Popular Film

BAMBI (SV6464/6475 plus)
1989. Color and Animated, 69 minutes, Rated G.
Animated Disney classic about a young deer.

THE BLACK STALLION (SV3984)
1979, Color, 118 minutes, Rated G. 
Starring Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, and Teri Garr.
Reno plays a young boy stranded on a deserted island with the Black Stallion, a wild but very intelligent horse who becomes his best friend.

CHICKEN RUN (31717 plus)
2000, Color and Animated, 84 minutes, Rated G. 
This engaging stop-motion, claymation adventure tells the story of an American rooster who falls in love with a gorgeous hen on a British farm.  The couple decides to run away from the farm, but they must first contend with the evil farmer who is intent on keeping them under her control.

CINDERELLA (SV7672 plus)
1959, Color and Animated, 76 minutes, Rated G.
Classic tale of a girl with a terrible stepmother and stepsisters; her fairy godmother sends her to the ball where she meets the Prince.

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (SV7419)
1989, Color, 128 minutes, Rated PG.
Robin Williams stars as a teacher at a private New England boys' school where he helps encourage a love of reading and free thought.

DUMBO (381 plus)
1973, Color and Animated, 63 minutes, Rated G.
The poignant animated classic about Dumbo, a baby elephant born with oversized ears.  Snubbed and ridiculed by all the other circus folks, he is befriended by a mouse named Timothy.  With luck, determination, and an amazing amount of courage, Dumbo learns to soar as the high-flying star of the circus.

FANTASIA (SV10834 plus)
1991, Color and Animated, 120 minutes, Rated G.
Walt Disney's most celebrated and acclaimed film.  This blend of magnificent music and classic animation is an exhilarating sight and sound experience.

HEIDI (18059)
1993, Color, 165 minutes, Rated G. 
Starring Jason Robards, Noley Thornton, and Jane Seymour.
In the grand tradition of Disney entertainment comes the classic story of Heidi, the lovable orphan who enriches the life of everyone she meets.

THE KING AND I (28040)
1956, Color, 133 minutes, Rated G. 
Starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.
Winner of five Academy Awards.  This musical tells the true story of an Englishwoman who comes to Siam as a schoolteacher to the royal court.  She soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch.

THE LAND BEFORE TIME (6309)
1988, Color and Animated, 69 minutes, Rated G.
Go on a magical journey that begins long ago when dinosaurs roamed a land threatened by earthquakes and volcanoes.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS:  THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
(DVD 918 and VHS 34558/34560/34708 plus)
2002, Color, 178 minutes, Rated PG-13. 
Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and Liv Tyler.
The first of a planned trilogy of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy books about the battle of good versus evil, as set amid the magical world of hobbits, dwarves and elves.

PEARL HARBOR, part 1 & 2 (DVD 1639/VHS 33451 plus)
2001, Color, 183 minutes, Rated PG-13. 
Starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, and Kate Beckinsale.
In December 1941, two young military bucks vie for the affections of a pretty young nurse.  Bombing ensues on a day that will live in infamy.

PLANET OF THE APES (DVD 359)
2001, Color, 124 minutes, Rated PG-13. 
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Michael Clarke Duncan.
In this “reimagination” of the 1968 sci-fi classic an astronaut is trapped in a crazy, upside-down world in which hairy primates rule and hairless ones ride in the back of the bus.

PLATOON (4759)
1986, Color, 120 minutes, Rated R. 
Starring Charlie Sheen, William DaFoe, Tom Berenger, and Francesco Quinn.
This is an intensely realistic grunts-eye-view of the Vietnam War.  Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a green recruit who narrates a tale that counterpoints his own coming of age with the internal conflict brewing within his infantry rifle platoon.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (SV5408)
1987, Color, 98 minutes, Rated PG. 
Starring Mandy Patinkin and Chris Saradin.
Rob Reiner's grand adaptation of William Goldman's “best fairy tale for adults” combining high adventure and hip parody.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (28703)
1998, Color, 169 minutes, Rated R. 
Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Jeremy Davies.
Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film is a brutal look at the devastation that war leaves, both physically and emotionally.

SCHINDLER’S LIST (17717 / DVD 11860)
1994, Color and B&W, 197 minutes, Rated R. 
Starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, and Caroline Goodall.
Black and white monumental film based on the true story of Oskar Schindler.  Schindler is a businessman in World War II Poland who uses Jews as cheap labor in his factory.  After his workers are sent to a concentration camp run by a demonic Nazi soldier, Schindler and his accountant devise a plan to save 1,100 Jews by sending them to his factory in Czechoslovakia.

THE SWORD IN THE STONE (SV21697)
1963, Color and Animated, 79 minutes, Rated G.
A wondrous golden sword embedded in a large stone offers a tempting challenge to the strongest and bravest men in the kingdom.  Remove the sword and become the next King of England.  The challenge causes one small boy to dream a dream so incredible that it causes a maelstrom of phantasmagoric events to occur.

THE THORN BIRDS, part 1, 2, 3, & 4 (10686)
1983, Color, 488 minutes (4 videos), Rated PG. 
Starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.
One of television’s most beloved miniseries.  This epic story is set against the vast horizons of Australia’s Outback.  Featuring a brilliant, all-star cast that went on to win 6 Emmy Awards.

TITANIC, part 1 & 2 (26603 plus)
1997, Color, 194 minutes, Rated PG-13. 
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
Follows the story of two young vulnerable losers from opposite ends of the social strata who find true passion before the ship inevitable collides with an iceberg.

A WALK TO REMEMBER (DVD 849/850 plus and VHS 34445/34415/34414 plus)
2002, Color, 102 minutes, Rate PG. 
Starring Shane West and Mandy Moore.
Set in the lowlands of North Carolina in the mid 1990s, this film follows the rite of passage of a jaded aimless high school senior as he falls in love with a guileless young woman he and his friends once scorned.

WE WERE SOLDIERS (DVD 954/953 plus and VHS 34673/34672 plus)
2002, Color, 138 minutes, Rated R. 
Starring Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, and Greg Kinnear.
In November 1965 in Vietnam, a U.S. troop division is outnumbered by the enemy, but the soldiers dog in to fight anyway.  Based on a true, bloody battle.

WINDTALKERS (DVD 1151 and VHS 35280)
2002, Color, 134 minutes, Rated R. 
Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, and Peter Stormare.
During World War II, a Marine is ordered to protect a Native American soldier, whose Navaho language is used to send messages in code.

THE WIZARD OF OZ (6292 plus)
1939, Color and B&W, 119 minutes, Rated G. 
Starring Judy Garland and Frank Morgan.
A classic musical tale of Dorothy's search for the Wizard of Oz so that she can return home to Kansas.