Films with: Alda, Alan

50 children the rescue mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus /

Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never intended to become heroes. But in early 1939, as conditions were worsening for Jews living inside Nazi Germany, the Philadelphia couple embarked on a risky and improbable mission - an effort to rescue 50 Jewish children and bring them to safety in the United States.

DVD 10091

And the band played on

Matthew Modine stars as Dr. Don Francis, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control who seeks to uncover the cause of a number mysterious deaths. With little funding for a subject few will even discuss, not only must he fight the disease, but a disinterested public, the government, the media and even the communities where the mysterious virus strikes hardest. But as the death toll mounts, public interest is stirred and Francis' research becomes a despeate race against time. --

DVD 13366

Aviator

Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he never left, the victim of compulsions that drove him to greatness, while containing the seeds of his undoing.

DVD 3814

Bridge of spies

James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.

DVD 11437

Crimes and misdemeanors

Weaving together several different stories about people's lives, loves, perceptions, and ideals, this examines some of the toughest questions surrounding human nature.

DVD 1514

Everyone says I love you

It's the fun-filled story of one wealthy, eccentric and romantically challenged extended family from New York's Upper West Side.

DVD 2925

Four seasons

Three very close-knit upper middle-class couples periodically take vacations together. These gatherings turn into a bittersweet exploration of not only their friendship, but divorce and its consequences, after one of the men leaves his wife for a much younger woman.

DVD 10736

Hidden motives

Alan Alda explores how our unconscious determines our behavior.

DVD 4783

Hot times in Alaska

Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be accelerating. Already the landscape is changing dramatically -- permafrost is thawing, glaciers are melting, forests are succumbing to drought and insect attack. Alan Alda meets Alaskan scientists who are working to find out if these are the first signs of global warming and what the future may hold.

DVD 2681

Longest ride

The star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple.

DVD 11078

M*A*S*H : TV season two

DVD 2608

M*A*S*H.

DVD 2607

M*A*S*H.

DVD 2609

M*A*S*H.

DVD 2610

M*A*S*H.

DVD 2611

Manhattan murder mystery

A bored Manhattan housewife becomes convinced her next-door neighbor has committed a murder.

DVD 1552

Secret canyon

Alan Alda travels to the Range Creek area of eastern Utah to explore an entire canyon of perfectly preserved 1,000-year-old remains.

DVD 4061

Seduction of Joe Tynan

A decent, hardworking senator, whose job keeps him away from his wife and family, carries on an affair with a civil rights activist.

DVD 9226

West Wing.

The presidential race is on, with Senator Arnold Vinick as the Republican frontrunner and Matthew Santos vying for the hotly contested Democratic presidential nomination.

DVD 9827

West Wing.

This season chronicles the transition between the administration of President Bartlet and the race for the new presidency between Congressman Santos and Senator Vinick.

DVD 9823