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John Savage
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1905 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Zebulon 'Zeb' Hedge, Perez Ryder, and Jeremiah 'Jerry' Burgess are three retired sea captains have been keeping house together as a way to moderate the loneliness of their retirements. Chaos reigns in the house where dirty dishes, dust and disorder have become their bane. Together they hatch a plan to solve their problem. They'll flip coins and the loser must get married and take the other two in as boarders....
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A collection of four DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The deer hunter: Cimino's epic film about friendship chronicles the lives of three steelworkers and their friends, whose lives are irrevocably changed by a tour of duty in Vietnam.
The bridges of Madison County: World-traveling "National Geographic" photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren't looking to turn their lives upside down....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
'Handsome' Harry Sweeney, a 52-year-old Vietnam veteran, is convinced to seek forgiveness from a comrade he betrayed long ago, David Kagan. As the road stretches out before Harry, we see the full effect that this long ago crime has had on his life. Only through confronting the events of his distant past, and finally confronting David himself, can Harry truly begin to live again.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival in this star-studded retelling of John Steinbeck's beloved novel.
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. This is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking a seemingly impregnable position,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. This is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking a seemingly impregnable position,...
9) Hair
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Fresh from the farm, Claude Bukowski arrives in New York City for a date with the Army Induction Board, only to walk into a hippie "happening" in Central Park and fall in love with the beautiful Sheila. Befriended by the hippies' pacifist leader, Berger, and urged to crash a formal party in order to declare his love for Sheila, Claude begins an adventure that lands him in jail, Central Park Lake and finally, in the army. But Berger's final effort...