Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CD 813 STE Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Of mice and men. Unabridged. Minneapolis, MN : Penguin-HighBridge Audio, p2002. Read by Gary Sinise. Two close friends in the Salinas Valley of California dream of the time they will have enough money to buy their own farm. DVD 332.7 MAX Maxed out. Widescreen format. Los Angeles : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2007, c2006. An in-depth investigation of America's financial system, which is presented as a haven of predatory corporate schemes that lead consumers into levels of unmanageable debt. DVD 333.791 ENE Energy conservation. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to energy conservation, including whether or not it is possible to harness free energy. DVD 530 FOR Force and motion. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to force and motion, testing whether a toy car can beat a real car in a downhill race, and whether an inflated life raft or an escape slide can be used as a parachute when falling from an airplane. DVD 530 NEW Newton's dark secrets. Widescreen format. [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, 2005, c2003. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham. Examines the personality of Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth-century genius who developed the laws of motion, looking at his abilities in math and science, as well as his obsessions with religion and alchemy. DVD 530 WOR Work and energy. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to work and energy, testing several myths about how to improve gas mileage. DVD 530.11 EIN Einstein's big idea. Widescreen format. [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005. Narrated by John Lithgow. Draws from David Bodanis's best seller "E=mc2," to tell the stories of the men and women--including Michael Faraday, Antoine Lavoisier, and Lise Meitner--whose innovative thinking across four centuries led to Einstein's bold Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ breakthrough in 1905. DVD 531 CIR Circular motion. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam and Jamie perform experiments to test common myths related to the laws of gravity and find out if the myths have any scientific basis. DVD 531 FOR Forces. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman test whether it is possible for a human being to fall from a jet airliner in flight and live, and if a person can survive being hit on the head by a penny dropped from the top of a skyscraper. DVD 531 GRA Gravity. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to gravity, including the myth that falling toast always lands butter-side down. DVD 531 INE Inertia. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2006. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to inertia, including if a football filled with helium will fly farther than one filled with air. DVD 531 MYT Myths about motion. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to motion, including whether a person can stay drier by running through the rain. DVD 532 BUO Buoyancy. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman investigate urban legends, including if a child be lifted off the ground by helium balloons and if ping pong balls can be used to raise a sunken ship. DVD 532 WAT Water displacement. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to water displacement, including if it is possible for a sinking boat to suck a person underwater. DVD 534 SOU Sound energy. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to sound energy, testing whether a singer can really break a glass using just his voice, and whether or not duck voices echo. DVD 535 REF Reflected energy. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to reflected energy, investigating the legend that claims the Greeks built a "death ray" to set fire to invading Roman ships two thousand years ago. DVD 537 ELE Electricity and magnetism. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2005. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to electricity and magnetism. DVD 537 ELE Electricity. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, 2007, c2006. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to electricity, including whether or not Benjamin Franklin could have survived flying a kite that had been struck by lightning. DVD 541 CHE Chemical changes. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to chemical changes, focusing on ten myths about the different uses of cola. DVD 541 CHE Chemical reaction. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to chemical reactions, including the best ways to get rid of a skunk smell. DVD 541 COM Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Combustion. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to combustion, including the myth that cell phones can cause gas stations to explode. DVD 571.8 BOT Botanical growth. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narrator, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to the myth that plants grow better when people talk to them. DVD 579.3 BAC Bacteria. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman test various myths related to bacteria, including whether or not a wet toothbrush will pick up bacteria from a nearby toilet if the brush is left in the bathroom. DVD 591.5 ANI Animal behavior. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2007. Hosted by Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage. Narration, Robert Lee. Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to animal behavior, including the myth that goldfish only have a three-second memory span. DVD 940 MAK The making of modern Europe. Standard format. Huntsville, TX : Educational Video Network, [2005], c1995. Narrator, Thomas F. Soare. Identifies the institutions and forces that have shaped modern Europe, looks at how boundaries have changed throughout the years, and discusses the causes and consequences of major historical events. DVD 940.1 DAR The Dark Ages : the fall of civilization, the rise of a new world order. Standard format. [New York] : History Channel : Distributed by New Video, 2007, c2006. Narrator, RJ Allison. Chronicles the six centuries of European history known as the Dark Ages, examining the period's nearly perpetual state of war and discussing such figures as Alaric, Clovis, Charles the Hammer, Charlemagne, Empress Theodora, and St. Benedict. DVD 940.1 FEU The feudal system : castles at war. Standard format. Silver Spring, MD : Discovery School, c2005. . Narrators, Thom Kikot, Leyna Juliet Weber. Presents an introduction to the feudal system of the Middle Ages, showing how the Christian church and European kings came to power, the effect of the Crusades and the Black Death, the developments in science, philosophy, and art, and how Feudalism emerged. Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DVD 940.2 AGE The age of enlightenment. Standard format. Camarillo, CA : Goldhil Entertainment, 2007, c2000. Narrator, Greg Heimer. Dramatizes the intellectual advancements that took place during the Age of Enlightenment, discussing why there were so many advances in intellectual fields and how those advances and discoveries have influenced human history. DVD 940.3 GRE The Great War, 1918. Standard format. [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005. Narrated by Eric Sevareid. Presents an overview of the events of World War I and the transition to mechanized warfare, providing information on the ambulance drivers, infantrymen, a junior officer, and journalist George Seldes. DVD 940.5 BET Between the wars. Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004, c1997. Narrated by Bob Friend. Examines the history of Europe in the years between the First and Second World Wars, discussing how the 1929 stock market crash in the U.S. affected the European economy, and looking at the Versailles Treaty, Germany's problem with inflation, the rise of fascism, and the Munich Agreement. DVD 941 MON Monarchy. Widescreen format. Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, 2006, c[2004]. . Host, Dr. David Starkey. British historian Dr. David Starkey traces the history of the English monarchy over the course of one thousand years. DVD 942.01 KIN King Arthur : the legend and the land. Standard format. Huntsville, TX : Educational Video Network, [2004], c1991. . Narration, Thomas F. Soare. Presents an overview of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, as well as stories surrounding his birth, marriage, and the fall of Camelot; examines the literary history of Arthurian legends; and tours places in England where writers have based their King Arthur stories. DVD 947 EMP Empress of ambition : Catherine the Great. Widescreen format. [Washington, D.C.] : [Burbank, Calif.] : National Geographic ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2006. Narrated by Nick Schatzki. Dramatizes Catherine the Great's rise to power in the eighteenth century, describing the political treachery and scandals that shaped her reign over Russia. DVD 949.5 BYZ The Byzantine Empire. Standard format. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2004, c2002. Narrator, Michael Shiels. Traces the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, discussing the extent of its political and economic power, its rift with the Roman Catholic Church, and the reasons why it fell to Ottoman armies. Includes discussion questions and suggested activities. Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DVD 954.02 WAR Warrior empire : the Mughals of India. Standard format. New York : History Channel : Distributed by New Video, c2006. Narrator, Tom McCamus. Looks at the history of the Mughal Empire, which was dominant in India from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries; and provides detailed images of Mughal achievements including the Taj Mahal, water systems, palaces, and artwork. DVD 954.04 STO The story of India. Widescreen format. [United States] : PBS Home Video, 2008. Historian, Michael Wood. Sixty years after Indian independence, British historian Michael Wood presents the tale of the oldest and most diverse civilization, and largest democracy. DVD 962.404 DAR Darfur now : six stories, one hope. [Widescreen format]. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008, c2007. Follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes. DVD 973.91 BOO Boom to bust (1920-1929). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the 1920s when the issue of women's rights became so controversial. DVD 973.91 SEE Seeds of change. Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on daily life during the 1900s, and looking ahead to the changes to come. DVD 973.91 SHE Shell shock (1914-1919). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events from 1914 to 1919, as people struggled to deal with the shock of World War I, and the country emerged as a world power. DVD 973.91 STO Stormy weather (1929-1936). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events from the stock market crash of 1929 through the years of the Great Depression. DVD 973.917 CIV Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Civilians at war (1941-1945). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on key events in World War II from 1941 to 1945, and the mounting numbers of civilian casualties. DVD 973.917 HOM Homefront (1941-1945). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events that occurred on the homefront during the World War II years, from 1941 to 1945. DVD 973.917 OVE Over the edge (1936-1941). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events leading up to the country's entry into World War II, from 1936 to 1941. DVD 973.918 BES Best years (1946-1952). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events that occurred during the shift to a peacetime existence, from 1946 to 1952. DVD 973.921 HAP Happy days (1953-1961). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Examines the dark undercurrent that lay beneath American contentedness in the 1950s, discussing McCarthyism, the escalation of the Cold War, and violent civil rights demonstrations. DVD 973.922 POI Poisoned dreams (1960-1964). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events of the early 1960s, including conflicts between the U.S. and Soviet Union, and the stand-off between civil rights activists and segregationists. DVD 973.923 UNP Unpinned (1965-1970). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the events of the late 1960s which were marked by political assassinations, war protests, and increasingly violent demands for civil rights. DVD 973.924 APP Approaching the apocalypse (1971-1975). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the pivotal moments of the early 1970s and covers the effects events such as the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal had on Americans. DVD 973.926 STA Starting over (1976-1980). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the events of the late 1970s which saw continuing conflicts over women's rights, affirmative action, and busing. DVD 973.927 NEW A new world (1981-1989). Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the events of the 1980s which were marked by the presidency of Ronald Reagan, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and a booming economy. DVD 973.928 THE Then and now. Standard format. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c1999. With Peter Jennings. Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, speculating on how life might change in the future due to advances in technology, and globalization. DVD BIO FEY The best mind since Einstein. Standard format. [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, 2006, c1993. Narrator, Peter Thomas. Looks at the life of nuclear physicist Richard Feynman, atomic bomb pioneer, providing information on his accomplishments in science and education. DVD BIO GAL Galileo's battle for the heavens. Widescreen format. [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, 2006, c2002. Narrated by Liev Schreiber. Simon Callow. Chronicles the life of Galileo Galilei and his relationship with his eldest child Virginia, examining how she helped influence her father's work. Based on a series of surviving letters between father and daughter. DVD BIO GEN Genghis Khan : terror and conquest. Standard format. New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2006, c1995. Narrated by Don Morrow ; with Peter Graves. Recounts the life and conquests of twelfth-century Mongolian leader Genghis Khan. DVD BIO MUS Mussolini : Italy's nightmare. Standard format. New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005, c1996. With Jack Perkins ; narrator, Liev Schreiber. Examines the life and political regime of Italy's Benito Mussolini, discussing his creation of the black shirt brigades, the effects of his alliance with Hitler on Italy, and his excution by Italian partisans. Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DVD BIO NAP Napoleon Bonaparte : the glory of France. Standard format. [New York] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2002, c1997. [With] Peter Graves ; narrated by Stuart Nelson. Examines the life of French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, drawing from documents, artifacts, and the testimony of scholars to discuss his prowess as a military commander, his accomplishments as ruler of France, and the arrogance that led to his downfall. DVD BIO PET Peter the Great : the tyrant reformer. Standard format. [New York] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005, c2000. Narrated by Harry Smith. Traces the life eighteenth-century Russian czar Peter the Great from his childhood to his death at the age of fifty-three, discussing his westernization of Russia's army, his efforts to bring science, medicine, and culture to the country, his marriage to Catherine, his unusual interests, and his ruthlessness as a leader. DVD BIO STA Joseph Stalin : red terror. Standard format. [New York] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2002, c1996. Narrator, Jack Perkins. Examines the life of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, drawing from Soviet archival film and a wealth of interviews, including a discussion with Mikhail Gorbechev, to reveal the atrocities of Stalin's twenty-nine-year reign of tyranny. DVD FIC LOR Lord of the flies. [Standard format]. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2008. James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman. A group of schoolboys reverts to savagery after their plane crashes on a tropical island. DVD FIC ONE One flew over the cuckoo's nest. [Standard or widescreen format]. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1997, c1975. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd. A petty criminal who fakes mental illness to avoid prison is destroyed in a power struggle with the head nurse at a mental institution, but inspires another inmate to risk freedom. DVD FIC ORD Ordinary people. Widescreen format. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2001, c1980. Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton. A family's apparently ordinary existence is shattered by the death of the oldest son in a boating accident, leaving the younger son with only an empathetic psychiatrist to help him with his feelings of guilt and thoughts of suicide. DVD FIC ROO Roots. Standard format; 30th anniversary ed. Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2007, c1977. . Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Maya Angelou, Ji-tu Cumbuka, Moses Tappan Zee High School Bibliography Report 9/30/2009 @ 12:27pm Page 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gunn, Thalmus Rasulala, Harry Rhodes, William Watson, Ren Woods, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, Paul Shenar, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Sandy Duncan, George Hamilton, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Richard Roundtree, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Olivia Cole, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Macdonald Carey, Brad Davis, Hilly Hicks, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Lynne Moody, Burl Ives. Special features included. DVD FIC ROO Roots. Standard format; 30th anniversary ed. Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2007, c1977. . Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Maya Angelou, Ji-tu Cumbuka, Moses Gunn, Thalmus Rasulala, Harry Rhodes, William Watson, Ren Woods, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, Paul Shenar, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Sandy Duncan, George Hamilton, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Richard Roundtree, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Olivia Cole, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Macdonald Carey, Brad Davis, Hilly Hicks, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Lynne Moody, Burl Ives. Special features included. DVD FIC SEP A separate peace. Standard format. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005, c2002. J. Barton, Jacob Pitts, Toby Moore, Danny Swerdlow, Sean McCann, Alison Pill, Hume Cronyn. Gene Forrester looks back fifteen years to a life-changing summer at the prestigious Devon prep school during World War II, when as a studious young man he developed a friendship with his roommate, Finny, an outgoing and popular athlete, which was tragically marred by jealousy and anger. DVD FIC VIS The visitor. [Standard or widescreen format]. Burbank, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2008, c2007. Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira. Disaffected college professor and recent widower Walter Vale, having found illegal aliens living in his New York apartment, decides to help the young couple and learns about the injustices of immigration while finding a new lease on life.