Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu June 2006

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Feature Films U.S. 1990s

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

The 13th warrior 1999

After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.

1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.)

MEDIA 10-557

The Age of innocence 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.

1 videocassette (138 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2842

Alice 1990

Alice is a wealthy Manhatten housewife who feels unfulfilled in her life. After seeing a succession of alternative health care practitioners for a variety of imagined ailments, she finds an acupuncturist who helps launch her on a voyage of self discovery.

1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.)

DANA 223

All the Vermeers in New York 1992

When Mark meets the alluring and mysterious Anna in the Metropolitan Museum's Vermeer Room, he finds anything but the solace he seeks from his stressful life as a Wall Street broker.

1 videocassette (87 min.) :

DANA 956

Alma's Rainbow 1996

Rainbow is the daughter of Alma, "the no-nonsense owner of a popular beauty parlor"..."Ruby, Alma's free-spirited sister, unexpectedy arrives after a ten year absence, bringing the beauty and warmth Rainbow craves, and a few secrets from Alma's past.".

1 videocassette (88 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3785

American buffalo 1998

When down-and-out junk dealer Don discovers the rare, buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much, he enlists a young protege in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach, a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heist, a decision that carries explosive consequences for everyone involved.

1 videocassette (87 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3937

American history X 1999

A young man falls in with a group of white supremacists after his father is murdered.

1 videocassette (ca. 119 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5242

Amistad 1998

"Chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captors' ship and attempt to return it to their homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, they are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison."--Container.

1 videocassette (ca. 155 min.) :

DANA 1078

Apollo 13 1995

Dramatic retelling of the doomed Apollo 13 moon mission. Stranded 205,000 miles from earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time and the odds to bring them home.

1 videocassette (140 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2840

Arthur Miller's The American clock 1993

Film adaptation of Arthur Miller's play about the Great Depression which was based in part on Studs Terkel's Hard Times.

1 videocassette (93 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3810

Bad lieutenant 1993

He's a gambler, a thief, a junkie, a killer, and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.

1 videocassette (96 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2988

The Ballad of Little Jo 1994

A woman discovers that the Wild West is no place for a lady-- unless she's disguised as a man.

1 videocassette (124 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2640

Basic instinct 1992

A tough but vulnerable detective investigates a murder identical to one described in the latest novel of a cold, calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite.

1 videocassette (ca. 123 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5319

Bastard out of Carolina 1999

Born an illegitimate child to a young mother, "Bone" grows up poor in South Carolina in the 1950s. When her mother marries, her new stepfather becomes jealous of the powerful bond between mother and daughter.

1 videodisc (101 min.)

DANA 208

Beloved 1998

"On a difficult journey to find freedom, Sethe is constantly confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. Then, an old friend from out of her past unexpectedly reenters her life. With his help, Sethe may finally be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope"--Container.

1 videocassette (ca. 172 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5710

The big one 1998

"Michael Moore, armed only with a camera and a sharp sense of humor, is searching America's heartland for an executive who will respond to the question: If Fortune 500 companies are posting record-setting profits, why do they continue laying off thousands of workers?"--Container.

1 videocassette (90 min.) :

DANA 1587

Blue steel 1996

In Manhattan, a rookie cop shoots and kills an armed robber. She doesn't know it, but an unidentified witness steals the assailant's gun and begins a deadly game of pursuit, with the unsuspecting cop as the target of a madman's obsession.

1 videocassette (94 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5223

Boomerang 1992

1 videocassette (118 min.) :

DANA 434

Bottle rocket 1998

"Three best friends try to escape their suburban boredom through a life of crime. But these bickering, bumbling thieves are no match for the local 'godfather,' who leads them into the biggest heist of their careers"--Container.

1 videodisc (91 min.) :

MEDIA 10-17

Boyz 'n the hood 1998

For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son.

1 videodisc (112 min.) :

MEDIA 10-45

Cabaret 1998

An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret.

1 videodisc (124 min.) : Videotape

MEDIA DOUGLASS 10-68 84

Casino 1997

A Mob front man and his boyhood pal are managing the Mob's multi-billion-dollar operation, until a sexy wild card turns up the heat.

2 videocassettes (2 hr., 59 min.)

DANA DANA 1936 cassette 1 1936 cassette 2

Celebrity 1999

Following their divorce, the lives of a restless writer and his inhibited ex-wife take off in unpredictable directions. While Lee explores the wilder side of his newfound freedom, Robin begins an improbable transformation from neurotic schoolteacher to high-profile TV talk show host where she encounters movie stars and the cream of high society.

1 videocassette (ca. 113 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5082

City hall 1996

Veteran politician Mayor John Pappas (Pacino) and idealist Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun (Cusack) are masters at the art of compromise, back room politics and brokering the deals that keep the city running like clockwork. But when a drug bust gone awry causes the accidental death of an innocent child, Calhoun and a suspicious attorney (Fonda) uncover a scandal that links the Mafia directly to the Mayor's office.

1 videocassette (115 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2922

City of hope 1992

An honest politician and the son of a corrupt contractor find their lives intersecting in surprising ways with the powerful and powerless of a decaying East Coast city in this portrait of the corruption, bigotry and violence of urban America.

1 videocassette (130 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 448 2-2608

La ciudad The city 1999

"With ... intensive collaboration with the New York Latino immigrant community over a five-year period, The City [La Ciudad] weaves a rich narrative tapestry of present day immigrant life. The film's four unforgettable stories center on a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet in the projects and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops"--Publisher's Web site.

1 videocassette (88 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5372

A civil action 1999?

Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) agrees to represent eight families whose children have died from leukemia after two large corporations, Grace & Co. and Beatrice Foods, leaked toxic chemicals into the water supply of Woburn, Massachusetts. This expensive tort case could mean financial and career ruin for him.

1 videocassette (115 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5284

Clueless 1995

Beverly Hills teenager arranges the lives of those around her, but she learns that when it comes to loves, she's clueless. Loosely based on Jane Austen's novel, Emma.

1 videorecording (97 min.) :

DANA. DANA. MEDIA 1414 1414 2-3611

The Color purple 1997

"Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The color purple is the richly-textured, decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Forced to marry a brutal man she calls 'Mr.,' Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God. But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth ... and the strength to forgive"--Container.

1 videocassette (154 min.) :

DANA 1006

Daughters of the dust 1991

Story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th century.

1 videocassette (113 min.) :

MEDIA. DANA 2-1827 316

Dead again 1991

Mike Church, an L.A. gumshoe with a knack for wisecracks and tracing missing persons doesn't have a clue when he's hired to help a beautiful amnesia victim tormented by nightmares. Then an eccentric antiques dealer and hypnotist leads Church to believe the source of the nightmares may lie in a past-life connection to Margaret Strauss, a world-famous pianist allegedly murdered by her composer husband in 1948.

1 videocassette (107 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1721

Dead man walking 1999

Tells the story of convicted killer Matthew Poncelet and Sister Helen Prejean, his spiritual advisor, and the journey they undertake in search of the truth.

1 videodisc (122 min.) :

MEDIA 10-93

Dead presidents 1995

1 videocassette (119 min.) :

DANA 942

Devil in a blue dress 1995

Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a decorated war hero who returns home to work as a private eye. His job of finding a missing socialite puts him between the white power elite and the vibrant black commumnity of Central Avenue. As soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find Daphne Monet, trouble follows.

1 videocassette (101 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3438

Dolores Claiborne 1995

Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.

1 videocassette (131 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2386

Drunks 1997

Story of a small group of people who meet to share coffee and laughs along with their stories of recovery.

1 videocassette (90 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3259

A Dry white season 1990

A white schoolteacher in South America awakens to the politics of apartheid and, in seeking justice, alienates himself from white society.

1 videocassette (107 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1729

The English patient 1997

During World War II, a mysterious stranger is rescued from a fiery plane crash. The American allies care for him and the dangerous secrets from his past come to light.

1 videocassette (162 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3928

The Ernest Green story 1993

The true story of Ernest Green and eight other young black students who enrolled in an all-white school in 1957 and triumphed over the adversity and intolerance they encountered.

1 videocassette (VHS) (101 min.)

DANA 2072

Eve's bayou 1997

Roz Batiste is a beautiful and dedicated mother of three, who is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to her philandering husband Louis. Her younger daughter, Eve, witnesses one of her father's infidelities. Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely, who dismisses her in fear of the truth, and then to her Aunt Mozelle, a known psychic and rumored black widow.

1 videocassette (108 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5052

Everyone says I love you 1997

1 videocassette (101 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5934

Falling down 1993

Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.

1 videodisc (113 min.)

MEDIA 10-420

The fan 1996

A rabid San Francisco Giants fan targets a $40 million player and a game becomes a matter of life and death.

1 videocassette (116 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5076

Fargo 1997

In this darkly comic thriller, the pregnant police chief of Brainerd, Minnesota 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.

1 videocassette (105 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3161

Feast of July 1996

A mysterious young beauty searches for the lover who betrayed her. Weary and alone, she is offered shelter by the Wainwright family whose three handsome sons battle for her affections.

1 videocassette (116 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5051

Female perversions 1998

"A beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney is up for appointment as a judge. Below her veneer of self-confidence lies a darker side, one in which she is driven by bizarre visions and sexual fantasies. After a series of events ... she becomes unraveled and is forced to confront her fears and herself"--Container.

1 videocassette (114 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5310

First knight 1995

This is a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of breathtaking battles, heart-pounding courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees...and the undying passion that made it live forever.

1 videocassette (134 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3523

The Fisher King 1992

A dee-jay who finds himself penniless is plucked from disaster by a homeless history professor, who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Together they begin a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail.

1 videocassette (ca. 137 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3521

Forrest Gump 1994

"Forrest is the embodiment of an era, an innocent at large in an America that is losing its innocence. His heart knows what his limited IQ cannot. His moral compass never wavers. His triumphs become an inspiration to us all"--Container.

1 videocassette (142 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3039

Gas food lodging 1992

Love and sex complicate the lives of Nora Evans and her two teenage daughters in this coming of age film set in a small New Mexico town.

1 videocassette (101 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2788

Gattaca 1998

Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.

1 videocassette (107 min.) :

DANA 1310

Ghosts of Mississippi 1997

The film features the final trial of the assassin of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

1 videocassette (ca. 131 min.) :

DANA 1084

GoodFellas 1990

Three decades in the life of a group of men involved with organized crime.

1 videodisc (146 min.) : 1 videocassette (146 min.)

MEDIA DANA 10-16 1935

Grand Canyon 1992

Two men from very different walks of life meet by accident and set in motion a chain of unsettling events that change their lives and the lives of their families and friends.

1 videocassette (134 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 433 2-3595

The Handmaid's tale 1990

Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!

1 videocassette (109 min.) :

DANA. DANA. MEDIA 1410 1410 2-2268

Heart of darkness 1994

In turn-of-the-century Africa, colonial traders driven by greed brave forbidding dangers to exploit the continent's vast treasures. One of these is sea captain Marlow, who penetrates the Congo's jungles in pursuit of the mysterious Mr. Kurtz, deranged chief of a remote trading station.

1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 7-65

The helter skelter murders 1997

"You are there every terrifying moment as the Manson 'family' commit the most hideous murders in the history of Hollywood. Filmed while the Manson trial was still in progress, this modern "noir" proved so shocking it was banned in Los Angeles."--Container.

1 videocassette (83 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3908

High society 1998

Performer Note: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank SinatraTracy Lord is trying to be remarried quietly but she is persuaded to allow two reporters to cover the nuptials. By the time the wedding march begins, she has accumulated several potential grooms.

1 videocassette (107 min.)

JAZZ 428

Higher learning 1995

Thought provoking film about diversity on a formerly quiet college campus. Race and sexuality are just some of the issues explored in this troubling drama. Sometimes love and understanding are not enough.

1 videocassette (131 min.) :

MEDIA DANA 2-3079 497

I like it like that 1995

When her husband is arrested, a young Brooklyn mother has to get a job to support her family. She soon finds her confidence, but the neighborhood boys get word to her husband that she's dating her boss. This leads to a major confrontation, when the husband has to acknowledge his wife's new strength and importance to the family.

1 videocassette (106 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3823

Immortal beloved 1995

A mesmerizing mystery based on the tumultuous real life of Ludwig van Beethoven. He made many enemies, but he also had one true love--the unnamed 'immortal beloved' mentioned in an enigmatic letter discovered upon his death. The thrilling search for the identity of this mystery woman leads us into Beethoven's dark past, his hidden passions, and ultimately, into the unparalleled genius of his music.

1 videocassette (ca. 121 min.) :

MUSIC 317

The insider 1999

When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more.

1 videocassette (158 min.) :

DANA 1705

Joe versus the volcano 1999

Expressionistic goofball comedy about a dopey guy who, after finding out he has only months to live, contracts with a millionaire to leap into a volcano alive. Imaginative farce with great "Metropolis"-pastiche visuals that eventually fizzle out.

1 videocassette (102 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3905

Jungle fever 1998

A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors.

1 videodisc (89 min.) :

MEDIA DANA 10-47 1403

Just another girl on the I.R.T 1993

Drama about a teenager coping with life in the projects and sustained by her fierce desire to go to college to become a doctor.

1 videocassette (96 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2644

Kids 1995

A deeply affecting, no-holds-barred landscape of words and images, depicting with raw honesty the experiences, attitudes and uncertainties of innocence lost. Ignoring the challenge posed by AIDS, these Manhattan kids pursue sex and drugs with no regard for the future in a world as violent as it is hopeless.

1 videocassette (102 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3049

Lakota woman 1994

"This is the inspiring, true story of the 1973 uprising that united Native Americans in their fight for survival. One woman rises from ignorance and fear to meet the challenge of her proud heritage during a bloody seige in which 2,000 Native Americans stood their ground and vowed never to be silent again"--Container.

1 videocassette (113 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1160 2-2607

The last days 1999

Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II, and returned to their hometowns and ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.

1 videocassette (ca. 87 min.) :

DANA 1807

The last of the Mohicans 1999

The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.

1 videodisc (117 min.) :

MEDIA 10-94

A League of their own 1992

A fictional story involving the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954), the first professional sports team for women in the United States.

1 videocassette (126 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3599

A life in the theatre 1994

The entertaining backstage story of two repertory actors: the old master of his craft and the rising young star he takes under his wing.

1 videocassette (78 min.) :

DANA 559

Lone star 1999

An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.

1 videodisc (135 min.) :

MEDIA 10-157

Long road home 1991

Depicts the struggles of a family of migrant farm workers during the depths of the Great Depression.

1 videocassette (ca. 88 min.)

MEDIA 2-7004

Love Field 1992

Dalls housewife Lurene Hallett feels such a strong personal connection to her idol, Jackie Kennedy, that when JFK is assassinated, she defies her husband and takes an eastobound bus, determined to "be there for Jackie" at the funeral. On board she meets a mysterious black man traveling with a sad, silent little girl. But when Lurene realizes that he's given her false name, she fears she's uncovered a kidnapping plot! As a result of her well-intentioned meddling, the trio end up on the run from the police and, ultimately, on the road to a deep friendship that defies racial boundaries and changes each of them forever.

1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-434

The matrix 1999

In a dystopian future, the "real" world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct, created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and is now fighting for the future of the human race.

1 videocassette (162 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5990

Music of the heart 1999

A single mother with little more than talent and the determination to make a difference, Roberta Guaspari overcame the skepticism of everyone who didn't think she should be teaching violin to students in a tough inner-city neighborhood.

1 videocassette (124 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5996

Natural born killers 1996

Tape 1. Feature -- tape 2. Bonus footageFugitive lovers kill people and become media superstars.

2 videocassettes (ca. 182 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5427 cassette 1 2-5427 cassette 2

New Jack City 1991

Gangster film about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.

1 videocassette (101 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2761

Nixon 1997

Drama about the fall of Richard Nixon portrayed as a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardizes the nation's security and the presidency of the United States.

2 videocassettes (191 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3456 cassette 1 2-3457 cassette 2

The Odyssey 1997

In this spectacular presentation of Homer's Odyssey the warrior-king Odysseus, aided by the goddess Athena, 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.

1 videocassette (ca. 165 min.) :

DANA 1015

Once upon a time in America 1991

Two childhood friends have an uneasy crime partnership which unravels in death and mystery.

2 videocassettes (226 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5474 cassette 1 2-5475 cassette 2

One false move 1992

1 videocassette (106 min.) :

DANA 591

Outbreak 1995

Dustin Hoffman plays Sam Daniels, a take-charge Army virologist trying to stave off global biological meltdown. A rare killer virus from the jungles of Zaire has taken hold in a California community. Its mortality rate is 100%. And some say the only way to stop its spread is to firebomb the town and everyone in it.

1 videocassette (128 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3266

Panther 1995

A dramatization of the clash between the Black Panthers, led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, and the FBI, in Oakland, California in 1968.

1 videocassette (123 min.) :

DANA 943

Patriot games 1992

A former CIA analyst vacationing with his family in London helps thwart a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family and becomes the target of the terrorist whose brother he killed.

1 videocassette (117 min.) :

DANA 1263

The Pelican brief 1994

Two Supreme Court justices have been murdered and a lone law student turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter want to tell the world what they have uncovered--if they live to tell it. The race is on and these two are more than runners. They're moving targets.

1 videocassette (141 min.) :

DANA 475

Philadelphia 1994

Powerful story of two competing lawyers who join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination.

1 videocassette (ca. 125 min.) ;

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2732 2-3957

Pi 1998

A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code that will allow him to predict patterns in the stock market.

1 videodisc (85 min) :

MEDIA 10-46

Picture bride 1995

A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.

1 videocassette (95 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5014

The Player 1997

A celebrity-studded thriller of murderous obsession among Hollywood's glamorous elite.

1 videodisc (124 min.) :

MEDIA 10-06

Pleasantville 1999

90's teens David and Jennifer get zapped into the perfect suburbia of a black & white 50's sitcom, Pleasantville. 90's pop culture clashes with 50's family values and chaos ensues, turning the town of Pleasantville upside down and black and white into color.

1 videocassette (124 min.) :

DANA 1707

Posse 1993

Western about a mostly black posse who do battle with a pompous, racist colonel, and a vicious white sheriff who wants to take over a peaceful black frontier settlement.

1 videocassette (113 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2760

Pulp fiction 1996

A clever, dark gangster film noir that tells four separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.

1 videocassette (154 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2820

Pulp fiction 1996

Clever, dark film that tells four separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.

1 videocassette (164 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 562 2-5321

Quadrophenia 1991

Songs by The Who set the background for this story of the passions of British street kids, circa 1964.

1 videocassette release of the 1979 motion picture

MEDIA 2-2361

The quiet room 1997

Witnessing the deteriorating relationship between her parents, a young girl becomes immersed in her own world.

1 videocassette (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 2-6668

Quiz show 1995

Fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption beneath the TV's hottest quiz show's glittering facade. The scandal implicates both the wildly popular champion and the disgruntled ex-champ.

1 videocassette (133 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1704 2-2763

Reservoir dogs 1993

They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant.

1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2821

The road home 1996

Two orphaned brothers struggle to stay together as they ride the rails from New York to Nebraska in search of Father Flanagan's Boys Town. They'll meet an assortment of friends and enemies alike, each with valuable lessons to teach them in this story of courage, conviction and the true meaning of family.

1 videocassette (ca. 94 min.) :

DANA 1565

Road to freedom 1994

When racial violence results in the rape of a young woman and the brutal murder of a fellow church deacon, Vernon Johns calls to his middle class black congregation to stand up for their rights.

1 videocassette :

DANA 1170

Robert Altman's Kansas City 1995

A sneak preview of the production of Robert Altman's movie "Kansas City." Includes interviews with the director and actors.

1 videocassette (ca. 10 min.) :

JAZZ 348

Safe 1995

A yuppie surburban housewife discovers that she has been dangerously allergic to her affluent surroundings, changing her life forever.

1 videocassette (ca. 119 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3196

Separate but equal 1991

Dramatization of the events leading to the landmark Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation.

2 videocassettes (ca. 193 min.) :

DANA. DANA 1024 cassette 1 1024 cassette 2

Sex, lies, and videotape 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.

1 videocassette (99 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1825

Short cuts 1994

Robert Altman's funny and provocative film that interweaves the stories of 22 characters in a tale which reminds us that in life there are no short cuts.

2 videocassettes (189 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2822 cassette 1 2-2823 cassette 2

The Silence of the lambs 1991

FBI agent Clarice Starling is sent to interview imprisoned killer Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. She hopes he might reveal information about another crazed killer known only as "Buffalo Bill," who is abducting and murdering young women.

1 videocassette (118 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2229

The Silence of the lambs 1991

A young female FBI agent is sent to interview notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, in hope of obtaining information that will help the Bureau catch another killer.

1 videodisc (118 min.) :

MEDIA 10-25

Six degrees of separation 1994

When Manhattan art dealers take a young man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Poitier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.

1 videocassette (112 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2606

Slacker 1991

Satire about a growing generation of young idlers or "slackers". It's a series of vignettes that catches the crazies and lazies in clubs, bars, stores and the streets of the college town.

1 videocassette (97 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2360

Sleepless in Seattle 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.

1 videocassette (ca.105 min.)

MEDIA 2-6670

Smoke signals 1998?

Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town on the Cour d'Alene Reservation to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.

1 videodisc (89 min.) :

MEDIA 10-106

Someone else's America 1997

A Spanish immigrant lives with his blind mother above a small dingy bar he owns in Brooklyn. It is a story of loss, displacement, and ultimately the power of friendship.

1 videocassette (116 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5549

Soul food 1997

A family value movie with a "down-home" atmosphere. Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's (Hall) is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad (Hammond), love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom and her sisters.

1 videocassette (114 min.) :

DANA 941

Space is the place 1993

Watusi -- Outer space ways inc. -- The satellites are spinningIn this film featuring Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra, a space traveler returns to earth to duel with the forces of evil.

1 videocassette (63 min.) :

JAZZ 222

Stanley & Iris 1997

Love story about two lonely strangers who open a new chapter in their lives together. Stanley is held back by his inability to read or write, while Iris is paralyzed emotionally by the loss of her husband. Together they set out to help each other, and end up learning to live and, ultimately, love again.

1 videocassette (ca. 104 min.) :

DANA 1409

Steven Spielberg presents Gremlins 1999

When Billy's Christmas present of Mowgli named Gizmo accidentally gets wet and his babies eat after midnight, devilish gremlins take over the town.

1 videocassette (106 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3874 7-156

Summer of Sam 1999

In the summer of 1977 in New York City, a man called the Son of Sam commits numerous murders. Friends in a small Italian neighborhood become obsessed with the idea that the Son of Sam is someone nearby. The madman's plague of terror becomes the catalyst that prompts relationships to fall apart and trust to disintegrate into dread.

1 videocassette (142 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1346 2-6126

The sweet hereafter 1998

Following a tragic schoolbus accident, high-profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving community, Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash. But beneath the town's calm, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, deceit and forbidden desires that mirrors his own troubled personal life. Gradually, we learn that Stephens has his own agenda, and that everyone has secrets to keep.

1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) :

MEDIA 10-79

Thelma & Louise 1991

When unhappy housewife Thelma and her wise-cracking waitress friend Louise decide to take a break from their lives, Thelma from her chauvinistic husband and Louise from her commitment-shy musician boyfriend, they embark on a trip that leads to a tragic incident at a roadside honky-tonk. In an instant, their weekend getaway becomes just that as they flee across the American southwest with the police a step behind.

1 videocassette (130 min.) :

DANA 435

Titanic 1998

The story of two young lovers is set against the background of the first great disaster of the 20th century, the sinking of the Titanic.

2 videocassettes (194 min.) :

DANA. DANA 1092 cassette 1 1092 cassette 2

To sleep with anger 1990

A rich and provocative story about a very ordinary family. A visitor from the Deep South brings superstition into a divided black household in central Los Angeles, which percolates a pungent, stimulating brew.

1 videocassette (102 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1734

Total recall 1997

A worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.

1 videocassette (113 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3748

Traffic in souls 1994

Produced when social problem dramas were popular, the film is set against the white slavery rackets of the 1910s. This film is the dramatization of the John D. Rockefeller white slavery report and the investigation of District Attorney Whitman.

1 videocassette (88 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5728

The Truman Show 1999

Truman's life is a fake. He lives in a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere. His friends and people around him are actors who play their roles in the most popular television series in the world: The Truman Show. He thinks he is an ordinary man and has no idea about how he is being exploited. What will he do when he finds out?

1 videocassette (103 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1702 2-5191

Twelve monkeys 1997

Cole arrives at a mental hospital, claiming to be a time traveler from the year 2035. His mission: to save humanity from a killer virus that will devastate the future world population. A beautiful psychiatrist initially classifies Cole as delusional, but she soon joins him in an effort to unravel the mystery surrounding his questionable sanity with two clues: a haunting childhood memory and a series of puzzling symbols from a group known as The Army of the Twelve Monkeys.

1 videocassette (130 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3824

Twin Peaks fire walk with me 1992

Brought in to investigate the mysterious death of a nightshift waitress named Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond is joined by special agent Dale Cooper to unravel the bizarre clues, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings that lead to the last seven days of Laura Palmer's troubled life and ultimatley the killer.

1 videocassette (134 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3749

Unforgiven 1997

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.

1 videodisc (131 min.)

DANA 101

The usual suspects 1999

Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned Hungarian terrorist and Roger Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desparate for suspects in a truck highjacking, and ends with the possible identification of a criminal mastermind.

1 videocassette (106 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3948

Wag the dog 1998

When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.

1 videocassette (96 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5079

Waiting to exhale 1996

The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers.

1 videocassette (129 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3084

A walk on the moon 1999?

It's the summer of 1969 and realizing she missing the sexual revolution Pearl has a passionate affair with a free-spirited young man, but then she has to make a choice between her husband and family or her newfound desires.

1 videocassette (107 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5116

Welcome to the dollhouse 1999

Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates and tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band.

1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-11

The yellow wallpaper 1998

The story of a woman who is gradually becoming insane. While taking a rest cure she becomes obsessed with the wallpaper and begins to imagine that there is a woman behind the paper.

1 videocassette (76 min.) ;

MEDIA 2-5701

Zero patience 1994

A tall tale of love and loss, sex and science, history and hysteria in the age of AIDS.

1 videocassette (100 min.) :

MEDIA 2-6075