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Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory. What emerges is a uniquely cinematic biography that finds both humor and pathos in the swirl of conflicts and affections that bind father and son. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds - where the past meets the present, where generations collide, and where the boundaries...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heartwarming story about a deceased Sicilian father trying to negotiate his way into heaven. But the only way in is to first go back and repair his relationship with his reluctant son, reunite his feuding family back in Sicily, and help all find love in places they never imagined.
3) Jockey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Blocked on social media and concerned for his son's life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son.
6) Boy
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
cclaimed director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) presents a creative coming-of-age comedy set in 1984, following an eleven-year-old Michael Jackson fanatic nicknamed "Boy" (James Rolleston). With his mother dead and father AWOL, Boy becomes the head of a household full of kids when his Nana leaves town for a funeral.Out of nowhere, Boy's Dad (Waititi) rolls up in a vintage car with his "gang", and turns Boy's life upside down. There are...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack finds himself adrift after his father, legendary Coach Davis, cuts him from his renowned soccer club. Estranged from his dad, at odds with his brother and desperate for purpose, he turns to his ex-girlfriend Sofia. Inspired by her tough love and unwavering pursuit to become a recording artist, he takes one last shot at his lifelong dream, by trying out for a rival soccer club.
8) The son
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
9) At any price
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple ... wants his rebellious son Dean ... to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood"--Container.
10) End of sentence
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.
11) Fortress
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this dazzling action cyber-thriller, Robert is a retired CIA agent living at a secret resort in the woods. One day, his estranged son drives to the camp for a visit but he's followed by Robert's old nemesis, Balzary. As the site is besieged by Balzary's attack squad, father and son retreat to a high-tech bunker. But are its steel walls and advanced weapons powerful enough to match Balzary's bloodthirsty plans for revenge?
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
13) Five easy pieces
Pub. Date
[1998], p1970
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Returning home to his father's deathbed, a gifted pianist who has been living a wasted life is forced to face issues which will change his life forever.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gardner Elliot has lived his whole life with a team of scientists on Mars. He's always longed to see Earth to find the father he's never known and to meet a beautiful street-smart girl named Tulsa he's become friends with online. But when his chance finally comes, doctors discover his heart can't withstand the Earth's atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner and Tulsa escape on a cross-country race against time to unravel the...
15) About my father
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sebastian is encouraged by his fiancâe to bring his Italian hairdresser father Salvo to a weekend get-together to meet her wealthy and eccentric family. As the weekend turns into an outrageous clash of cultures, Sebastian and Salvo discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
17) Kolya: Kolja
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A grouchy, middle-aged bachelor's life is changed when he becomes guardian to a six year-old boy.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Starring Bruce Willis, this action cyber-thriller continues the adventure begun in The Fortress. Weeks after a deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis, Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, Sasha may have devious plans of her own, and as a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he thought he'd never see again.
19) The barber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines two men fixated on what triggers the enormity of evil: a father whose life is destroyed in pursuit of a monster, a son caught in a deadly charade as he tries to unravel his father's obsession.
20) Warrior
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. The two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all...
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