Alan Alda
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller)--joined by his wife (Patricia Arquette) and a sexy adoption counselor (Téa Leoni)--embarks on a cross-country search for his 'roots.' Yet as he careens from one outrageous situation to another, Mel finds himself tempted by the seductive counselor--even as his wife starts a flirtation of her own! By the time they meet up with his free-spirited birth parents, the whole situation is...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A volatile story about a Washington, D.C. political reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars, she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Inspired by true events.
23) The four seasons
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In Alan Alda's directorial debut, three very close-knit upper middle-class couples take a vacation together, which turns out to be a bittersweet exploration of not only their friendship, but divorce and its consequences.
25) What women want
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A cocky, chauvinistic ad agency exec magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking. He puts this to especially good use with his new superior (Hunt), whose job he was in line to get. Then competition turns into romance.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Canadian bacon: The U.S. president, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
Delirious: A soap pera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Spaceballs: A spoof of the Star Wars series, with Mel Brooks playing the dastardly president of an alien race out to steal the air supply of a neighboring planet. Fearless- and clueless-space heroes Lone Starr...
30) The human spark
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Alan Alda takes a look at how humans first appeared on Earth millions of years ago, and how our species not only survived, but thrived, through some unimaginable conditions. Alda visits with dozens of scientists on three continents, and participates directly in many experiments - including the detailed examination of his own brain.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco, S.L
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"La empatía está experimentando una nueva evolución. En una cultural global interconectada, no podemos seguir identificándonos únicamente con las personas que parecen formar parte de nuestra ±tribu». Como ha aprendido la Dr. Helen Riess, nuestra capacidad empática no es sólo un rasgo innato, también es una habilidad que podemos aprender y cultivar."--
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The personal stories of prominent Italian Americans from all walks of life are featured in this entertaining and touching exploration of what it means to be Italian in America. The stories are told with vintage film footage, family photos, and personal interviews.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young woman falls in love with her new roommate even though he's gay and loves her purely as a friend. When she becomes pregnant, she realizes she'd rather raise her child with him rather than with her boyfriend-- a decision that forces the threesome to explore the fine line between love, sex and friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'A down-to-earth, inspiring book about the American promise fulfilled'--President Bill Clinton; 'Fascinating. Made me wish I had been born in the Bronx'--Barbara Walters; A touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America's most influential boroughs--the Bronx--through some of its many success stories. The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda's Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the...
40) Itzhak
Publisher
Greenwich
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Itzhak Perlman's violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Alison Chernick's film looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. As charming and entrancing as the famous violinist himself, it is a portrait of musical virtuosity...