John Sayles
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
It’s 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. Spanning five years and half a dozen countries, this is the unforgettable story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
Shot through with a lyrical intensity...
Shot through with a lyrical intensity...
2) Yellow earth
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Yellow Earth, the site of Three Nations reservations on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota, Sayles introduces us to Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the Tribal Business Council. "An activist in his way, a product of the Casino Era," Kildeer, who is contracted by oil firm Case and Crosby, spearheads the new Three Nations Petroleum Company.
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared is a curious, adventurous boy who quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved. He is the...
9) Limbo
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Story revolves around Joe Gastineau, a fisherman traumatized by an accident at sea years before, singer Donna de Angelo, and her teenage daughter Noelle who come into Joe's life. When Joe's fast-talking half-brother Bobby returns to town and asks Joe for a favor, the lives of the characters are changed forever
10) Silver city
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Grammatically challenged, "user friendly" gubernatorial candidate Dicky Pilager has just launched a rosy campaign for the citizens of the New West. But things take an unexpected turn when the taping of an environmental political ad ends up with Pilager reeling in a corpse. Enter his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven who hires idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse...
11) Passion fish
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A handicapped ex-soap opera star and her nurse explore the murkier aspects of men, romance, and family in the Louisiana bayou.
12) Matewan
Publisher
Seville Pictures
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's
13) Eight men out
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Gangsters corrupt a team of ballplayers, opening the eyes of the country to the humanity of the people in the national sport.
14) Lone star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved but is rapidly drawn...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Six women -- dreamy Eileen, abrasive Nan, athletic Skipper, brusque Leslie, vivacious Jennifer and patient Gayle -- are staying at a hotel in South America. Focus on the turbulent emotions these American women face surrounding the adoption of foreign babies. The six women are fed up with the long delays of the adoption system in the United States and have the common desire to adopt a child. Includes a Latina mother who is certain that her baby will...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Español
Description
An elderly physician that trains young people to provide health care to the poor people of a agricultural country finds out that many of his former students are being killed. He goes there to find out why these men with guns are killing anyone they want
18) Lianna
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"In this moving and compassionate film Sayles presents a sympathetic, realistic portrait of Lianna, a young wife and mother who leaves her husband for another woman and embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery. Lianna must face the anger and confusion of her husband as well as the raised eyebrows of her community. But when her new lover also rejects her, she faces the most difficult task of all: she must learn to love herself."
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Honeydripper: "Tyrone Purvis will try anything to keep his blues lounge, The Honeydripper, alive. So when a popular guitar player fails to slow up for a packed Saturday night, Purvis turns to a young wanderer for help"--Container.
Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: "Chronicles the dangerous journey of four determined slaves from a cotton plantation in America to the "Promised Land" in Canada."--Container.
Nightjohn: The story of twelve-year-old...
20) Eight men out
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for a money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes