Tom Hanks
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--
Publisher
Mtv Networks
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 558 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From visionary creator Taylor Sheridan comes a prequel to television's number one show, Yellowstone. It follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It's a stark retelling of Western expansion and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land, Montana.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
7) Sully
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Rental [edition]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain, Chesley Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Wide screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to fulfil a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers' book series, Mary Poppins. When the uncompromising author won't budge, Disney reaches into his own complicated childhood to help win Travers over.
10) Toy Story 4
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called 'Forky' to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
11) Angels & demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Product Description
In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.
13) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.