Heath Ledger
1) The patriot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin and laughter characterize...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save...
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman...
Language
English
Description
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Cameron is the new kid in school who becomes smitten with the beautiful Bianca. But Bianca's overprotective and domineering father forbids Bianca to date unless her older sister Kat, an surly and hostile senior, does. In a bid to get Kat a boyfriend, Cameron sets up a plan to have the school stud, Joey Donnar, bribe Patrick Verona, an outcast senior with a rumor-filled past, to take...
7) Ned Kelly
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Irish immigrant Ned Kelly is sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a horse. After his release, he finds work tending to horses owned by Richard Cook, whose wife becomes interested in Ned. Fitzpatrick, is a police officer interested in Ned's sister Kate. When she refuses his advances, Fitzpatrick steals the family's animals. Not being able to go straight, Ned goes on the run and steals from a string of banks to support himself...
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
19th-century "folklore collectors," Wilhem and Jacob Grimm are con artists who perform bogus exorcisms of "evil enchantments" while traveling from village to village in French-occupied Germany. The two soon find themselves ensnared in a genuinely supernatural crisis involving the curse of the Mirror Queen and other such fantastical marvels as the Big Bad Wolf, the Gingerbread Man, and other truly enchanted flora and fauna. A manic villain and a serious...
9) Casanova
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Casanova has to begin searching for a wife. He is a womanizer with many conquests and If he cannot show he is living a more respectable life, the Church will throw him out of Venice. He is quickly engaged to Victoria, a woman with a pure reputation. As soon as that is arranged, he meets Francesca, a feminist who hates all he stands for. He pretends to be someone else to get into her good graces, and soon finds out she is engaged to Papprizzio, a man...
10) Monster's ball
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond
11) A knight's tale
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The rousing story of lowborn Willian Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling
12) Candy
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Dan is a poet who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. As Dan goes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, Candy changes from an actress to a streetwalker and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to try and go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant
13) Lords of Dogtown
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the legendary Z-Boys, this film is a fictionalized take on a brilliant group of young skateboarders who perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport
14) I'm not there
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., col. with b& w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Six characters recreate different stages in Bob Dylan's career, from Greenwich Village folk singer to electric guitar trailblazer to born-again preacher
15) Monster's ball
Publisher
Studio S
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (112, 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"O": Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic Othello.
Monster's ball: Hank, an embittered prison guard working on Death Row, begins an affair with Leticia, the wife of a man under his watch on the Row.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
After an admired soldier leaves his regiment in disgrace, he sets out on a sweeping adventure to regain his honor, recapture his love and save the life of his best friend
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an admired soldier leaves his regiment in disgrace, he sets out on a sweeping adventure to regain his honor, recapture his love and save the life of his best friend
19) The order
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the head of a secret order of priests is found dead, with a strange mark left on his body, another member is sent to investigate. He soon finds himself plunged into a mystery, only to find himself at the heart of it.
20) The dark knight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective. But soon the three find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind, known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. -- container.