Tom Cruise
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 11
Description
Tom Cruise is among the most successful, enigmatic actors to ever grace the silver screen. Cruise's private life has remained opaque over the years, but as an actor he has continued to remain relevant and adaptable in the film industry, and through the roles and films he has taken part in. No matter the details of Cruise's private life, on screen, he is always ready for action.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
"Cruise is an unhinged stickman, outrunning the devil, the aging process, time itself. He will outrun us all."--Time Magazine
"...propelled by action scenes that transmit a little something about the characters while nudging the story forward..."--New York Times
"...an exercise in pure action-movie propulsion..."--Boston Globe
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Having just turned 60, Tom Cruise is still one of the leading names in Hollywood. A prolific actor with a career spanning over 40 years, he is continually building a giant legacy within the film industry. His ability seems to know no limits.
7) Valkyrie
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (120 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Tom Cruise stars as the leader of a group of German officers who hatched a plot to assassinate Hitler. The operation was code-named VALKYRIE, for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced...
8) The Firm
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
9) Oblivion
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD
Description
Jack Harper is the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity's fate in his hands.
10) Jack Reacher
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Description
Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
11) Cocktail
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brian Flanagan is a young confident and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro, becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist, their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With their elite organization shut down by the CIA, agent Ethan Hunt and his team must race against time to stop The Syndicate, a deadly network of rogue operatives turned traitors. To stop this global threat, Ethan must join forces with an elusive, disavowed agent whose loyalty is suspect as he faces his most impossible mission ever.
13) A few good men
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
14) Jerry Maguire
Pub. Date
2002, c1996
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sports agent suddenly discovers his scruples and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, he learns that loving well is the best revenge.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he has ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen , in order to rescue Lindsey, one of his trainees, who was kidnapped...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates 'Ghost Protocol'. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency's name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on his mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a near future, an alien race has hit the Earth in an unbeatable assault. Major William Cage has never seen a day of combat, but is dropped into a suicide mission and killed within minutes. Cage now finds himself thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same day over and over, fighting and dying each time. With each ₁life₂, Cage learns more fighting skills, so that when he and warrior Rita Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, they...
18) Valkyrie
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true event, Colonel von Stauffenberg and his fellow officers attempt to assassinate the Führer.
19) The outsiders
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Coming of age movie set in Tulsa Oklahoma in the mid sixties.