ernest:
The Snows of
Kilimanjaro DVD 756
Hemingway, Ernest : Soldier's Home (1977)
- VTR 141
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
Soldier's Home portrays Ernest Hemingway's study of dislocation in
post-World War I America. Harold Krebs, the central figure, is a
soldier returned home to a community in which he feels alien. Unable to
find himself with family and friends, he leaves town to search for his
uncertain future. (42 min.)
Hughes, Langston - Voices and Visions - series VTR 370
On-location footage in Senegal, France, Kansas and Harlem chronicle the
life and work of this unique poet. Examinations of Hughes' lyrics
reveal the inspiration in the music he loved - jazz, the blues and
gospel. Contemporary writers explore Hughes' broad and varied influence
on their work. (60 min.)
James, Henry: The
Bostonians VTR 74
James, Henry : The Jolly Corner
(1976) - VTR 142
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
Spencer Brydon returns to the U. S after being away for 35 years,
during which time he missed fighting in the Civil War and America's
dynamic economic birth. Brydon wonders if he would have been different
if he had remained in America. In an effort to find out, he painfully
reconstructs the secrets of his past and the potentials of an alien yet
appealing future.
(45 min.)
Jones, James: From Here to Eternity VTR 4
Kerouac, Jack
What happened to Kerouac? (1986)
- DVD 551 ntsc
Producer: Richard Lerner Productions
A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and
creative process of Jack Kerouac--father of the Beat Generation, author
of "On the Road" and pivotal figure of the '50s counterculural
revolution. Features Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Buroughs,
Carolyn Cassady, Lawence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, and Gary
Snyder. (96 min.)
Lee, Harper: To
Kill a Mockingbird DVD 761
Lewis, Sinclair: Elmer
Gantry VTR 70
London, Jack: Moon Face (1975) - VTR 530 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Peter Bennett, a writer with a looming deadline from his publisher,
finds himself faced with an empty white page and a very quiet
typewriter (writer's block). So he takes off for a cabin in the
mountains for peace and quiet where he can write, write, write with no
distractions or so he thinks. BUT then he meets John, caretaker of the
cabin and self-absorbed practical joker. Peter needs to finish his
novel; however, John lives to distract him. (35 min.)
McCullers, Carson:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter VTR 51
Miller, Arthur: Death of a Salesman VTR 3
Mitchell, Margaret: Gone with the Wind DVD 736
Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita DVD 742
O. Henry: The Gift of Love (1978) -
VTR 531 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Inspired by O'Henry's famous story The Gift of the Magi. Set in the
early1900's New York City, a wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an
arranged marriage with a "socially acceptable" man when she meets a
young Swiss immigrant. She is then subject to a struggle to satisfy her
relative's expectations for an appropriate marriage and her own search
for the most precious gift, "The Gift of Love". (96 min.)
O'Neill Eugene:
Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) -DVD 811
ntsc
O'Neill Eugene:
Long Day's Journey into Night (1987) -DVD 812
ntsc
Oates, Joyce Carol: Norman and the
Killer (1991) - VTR 532 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A study of the mystery of human emotions. Story concerns the agonizing
struggle for the truth when a man, tormented by a tragic event which
happened to him in his youth, confronts the person he feels perpetrated
the crime against him. (30 min.)
Poe, Edgar Allan: The Tell-Tale
Heart (1971) - VTR 533 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
An American Classic filmed in black and white to accentuate the good vs
evil theme. Here the viewer is drawn into Poe's carefully woven web of
murder, investigation, and the dreadful reality of betrayal. (30 min.)
Porter, Katherine Anne: Noon Wine (1985)
- VTR 534 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A hauntingly rich and mysterious tale about a Swedish immigrant who
comes to a small Texas farm at the turn of the century looking for work
and begins his new life. Through no fault of his own, he causes the
downfall of his new found employer when a suspicious visitor comes to
call. (81 min.)
Pound, Ezra - Voices and Visions - series
VTR
368
Pound appears as the most controversial of American poets. The program
follows him from America to Venice, to the south of France and then to
London, where he set up a one-man literary center from 1908 - 1918 and
became a leader in the modernist movement. Relatives, friends and
critics reveal his obsessesion with economic and political ideas while
in Italy during World War II. (90 min.)
Puzo, Mario: The
Godfather VTR 80
Segal, Erich:
Love Story VTR 32
Steinbeck, John: East
of Eden DVD 799
Steinbeck, John: The Grapes of Wrath DVD 779 ntsc
Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men VTR 48
Styron, William: Sophie's Choice VTR 50
Thurber, James : The Greatest Man In
The World (1980) - VTR 146
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story second series)
James Thurber's wry story of an incorrigible lout who becomes the first
person to make a solo, non-stop flight around the world - to the
delight of cynical newsmen and to the dismay of officials who try
desperately to make a socially acceptable hero of him. (60 min.)
Twain, Mark: The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer VTR 85
Twain, Mark (2001) - DVD 700 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films (PBS DVD Gold)
Tells the tale of Twain's extraordinary life primarily through his
words. Directed by Ken Burns. (220 min.)
Twain, Mark Himself ( n. d.) - VTR 417
Producer: USIA
The spirit and philosophies of humorist Mark Twain lives on as actor
Bill McClinn portrays this great man at the museum of American History
in Washington D. C. (30 min.)
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. : D.P. (1985) -
VTR 535 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
An emotional story set in Post World War II period in Germany where a
black orphan discovers the only other black he has ever seen - an
American soldier - whom he dubs "Papa". (60 min.)
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. : Who Am I This Time?
(1981) - VTR 536 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A romantic comedy featuring a small town community theater's shy
leading man and a lovely young lady who has just moved into town and
joins the theater. The couple soon discovers that affairs of the heart
on stage are a bit less complicated than continuing the romance off
stage. (60 min.)
Welty, Eudora: The Hitchhikers
(1989) - VTR 537 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A short story set in a southern small town in the heat of summer. A
motorist picks up a hitchhiker for company on a long ride. He makes a
stop, to visit some people he knows and intends to continue on, but
then the hitchhiker he picked up is murdered. (30 min.)
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