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1) Fences
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.--
2) The patriot
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family. But the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college, decades after leaving to raise her children, a devastating accident will bring the family's history and relationships to light.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The powerful drama of Willy Loman & his tragic end. Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has...
7) Nobel son
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.
8) Tennessee
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two brothers take a road trip to their hometown to find their father who they haven't seen in years. Along the way they pick up a frustrated young waitress. She has a dream who helps them overcome their painful past, confront the challenges in their futures, and become a family again. It's about facing the past in order to find your future.
9) House
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Author Roger Cobb (Katt), long overdue for a new horror novel, begins work instead on a book based on his experiences in Vietnam. In part, the new project is a way of purging himself of the horrors that he experienced while there. But what begins as an ambitious fiction experiment soon deteriorates into a seething and terrifying reality. Cast into a sinister otherworld, looking into the void of uncertain death, in the darkness, Roger grapples with...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Adam Fiedler is a Hollywood agent who wants nothing more than to give his son Ben the lavish bar mitzvah he rightly deserves. Trouble is, Adam's archrival and former business partner Arnie Stein has already thrown a spectacular bar mitzvah for his own son. Now Adam feels intense pressure to keep up with the Steins. Adam's estranged father Irwin has been living on an Indian reservation with his younger girlfriend Sacred Feather. Ben wants to use his...
11) Knowing
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In 1959, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. One mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule's contents and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of Caleb. But it is Caleb's father, professor John Koestler, who makes the...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Single dad and struggling animal handler Eddie works with lots of creatures, but at home, he has a strict No Pets Allowed policy. He won't let his son Billy keep the adorable stray dog Beethoven and his family of puppies. Beethoven crashes into Hollywood and into Eddie's heart as well.
15) Housebroken
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A newly retired father wants to enjoy his golden years relaxing at home with this lovely wife. Mom and Dad want to claim their rec room for themselves, and the only thing standing in their way is their two older sons who won't move out! When Mom and Dad decide that the only thing that will solve the problem is for them to move out, the sons must learn how to pay bills and it's either sink or swim for clueless Elliot and Quinn.
16) Fireproof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind - it's a natural instinct. But when it comes to marriage, it's another story. After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. As the two prepare for divorce, Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare experiment. While hoping the experiment has nothing to do with his parents' newfound...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Join single father Steve Douglas as he guides his three sons, Mike, Robbie and Chip. Along with Grandpa Bub and Tramp the dog. The boys go through a never-ending series of calamities, all the while Steve fends off marriage-minded women.
18) The open road
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Minor league baseball player Carlton Garrett takes an unplanned road trip to find his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garrett, after his mother becomes ill. Knowing that his father is charming, yet extremely immature, he brings along his sometimes girlfriend for support. After father and son are reunited, Carlton must struggle to deal with the misadventures brought on by his father's antics. Frustrations from the past come to a head...
19) Firehouse dog
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rex is the world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch. He gets lost and is reluctantly adopted by a young boy. His father, the fire chief of a rundown station, agrees to the adoption only if his defiant son takes care of the dog. Little do they realize Rex will not only bring them closer, but also bring some much-needed faith back to the fire station.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hank, a retired Sergeant with the Military Police, receives a call informing him that his youngest son, Mike, has gone AWOL. He thought his son was in Iraq, but is informed that Mike returned stateside four days ago with his platoon. When he calls his son's cell phone and gets voice mail, he drives to Fort Rudd and begins to make inquiries, but with each inquiry he comes to a dead end. Then a body is found, dismembered and burned beyond recognition...