Paul Dooley
Language
English
Formats
Description
Samantha Baker is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday, but only if someone, anyone from her family would just remember it. For her birthday, she has to endure creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beauty who stands in the way of the boy of her dreams.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a...
Publisher
Distributed by Empire Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008, 2005
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie Lamms parents have decided she should spend the summer with her Grandpa Donald while they enjoy a second honeymoon. Annie is less than enthused, and even more disappointed to discover that Grandpas beautiful house on the beach is a dilapidated wreck filled with a lifetime of junk and clutter. With no friends, no computer and nothing good to eat, Annie is miserable and decides to run-away back to her home in New York City. But...
6) Cars
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
7) Popeye
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar, POPEYE follows the sailor with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), but Olive's hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee'...
Author
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Paul Dooley has been an actor for sixty-five years on film, TV, and the stage and has appeared in hundreds of movies, shows, and plays. He is best known for his roles as the father in Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles, and Run Away Bride. Other films include Hairspray, Insomnia, Strange Brew, and Wating for Guffman. His TV roles include The Good Doctor, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grey's Anatomy, thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Star...
10) Hairspray
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1962 Baltimore, all the kids watch the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, and her best friend Penny run home to watch and drool over teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. When one of the "Council Kids" goes on a leave of absence, Tracy auditions to be the replacement, is sent to detention for skipping school, and thereby meets Seaweed--who shows her how to really shake 'em down....
11) Breaking away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The Academy Award winning comedy about an idealistic young man and his friends and their pursuit to find jobs and a purpose to life in their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana.
12) Kiss me goodbye
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The spooky fun begins when Kay Villano is one week away from marrying the serious Dr. Rupert Baines and an uninvited guest appears on the scene; the ghost of Kay's dead, but oh so debonair, husband Jolly.
14) A mighty wind
Language
English
Formats
Description
A docu-comedy about three folk groups from the 60's who reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager.
15) Insomnia
Language
English
Formats
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
17) Comfort and joy
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Jane is a single, career woman who is speed-dialing her way through life. On Christmas Eve, Jane is in a traffic accident and awakens to find that she's a married, stay-at-home mom with two kids and a passion for charity work. So, let the merry mixups and romantic complications begin.
18) Sixteen candles
Language
English
Formats
Description
For high schooler Samantha Baker, her sixteenth birthday might be the worst day of her life. Her entire family has forgotten about it due to her older sister's impending wedding; her biggest crush, high school hunk Jake Ryan has discovered an embarrassing sex quiz filled out by Sam in which she details how she is saving herself for him; and to make matters worse, she is hounded by a relentless nerd who won't take no for an answer.
19) Insomnia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
20) Strange brew
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
All the McKenzie brothers want is a free case of beer and a quiet place to belch, so they put a mouse in a beer bottle and go to the Elsinore Brewery to complain. There they encounter the diabolical Brewmeister Smith who has concocted a scheme to rule the world by contaminating Elsinore Beer with a mind-controlling chemical.