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- 10
PN1997.T392 1983
- Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards' spicy adult comedy of manners, morals, and mid-life crises. Moore is hilarious as the man who has everything and nearly loses it all in an obsessive quest for a beautiful woman he spies from his Rolls-Royce. Bo Derek is the fantasy-woman he pursues. On a scale from 1-10, she rates "at least a 12."
- 2001, a space odyssey
PN1997.T85 1999
- 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.
- 48 hrs.
PN1997.F678 1983
- A cop goes looking for a psychotic prison escapee with the help of a fast-talking con man.
- About last night
PN1997.A212 1987
- After drinks at a favorite Chicago hang-out, Danny Martin and Debbie Sullivan head to Danny's place to indulge in the single's quest--the one-night-stand. Danny and Debbie wind up living together and amidst the daily drudge of domestic life, they begin to realize that making love is easy, saying "I love you" more difficult, and being in love the hardest of all.
- Accused, The
PN1997.A238 1991
- A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault.
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
PN1997.A24 1991
- The 1960 version of Mark Twain's novel, concerning a boy and a runaway slave rafting down the Mississippi River.
- African Queen, The
PN1997.A27 1992
- Two diametrically opposed people find themselves thrown together in the war-torn African jungle.
- Age of innocence, The
PN1997.A3 1993
- A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container .
- Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes Aguirre, wrath of God /
PN1997.A35 1991
- A band of Spanish conquistadors led by Aguirre, self-styled "Wrath of God," go up the Amazon in search of gold, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
- Airplane!
PN1997.A357 1980
- The passengers and crew of an airplane suffer every catastrophe in the book in this spoof of disaster movies.
- Alfred Hitchcock's rear window
PN1997.R365 2001
- As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.
- Alien
PN1997.A3585 1992
- Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.
- All quiet on the western front
PN1997.A3598 1995
- A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war.
- Always outnumbered, always outgunned
PN1997.A367 1998
- An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
- American graffiti
PN1997.A4 1998
- Four teenagers come of age on their last summer night before college in 1962.
- American in Paris, An
PN1997.A44 1994
- Jerry Mulligan, a carefree young artist in post-WWII Paris, falls in love with a lonely French shopgirl who is engaged to marry a successful entertainer--unless Jerry can convince her otherwise.
- American president, The
PN1997.A47 1996
- Andrew Shepherd is the most popular American President in decades -- a consummate politician and a man of integrity -- who also happens to be a widower, ready to start dancing again. But when lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade sweeps into his political arena, she unexpectedly sweeps him off his feet!
- American werewolf in London, An
PN1997.A479 1996
- Horror and humor as young American tourists are attacked by a werewolf, with fatal, and worse, results.
- Angel heart
PN1997.A524 1995
- A journey of violence and murder that canvasses the streets of Harlem, the jazz clubs of New Orleans, and voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.
- Animal farm
PN1997.A53 1980
- An animated adaptation of Orwell's political satire. When the barnyard animals assume leadership of a prosperous farm, they learn that "some animals are more equal than others."
- Anne of the thousand days
PN1997.A64 1994
- Set against the pageantry and political intrigue of 16th century England, the ill-fated marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn is traced, from its spirited beginning to its tragic finale.
- Annie Hall
PN1997.A645 1991
- A romantic and sensitive comedy revolving around the diverse and diverting relationships of two nervous New Yorkers, Alvy Singer and Annie Hall.
- Annie Oakley
PN1997.A65 1986
- Beginning her life as Phoebe Moses, little Annie becomes a master shot while still a young girl. Later her husband, marksman Frank Butler, first convinces her to change her name to something more flashy and then persuades the famed Buffalo Bill to hire Annie for his Wild West Show.
- Another 48 hrs
PN1997.A651 1990
- The cop and the con return- the con is released from the pen and finds out there's a price on his head. He teams up with the cop to find and put away an elusive druglord.
- Apartment, The
PN1997.A652 1997
- An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.
- Apocalypse now
PN1997.A653 1998
- Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the peculiar madness of the Vietnam War.
- Apostle, The
PN1997.A6538 1998
- A gifted, charismatic Southern preacher, loved by his community, is secretly plagued by the darker side of human desire and rage. When he commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law and set out on a new mission: to find the road to redemption.
- As good as it gets
PN1997.A688 1998
- New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
- As you like it
PN1997.A7 1980
- Film adaptation of Shakespeare's well known comedy. A pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France, this story is full of kindliness, good fellowship, and goodwill. Although shortened from the original, this version is considered an honest interpretation of the play, with no modern day additions.
- Assassins
PN1997.A873 1996
- An info-highway thief is swept into a battle between two hitmen, in a world where what counts is not who makes the first move, but who survives the last.
- Awakenings
PN1997.A935 1991
- Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic patients who, under Sayer's painstaking guidance, begin responding to certain stimulati. Apprised of the efficacy of a new drug called L-DOPA in treating degenerative-disease victims, Sayer is given permission to test the drug on one of his patients: Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), who has not communicated with anyone since lapsing into catatonia as a child. Gradually, Lowe comes out of his shell, encouraging Sayers to administer L-DOPA to the other patients under his care.
- Back to school
PN1997.B315 1994
- When self-made millionaire Thornton Melon discovers his son plans to drop out of college, he enrolls in the same university to set a good example. Never mind that he's never finished high school. If there's one thing he has learned, it's money gets you just about anything and he sets out to prove it with a vengeance.
- Back to the future
PN1997.B318 1994
- Marty, a teenager from the 80's, is accidentally sent back to the 50's in a plutonium powered DeLorean. In order for him to exist in the future, he must bring his mother and father together romantically. Having accomplished that he returns to the future with the help of the same mad scientist responsible for the original problem.
- Bandits
PN1997.B323 2002
- After busting out of jail and on the run, 2 bank robbers devise the perfect crime with imperfect partners. Not wanting to hurt anyone during their robberies, they go to the homes of bank personnel and end up staying the night with the families so that they can all go to the bank in the morning, hence becoming the "sleepover bandits."
- Basquiat
PN1997.B377 1997
- In 1981 Jean Michel Basquiat, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer, takes the New York art world by storm.
- Beaches
PN1997.B413 1988
- Traces the friendship of two very different women who meet on a beach as young girls, through good and bad times, career and marriage changes until together they must face a final challenge as only best friends can.
- Becket
PN1997.B42
- The historical account of King Henry II and Thomas Beckett who had been the monarch's closest friend and advisor. After Beckett's appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury, King Henry II becomes obsessed with the changed Beckett resulting in ultimate tragedy.
- Bedroom window, The
PN1997.B4215 1987
- It all happened outside Terry Lambert's bedroom window-- an attempted murder. The only witness is Terry's lover-- his boss' wife. Terry decides to say that he is the witness, but the prosecuting attorney rips his story to shreds, and the attacker is freed. In order to clear his name Terry must trap the killer himself.
- Beetlejuice
PN1997.B422 1991
- A couple of likable ghosts contact the afterlife's bio-exorcist to rid their home of a trendy New York family that moves in.
- Ben-Hur a tale of the Christ /
PN1997.B424 1996
- Ben-Hur, a Judean prince, is unjustly arrested and enslaved. Finally, in a breathtaking chariot race, he wreaks a shattering vengeance upon the Roman Tribune who destroyed his family.
- Best bits of Mr. Bean, The
PN1997.B4243 1996
Mr. Bean at the dentist -- Mr. Bean helps a street performer -- Mr. Bean's Christmas (with the turkey on his head!) -- Mr. Bean in terror on the high diving board -- Mr. Bean gets out of a parking garage -- Mr. Bean packs for his holiday -- Mr. Bean drive - More trials and tribulations for Mr. Bean.
- Best little whorehouse in Texas, The
PN1997.B4244 1982
- A musical documentation of the Chicken Ranch, which now joins the Alamo as a historical institution immortalized in story and song.
- Best seller
PN1997.B4247 1988
- A hit man and a cop turned author join forces to write a best seller.
- Beverly Hills cop
PN1997.B4255 1992
- A street-wise Detroit detective pursues his friend's murderer to Beverly Hills where he gets involved in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.
- Beverly hills cop II
PN1997.B42552 1987
- The heat's back on. And Eddie Murphy is cool as ever in this sizzling, smash-hit sequel to Beverly Hills Cop. Back, too, are Judge Reinhold and John Ashton as Murphy's crime-busting sidekicks.
- Big chill, The
PN1997.B426 1998d
- Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bond.
- Billy Budd
PN1997.B54 1985
- Movie version of the play by Louis Osborne Cox and Robert H. Chapman, based on the novel by Herman Melville: story of the clash between the young, innocent sailor, Billy Budd, and his corrupt superior, Claggart.
- Birdcage, The
PN1997.B5418 1996
- The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family: Armand and Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancee's family comes to visit, the whole household is turned upside down.
- Birth of a nation
PN1997.B57 1984
- A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
- Black Moon rising
PN1997.B543 1986
- When the Black Moon, an Ultra-Tech automobile, is stolen, the government "thief," who stashed a valuable computer disk inside it, must steal it back.
- Black Widow
PN1997.B544 1987
- Debra Winger and Theresa Russell star in Bob Rafelson's complex psychological thriller about a beautiful serial killer whose victims are wealthy men. A lonely federal agent tracks down the alluring seductress only to be turned inside out when she falls under the killer's potent spell herself.
- Blink
PN1997.B546 1994
- Thriller about a blind musician who regains her sight only to witness a murder. Because her restored vision is blurred the police are reluctant to believe her- all, that is, but a handsome detective.
- Blue Thunder
PN1997.B5488 1989
- Chosen to test Blue Thunder, Frank Murphy is amazed by the capabilities of the high-speed, high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner learn the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control.
- Blues Brothers, The
PN1997.B54889 1986
- Comedy featuring musical performances by various blues artists in which an ex-convict and his friend raise money for an orphanage.
- Bob Roberts a documentary by Terry Manchester /
PN1997.B618 1993
- A satirical comedy in which a radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail.
- Body heat
PN1997.B619 1986
- A likable, unambitious lawyer and his siren-like lover plot to kill her wealthy husband.
- Bodyguard, The
PN1997.B624 1993
- In her spectacular film debut, Houston plays Rachel Marron, a music/movie superstar at her peak. Fans want to see her, hear her, touch her. But one wants to kill her - and that's where security expert Frank Farmer (Costner) comes in. Farmer is a professional who never lets his guard down. Rachel's glamorous life often puts her at risk. Each expects to be in charge. What they don't expect is to fall in love.
- Bonnie and Clyde
PN1997.B65 1996
- Adrift in the depression-era Southwest, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. Includes original theatrical trailer.
- Breaking the waves
PN1997.B738 1996
Bess gets married -- Life with Jan -- Life alone -- Jan's illness -- Doubt -- Faith -- Bess' sacrifice -- Epilogue: the funeral. - Believing that her prayers to God to bring her husband home from his job on an offshore oil rig caused an accident that left him paralyzed, a pious, young Scottish woman, tragically, submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery.
- Bridge on the River Kwai, The
PN1997.B74 1993
- When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it.
- Bringing up Baby
PN1997.B75 1996
- Crazy comedy about an heiress who is determined to catch a stuffy zoologist and uses her pet leopard, Baby, to help get his attention.
- Bronx tale, A
PN1997.B76 1994
- A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
- Brothers McMullen, The
PN1997.B77 1996
- "After their good-for-nothing father dies and their mother leaves to be with the man she really loves, brothers Jack, Barry and Patrick are left with only each other as they struggle with their relationships. Married Jack is tempted to have an affair; Patrick isn't sure his fiancee is 'the one'; and Barry can't deal with the fact that he is actually falling in love."--Container.
- Bugsy
PN1997.B847 1992
- Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a ruthless mobster who had it all, and then met a woman who wanted more. Their love affair was passionate, tempestuous and ultimately tragic.
- Bus stop
PN1997.B87 1987
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
PN1997.B986 1997
- Blends adventure, romance and comedy to tell the story of the West's most likeable outlaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as they set out for Bolivia with the law on their heels.
- Bye bye Birdie
PN1997.B995 1986
- When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
- Cannery row
PN1997.C366 1993
- Set in a seedy California town that once harbored a thriving fishing industry, a marine biologist and young runaway find themselves and romance amid an assortment of hapless characters.
- Carmen
PN1997.C37
- Film version of the classic opera, with Migenes-Johnson as Carmen who seduces and then spurns the young army corporal played by Domingo.
- Carrie /
PN1997.C377 1991
- A powerhouse of human passions transformed into soul-withering frailties, as love-doomed George Hurstwood throws everything away for the love of Carrie.
- Casablanca
PN1997.C373 1998
- In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
- Cat on a hot tin roof.
PN1997.C38 1997
- A drama of the problems of a wealthy but decadent family in the South. Members of the family gather to face the impending death of their patriarch, Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate.
- Chamber, The
PN1997.C4415 1997
- Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions and dark secrets that ultimately lead him to the startling truth.
- Chelsea walls
PN1997.C443 2002
- The Chelsea Hotel used to be a place to live for New York artists. Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix are just a few who passed through the hotel's halls. To this day, new dreamers come, hoping to be inspired by the ghosts of the past. This tells five stories set in a single day at the famous hotel.
- Children of a lesser god
PN1997.C45 1987
- Love story about an idealistic special education teacher and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah.
- Chinatown
PN1997.C4653 1998
- Los Angeles private eye Jake Gittes is approached by a mysterious woman who wishes to have her husband investigated. As the case unfolds, though, he discovers it to be much more complex and dangerous than he had expected, involving politics, powerful men, and terrible family secrets.
- Cider house rules, The
PN1997.C48 2000
- Tells how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer falls in love and strikes out on his own.
- Circle of friends
PN1997.C4863 1995
- Set in Ireland, this is the story of three girls who were friends when growing up. They are reunited in college, and renew their bonds. The central figure is Benny, a big girl with dreams, who sets her cap for the brightest and handsomest boy on campus.
- Citizen Kane
PN1997.C52 1985
- A newspaper tycoon dies, and a magazine reporter interviews his friends in an effort to discover the meaning of his last words.
- City heat
PN1997.C525 1985
- Two detectives, who find it difficult to get along, attempt to clean the mob out of their city.
- City lights : a comedy romance in pantomime /
PN1997.C58 1992
- A tramp wins the love of a blind flower girl and attempts to obtain money from a millionaire to help her regain her sight.
- Clan of the Cave Bear, The
PN1997.C5295 1986
- The story of a Cro-Magnon woman orphaned as a child and raised by a group of Neanderthals.
- Clockwork orange, A
PN1997.C53 1999
- Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime.
- Close encounters of the third kind
PN1997.C546 1999
- Humans make contact with aliens after witnessing the arrival of flying saucers from another world. In this Special Edition of the 1977 movie, director Spielberg has replaced certain scenes with previously unreleased footage and expanded the dimensions of special effects with a breathtaking new ending that leads viewers inside the dazzling Mothership.
- Color of money, The
PN1997.C615 1986
- Aging pool shark who believes "money won is twice as sweet as money earned", forms a profitable yet volatile partnership with a young pool hustler. Sequel to the film "The Hustler."
- Color of night
PN1997.C62 1995
- A psychologist haunted by the brutal murder of a friend and colleague becomes romantically entangled with a mysterious beauty while hunting for the killer.
- Coming through
PN1997.C63 1993
- The story of the great love affair of writer D. H. Lawrence and Frieda Weekley, who caused a major scandal when they eloped in 1912, because Frieda abandoned her husband and three children to be with Lawrence.
- Como agua para chocolate like water for chocolate /
PN1997.C64 1994
- Romantic fantasy set in the early 20th century about a young couple blocked from marrying by the demands of her cold and selfish mother. To be near his love the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
- Connecticut yankee, A
PN1997.C655 1991
- Hank Martin is a radio expert who is transported back in time to the court of King Arthur. Alternately feared as a demon and revered as a powerful magician, he is dubbed "Sir Boss" and changes medieval life by introducing telephones, automobiles, hot dogs and advertising.
- Consenting adults
PN1997.C657 1993
- When two couples living next door to each other grow too close, one of the husbands risks everything for his passion for his neighbor's wife.
- Courage under fire
PN1997.C668 1996
- When an officer investigates the posthumous candidacy of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor, he finds an apparent cover-up surrounding the actions that led to her death.
- Cousins
PN1997.C68 1989
- Danson and Rossellini play cousins-by-marriage who pretend to be lovers in order to punish their philandering spouses. The make-believe lovers do fall in love with consequences that are both hilarious and heartwarming.
- Crocodile Dundee
PN1997.C868 1987
- A free spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands, stares down giant water buffaloes, and drinks mere mortals under the table, faces the ultimate torture test--a trip to New York City.
- Cross my heart
PN1997.C87 1988
- A man borrows a car and a posh apartment to impress a woman who also has secrets; the date goes from one misadventure to another.
- Crossing guard
PN1997.C877 1996
- For six agonizing years, Freddy Gale has waited for John Booth, the man jailed for a crime that destroyed Freddy's life. Now, Booth is out of prison and Freddy's giving him three days before he returns...to even the score.
- Crucible, The
PN1997.C88 1997
- A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When their ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls suddenly find themselves accused of witchcraft and as the hysteria in the village grows, blameless victims are torn from their homes, leading
- D.O.A.
PN1997.D33 1988
- Time is running out for Dexter Cornell. He has just twenty-four hours to find out who poisoned him and why. In his bizarre and deadly search everyone has a secret and is a suspect, even the woman who loves him.
- Daisy Miller
PN1997.D35 1986
- An expatriate American lives abroad in Europe with her daffy mother and bratty kid brother and scandalizes the Victorian high society of 1878.
- Dangerous beauty
PN1997.D372 1998
- The true story of the woman, a poet and courtesan, who used looks, wit and seduction to defy the conventions of 16th century Venice.
- Dante's peak
PN1997.D376 1997
- A long-dormant volcano erupts, threatening the residents of a small town.
- Dave
PN1997.D378 1993
- Kevin Kline stars as an off-the-wall, temporary replacement for the missing president. His unusual style of governing and decision making tip off the opposition that something is definitely "out-of-order" in Washington.
- D-day the sixth of June
PN1997.D32 1994
- A wartime romance set against the backdrop of preparations for D-Day, (the invasion of Normandy near the close of World War II), involves an American officer and an Englishwoman who is married to a British commando.
- Dead Poets Society
PN1997.D38 1992
- An English professor, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest--changing their lives forever.
- Dead, The
PN1997.D379 1992
- A 1904 holiday feast in Dublin, vibrant with food and spirit, strongly affects a young couple when a tenor's voice recalls poignant memories of unforgotten young love.
- Death of a salesman
PN1997.D39 1986
- A social drama about an ageing travelling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and commits suicide.
- Death of a salesman
PN1997.D39 2002
- Dark drama of a failed man, Willy Loman, whose life did not measure up to his expectations. Movie made for television.
- Death wish
PN1997.D399 1979
- Tells the story of a man seeking revenge for the violent attack on his wife and daughter. Shows the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with urban violence. Rated R.
- Deceived
PN1997.D3993 1992
- Goldie Hawn delivers a critically acclaimed performance as Adrienne Saunders, someone whose perfect life as a wife, mother and career woman disintegrates into a confusing world of betrayal and deception. After her husband apparently dies in a mysterious auto accident, Adrienne discovers a series of
- Defenseless
PN1997.D444 1991
- T.K. Katwuller is a lawyer defending real estate tycoon Steve Seldes against charges of hiring teenage girls to perform in porno films, which is complicated by the fact that he's her lover and the husband of an old friend. When he's murdered, the apparent victim of a teenager's outraged father, only
- Diamonds are forever
PN1997.D453 1993
- Smugglers are out to capture the world's glittering diamond market. Bond uses fast cars, hearses, jets, helicopters and moon machines in a perplexing search to find out why. Seductive smuggler Tiffany Case and millionaire recluse Willard Whyte do their best to deter Bond's efforts.
- Dirty dancing
PN1997.D578 1988
- Summer romance between a naive 17-year-old and the experienced hotel dance instructor.
- Dirty rotten scoundrels
PN1997.D478 1989
- Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a sauve and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats
- Disclosure
PN1997.D563 1998
- When an executive in a large company resists the advances of his new boss who is also a former love, she charges him with sexual harassment. Suddenly his marriage and his career are at risk, and his struggle to extricate himself leads to the exposure of an executive conspiracy.
- Doctor Dolittle
PN1997.D615 2001
- A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
- Doctor Faustus
PN1997.D62
- An aging scholar makes a bargain with the devil for youth, knowledge, and a beautiful temptress.
- Doctor Zhivago
PN1997.D6258 1995
- A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
- Doctor, The
PN1997.D612 1991
- Dodsworth
PN1997.D626 1991
- A middle-aged American retires and he and his wife go to Europe where they find a new set of values and relationships.
- Doll's house, A
PN1997.D6455 1983
- Nora is a woman who is sheltered first by her father and then by her husband. All her life, she has been protected like a fragile possession ... like a doll in a doll's house. After she marries, she becomes frustrated and realizes that under the dominance of her husband, she will never have an ident
- Doll's house, A
PN1997.D6455 2000
- Nora, the "model wife," commits forgery and risks destruction in order to save her husband. But after he rejects her, she leaves her husband and children to begin a new life.
- Don Juan DeMarco
PN1997.D6525 1995
- A psychiatrist rescues a young man who claims to be the legendary lover, Don Juan, and then becomes enmeshed in the young man's fantasies.
- Double indemnity
PN1997.D68 1998
- An insurance man and a suburban wife conspire to trick her husband into signing a policy that pays double for accidental death-- then push him from a train. It's an almost perfect crime.
- Dr. No
PN1997.D622 1995
- James Bond, Agent 007, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a British Secret Service agent. The first James Bond film adventure.
- Dr. Strangelove or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb /
PN1997.D625 1999
- A satire in which the President and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
- Dream team, The
PN1997.D743 1989
- Comedy about four mental patients who are separated from their therapist on the way to a baseball game. The group must rescue their missing doctor from a pair of crooked cops, so they take to the streets in a series of outrageous misadventures.
- Dressed to kill
PN1997.D747 1988
- A psychiatrist is faced with the murderous puzzle of the sudden, hideous slaying of one of his patients killed with a razor stolen from his office.
- Duck soup
PN1997.D85 1995
- As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces the kingdom to shambles. Harpo and Chico are secret agents disguised as peanut vendors and Zeppo is Firefly's secretary.
- East of Eden
PN1997.E27 1990
- In a California farming valley in 1913, a wild adolescent rebels against his stern father, realizing that he favors his twin brother.
- Easy money
PN1997.E279 1993
- Monty Capuletti is a middle-class slob who'd rather be out boozing, gambling, and cavorting with his buddies than working at his job as a baby photographer. But suddenly, his mother-in-law dies, leaving him a huge inheritance if, within one year, he can stop drinking, smoking, and gambling and weigh
- El Espiritu de la colmena
PN1997.E73 1988
- The year is 1940; the weekly movie comes to an isolated Spanish village. Two little girls react differently to "El Doctor Frankenstein."
- Enchanted April
PN1997.E53 1992
- Two proper, middle-class English women, bored with their lives and their passionless husbands, spend a month on vacation in a medieval villa on the Italian Riviera. The idyllic hideaway holds a special magic and hopes reawaken and they find ways to live and love that have long eluded them.
- Enemy of the people, An
PN1997.E54 1998
- A study of an honest man persecuted because of his insistence on telling the truth. Includes a conversation with Arthur Miller and Jack O'Brien.
- Eraser
PN1997.E7 1996
- A U.S. Marshal must protect an executive who's uncovered a deal to put a new superweapon in the wrong hands.
- Ethan Frome
PN1997.E847 1990
- Story of a man torn between his joyless marriage to one woman and his lustful desire for another.
- Extreme measures
PN1997.E917 1997
- After one of his patients died in mysterious circumstances, Dr. Guy Luthan is determined to unravel the bizarre medical conspiracy into which he's stumbled.
- Eye for an eye
PN1997.E944 1996
- Karen McCann's orderly life is shattered when a stranger breaks into her home and murders her 17-year-old daughter. But shock and grief turn into rage and disbelief when the killer is released on a legal technicality. When he commits another murder--and is set free once again-- Karen is determined t
- Eye of the needle
PN1997.E946 1988
- F/X
PN1997.F12 1994
- Rollie Tyler is one of the movies' best special effects artists, known as "F/X" in the industry. He faces his most challenging assignment--turning special effects into reality. He is asked by the Justice Department to stage the fake assassination of an underworld witness. Now his F/X ingenuity becom
- Fantasia
PN1997.F29 1991
Toccata and fugue in D minor / J.S. Bach -- The nutcracker suite / P.I. Tchaikovsky -- The sorcerer's apprentice / P. Dukas -- Rite of spring / I. Stravinsky -- The Pastoral symphony (The sixth) / L. Beethoven -- Dance of the hours / A. Ponchielli -- Nigh - An extraordinary blend of magnificent music and classic Disney animation, featuring a host of unforgettable images, including Mickey Mouse as The Sorcerer's apprentice.
- Fargo
PN1997.F295 1999
- A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.
- Father diary of one week = Apa : egy hit naplója /
PN1997.F298
- A young Hungarian barely remembers his father who died at the end of World War II. He creates a dream hero out of fact and juvenile fantasy -- a personal lie that both sustains and inhibits him. He realizes that he must conquer his ghosts to create his own identity.
- Father of the bride
PN1997.F2986 1992
- A befuddled father has a hard time letting go of his daughter when she unexpectedly announces her plan to marry.
- Father of the bride. Part II
PN1997.F2988 1996
- Having just married off his cherished daughter, George Banks is ready to get footloose, but instead finds himself about to become a father and grandfather at the same time.
- Ferris Bueller's day off
PN1997.F47 1987
- A chronicle of the events in the day of a rather magical 17-year-old who has an overwhelming urge to cut school one spring day and head for downtown Chicago with his girl and best friend to see the sights and experience a day of freedom.
- Flamingo kid, The
PN1997.F53 1985
- Jeffrey Willis, a plumber's son, gets a job as a cabana boy at the El Flamingo Beach Club. A summer of innocence, and of change.
- Fletch
PN1997.F548 1985
- While working on a drug expose, investigative reporter Irwin Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman. The wily Fletch senses a scam and soon he's up to his byline in frameups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet
- For whom the bell tolls
PN1997.F67 1995
- The story of Robert Jordan, an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors that includes the strong-willed Pilar, the dangerously undependable Pablo, and the lovely, innocent Maria.
- Forbidden planet
PN1997.F672 1991
- The far-off star Altair-IV, occupied by two lone inhabitants and Robie the Robot, is visited by a search party from Earth.
- Forever young
PN1997.F674 1993
- It's 1939 and test pilot Daniel McCormick (Mel Gibson) has the world by the tail. He has a terrific job flying B-25s, a devoted soulmate (Isabel Glasser) and a long-time pal and confidant (George Wendt). In fact, he has everything. Almost. Despite his ability to confront danger, he can't look his gi
- Forrest Gump
PN1997.F677 1995
- Through three turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide of events that whisks him from physical disablility to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love.
- Fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, The
PN1997.F6775 1997
- A sexually charged adaptation of the Daniel Defoe classic. Moll is a woman struggling to make her way in a rough, randy era. Her story involves five husbands, numerous lovers, shocking family secrets and travels to bustling London and Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventure
- Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life
PN1997.I87 1996
- Sentimental classic about a young man who attempts to end his own life, only to be shown the error of his ways by his guardian angel.
- Frankenstein
PN1997.F695 1991
- An adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel about the scientist who creates a terrifying monster.
- Frankie and Johnny
PN1997.F6955 1992
- Frankie, a waitress at a N.Y.C. coffee shop, has had a series of hurtful relationships and the last thing she's looking for is a new man. Johnny, an outgoing ex-con hired as the new short-order cook, falls head-over-heels for Frankie, who wants nothing to do with him.
- French connection, The
PN1997.F7 1999
- Two tough New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile shipped from France.
- French lieutenant's woman, The
PN1997.F74 1996
- A woman, ostracized by Victorian society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past.
- From Russia with love
PN1997.F776 1992
- An adventure story which concerns an international conspiracy to kill British spy Agent 007 by enticing him with a voluptous Russian.
- Fuenteovejuna de Lope de Vega
PQ6439.F75 1993
- Drama about the 15th century peasant uprising in Fuenteovejuna. This is a film based on the play by Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. The play is believed to have been written between 1612 and 1614 and was based on an actual historical incident.
- Full monty, The
PN1997.F855 1998
- Six unemployed men, inspired by a touring group of male strippers, decide they can make a small fortune by putting on a striptease show of their own with one small difference. They intend to go the "full monty" and strip completely naked! Includes original theatrical trailer.
- FX2 the deadly art of illusion /
PN1997.F122 1991
- Former special effects (FX) expert Rollie Tyler reluctantly agrees to help the police catch a homicidal maniac and gets caught in a deadly trap, an elaborate cover-up of a massive conspiracy. His spectacular assortment of gadgets and illusions can't save him. Only Leo, his former cop partner, can.
- Gandhi
PN1997.G36 1990
- Chronicles the life of Ghandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the
- Glass menagerie, The
PN1997.G537 1994
- A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter.
- Glengarry Glen Ross
PN1997.G54 1993
- A powerful story set in the world of real estate. Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene (Lemmon) and Dave Moss (Harris) are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma (Pacino) is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front offi
- GoldenEye
PN1997.G652 1996
- When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "GoldenEye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pu
- Gone with the wind
PN1997.G655 1990
- Good morning, Vietnam
PN1997.G657 1987
- Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms!--Container.
- Goodbye, Columbus
PN1997.G659 1969
- A social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a Jewish princess from Westchester.
- GoodFellas
PN1997.G66 1991
- Three decades in the life of the Mafia.
- Graduate, The
PN1997.G682 1998
- A rich, recent college graduate comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and daughter of his father's friend.
- Grapes of wrath, The
PN1997.G683 1996
- Great expectations
PN1997.G73 1990
- A dramatization of Charles Dickens' novel about the adventures of an orphan growing up in Victorian England.
- Great Gatsby, The
PN1997.G732 1988
- About a mysterious American millionaire whose efforts to recapture the sweetheart of his youth results in tragedy.
- Great Santini, The
PN1997.G7328 1991
- Explores the relationship between a career military officer and his family.
- Green card
PN1997.G744 1991
- Two strangers agree to a marriage of convenience. She gets the apartment of her dreams, and he gets a green card to live in the U.S. Before they know it, the two encounter difficulties. And worst yet, they just might be falling in love.
- Guess who's coming to dinner
PN1997.G84 1998
- When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance
- Guilty as sin
PN1997.G855 1993
- An attractive lawyer, captured by her client's irresistible charm, finds herself caught in his seductive psychological web of deceit from which there is no legal escape-and soon fears she may be his next victim.
- Hairy ape, The
PN1997.H23 1996
- A rough ship's mate falls for a woman who uses him in her conquest of other men.
- Half Moon Street
PN1997.H344 1987
- A beautiful woman in London offers her services to an escort agency. She meets an English diplomat working on a top secret Arab peace settlement, and a stormy relationship develops.
- Hamlet
PN1997.H35 1990
- Hamlet
PN1997.H35 1997
- An adaptation of Shakespeare's greatest creation.
- Hamlet
PN1997.H35 1988
- Performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- Hanky panky
PN1997.H36 1982
- Wilder plays Michael Jordan, an innocent bystander turned victim, turned hero. Kate Hellman (Radner) falls in love with him while looking for her brother's murderers. Together they're caught in a world of international intrigue, suspense and murder.
- Happy Gilmore
PN1997.H37 1996
- Although Happy dreams of becoming a professional hockey player, he discovers that his hockey slap shot translates to an astonishing 400 yard tee shot. So when his grandmother loses her home to the IRS, Happy decides to earn the house back by joining the pro golf tour, bringing his ferocious temper a
- Heart is a lonely hunter, The
PN1997.H415 1993
- John Singer is alone, except for one deaf-mute friend, a drooling, teddy bear clutching man-child. When his friend is institutionalized in a small southern town, Singer moves to be near him. Once he is there, Singer's kindness draws him near to others who are broken in body or spirit.
- Heartburn
PN1997.H4153 1987
- A lighthearted look at a romance between a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks and a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family.
- Henry V
PN1997.H454 1990
- Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
- Her alibi
PN1997.H473 1989
- Philip Blackwood, a mystery novelist, seeks inspiration for his writing by visiting a courtroom where he becomes involved with a beautiful Romanian arraigned for murder.
- High noon
PN1997.H51945 1997
- A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride, a Quaker who is opposed to violence.
- Hobbit, The
PN1997.H63 1996
- The place is middle earth. The time is long ago, when man shared his days with elves, wizards, goblins, dragons, heroes ... and hobbits. Bilbo Baggins is a hero and a hobbit, a roundish, peaceable homebody who sets off on a dangerous quest -- even though adventures make hobbits late for dinner!
- Hoffa
PN1997.H644 1993
- Traces Jimmy Hoffa's turbulent career from 1935, when he first solicits truck drivers to join the fledgling International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to his disappearance in 1975.
- Hole, The
PN1997.H65 1993
The hole (15:00) / Dizzy Gillespie, George Mathews -- The hat (18:00) / Dizzy Gillespie, Dudley Moore -- Dig (25:00) / Maureen Stapleton, Jack Warden ; music by Quincy Jones.
- Homicide
PN1997.H665 1992
- A tough cop is assigned to what appears to be a routine homicide case, only to be drawn into the center of a deadly conspiracy which causes him to question his personal beliefs and his loyalty to the force.
- Honey, I shrunk the kids
PN1997.H666 1989
- An absent-minded inventor, working on a shrinking machine, accidentally shrinks his kids down to 1/4 inch in height! When they are tossed out with the trash they have to make their way home through a backyard that has become a jungle.
- Hoosiers
PN1997.H667 1993
- An unwelcome outsider becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town, using methods that infuriate the townspeople.
- House made of dawn
PN1997.H678 1996
- An outcast native American who experiences mystical visions of his ancestors must search for himself.
- House of games
PN1997.H68 2000
- A woman psychiatrist, trying to help a patient whose life has been threatened, is drawn into the dangerous but provocative underworld of a smooth-talking con man.
- House on Carroll Street, The
PN1997.H685 1988
- Emily Crane uncovers a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the U.S. of 1951. Together with a maverick federal agent she tracks the plot to the highest levels of government.
- Housesitter
PN1997.H687 1992
- Shortly after an architect's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, he encounters a woman who decides on her own to move into his empty dream house and pass herself off as his new wife--with hilarious and romantic consequences.
- Hudsucker proxy, The
PN1997.H837 1994
- Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is a rube, a schmoe, a grade-A ding-dong -- precisely what Hudsucker Industries is looking for in a president! With him at the top, the stock will hit bottom ... and the fat cats on the board can snap up controlling interest.
- Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
PN1997.H86 1996
- The beautiful Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, the mysterious hunchback who hides in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral.
- Ian Fleming's Goldfinger
PN1997.G654 1988
- Agent 007 and his girlfriend Pussy Galore pursue ruthless millionaire Auric Goldfinger, who is attempting to steal America's gold reserve.
- Ian Fleming's Live and let die
PN1997.L578 1995
- On this assignment, Bond arrives in the U.S. to match wits and fists with a gang of black super villians who are about to engineer a mammoth Caribbean drug deal.
- Importance of being Earnest, The
PN1997.I466 1988
- A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.
- Indecent proposal
PN1997.I534 1993
- A husband and wife can end their financial worries by accepting the offer of a billionaire to pay a million dollars in exchange for one night with the wife, but if they do, can their marriage survive?
- Independence Day
PN1997.I536 1996
- Massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies and wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. The world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors.
- Inherit the wind
PN1997.I54 1996
- Tracy and March square off as opposing attorneys in this dramatization of the famous 1925 "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee, in which John Scopes, a biology teacher, was arrested, tried and convicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the schoolroom.
- Into the night
PN1997.I56 1996
- Two strangers stumble into international intrigue. Ed Orkin is an insomniac with a cheating wife and a dull job. His chances for excitement look hopeless until a mysterious blond named Diana drops onto the hood of his car.
- Intruder in the dust
PN1997.I57 1993
- In a small Mississippi town, a white boy rescues a black man who is about to be lynched for a murder he did not commit.
- Jack London's The call of the wild : dog of the Yukon /
PN1997.C35 1998
- A dog is kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation.
- Jacob have I loved
PN1997.J32 1990
- Sixteen-year-old Louise Bradshaw dreams of the time when she can leave her isolated Chesapeake Bay fishing community and escape the shadow of her beautiful, confident and talented sister Caroline. It takes a special friendship and the birth of a new set of twins on the island to help Louise move bey
- Jacob's ladder
PN1997.J325 1991
- Jacob is a man living in a nightmare. Having survived Vietnam, he's back home in New York City. But memories of both his wartime demons and the accidental death of his son haunt and terrorize him. Jacob's grip on reality begins to slip and only his friend can save him.
- Jane Eyre
PN1997.J35 1990
- A lonely orphan learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. As a grown woman she obtains a position as governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Just as she is about to win the happiness with him that she has long deserved, a dark secret comes to light.
- January man, The
PN1997.J358 1993
- When there's a strangler on the loose in New York, Nick Starkey is assigned to the case. Within days, he is up to his ears in murder, corruption and comedy.
- Jaws
PN1997.J38 1997
- A man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast and three men join together to hunt and destroy it.
- Jazz singer, The
PN1997.J39 1991
- A melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son (Al Jolson) who aspires to be a jazz singer despite his father's objection and religious tradition. In motion picture history, this was the first feature film to utilize synchronous sound. Jolson's songs include "Toot, toot, tootsie", "Blue skies", and "
- Jerk, The
PN1997.J425 1985
- Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
- Jewel of the Nile, The
PN1997.J464 1992
- Novelist Joan Wilder and wanderer Jack Colton are on a perilous trek through the fierce North African Desert in search of the priceless Jewel of the Nile. It's an exotic escapade filled with raging storms, fierce desert tribes, dark dungeons, power-hungry villains, and political intrigue.
- John Boorman's the emerald forest
PN1997.E447 1985
- Bill Markham, an engineer, returns to the Amazon year after year searching for his son who had disappeared into the jungle. After ten years of searching, Markham finds the man that had once been his boy, but now is a warrior from a different world.
- Johnny Dangerously
PN1997.J545 1997
- Satire of thirties gangster films about a son (Keaton) who turns to a life of crime to pay for his mother's life-saving operation.
- Jude
PN1997.J7 1996
- Julia
PN1997.J755 1980
- Based on Lillian Hellman's account of her friend Julia, who became involved in the underground movement during WWII and finally was killed by the Nazis.
- Julius Caesar
PN1997.J8 1986
- Emperor Caesar, returning to Rome after a triumphant battle, is unaware that Cassius, Brutus and Casca are disturbed by his growing power and are secretly plotting his assassination.
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
PN1997.J847 1995
- Jurassic Park
PN1997.J862 1997
- Kalifornia
PN1997.K355 1993
- Twisted, psychotic ex-convict Early Grayce has found his ride out of town ... and just in time. Early didn't like the way his landlord was "acting up" so he killed him. Lucky for Early and his girlfriend, a young couple writing a book on serial killers needs two people to share expenses for a cross-
- Kama Sutra a tale of love /
PN1997.K363 1997
- In a seductive tale of love and betrayal, a king's courtesan is forbidden her one true love. Trained in the art of pleasure, Maya, the beautiful servant girl becomes defiant, rebelling against ancient tradition. As passion takes over, the conflict brings consequences that no one ever envisioned--C
- Kill Bill, Vol. 1
PN1997.K53 2004
- Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides its time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this dead
- Kill Bill. Vol. 2
PN1997.K533 2004
- The Bride continues on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assult, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As the Bride faces off against allies-turned-nemeses Budd and Elle, she flashes back to the day of her
- King Kong
PN1997.K65 1999
- Adventure story of the giant ape King Kong, discovered on Skull Island, his voyage to New York and his fatal attraction to a young woman leading to death and destruction as he pursues her.
- King Lear
PN1997.K67 1984
- King of comedy, The
PN1997.K675 1996
- Talk show host Jerry Langford is kidnapped on his way to the studio by an aspiring stand-up comic who is short on talent but long on ambition. The ransom demand: an appearance on Langford's show to perform his routine.
- Kingpin
PN1997.K68 1997
- A pro bowler destined for greatness is left minus a bowling hand after a run-in with angry competitors. Years later, he thinks he's found his ticket back to the big time when he meets the naive Ismael, an Amish bowling whiz. Together they set out for a million-dollar tournament in Reno, and along th
- L.A. story
PN1997.L145 1991
- Steve Martin is Harris Telemacher, a wacky television weatherman, who thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend (Marilu Henner). Then, one bright and smoggy L.A. day, an electronic freeway sign changes his life, when its advice leads him into a f
- La Boheme
PN1997.B63
- The relationships of two Bohemians and their sweethearts develop stormily until both couples separate. While the two men are lamenting their loneliness in their Paris attic, one of the girl friends comes for help for the other who has consumption and wants to be taken to her lover to die. The opera
- Last seduction II, The
PN1997.L379 1998
- A beautiful American widow living in Barcelona is trying to avoid a subpoena over her husband's death. She meets a criminal and gets involved in his phone-sex business, diverting his funds into her own bank account. Is she manipulative, money hungry or an innocent widow?
- Lean on me
PN1997.L415 1989
- This is the fact-based story of high school principal Joe Clark, who armed himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville Slugger and slammed the door on losers at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey.
- Leaving Las Vegas
PN1997.L42 1996
- Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.
- Legal eagles
PN1997.L443 1987
- A hard-nosed assistant district attorney and an imaginative defense attorney combine their talents to defend a spacey "performance artist" who is accused of theft and murder.
- Lesson before dying, A
PN1997.L47 1999
- A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.
- Little Big Man
PN1997.L56 1995
- Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is 121 years old. And he's done it all: he's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West'
- Little women
PN1997.L57 1985
- Story of four sisters who grew up together in Massachusetts during the Civil War. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
- Living daylights, The
PN1997.L58 1988
- James Bond picks his way through a maze of deceit, death and treachery that stretches from the Rock of Gibralter to the winds of Afghanistan.
- Living out loud
PN1997.L585 1999
- A newly divorced woman is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride, until she finds unexpected companionship in a bold and sassy jazz singer at a local club and the down-on-his-luck elevator operator in her fashionable Fifth Avenue building.
- Lolita /
PN1997.L65 1999
- The story of the passion of a middle-aged man for a young teenager.
- Long day's journey into night
PN1997.L663 1990
- Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife. Fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit, the family is reflected by their youngest son,
- Longest day, The
PN1997.L664 1998
- The story of the Allied invasion in Normandy during World War II. Details D-Day landing from the points of view of those who participated: the Germans, the French, the English and the Americans.
- Longest day, The
PN1997.L664 1994
- Recreates the June 6th, 1944 Allied invasion of France from the perspectives of both sides.
- Lord of the flies
PN1997.L67 1999
- After crashing at sea, a group of American military cadets find themselves marooned on a deserted island. The boys band together, but as the island becomes their own, competition and power struggles split them into two groups. Ralph (Getty) leads one group and preaches civilized ingenuity and togeth
- Lost weekend, The
PN1997.L6775 1990
- A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devestating effects of alcoholism.
- Lost world /
PN1997.L678
- Professor Challenger leads team of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep within the Amazonian jungle to investigate reports that dinosaurs still live there.
- Love affair
PN1997.L684 1998
- A man and a woman who are to marry other people meet on a ship, flirt, part, and discover that they are in love.
- Macbeth
PN1997.M32 1987
- In this story of murder, withcraft, and revenge, Macbeth, driven by overwhelming ambition and an unscrupulous wife murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. He begins a violent reign of terror and execution in a desperate attempt to maintain his power. Haunted by ghosts and vex
- Mafia!
PN1997.M335 1999
- In an epic saga of disorganized crime, this comedy spoof focuses on the dysfunctional crime family headed by Lloyd Bridges as ruthless, powerful, and clumsy Godfather Vincenzo Cortino. When the time comes to choose the next Don Cortino, a riotous rivalry breaks out between his two sons, one a war he
- Major Barbara
PN1997.M344 1988
- The story of the daughter of an armaments millionaire who joins the Salvation Army but later joins her new husband in his business when she realizes that his factory will enable her to save more souls than her charity work. The factory also will serve as an avenue for more money for the Salvation Ar
- Major league
PN1997.M34445 1989
- The new woman owner of the Cleveland Indians wants to move the franchise to Florida, and her only chance is a losing year. So she signs a bunch of screwballs in hopes that they'll blow the season.
- Maltese falcon, The
PN1997.M355 1992
- After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette.
- Man for all seasons, A
PN1997.M35
- About the opposition of Sir Thomas More to the divorce of King Henry VIII and the events which led to More's execution.
- Manchurian candidate, The
PN1997.M363 1996
- A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning that transform Harvey into a human time bomb.
- Martin Chuzzlewit
PN1997.M366 1997
- Dickens' tale of greed and selfishness centers on Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy gentleman. With his great fortune at stake, and with Martin's disinherited grandson floundering in America, relatives increasingly desperate to inherit the riches close in on the vulnerable old man.
- MASH
PN1997.M37 2001
- Mass appeal
PN1997.M377 1985
- Should a priest tell his congregation what they want to hear instead of the truth? That's just one of the issues raised in this witty and thought-provoking film version of Bill C. Davis' Tony-nominated Broadway hit.
- Medea
PN1997.M42 1990
- Merchant of Venice, The
PN1997.M47 1993
- A television version of Jonathan Miller's London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. The play is set in the Venice of 1860. Laurence Olivier stars in Shakespeare's story of the young Venetian and the Jew who lends him money on the security of one pound of flesh. Upon default the Jew insists
- Mercury rising
PN1997.M473 1998
- Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old idiot savant who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code.
- Message in a bottle
PN1997.M477 1999
- A reporter traces a lonely widower who wrote a heart-felt message, put it in a bottle, and threw it in the sea.
- Midnight cowboy
PN1997.M52 1994
- A Texas "cowboy" takes a bus to New York in search of lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services, but spends a hard winter helping a con man.
- Midway
PN1997.M528 1995
- Portrays the Battle of Midway, including the events that led to this tide-turning battle, from American and Japanese points of view.
- Migrants, The
PN1997.M5285 1994
- A story of a simple family who worked the fields, loved each other, and wanted to see their hard work produce a better life.
- Mill on the floss
PN1997.M529 1997
- A woman ahead of her time faces a choice between loyalty and love in marrying a childhood friend or her true passion, her cousin's fiance.
- Miller's crossing
PN1997.M53 1991
- The control of the gangster-political boss of an eastern city is slipping. The situation is complicated by a woman- both the boss and his trusted lieutenant are in love with her. Then the boss's control is challenged by an upstart Italian underboss and his ruthless henchman.
- Mission, impossible
PN1997.M538 1996
- A secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team, tries to discover the truth.
- Monster
PN1997.M6458 2004
- Based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who was executed in 2002 for the brutal murders of at least 6 men in Florida. Homeless most of her life, Wuornos subsisted by working as a prostitute. In Florida, down to her last five dollars and pondering suicide, she stopped into a bar for a
- Mr. Mom
PN1997.M53966 1984
- A young auto executive loses his job and his wife turns into a high-powered executive. At the start Jack Butler thinks he's "a regular Phil Donahue," but soon, dishes, diapers, and a man-eating vacuum cleaner have him singing a different tune. In the meantime, Caroline has come up with a pitch to sa
- Mr. Smith goes to Washington
PN1997.M53976 1997
- Washington's youngest senator exposes corruption in high places, almost at the cost of his career.
- Mrs. Doubtfire
PN1997.M7184 1994
- Daniel Hillard (Williams) transforms into everyone's ideal vision of a grandmotherly English housekeeper in order to maintain contact with his three children after his divorce.
- Much ado about nothing
PN1997.M83 1993
- Mulholland Falls
PN1997.M854 1996
- What begins as a simple murder case, turns into a politically embroiled tug of war. Several clues seem to lead towards a restricted government post in the Nevada desert where nuclear bombs are being tested for military use.
- Murder in the first
PN1997.M765 1995
- In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut c
- Mutiny on the Bounty
PN1997.M77 1999
- Tale of the ship, Bounty, that sailed a 2 year voyage from England to Tahiti. Charles Laughton is Captain Bligh. Clark Gable is Fletcher Christian.
- My bodyguard
PN1997.M948 2000
- Clifford, a new student at a high school, enlists the aid of an overgrown misfit against the school bully, and a special friendship arises.
- My girl
PN1997.M777 1992
- A precocious 11-year-old tomboy obsessed with death shares a poignant summer with her widowed mortician father, the sexy and kind cosmetician he hires, and most importantly with the boy-next-door who idolizes her.
- My life
PN1997.M779 1994
- A high-powered executive, diagnosed with terminal cancer, begins filming a home movie he calls "My life," in which he teaches his unborn son all the things a man must know: how to shave, how to slam dunk, and most of all, how to love.
- Mystery of Edwin Drood, The
PN1997.M78
- On a stormy Christmas Eve, young, handsome Edwin Drood vanishes from his quiet country village without a trace. His disappearance sets off a terrifying murder mystery that unfolds amidst dank tombs, underground crypts, and the squalid slums of Victorian England--Container.
- Naked gun 2 1/2 the smell of fear, The
PN1997.N354 1991
- Lt. Frank Drebin loves a mystery. Why are we here? Is there life after sex? Yes, Drebin tackles the big issues - and the biggest of all is how to stop devious Quentin Hapsburg's plan to destroy the environment!
- National Lampoon's Loaded weapon 1
PN1997.N375 1993
- In this spoof of the Lethal weapon videos, two dangerously over-the-edge detectives uncover a despicable plot to simultaneously rot America's brains and teeth with drug-laced Wilderness Girl cookies.
- Natural, The
PN1997.N38 1984
- Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Ho
- Nell
PN1997.N455 1995
- When Dr. Jerry Lovell discovers a young woman living by herself in the backwoods of North Carolina, he is intrigued by her erratic behavior and unique pattern of speech. Together with a psychologist, Lovell becomes determined to pierce Nell's private world and protect her from the courts and a life
- Network
PN1997.N47 1996
- A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings".
- Never say never again
PN1997.N484 1997
- From the luxury yacht the length of a football field, Largo oversees a master plan of mayhem involving stolen cruise missiles, nuclear extortion, deadly video games and all the other evils in SPECTRE'S arsenal. James Bond, Agent 007, goes into battle with a fabulous flying motorcycle and other ghast
- New centurions, The
PN1997.N488 1983
- Night of the iguana, The
PN1997.N533 1988
- A defrocked, alcoholic, American minister becomes a tour guide. While travelling in Mexico with a bus-load of school teachers and their 18-year old charge, he becomes entangled with the girl, with a woman of eloquence and wisdom, and with an earthy and beautiful former love.
- Night shift
PN1997.N54 1983
- Charles Lumley used to be a high pressure Wall Street financial analyst, but the pressure drove him up the wall. Now he's working the night shift at the New York City morgue where everything is very quiet until Billy "Blaze" Blazejowski turns up with an X-rated idea for making money.
- No way out
PN1997.N62 1987
- A powerful tale of intrigue set in the political whirl of Washington and the inner corridors of the Pentagon.
- Nobody's fool
PN1997.N6235 1994
- In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into
- Nutcracker, The
PN1997.N87
- On Christmas Eve, after a day of festivities, a young girl on the verge of growing up sleeps and dreams about the transformation of her toy soldier into a handsome prince, his battle and victory over a wicked Mouse King, beautiful puppets, a giant Christmas tree and a kingdom of sweets.
- Nutty professor, The
PN1997.N888 1996
- Murphy stars as a shy, kind, brilliant "calorically challenged" genetics professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, the professor grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart.
- October sky
PN1997.O22 2000
- True story of a young boy growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia during the 1950's, who dreams of building rockets.
- Odyssey, The
PN1997.O225 1997
- Aided by the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope.
- Oedipus Rex
PN1997.O23 1988
- Filmed version of Sophocles's tragedy. Performed in masks.
- Of mice and men
PN1997.O24 1993
- In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
- Oh, God!
PN1997.O4 1983
- God picks a supermarket manager to carry His message to all mankind.
- Once were warriors
PN1997.O529 1995
- In a poor suburb of Auckland, Jake and Beth Heke live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Jake, a complex man with a rascal's charm, is weighted down by a quick temper, alcoholism, and an evil streak of male entitlement. Beth's beauty has bee
- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
PN1997.O53 1988
- One flew over the cuckoo's nest
PN1997.O535 1997
- The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.
- One good cop
PN1997.O54 1991
- When the partner of a cop is killed, the survivor becomes the legal guardian of the dead cop's three kids. He sets out to investigate the drug ring responsible for the killing, and finds that not only his life but those of the children are in danger.
- One tough cop
PN1997.O548 1999
- The real-life story of former NYPD detective Bo Dietl (Stephen Baldwin), who with his partner Duke Finnerty (Chris Penn) tracks down the bad guys in the raw nerve that is New York's underbelly.
- Othello
PN1997.O83 1995
- A great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello, Desdemona, and Iago.
- Other people's money
PN1997.O844 1992
- A comedy about a ruthless Wall Street deal maker who pursues the hostile takeover of a small manufacturing company, New England Wire & Cable, and during the buyout attempt becomes enamoured with the company's attorney.
- Our mutual friend
PN1997.O86 1998
- A tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.
- Overboard
PN1997.O867 1997
- A super-rich and pretentious socialite winds up in the world of a struggling carpenter with four kids.
- Ox-Bow incident, The
PN1997.O9 1999
- A cowboy is unable to prevent three wandering travellers from being unjustly lynched for murder.
- Parenthood
PN1997.P35 1992
- The Buckmans are a modern-day family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right way."
- Party time
PN1997.P355 2000
- As the soirée goes on inside the elegant townhouse, people are being rounded up in the street... Employing the original cast from the Almeida Theatre production and directed by Pinter himself, this 1992 production of Party Time is a surreal drama of mannerly rudeness, emotional violence, and sexual
- Patton /
PN1997.P3675 1997
- World War II adventures of an aggressive American general.
- Peacemaker, The
PN1997.P393 1998
- When a nuclear bomb goes missing in the former Soviet Union, a diplomat and a Special Forces Colonel join forces to avert disaster.
- Permanent midnight
PN1997.P45 1999
- A recovering heroin addict remembers his past.
- Persecution and assassination of Jean Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade, The
PN1997.P47 1989
- Presents "the chronicle of a production re-enacting the persecution and assassination of the mentally troubled French Revolutionary extremist, Jean Paul Marat" -- Distributor's catalog.
- Peter Bogdanovich's mask
PN1997.M374 1993
- Rocky Dennis is a disfigured teenager whose face resembles a bizarre mask. With the help of his mother's uncompromising love and fierce determination, Rocky overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to emerge as an outstanding young man who becomes an inspiration to his classmates and teachers.
- Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
PN1997.A369 1997
- Views the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the memories of an envious rival, Salieri.
- Philadelphia
PN1997.P49 1994
- Powerful story of two lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
- Piano lesson, The
PN1997.P5164 1995
- August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the
- Piano, The
PN1997.P516 1994
- A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer there. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Only one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
- Planes, trains and automobiles
PN1997.P526 1988
- Neal Page (Martin) wants to fly home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Del Griffith (Candy) leads Page on a hilarious cross-country wild goose chase that keeps him from tasting his turkey.
- Plaza suite
PN1997.P539 1984
- The scene is Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. In the first scene, Matthau's wife discovers that he is fooling around with his secretary. In the next episode, Matthau portrays a producer who calls an old flame for a rendezvous but the lady has more on her mind than romance. In the final sequ
- Point of no return
PN1997.P656 1993
- Bridget Fonda stars as Maggie, a woman transformed by a covert government agency from a Death Row inmate into an elite assassin living on borrowed time.
- Pope of Greenwich Village, The
PN1997.P658 1985
- Two small time thieves are looking to make it big in New York's Little Italy with a seductive combination of poignant emotion and sassy, streetwise humor.
- Portrait of a lady, The
PN1997.P678 1996
- Isabel Archer is a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her head-strong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond.
- Predator
PN1997.P71 1997
- Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.
- Pretty woman
PN1997.P714 1995
- When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent and carefree Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But Vivien's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. He teaches her the finer things of life -- she
- Pride and prejudice
PN1997.P72 1990
- An opinionated young lady of the early 19th century wins herself a rich husband she had at first despised for his pride.
- Pride and prejudice
PN1997.P72 1995
- Pride and prejudice is the story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England. In a world where obtaining an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation, Elizabeth's independent manner threatens her family's futu Young women -- England -- Drama. 1995. 06/13/08 24 33382003608422 ocm34041755 02/01/00
- Pride and prejudice, or, First impressions
PN1997.P72 1985
- Amusing story of a young woman's adventures and misadventures in the society of the 19th century English gentry.
- Prizzi's honor
PN1997.P762 1986
- Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. The Prizzis hire Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them. When Irene and Charley fall in love their jobs become complicated, especially when ea
- Protocol
PN1997.P768 1985
- A daffy Washington D.C. waitress saves a visiting Arab dignitary from an assassination attempt and goes from serving drinks to serving her country in the State Department's protocol branch.
- Psycho
PN1997.P78 1999
- Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
- Public eye, The
PN1997.P835 1993
- A brash, 1940's tabloid photographer is led into a shadowy underworld of mob violence, unlikely romance, and dangerous corruption.
- Pulp fiction
PN1997.P946 1996
- A clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involves two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
- Raising Arizona
PN1997.R3515 1995
- Vowing to go straight, a convenience store bandit proposes marriage to the police department's photographer. All is wedded bliss until they discover she's unable to get pregnant and are turned down by every adoption agency in town. It doesn't take long before they realize the only solution is to kid
- Real women have curves
PN1997.R353 2003
- Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem an easy decision, but for 18-year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life.
- Rebel without a cause /
PN1997.R372 1997
- Jim Stark, the teen-age son of a well-to-do family, is overcome by loneliness, frustration and anger, which leads to violence when he seeks approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums. Before the feature are three "Behind the cameras" segments from the "Warner Bros. presents" TV series, including a "
- Red pony, The
PN1997.R3726 1988
- Involves a young boy's love for his horse, and the inter-family conflict it creates. The boy's father, having married into a ranch family, finds it difficult to adjust to rural life after abandoning his teaching career. A hired ranch hand becomes the boy's source for horse training, as well as guida
- Regarding Henry
PN1997.R443 1992
- A New York lawyer's fast-track rise is brought to a dead stop when a single gunshot leaves him incapacitated and with no memory of his previous lifestyle. Faced with starting over, he must learn the hard truth about a total stranger ... himself.
- Reivers, The
PN1997.R45 1993
- Warm, humorous, poignant story about a boy's loss of innocence and a memoir and loving re-creation of turn-of-the-century Dixie.
- Return of the native, The
PN1997.R483 1995
- A young beauty who feels trapped living in the country with her grandfather plots her escape with a dashing suitor. But her plans are shaken when a handsome local man returns from Paris, hoping to make her his bride. Torn by her passion for two men, and a dream she will never abandon, Eustacia Vye l
- Rising sun
PN1997.R5638 1993
- A Los Angeles cop is called in to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the boardroom of a Japanese-owned company, only to discover a "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.
- River runs through it, A
PN1997.R565 1993
- Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford captures the majesty of the Montana Wilderness and the strength of the American family in this acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, and Brad Pitt also stars as his brother Paul, an irres
- RoboCop 2
PN1997.R636 1990
- RoboCop, the half man/half machine cop, is back, and his mission is to rid the streets of Detroit of a new and deadly drug, "Nuke." To complicate matters, the evil corporation that created him wants to take over the city and develop RoboCop 2, a newer and more powerful version to replace the origina
- Romeo and Juliet /
PN1997.R65 1988
- Teenagers fall in love, but are opposed by their families.
- Ronin
PN1997.R655 1999
- A group of freelance intelligence agents work together to steal a mysterious package, only to have a doublecross throw things into confusion.
- Rose, The
PN1997.R658 1996
- Rose, a successful rock star, attains stardom only to find insecurity, hard living and difficult decisions leading her to tragedy.
- Roxanne
PN1997.R693 1995
- A comedy of romantic misadventure. C.D. Bales (Martin) has an astonishingly long nose. He harbors a secret love for a beautiful astronomy student, Roxanne, (Hannah) who is attracted to another man (Rossovich).
- Royal deceit
PN1997.R6935 1994
- Running man, The
PN1997.R866 1994
- The year is 2019. Television is now ruling people's lives. In the 21st Century, the most popular "audience participation" game show is "The Running Man", where convicts can win pardons instead of "parting gifts" by defeating murderous henchmen known as "stalkers." Wrongly convicted of slaughtering 1
- Russia house, The
PN1997.R877 1990
- Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer both deliver exceptional performances as two people - he from England, she from Russia - caught up in a world of spies and politics, whose love could prove fatal to them both. When Katya, a beautiful Russian book editor attempts to send British publisher Barley Bla
- Sabrina
PN1997.S128 1996
- Comedy in which the daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family returns from Paris and dazzles the family's two sons.
- Salt of the earth
PN1997.S14 1987
- A social drama which depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican and American workers, who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike.
- Sand pebbles, The
PN1997.S154 1986
- Drama about the experiences of the crew of a United States Navy gunboat which is stationed on a river in China during the 1926 Nationalist Revolution, focusing on a sailor who deserts his ship to be with an American missionary.
- Saving Private Ryan
PN1997.S18 1999
- Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war eac
- Schindler's list
PN1997.S355 1994
- The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.
- Sea of love
PN1997.S38115 1990
- A veteran New York City police detective, while working to track down a bizarre serial killer, enters into a passionate affair with a beautiful suspect despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.
- Searchers, The
PN1997.S3812 1998
- A Confederate war veteran tracks down the Indians who killed his brother and sister-in-law and carried off their daughter.
- Searching for Bobby Fischer
PN1997.S382 1996
- This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
- Sense and sensibility
PN1997.S46 1990
- Jane Austen's first novel is the story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England. Through their experiences with men and their relationship with each other, they learn that neither sense or sensibility alone is enough, but that one must str
- Seven brides for seven brothers
PN1997.S48
- When the new bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer finds she has to keep house for her husband's six rowdy brothers, she decides to groom them so that they can find brides of their own.
- Sex, lies, and videotape
PN1997.S485 1990
- Erotic comedy about a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, and her saucy sister.
- Shane
PN1997.S49 1988
- A drifter and retired gunfighter assists a homestead family terrorized by an aging cattleman and his hired gun.
- Sharpe's. [set 1]
PN1997.S49111 1994
[pt. 1.] Sharpe's rifles -- [pt. 2.] Sharpe's eagle -- [pt. 3.] Sharpe's company -- [pt. 4.] Sharpe's enemy. - The adventures and tribulations of a commoner soldier who rises through the ranks to become an officer in Lord Wellington's army whilst fighting in the Napoleanic wars. This set covers action in Portugal and Spain between the years 1809 and 1813.
- Sharpe's. [set 2]
PN1997.S49112 1995
[pt.1.] Sharpe's honour -- [pt.2.] Sharpe's gold-- [pt.3.] Sharpe's battle -- [pt.4.] Sharpe's sword. - The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.
- Sharpe's. [set 3]
PN1997.S49113 1996
[pt.1.] Sharpe's regiment -- [pt.2.] Sharpe's mission -- [pt.3.] Sharpe's siege. - The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.
- Sharpe's. [set 4]
PN1997.S49114 1997
[pt.1.] Sharpe's revenge -- [pt.2.] Sharpe's justice -- [pt.3.] Sharpe's Waterloo. - The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.
- Shining, The
PN1997.S4912 1990
- A young boy and his parents spend the winter in a resort hotel which is possessed by ghosts of its evil past.
- Shootist, The
PN1997.S4918 1996
- A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
- Sicilian, The
PN1997.S4925 1988
- A powerful portrayal of the infamous Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano, whose dream became a legend.
- Silas Marner
PN1997.S494 1987
- A young linen weaver's dreams are destroyed when he is falsely accused of a crime. Isolating himself, he becomes a selfish, despondent miser until he adopts an abandoned child.
- Silkwood
PN1997.S498 1998
- Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.
- Singin' in the rain
PN1997.S5 1999
- Spoof of the early days of "talkie" films.
- Single white female
PN1997.S5135 1992
- In this psychological thriller, New Yorker Allie Jones advertises for a roommate and chooses mousy Hedra Carlson, who takes over Allie's spare bedroom, her clothes, her boyfriend ... and her identity.
- Sister act
PN1997.S526 1992
- Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg stars as a sassy, low-rent lounge singer forced to hide out from the mob in the last place on Earth anyone would look for her - in a quiet religious convent. There, her irreverent behavior attracts a flock of faithful followers - and before long she turns the nun
- Six days, seven nights
PN1997.S528 1998
- A dream vacation turns into a hilarious tropical nightmare when Harrison Ford and Anne Heche are stranded together on a deserted island.
- Sleepers
PN1997.S538 1997
- Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
- Sleepless in Seattle
PN1997.S544 1993
- After hearing a man confess his love for his dearly departed wife on a call-in radio show, a woman falls deeply, inexplicably in love with him. Deciding he is her destiny, she treks across country on a wildly romantic impulse to meet him.
- Sliding doors
PN1997.S546 1998
- A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train.
- Snake pit, The
PN1997.S555 1993
- A woman finds herself in a state mental institution and must spend several months under the care of her compassionate doctor before she can face the troubling secrets of her past and be cured.
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs
PN1997.S6 1984
- A beautiful princess survives the murderous rage of her wicked stepmother with the help of seven kindly little men.
- Soldier's story, A
PN1997.S6225 1985
- A black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal near the end of WW II to investigate the murder of Sgt. Waters, a black man who despised his own roots.
- Some like it hot
PN1997.S623 1997
- Two unemployed musicians accidently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
- Soul food
PN1997.S628 1997
- Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the fami
- Spartacus
PN1997.S68 1991
- Epic tale of the gladiator slave Spartacus, the woman who believed in his cause, and the power-hungry Roman general who challenged his convictions. Set against the background of Imperial Rome at the height of its glory, Spartacus is a true account of the eternal struggle for freedom that combines hi
- Specialist, The
PN1997.S684 1995
- Hired by May Munro to bomb the mobsters who murdered her parents, ex-CIA explosives expert Ray Quick faces an ominous question: is May falling for him, or is she setting him up, too?
- Speed
PN1997.S685 1994
- Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus.
- Spy hard
PN1997.S688 1996
- Agent WD-40 (funnyman Leslie Nielsen) is lured back into service by "The Agency" to stop the evil General Rancor (Andy Griffith).
- Stagecoach
PN1997.S69 1997
- Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
- Stand and deliver
PN1997.S695 1998
- Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante pushes and inspires 18 students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.
- Stealing home
PN1997.S69543 1989
- An ex-ballplayer returns home, thinking of the past and of the person who made it special. A long-time friend and mentor draws the loose ends of his past and present lives together.
- Stepmom
PN1997.S6955 1999
- Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad
- Still of the night
PN1997.S697 1988
- Dr. Sam Rice is infatuated with Brooke Reynolds, but he also fears her.
- Stormy Monday
PN1997.S767 1996
- A ruthless American businessman with mob connections attempts to gain control of an English town but runs into resistance from a jazz club owner and his employee.
- Streetcar named Desire, A
PN1997.S7745 1987
- A repressed widow visits her sister in New Orleans and is abused and eventually driven mad by her brother-in-law.
- Stripes
PN1997.S7752 1996
- The outrageous antics of two enlisted men who figure they can save the world for democracy and meet girls!
- Summer and smoke
PN1997.S95 1991
- A spinster's dreams are left behind like dying embers when the young doctor she loves descends into a seamy nightlife with a sultry vamp.
- Sweeney Todd the demon barber of Fleet Street /
PN1997.S8 1991
- Switching channels
PN1997.S992 1988
- A TV anchorwoman finds herself caught between a handsome tycoon, her lunatic ex-boss/ex-husband, and the biggest scoop of her career.
- Tale of two cities, A
PN1997.T24 1997
- A doctor, unjustly imprisoned in Paris before the French Revolution, is rescued and reunited with his daughter in London. She is loved by two men: she marries one and the other saves her husband from the guillotine.
- Tattoo
PN1997.T38 1983
- A tattoo artist kidnaps a beautiful fashion model and turns her body into a living canvas.
- Taxi driver
PN1997.T39 1999
- A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
- Ten tiny love stories
PN1997.T3925 2002
- Ten women, each discusses the man who was the most important or who had the most impact on their lives.
- Tender mercies
PN1997.T3934 1983
- Mac Sledge is a down-and-out country singer battling alcohol and depression. His ex-wife, Dixie, will not allow him to see their eighteen year old daughter Sue Ann and Dixie is now making popular the songs that Mac had written and sung. Mac's new family will not let his heartbreaks bring him down ag
- Tequila sunrise
PN1997.T3936 1991
- Mac McKussic has decided to quit the drug-smuggling business, but it won't quit him. Nick Frescia is the cop assigned to reel in boyhood pal Mac, and a restaurateur is torn by her feelings for the two men and the fear that she is a pawn in their deadly game.
- Tess
PN1997.T394 1990
- The adventures of a poor farm girl who goes to live with wealthy relatives and is seduced by a cousin.
- That thing you do!
PN1997.T422294 1996
- The overnight triumph of an American rock band in the glory days of rock & roll.
- Third man, The
PN1997.T45 1985
- This is one of the classic suspense dramas of all time. Post-World War II Vienna sets the scene for this tense and absorbing thriller about an American novelist who comes to Europe for what he thinks is the funeral of an old friend and finds himself entangled in a spiralling web of international int
- Throw Momma from the train
PN1997.T476 1988
- Owen says he will murder Larry's lying, conniving ex-wife if Larry will send Owen's strange Momma to her maker.
- Thunderball
PN1997.T486 1993
- Bond is kept busy battling blood-thirsty sharks - both in the water and at Nassau casinos - while he tracks a hijacked NATO aircraft and its two missing atomic bombs. What he finds is an explosion of romance when he meets up with lovely and voluptuous Domino.
- Time bandits
PN1997.T51 1997
- A troupe of tiny bandits, challenged with the task of patching up the handiwork of a Supreme Being who was forced into creating the world in only 6 days, instead steal the priceless map of the universe. Accompanied by an English school boy (Warnock), they are swept away on a whirlwind adventure thro
- Time of your life, The
PN1997.T52 1990
- The play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, but at least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulner
- Time to kill, A
PN1997.T524 1996
- A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
- Titus
PN1997.T558 2001
- Presents the story of a victorious Roman general whose rigid code of honor and duty proves to be his downfall.
- To die for
PN1997.T613 1995
- In a small town in New Hampshire, a media sensation erupts over a murder case against Suzanne Stone. She is accused of persuading teenagers to kill her husband, Larry Maretto. Obsessed with becoming a TV personality, she views her husband's desire for children as an impediment to her career.
- To kill a mockingbird
PN1997.T62 1987
- Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl.
- To sir, with love
PN1997.T63 1994
- A teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum of education in dealing with a class of students rejected by other schools.
- To the lighthouse
PN1997.T64 1997
- At their holiday home in Cornwall, a distant lighthouse holds a haunting attraction for the members of an Edwardian family as disillusionment, turmoil, and a world on the brink of war plague the family's relationships.
- Top gun
PN1997.T67 1989
- Maverick Mitchell, a daring young flyer in the U.S. Navy is out to become the best of the best at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.
- Tora! Tora! Tora!
PN1997.T675 2001
- A dramatization which chronicles the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view.
- Tortilla Flat
PN1997.T677 1992
- Story of a group of Paisanos, descendants of early Mexican settlers in Northern California. They live in the tiny town of Tortilla Flat and spend their days eating, drinking and relaxing in the sun. When one of them inherits 2 houses the rest are soon living in the houses without paying rent! The si
- True West
PN1997.T755 1987
- A powerful, yet funny confrontation between two brothers set in the contemporary West.
- Truly madly deeply
PN1997.T76 1992
- A young woman's world falls apart when her boyfriend dies. When he unexpectedly returns to life as a ghost, she must choose between the man she truly, madly, deeply loved--and a new man who is truly, madly, deeply alive.
- Twilight zone, the movie
PN1997.T845 1983
- Four eerie outings into the strange and fearful dimension of the mind.
- Uncle Tom's cabin
PN1997.U52 1996
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's timeless classic of slavery and survival in the Old South comes alive in this moving tribute to the strength of the human spirit--Container.
- Under siege
PN1997.U534 1993
- Killer-elite commandos out to hijack the USS Missouri's nuclear arsenal overpower the crew, except for the cook, who just happens to be an ex-Navy SEAL and highly decorated combat operative.
- Under the Biltmore clock
PN1997.U5347 1994
- As Myra Harper dances and romances one young man after another under New York's Biltmore clock, she is transformed from a fresh teenager into a jaded 21-year-old. When she becomes engaged to wealthy Knowleton Whitney, she encounters a bizarre plot to discourage her from fortune hunting.
- Unforgiven
PN1997.U54 1993
- Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
- Unlawful entry
PN1997.U665 1992
- A victimized couple befriend a caring police officer, whose friendship turns into twisted obsession. Plunged into a nightmare where protector becomes predator, the couple must somehow escape from the web of security that has become their ultimate enemy.
- Used people
PN1997.U84 1993
- No one could have predicted that Pearl Berman would discover love, life and happiness on the day of her husband's funeral, or that her entire family would also be transformed by her second chance at love.
- Vanishing, The
PN1997.V36 1991
- Thriller about a young man whose wife disappears when they are on their way to their vacation. He becomes obsessed with learning what happened to her, and the story tells of his obsessive search for answers, along with the the story of her abductor's obsession with testing the limits of his own cons
- Vanity fair
PN1997.V365 1997
- A BBC mini-series based on Thackeray's story of an amoral beauty determined to scheme and seduce her way into the upper classes.
- Vertigo
PN1997.V47 1999
- A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot involving a woman who is apparently being driven to suicide by one of her ancestors.
- Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
PN1997.M718 1999
- As Clarissa Dalloway prepares for an elaborate party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful young woman. Her preparations are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a former suitor from that long-ago summer. As the day of the party unfolds, Mrs. Dalloway's life also be
- Wall Street
PN1997.W355 1988
- Bud Fox is an ambitious young Wall Street broker whose quest for new clients leads him to Gordon Gekko, a financial wizard with a genius for making money. Gekko lures Fox into the illegal but lucrative world of corporate espionage and insider trading.
- War and remembrance
PN1997.W364 1997
- Wouk's epic story of World War II.
- War of the Roses, The
PN1997.W369 1999
- A once happy marriage disintegrates into an escalating war as the couple, having decided to divorce, fight over the division of their possessions.
- War of the worlds, The
PN1997.W37 1979
- A science-fiction melodrama in which apparently invincible invaders from the planet Mars land in California and proceed with horrible systematism to level forests, to burn cities, and to destroy most of civilized man-kind.
- Watcher in the woods
PN1997.W38 1998
- When a family moves to an English country house, their children encounter something in the woods. Something waiting. . . watching.
- Waterboy, The
PN1997.W384 1998
- Adam Sandler is the lowly waterboy for a college football team, until the coach (Henry Winkler) discovers his amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than he. He signs the Water Boy as the new star player.
- Wayne's world
PN1997.W396 1992
- When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late night cable-access show at his network, they soon discover the road from basement to big time is a gnarly one, fraught with danger, temptation and ragin' party opportunities.
- Wedding banquet, The
PN1997.W42 1993
- Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
- We're no angels
PN1997.W465 1990
- In order to escape detection, two cons pass themselves off as priests. They are trying to get by a police blockade and into Canada, and stumble into a monastery, where they are mistaken for new recruits to the order!
- West side story
PN1997.W47 1994
- A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the Puerto Rican section of New York City.
- What about Bob?
PN1997.W5122 1991
- Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just w
- What's love got to do with it
PN1997.W5126 1994
- The turbulent relationship of Ike and Tina Turner eventually forces Tina to leave and find the courage to believe in herself.
- When a man loves a woman
PN1997.W513 1994
- Alice and Michael are a passionate couple whose once-stable marriage is rocked by her increasing dependence on alcohol. As they strive to overcome this challenge, they discover a renewed sense of love and commitment.
- When Harry met Sally--
PN1997.W514 1989
- Romantic comedy that starts with the relationship between just-graduated-from-college Sally and Harry. They drive to New York together and find they dislike each other, but through the years develop a close friendship. The big question is can they sleep together and still love each other in the morn
- Where the boys are
PN1997.W5145 1993
- On the sunny beaches of Ft. Lauderdale, four college girls search for a wild and hopefully romantic spring break.
- White nights
PN1997.W51465 1986
- The KGB tries to keep in Russia a famous Soviet dancer who has previously defected to the West.
- Who am I this time?
PN1997.W5147 1999
- Two shy people find love through their roles in a local theatre production.
- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
PN1997.W51475 1987
- Drop in for drinks with George and Martha. Nothing fancy, just a freewheeling, headlong slide into the corrosive hell of a marriage twisted by years of hatred and humiliation.--from container.
- Wild at heart
PN1997.W527 1992
- Two young lovers are on the run from her nasty mother. Filled with David Lynch's trademark offbeat characters.
- Wild bunch, The
PN1997.W55 1999
- The brutal story of violent men who lived during the Mexican revolution in the year 1913. It portrays a band of magnificent losers in a dying lawless West.
- William Faulkner's Old man
PN1997.O45 1998
- A story of a convict who rescues a pregnant woman in a great flood. The experience changes both of their lives.
- Winds of war
PN1997.W56 1998
Part 1: Winds rise -- Part 2: Storm breaks -- Part 3: Cataclysm -- Part 4: Defiance -- Part 5: Of love and war -- Part 6: Changing of the guard -- Part 7: Into the maelstrom. - An American family is caught up in the world-shattering years preceding Pearl Harbor --container.
- Winterset
PN1997.W565 1997
- A idealistic young man searching for the man who committed the crime for which his father was convicted.
- Wise guys
PN1997.W574 1986
- Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are blundering underlings to a ruthless "Don." They get all the important jobs, like taking care of his laundry and starting his car when there might be a bomb in it. Then they decide to show a little initiative and foul things up like never before.
- Wit
PN1997.W58 2001
- An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be w
- Wizard of Oz, The
PN1997.W593 1999
- Musical fantasy tale about a little Kansas girl named Dorothy who is transported to the land of Oz by a tornado. Once there, she journeys along the Yellow Brick Road with her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion to ask the wizard for help with their problems.
- Wolf
PN1997.W654 1994
- Film version of the age-old legend of a man who turns into a wolf-like creature under the influence of the full moon.
- Woman in red, The
PN1997.W6645 1984
- Teddy Pierce, a shy, married executive, wants a little adventure in his life. He finds it one day when the "Woman in Red" walks in. Teddy, now an obsessed man, has his friends, co-workers and his wife caught up in the comic whirlwind of his new passion.
- Woman of desire
PN1997.W665 1993
- Christin Ford (Bo Derek) is a temptress who isn't afraid to use her desire to get what she wants. When her wealthy boyfriend, Ted Ashby (Steven Bauer) hires a retired cop, Jack Lvnch (Jeff Fahey) to captain their yacht. Passions ignite at sea and Jack finds himself a pawn in a game where there are n
- Working girl
PN1997.W668 1989
- A young secretary in New York named Tess McGill has the brains, looks and charm to make it big. All she needs is the right haircut, clothes and job. The opportunity arises when her classy, seductive and treacherous boss breaks a leg skiing. Tess steps into her job, her apartment and her clothes, and
- Wuthering heights.
PN1997.W87 1990
- A tortured love affair ends between Heathcliff and Cathy when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar. Heathcliff's retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax.
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
PN1997.Y36 1999
- A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer.
- Year of living dangerously, The
PN1997.Y43 1996
- Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a short Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, who has connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the e
- You only live twice
PN1997.Y676 1993
- Time is running out. From their secret base on a Japanese island, Blofeld and the fanatics at SPECTRE hijack both an American and a Soviet spaceship. Accusations fly, and superpower war is imminent. 007 must infiltrate SPECTRE's heavily fortified hideout, but countdown to destruction has already beg
- Young Sherlock Holmes
PN1997.Y68 1986
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as schoolboys and when a plague of bizarre, puzzling murders grips London, young Holmes and his newfound friend Watson, find themselves unwittingly entangled in the dark mystery.
- Zentropa
PN1997.Z45 1993
- In this Hitchcock-like thriller, Leo Kessler, an American visiting devastated postwar Germany, is seduced by a beautiful woman and suddenly finds himself caught in a never-ending web of mystery and intrigue.
- Zoot suit
PN1997.Z6 1991
- A group of Mexican-Americans are sent to San Quentin unjustly for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. Based on the actual case and zoot suit riots of 1940's Los Angeles.