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2 Days in the Valley
[DVD 868] 1996 HBO
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 104 mins
A mild-mannered hit man is hired by an icy killer to assist him on his latest
job. When two vice cops stumble on the murder scene, their investigation leads
to a colorful array of San Fernando Valley denizens, including a has-been
director and a snobbish art dealer whose lives come together in unexpected and
interesting ways. This clever thriller fits nicely into the eccentric category
of "Only in California." Cast: James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Jeff Daniels, Danny
Aiello.
Subjects – Movies and Plays
Eleventh Hour
[DVD 455-456] 2005
Granada International
4 3/4" DVD Color
2 videodisc, 90 min. each episode
Scientific troubleshooter for the British government professor Ian Hood,
Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, and his
Scottish bodyguard Rachel Young take on rogue scientists and the world-wide
troubles they cause. A British TV series that lasted for 4 episodes. Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen
Subjects – Movies and Plays
12 Angry Men
[DVD 323] 1957 MGM
4 3/4" DVD B&W 1 videodisc, 96 min.
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury
room to decide if a young Latino man is guilty or innocent of murdering his
father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama
of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the
accused, and each other. Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb. Based on the play, all
of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Law and Government
21
[DVD 859] 2008 Columbia Pictures
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 123 mins
Fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained by an unorthodox math
professor to become experts in card counting in blackjack and subsequently took
Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate
Bosworth.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Mathematics and Statistics
21 Ways To Defuse Anger And Calm People Down With Michael Staver
[VHS 1856-1857] 1996 CareerTrack
1/2" video
Color 2 cass., 179 min.
Seminar before an audience, accompanied by dramatizations. Offers 21 tools and techniques
for dealing with anger in the workplace. Volume 1, how to deal with confrontation, how to
react to silence, how to keep yourself calm, and how to concentrate on solutions. (102
min.) Volume 2, things to do before jumping into an angry situation, recognize and reduce
conflict conditions, finding a neutral environment, how to handle hostility. (77 min.)
Subjects -- Professional Development Collection ; Business ; Communication
30 Frames A Second: The WTO In Seattle
[DVD 1049] 2000 White Noise Productions
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 72 mins.
Journalist Rustin Thompson takes his camera into the fray of the protests and
riots that erupted during the week of the WTO conference in Seattle in November
1999. Includes up-close footage of protesters, police, delegates and
bureaucrats, capturing the passion, confusion and anger of everyone involved.
Subjects – Washington State and Seattle ; Economics
30 Timeless Direct Marketing Principles
[VHS 1175] 1993 NTC Business Videos
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 42 min.
Direct marketing pioneer Bob Stone lays out his rules of direct marketing.
Subjects -- Advertising ; Business
The 39 Steps
[VHS 1083] 1993 Madacy Music Group
1/2" video B&W 1 cass., 83 min.
A man is falsely accused of murdering a spy and is chased across Scotland as he tries to
uncover a secret organization and catch the real villain. Originally released as a motion
picture in 1935. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft.
The Alfred Hitchcock Collection.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays
90 Minutes To Killer Presentation Skills
[DVD 803] 2009
PubliSpeakingSkills.com
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc,
120 min.
Learn to implement the 3-step technique used by JFK, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
and other master speakers to persuade and inspire audiences. Author, speaker and
trainer Doug Jefferys, clearly demonstrates that we only believe we fear public
speaking because our most common behaviors when in the spotlight produce exactly
the same physiological responses as when we are genuinely facing a
life-threatening event. This video shows you how, by simply changing a few of
these wrongly taught behaviors, you can completely change your body's response;
and with very little practice, the fear is first lessened, and then it is gone.
Subjects – Speeches and Public Speaking
1984
[DVD 479] 1984 MGM
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 110 min.
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society where Big Brother is
watching. Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania
rewriting history the government does not approve of while under the
constant surveillance of Big Brother. His life takes a horrifying turn when
he begins a forbidden love affair and commits the crime of independent
thought. Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton.
Subjects – Movies and Plays
2000 And Beyond: Confronting The Microbe
Menace
[DVD 822] 1999 Howard
Hughes Medical Institute
4 3/4" DVD Color 2 videodisc,
240 min.
Sophisticated new techniques in molecular biology are allowing scientists to
understand, combat, and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Describes the
latest advances in understanding how pathogens invade the body and how this
knowledge is leading to the development of new therapies. Explains how new
infectious diseases are recognized and how epidemics arise.
Subjects - Diseases
2001, A Space Odyssey
[DVD 126] 1968 MGM
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 148 min.
The monoliths have been watching us. They gave us the "evolutionary kick in
the pants" we needed to survive at the Dawn of Time. In 1999, we discovered
a second monolith on the moon. Now, in the year 2001, the S.S. Discovery and its
crew, Captains Dave Bowman and Frank Poole, and their onboard computer,
HAL-9000, must discover what alien force is watching us.
A science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence
toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future. Screenplay
by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
[VHS 1678] 1916 Kino Video
1/2" video B&W 1 cass., 105 min.
A team of 19th Century American scientists investigate a series of naval
disturbances believed to be caused by a sea monster. They soon find that the creature is
actually the Nautilius, a submarine piloted by Captain Nemo, a hate-driven renegade
seaman. Released by Universal in 1916, the first great special effects spectacular of the
early cinema. Cast: Allan Holubar, Jane Gail, Dan Hanlon. Based on the novel by Jules
Verne.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays
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