Melinda Dillon
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents have close encounters of...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A chance car accident introduces the Henderson family to the real-life Bigfoot, who is anything but a ferocious monster. He quickly becomes a true friend of the family. They're soon in a race against the clock to return "Harry' to his natural environment before the authorities capture him.
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Set against the grim backdrop of depression America, this film joyously celebrates the life of Woody Guthrie, America's great folk balladeer and poet. In 1936 he leaves Texas and heads to California looking for work. He meets hobos, migrant workers and people down on their luck, and begins his career as a folk singer.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is suprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11, and has isolated himself from everybody and everything around him.
9) Magnolia
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"A mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax."--Container.
10) A painted house
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
10-year-old Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But when two groups of migrant workers come to work on his family farm in Arkansas, mysteries suddenly flood Luke's world, and he shelters secrets that could shatter lives in his family and town.
12) Reign over Me
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is suprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11. Flooded with grief, Charlie quits his job and isolates himself from everyone around him. Alan attempts to help Charlie get over his grief by rekindling their friendship. As Alan spends a lot of...