Sean Penn
1) Mystic River
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three friends who grew up together in a working-class neighboorhood of Boston, are brought together after a period of estrangement when one friend's daughter is murdered.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 72 min.)
Description
War Made Easy exposes how presidential administrations of both parties have relied on a combination of deception and media complicity to sell one war after another to the American people. Narrated by actor Sean Penn, and based on the acclaimed book by Norman Solomon, the film exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to reveal in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated and glamorized the pro-war messages...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (114 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 97 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
As our country continues to embroil itself in foreign wars, Phil Ochs: there but for fortune is a timely and relevant tribute to an unlikely American hero. Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure - a contradiction that eventually tore him apart. From youthful idealism to rage to pessimism, the arc of Ochs' life paralleled that of the...
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Description
The true story of two young men of privilege, money and ambition who end up selling out their country, ruining their families and destroying their lives. Chris Boyce (Hutton) works a low-level job at a defence plant where he uncovers documents that prove that the CIA is secretly coercing foreign governments. He confides in his conniving, fast-talking friend Andrew Daulton Lee (Penn), a reckless drug dealer and user, who convinces him to sell this...
9) Flag day
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jennifer Vogel's father John taught her so much about love and joy, but he also happened to be the most notorious counterfeiter in US history. Directed by Sean Penn, the film stars Penn and his daughter Dylan Penn in an intimate family portrait of a young woman who struggles to rise above the wreckage of her past while reconciling the inescapable bond between a daughter and her father.
10) Into the wild
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 DVD disc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
Pub. Date
[2002], c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A century old double murder haunts Jean, a photographer, who travels to the scene of the crime to investigate. The sole survivor of the murders was a woman whose unhappy marriage mirror's Jeans. Past and present collide and it suddenly becomes clear to Jean who the real killer is.
12) 21 grams
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fate brought them together, now vengence will tear them apart. A violent car accident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor, an ex-con and a young mother with a reckless past. The crossing of their paths takes them through the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption.