William Goldman
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
[Illustrated ed.].
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
xli, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the adventures of Buttercup, a beautiful woman and Westley the man she loves. Includes revenge, true love, monsters, miracles, pirates and great escapes in the fairytale kingdom of Florin.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive in a classic tale of love and adventure. The beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the nasty Prince Humperdinck, while Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. Along the way he meets an accomplished swordsman and a giant,...
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Ultimate collector's ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His partner, Butch Cassidy is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, put on new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend, head down to Bolivia.
10) Maverick
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Widescreen and standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
11) Marathon man
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner is unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive.
12) Misery
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Collector's edition ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Novelist Paul Sheldon does not remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. All he remembers is waking up in the home of Annie Wilkes, a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner, forever.
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bobby Garfield takes a look back at his childhood memories. When mysterious Ted Brautigan moved into the boarding house that 11-year-old Bobby shared with his self-involved mother, Bobby jumped at the chance to get to know a friendly, interesting adult. Ted enlists Bobby to read the newspaper to him each day--and to keep an eye out for the "low men" bent on capturing Ted, who possesses a strange mind-reading power.
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joanna reluctantly moves with her husband and children from New York City to the suburban community of Stepford, Connecticut. But when life in Stepford begins to seem too perfect, Joanna and her new friend Bobby investigate a mysterious conspiracy among the town's husbands.
16) Harper
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire.
17) Dreamcatcher
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four friends with an unusual power become stranded in a blizzard and are confronted by a deadly alien force. As they try to stop this unparalleled horror, the fate of the world is in their hands.
18) Dreamcatcher
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four friends with an unusual power become stranded in a blizzard and are confronted by a deadly alien force. As they try to stop this unparalleled horror, the fate of the world is in their hands.
20) Chaplin
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
15th anniversary ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chaplin's entire life is covered in the biographical film. From his upbringings in the slums of England to his Honorary Oscar in 1972.