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Pub. Date
©2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Drain Alcatraz uses cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the island's infamous prison was so inescapable. With no water in the way San Francisco Bay is revealed to be a fascinating and chaotic place. On the dry bay floor we see the scars left by epic earthquakes. These fault lines give scientists an idea as...
2) Father Stu
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization...
3) Marlowe
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light." --
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (592 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Two of "La Brea" continues the epic, time-traveling adventure that began when a massive sinkhole opened in Los Angeles, plunging people into a mysterious primeval land where they must unite for survival. In this season, the Harris family Gavin and Eve, and their kids Izzy and Josh still find themselves separated across parallel worlds. In 10,000 BC, Eve is determined to find a way to reunite with Josh, who accidentally went through a portal...
5) La la land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (430 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman moves with her seven-year-old daughter and husband to California from Colorado, after her husband abandons them and tries to rebuild their life finding solace in caring for horses and decides to enter in a horse show.
8) Papi Chulo
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cast adrift in Los Angeles, Sean, a lonely TV weatherman, drives past a middle-aged Latino migrant worker standing outside a hardware store looking for work. He decides to hire this kind-looking man to be his friend. Sean is young, gay, and white. Ernesto, portly, straight, and married. Despite having nothing in common and the language barrier, they build a sort of friendship, until Sean becomes consumed with a deeper obsessive need.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Join Papi and his two- and four-legged family as they move into a posh Beverly Hills hotel, complete with a luxurious doggy spa. But there's trouble in puppy paradise when Rosa, the littlest member of the pack, feels smaller and less special than ever. Now it's up to Papi to help Rosa find, and celebrate, her inner strength, which turns out to be bigger than she ever dreamed"--Container.
10) The soloist
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist and recent bike accident victim Steve Lopez more than his banged-up face, was his pressing need for story ideas. He soon discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a skid row schizophrenic street musician, who possesses extraordinary talent - even though he only has half-broken instruments to play. Inspired by Nathaniel's story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about him and attempts to do more...
11) Dragnet
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are detectives who work in the Los Angeles Police Dept. Each of the 4 episodes follows them as they interview people who help them solve the crime.
12) Dragnet: Vol. 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten episodes of the popular television show, Dragnet, which profiled the cases of Sgt. Joe Friday.
13) Miss Bala
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Contains French descriptive video.
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing to save them, because in good times and hard times, the family always sticks together.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chloe is a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner's niece, Rachel, gets lost. She must rely on her new friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her. In the meantime, Papi, a male chihuahua who is in love with Chloe goes in pursuit of her. Papi's owner is a handsome young gardener for Rachel's aunt Viv. He slowly develops a romantic interest in Rachel. Chloe...
19) Lady Bird
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christine "Lady Bird" MacPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds none of that in her Sacramento Catholic high school. LADY BIRD follows the title character's senior year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college" -- IMDb.
20) Alpha dog
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the real-life case of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer in California's San Gabriel Valley who, in 2000, became one of the youngest men to appear on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. With family links to organized crime, Johnny Truelove is on the warpath against Jake Mazursky, a sleazebag addict who owes him money. Fate intervenes when Johnny and his friend Frankie encounter Jake's 15-year-old half-brother Zack and hold him as collateral...
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