Richard Farnsworth
2) Misery
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive." --
3) The natural
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...
4) Misery
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Paul Sheldon is a best-selling novelist who is on his way home from his Colorado retreat after completing his latest book. He doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, who happens to be Paul's 'number one fan.' Annie takes Paul back to her house in the mountains, and he finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy. Unfortunately for Paul,...
5) Tom Horn
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When he rode into Wyoming in 1900, Tom Horn was already a legend. He was as successful at wiping out rustlers as he had been at everything else he'd tried. But the West was changing, and a free spirit like Horn was a liability to the men who had hired him. Based on the true story, Tom Horn presents a harsher, less romantic vision of the West, but one that remains true to the frontier's raging spirit.
Series
Publisher
Alliance Atlantis
Pub. Date
[.]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin.
7) Lassie
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In this updated version of the classic story, teenage Matt and his family leave the city to start a new life in rural Virginia, where they adopt a stray collie who helps them learn about life and love.
8) The grey fox
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After decades in prison, stagecoach robber Bill Miner emerges in 1901 a free man without a place in twentieth-century society. Times have changed, but in the face of all these changes, neither his good-humored patience nor his joy of life has abandoned him. With the vigor of a teenager, Miner sees a screening of one of the first films, The Great Train Robbery, and is inspired to once again do what he does best." --
9) Resurrection
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A woman experiences clinical death and returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Attributing her powers to human love, rather than divine intervention, she begins to aid the residents of her childhood town. No one she touches will ever be the same again.
Series
Imprint ; 61
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
73-year-old Alvin Straight decides to travel from his home in Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin, to mend his relationship with his estranged older brother. There's a slightly quirky twist -- Alvin insists on making the 317-mile journey on his lawnmower.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her; Anne, now a young woman, has become a teacher and dreams of meeting her ideal man; After a series of disappointments, Anne and her husband Gilbert return to Avonlea in search of happiness, but soon face the challenges of war when newly enlisted...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Carrie: A high school wallflower with telekinetic powers terrorizes her classmates.
Misery: After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
The Shawshank Redemption: Two convicts, one white and one black, never give up the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an uplifting bond no prison can ever take away.
The Shining: Jack Torrance is a writer...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bull Durham: American romantic comedy, dealing with a very minor minor-league team and three of its current constituents, an aging baseball groupie that beds one player each season, a cocky foolish new pitcher, and the older, weary catcher brought in to wise the rookie up.
Eight Men Out: Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal, which centers on eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme...
