Length: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, including some gruesome images, and language

In this thriller, Michael Douglas stars as a psychiatrist who gets caught up in a race against the clock to save his daughter’s life. After serving 10-year terms, thieves are released from prison and set out to recover a valuable jewel from a safe deposit box. Somewhere in the memory of a mentally ill woman named Elisabeth (Brittany Murphy) resides the six-digit number needed to retrieve the jewel. The thieves kidnap the eight-year-old daughter of Dr. Nathan Conrad (Douglas) and tell him he must get the six-digit number from Elisabeth by 5 p.m. Meanwhile, a female police detective (Jennifer Esposito) is investigating another case when she stumbles onto the track of the kidnappers. As the film reaches its climax, Dr. Conrad tries to get the number from Elisabeth, his wife must defend herself while her leg is in a cast, his daughter tries to fool the kidnappers, and the police close in.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen Anamorphic Format
• Director's Commentary

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Length: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, language and some violence

Starring Keanu Reeves, "Hardball" is a drama about a compulsive gambler who coaches an inner city kids baseball team for a season. Desperate for money to pay off his gambling debts, Conor O’Neill (Reeves) agrees to coach a baseball team of kids from Chicago’s projects in return for $500 a week. At first O’Neill doesn’t care much about coaching and the kids aren’t very good and don’t care much about playing, and there are many problems to overcome. Along the way O’Neill becomes romantically interested in Elizabeth Wilkes (Diane Lane), one of the kids’ teachers. But gradually O’Neill bonds with the kids, and the kids become a winning team, in spite of the efforts of rival coach Matt Hyland (D.B. Sweeney).

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen Anamorphic Format
• Director's Commentary

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Length: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, a scene of strong sexuality, language and drug use

Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, and Julia Stiles star in the drama "O," which is based on Shakespeare’s "Othello." Odin James (Phifer), called O, is the star basketball player and the only black student at an otherwise all-white private high school. O and the dean’s daughter, a white girl named Desi (Stiles), are in love, but O is the jealous type. Hugo (Hartnett) is the son of the basketball coach (Martin Sheen), and being envious of O, tells him that Desi might be cheating on him with Michael Casio (Andrew Keegan). Hugo manages to work O into a jealous rage, leading to tragedy. "O," which contains gun violence in a high school setting, was completed and originally scheduled to be released in 1999, but its appearance in theaters was delayed until 2001 because of the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Prof. Jamsheed Akrami Interviews Director Abbas Kiorastami
• Abbas Kiorastami Filmography
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf Filmography

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Full-Screen Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the -DVD; this film is also available on VHS.