Lloyd Bridges
1) The giver
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover...
2) Roots
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
Pub. Date
♭2005
Description
Sixty-four episodes from the Sea Hunt television series. In the 1st episode, Mike must get past Jivaro Indians who are blocking his passage downriver as he attempts to get a young missionary's baby to a hospital for medical attention. In the 2nd, Mike comes to the aid of a female escape artist when her underwater stunt goes awry. In the 3rd, Mike leads a diving team in rescuing a Latin American diplomat and his family from kidnappers. In the 4th,...
8) East of Eden
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Steinbeck's story of two boys struggling for the affection of their father.
9) Airplane!
Series
Formats
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, an ex-Navy pilot with a deep aversion to planes finds himself on a flight with an ex-girlfriend he wants to win back. He becomes embroiled in a crisis where the crew and many of the passengers have fallen seriously ill. Now, it is up to him to overcome his fear of flying and land the airplane safely before the poisonings become fatal.
10) Hot shots
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Louis XIV of France has a twin brother, Philippe, who is as brave as the King is scurrilous. To raise money, the monarch plans to wed the Spanish Infanta, despite his continuing affair with the cunning Madame de la Valliere. In the meantime, D'Artagnan and the aging Musketeers are teaching Philippe the ways of chivalry. Soon, Louis has his twin arrested and imprisoned in the Bastille. But after the Musketeers free him, Philippe concocts a daring plot...
12) High noon
Pub. Date
2002
Description
This is the classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, the lawman stands to lose not only the town but his new wife.
14) Blown away
Pub. Date
1998, c1994
Description
When an explosion jolts the city of Boston, bomb squad expert Jimmy dove is pulled out of an early retirement and into the most harrowing work of his career
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Description
Hot shots. A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Hot shots, part deux. A do-or-die mission to rescue U.S. hostages in the Mideast takes Topper Harley and his Hot Shots on an action-packed trail booby-trapped with spoofs of movie classics and filled with famous faces in hilarious...
16) Rocketship X-M
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Four men and one woman take off to the Moon but are knocked off course by a meteor shower. They are forced to land on Mars, a planet devastated by atomic warfare and populated by deadly radiation-scarred mutants.
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Like the classic 1960's series of the same name, this modern adaptation (1995) is an imaginative exploration of humanity's greatest hopes and darkest fears. Includes special guest appearances by Alyssa Milano, Ryan Reynolds, Rae Dawn Chong, Beau Bridges, Rebecca De Mornay and Robert Patrick. Winner of the Cable Ace Award for best Dramatic Series, this Emmy® nominated show deals with the consequences of such controversial and thought-provoking topics...
18) Hot Shots!
Pub. Date
p2002
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
19) High noon
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
When a killer he had sent to jail vows revenge, a retired marshal takes up his badge and guns again, alienating his new Quaker bride.
Pub. Date
c2005, 1982
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.