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DVD Spring 2012 Catalog

This catalog lists only the newest acquired DVD titles from Spring 2012. This is not a complete listing of all DVD titles available. Included at the end of this catalog is a mail order form that lists these DVD titles alphabetically. You may also order DVDs by phone, fax, email, or in person.

Each video in this catalog is assigned an identifying number that begins with “DVD”. For example, DVD 0013 is a DVD entitled “The Art of War.”

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MPAA Ratings are guidelines to suitability for certain audiences.

G / All ages
PG / Some material may not be suitable for children
PG-13 / Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
R / Under 17 requires accompanying adult guardian
Not Rated / Film not suitable for MPAA rating (TV show, etc.) Some material may not be suitable for children.
Pre-Ratings / Film made before MPAA ratings. Some material may not be suitable for children.

Action/Adventure 3

Children’s/Family 7

Comedy 9

Crime Drama 12

Drama 14

Historical Fiction 17

Horror 18

Musical 20

Romance 21

Sci-Fi/Fantasy 23

TV Production 23

Western 24

Order Form 27

Action/Adventure

DVD 0139

2012 (2009)

PG-13

An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Directed by: Roland Emmerich. Starring: John Cusack, Thandie Newton.

DVD 0013

*The Art of War (2000)

R

Framed for the murder of the Chinese ambassador to the UN, a secret agent is pursued by the FBI and by a ruthless squad of Triad killers. Directed by: Christian Duguay. Starring: Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer.

DVD 0022

*Beneath the 12-mile Reef (1953)

Pre-Ratings

When their traditional sea beds no longer produce enough sponges for them to make a decent living, divers Mike Petrakis and his son Tony have to look elsewhere. Directed by: Robert D. Webb. Starring: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore.

DVD 0025

*Beyond Justice (1992)

PG-13

A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco, where the boy is to be made the leader of the tribe. Directed by: Duccio Tessari. Starring: Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt.

DVD 0044

*Black Water Gold (1970)

Not Rated

A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of a historic Spanish galleon before a well-armed commercial expedition does. Directed by: Alan Landsburg. Starring: Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman.

DVD 0027

*Border Cop (1980)

A U.S. Immigration Officer becomes concerned when a local crime boss attends the wedding of his young friends Beni and Leina. Directed by: Christopher Leitch. Starring: Telly Savalas, Danny De La Paz.

DVD 0029

*Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. Directed by: Christophe Gans. Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos.

DVD 0030

*Bullet to Beijing (1995)

A retired British spy is called back into service by his government to help prevent North Korea from getting its hands on a deadly virus called "The Red Death." Directed by: George Mihalka. Starring: Anatoly Kulbitsky, Shaughan Seymour.

DVD 0031

*Cain's Cutthroats (1971)

A peaceful Civil War veteran swears revenge on the men of his old outfit after they murder his family. Directed by: Ken Osborne. Starring: John Carradine, Scott Brady.

DVD 0035

*Captain Kidd (1945)

Pre-Ratings

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery. Directed by: Rowland V. Lee. Starring: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott.

DVD 0034

*Captain Scarface (1953)

Pre-Ratings

A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction. Directed by: Paul Guilfoyle. Starring: Barton MacLane, Virginia Grey.

DVD 0036

*The Chinese Connection (1972)

A young man seeks vengence for the death of his teacher. Directed by: Wei Lo. Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao.

DVD 0037

*Cold Sweat (1970)

A brutal drug trader takes his violent revenge after his wife is captured by a drug boss. Directed by: Terence Young. Starring: Charles Bronson, James Mason.

DVD 0039

*Cry of the Innocent (1980)

Not Rated

A Green Beret-veteran businessman investigates the plane crash in Ireland that killed his family. Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy. Starring: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet.

DVD 0038

*Cuba Crossing (1980)

Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro. Directed by: Chuck Workman. Starring: Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn.

DVD 0050

*The Fourth Angel (2001)

A man seeks justice when his wife and daughter are gunned down in a terrorist attack. Directed by: John Irvin. Starring: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker.

DVD 0054

*The Giant of Marathon (1959)

Pre-Ratings

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army. Directed by: Jacques Tourneur. Starring: Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot.

DVD 0147

The Green Hornet (2011)

PG-13

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team. Directed by: Michel Gondry. Starring: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou.

DVD 0121

Green Zone (2010)

Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. Directed by: Paul Greengrass. Starring: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs.

DVD 0092

*Hercules Unchained (1959)

Pre-Ratings

While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale. Directed by: Pietro Francisci. Starring: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina.

DVD 0126

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

PG-13

In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago. Directed by: Rob Cohen. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li.

DVD 0099

*Mutiny (1952)

Pre-Ratings

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. Directed by: Edward Dmytryk. Starring: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury.

DVD 0128

Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time (2010)

PG-13

A young fugitive prince and princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time. Directed by: Mike Newell. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton.

DVD 0131

Robin Hood (2010)

PG-13

In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett.

DVD 0132

Salt (2010)

PG-13

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Directed by: Phillip Noyce. Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber.

DVD 0136

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake recruits a seemingly everyday guy in his mission to defend New York City from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Directed by: Jon Turteltaub. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel.

DVD 0149

Sunshine (2007)

A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future. Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne.

DVD 0137

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. Directed by: Tony Scott. Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta.

DVD 0082

*Tunnel (2002)

An ex-SAS agent and a thief battle for their lives as air runs out in a maze of abandoned mine tunnels while they're searching for $200 million in stolen diamonds. Directed by: Daniel Baldwin. Starring: Kim Coates, Daniel Baldwin.
Children’s/Family

DVD 0009

*Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1966)

Pre-Ratings

A young man finds a magic latern containing a genie that grants him three wishes. Directed by: Boris Rytsarev. Starring: Boris Bystrov, Dodo Chogovadze.

DVD 0112

Alice In Wonderland (2010)

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp.

DVD 0040

*Daniel Boone (1964)

Pre-Ratings

Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War. Directed by: Nathan Juran, George Marshall. Starring: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair.

DVD 0118

Dr. Seuss': How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a grumpy hermit intent on stealing Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. Directed by: Ron Howard. Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen.

DVD 0088

*Grizzly Falls (1999)

When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger and thrilling surprises. Directed by: Stewart Raffill. Starring: Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson.

DVD 0089

*Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Pre-Ratings

In this animated film, Normal-sized Lemuel Gulliver washes up on the shore of Lilliput, where the citizens are no larger than Gulliver's thumb. Directed by: Dave Fleischer. Starring: Jessica Dragonette and Lanny Ross.

DVD 0096

*Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Pre-Ratings

Abbott & Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans. Directed by: Jean Yarbrough. Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello.

DVD 0111

*Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Pre-Ratings

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust. Directed by: John Cromwell. Starring: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello.

DVD 0101

*The Little Princess (1939)

A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, due to her father having to go to Africa with the army. Directed by: Walter Lang. Starring: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene.

DVD 0059

*Nancy Drew…Reporter (1939)

Pre-Ratings

Nancy Drew, reporter for the school newspaper, clears a girl of murder charges. Directed by: William Clemens. Starring: Bonita Granville, John Litel.

DVD 0129

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

This animated Disney film is a fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young woman named Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again. Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker. Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David and Oprah Winfrey.

DVD 0133

Secretariat (2010)

Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown. Directed by: Randall Wallace. Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich.

DVD 0142

Up (2009)

In this animated Disney film, 78-year-old Carl ties thousands of balloons to his home and sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America with Russell, an 8 year old stowaway. Directed by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson. Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai.
Comedy

DVD 0120

40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother. Directed by: Judd Apatow. Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener.

DVD 0007

*The Amazing Adventure (1937)

Pre-Ratings

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance. Directed by: Alfred Zeisler. Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian.

DVD 0002

*As You Like It (1936)

Pre-Ratings

This Shakespeare favourite was made in 1936 and is a black and white drama featuring a fine ensemble cast including a young Laurence Olivier and Elizabeth Bergner. Directed by: Paul Czinner. Starring: Henry Ainley, Elisabeth Bergner.

DVD 0006

*At War with the Army (1950)

Pre-Ratings

Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II. Directed by: Hal Walker. Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis.

DVD 0043

*The Delicate Art of Parking (2003)

Not Rated

A mockumentary about a Parking Enforcement Officer who, despite constant abuse from the public, finds truth, honor and serenity in the act of ticketing. Directed by: Trent Carlson. Starring: Andrew McNee, Diana Pavlovská.

DVD 0041

*Doll Face (1945)

Pre-Ratings

A burlesque star makes it in the big time. Directed by: Lewis Seiler. Starring: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe.

DVD 0146

Evan Almighty (2007)

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