Patrick Swayze
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In vivid detail, the thirty-year veteran of stage and screen describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1963, innocent 17-year-old Baby vacations with her parents at a Catskills resort. One evening, she is drawn to the staff quarters by stirring music. There she meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, who is as experienced as Baby is naive. Baby soon becomes Johnny's pupil in dance and love.
4) Three wishes
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A mother and her two young sons try to survive the best they can since her husband, the boys' father, is presumed to have died in the Korean War. One day they meet an injured stranger and his dog who change their lives.
5) Ghost
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
6) Ghost
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam and Molly are happy together and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley. Sam is murdered and finds himself trapped as a ghost. He realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost, Sam can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who...
7) Next of kin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Truman Gates, a cop from Appalachia, hunts for his brother's killers in Chicago.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of tragedy, a renowned New York dance company is on the brink of collapse. After previously leaving the dance world, Travis, Chrissa and Max are pulled in to resurrect the dance that had shattered their careers. They have this one last chance to not only save the company and to re-connect with the passion and magic, but to prove that miracles really can happen.
9) Keeping mum
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family's prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving...
10) Powder blue
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On the gritty streets of L.A., the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. An erotic dancer, a grieving husband, a terminally ill ex-con, and a mortician all desperate for redemption collide on Christmas Eve.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.
12) Tiger Warsaw
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen years ago, Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw shattered his life. Now, with the love of his high school girlfriend, he starts to pick up the pieces." --
13) Father hood
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A lovable, small-time crook's latest scheme of hiting it big is only temporarily interrupted when his two kids suddenly appear to reclaim him as their dad.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience these timeless tales of true friendship, set against a backdrop of comedy and music in perfect harmony. And now, both inspiring classics sparkle with spectacular sound and unsurpassed picture quality. Collection includes The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound II.
15) Road house
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"A legendary bouncer comes to Jasper, Missouri, for a special purpose: to restore order at the notorious Double Deuce bar. In one spectacular fight after another, Dalton rids the bar of thugs and henchmen. But when he runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss, the state is set for a blistering showdown that'll leave only one man standing." --
Publisher
Sterling Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
While on death row, Race Darnell wrote love letters to women on the outside. But when his letters are sent to the wrong girlfriends, one of his lovers want him dead. After he is released, he finds himself in a cat and mouse game with a brutal killer whose murders are aimed at framing the man who wronged her.
17) The outsiders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Coming of age movie set in Tulsa Oklahoma in the mid sixties.
19) Point break
Language
English
Description
Young FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover at the suggestion of his partner to learn if a group of wild surfers is actually a gang of bank robbers. He soon comes under the dangerous spell of the surfers' charismatic leader, Bodhi, a mystical mastermind who'll do absolutely anything for a thrill-- and expects his followers to do the same.
20) City of joy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto when it is threatened by the brutal local "godfather."