Bill Smitrovich
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns' think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants, who originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shuns him. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob...
2) The Reagans
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening four-part series reexamining one of the most powerful and polarizing political couples of the time. Award winning documentarian and journalist Matt Tyrnauer combines archival footage, exhaustive research, and first-person accounts from the couple's inner circle to craft a revealing portrait of their unlikely rise from Hollywood to the presidency, and Nancy Reagan's powerful position at the helm of their unprecedented partnership. A...
3) Failsafe
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
4) Heavens fall
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A tragic true story of nine black men who were pulled off an Alabama freight train and accused of raping two young white women, quickly tried, and sentenced to the electric chair. Forcing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lone man defends them.
6) Bitch
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jill, a lonely, unfulfilled homemaker with four unruly children, paces on her dining room table with a belt around her neck, contemplating a desperate end. Her husband, Bill, focused on his identity as breadwinner and an affair with a lusty co-worker, is as oblivious to Jill's growing terror that she will do something destructive as he is to the panic at his unraveling company." --
Author
Series
Reagans ; 2
Language
English
Description
From movie star to President of the United States, this is the true story of Ronald Reagan's rise to power, his marriage to his devoted wife Nancy, his tumultuous role as a father, and the political controversies that plunged him into the darkest chapter of his political life.
Author
Series
Reagans ; 1
Language
English
Description
From movie star to President of the United States, this is the true story of Ronald Reagan's rise to power, his marriage to his devoted wife Nancy, his tumultuous role as a father, and the political controversies that plunged him into the darkest chapter of his political life.
10) While I Was Gone
Author
Language
English
Description
Jo Beckett, a good wife and mother, finds her happy, secure life shaken when a man from her youth randomly moves into town. But what begins as an innocent flirtation ends in a shocking revelation that could destroy her, her family, and her future.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
We all use mathematics every day-- but in a world of body counts, multiple criminal masterminds, and percentages involving perpetrators who may act again, figures are especially valuable. This is the world of Numb3rs. Don Eppes is an FBI agent who recruits his mathematically gifted brother Charlie to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles, thus tackling the most baffling criminal cases from two very distinctive perspectives....
