Ridley Scott
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Set during the American Civil War, the story of a Southern soldier sent to reconnoitre enemy positions who is trapped beneath a huge fall of masonry when Northern cannons hit the wall near which he was spying from.
3) Fear
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (0 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Legendary director Michael Haneke discusses his use of violence in cinema while browsing Bergman's video collection.
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (0 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Directed by Ridley Scott from an Oscar®-winning screenplay by Callie Khouri, "Thelma & Louise" has been hailed as one of the best road movies of all time! Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis star as accidental outlaws on a desperate flight across the Southwest. With a determined detective (Harvey Keitel) on their trail, a sweet-talking hitchhiker (Brad Pitt) in their path and a string of crimes in their wake, their journey alternates between high-speed...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
From Academy Award-nominated director Ridley Scott, Academy Award-winning executive producer Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Ted Griffin comes this dramatic comedy based on the novel by acclaimed author Eric Garcia. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage stars with Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman in this comedy about a con man with an obsessive-compulsive disorder whose orderly life and latest lucrative scam are threatened by the reappearance of a teenage...
6) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A group of filmmakers visit Ingmar Bergman's house on the remote Swedish island of Faro to discuss his legacy, and the art of filmmaking. Ingmar Bergmans life and his key films as seen and told by the greatest actors and directors of our time. Candid, funny and explicit interviews with the likes of Lars Von Trier, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Isabella Rossellini and Michael Haneke - some shoot at Bergmans last home on the island of Fårö - interwoven...
10) Gladiator
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (155 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Description
A stunning historical epic that follows Maximus Decimus Meridius, the brave general who was forced into slavery, emerged as a gladiator, and defied an empire. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, GLADIATOR is a magnificent combination of vivid action and extraordinary storytelling. Masterfully directed by Ridley Scott, and featuring a riveting performance from Russell Crowe, it is truly “a colossus of rousing action!”...
11) Alien: Romulus
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
12) The Duellists
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel star in this dramatic film about two officers in Napoleon's army who violently confront each other in a series of duels. The duels begin as a reaction to a minor incident and escalate into a consuming passion that rules the lives of both men for a period of 30 years. Based on Joseph Conrad's story, THE DUELLISTS explores the themes of obsession, honor and violence. This visually breathtaking film weaves a compelling...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mysterious virus is brought to New Mexico by a returning satellite that kills an entire town. There are, however, two survivors: a baby and an old man. Scientist isolate themselves with the survivors to try to find a cure before the world is destroyed.
14) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
15) The aftermath
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity...
17) Black Hawk down
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Formats
Description
Details the near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele. The troops were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The resulting action lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen. The battle led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and to...
18) Gladiator
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-ray Discs (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Roman general refuses to transfer his loyalty to the new Emperor, Commodus. He becomes a slave and then a gladiator, fighting in the Roman Colosseum in defiance of the Emperor.
19) The last duel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
King Charles VI declares that knight Jean de Carrouges must settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone is a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.