Colleen Dewhurst
1) Ice castles
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young figure skater is blinded in a tragic accident.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Over ten years ago, I had an idea that brings me to this very moment." So wrote Colleen Dewhurst, as she began - finally - to recall the stories that would fill these pages. Three years later, Dewhurst, acclaimed as one of the greatest tragic actresses of our time, died on August 22, 1991, leaving unfinished the autobiography she had been writing for nearly two decades.
The partial manuscript, notes and untranscribed tapes sketched the complete...
3) Annie Hall
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In a towering performance, the late, great Jason Robards portrays a cynical, self-hating alcoholic actor based on O'Neill's elder brother, Jamie. The majestic Colleen Dewhurst plays the earthy, gruff daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer with whom the failed actor spends a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Sleeping with the enemy: In this suspenseful romantic thriller, Julia Roberts stars as Laura, a young woman who thinks she's found the man of her dreams in Martin (Patrick Bergin). Only after they are married does she discover the real Martin--compulsive, controlling and dangerously violent. After three years of living in fear and dread, Laura finally escapes, only to have Martin track her down.
Dying young: A wealthy leukemia victim hires a spirited,...
12) McQ
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A police lieutenant resigns from the force to track down some big dope dealers involved in killing a couple of police officers.
13) Dying young
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A wealthy leukemia victim hires a spirited, unschooled beauty as his caretaker.
15) The Dead zone
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
One fateful night, Johnny Smith smashes head-on into an enormous truck. For five long years, Johnny is plunged into a deep coma. When he awakens, he discovers that his youth, his career and his fiancee, Sara, have all been lost. But Johnny has gained something--extraordinary psychic powers allowing him to see visions of the past, present and future. In episode after episode, Johnny is propelled into horror-filled, supernatural experiences.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost." This line from "Babette's Feast" lends itself to both of the stories in this audio collection, which tell of unbreakable human spirit and total commitment to life choices. "Babette's Feast," now an award-winning film, takes a humorous look at a pure-spirited community in which love, lost youth, self-denial, and creative urges contribute to...
17) Burning bright
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A circus performer is slowly being destroyed by the realization that he will never father a child. In an act of extraordinary sacrifice, his wife takes desperate measures to save him.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his latter-day writing quarters in Key West. Also, dramatizations by distinguished actors [...]"--Container.
19) The Civil War
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns's epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive -- and defining -- conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one." -- Back of container.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her; Anne, now a young woman, has become a teacher and dreams of meeting her ideal man; After a series of disappointments, Anne and her husband Gilbert return to Avonlea in search of happiness, but soon face the challenges of war when newly enlisted...