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Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When a gang punishes Ichise by cutting his arm and leg off, his will to live overcomes the odds and attracts the attention of the ruling Orugano syndicate that controls the cybernetic Texhnolyze technology which is usually reserved for the elite. Meanwhile, an outsider has come down to the city and, along with a young psychic girl, the dominos are beginning to fall in the seething unrest of the city as their paths slowly intertwine with Ichise's....
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011, ©1978
Language
English
Description
Jill Kinmont was paralyzed in a skiing accident while competing in an Olympic race. Jill returns to her childhood home where she fights off the memories of her ill-fated past and is reintroduced to the power of love by a sensitive trucker. Their unusual courtship and marriage is a true love story for everyone who believes in happy endings.
4) My left foot
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"This is the portrayal of legendary Irishman Christy Brown who, despite crippling cerebral palsy, learned to use his one controllable extremity -- his left foot -- to become an accomplished artist and writer."--Container.
5) Gigi & Nate
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this uplifting drama inspired by actual events, Nate suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic just weeks before departing or college. As Nate tries to adjust to his new life challenges, his mother helps him bring home an unlikely service animal, Gigi, a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Nate and Gigi form an unbreakable bond, but when it's threatened by a group trying to outlaw capuchins, Nate's family rallies behind him to...
6) Passion fish
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After an auto accident leaves her paralyzed, ex-soap opera star May-Alice Culhane returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana where she proceeds to drive away a succession of nurses-- until Chantelle. May-Alice and Chantelle form an unlikely friendship, and explore the bayou, as well as the murkier aspects of men, romance, and family.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for....
8) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this ₁funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.₂ From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
9) Champions
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.
10) Chained for life
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Formats
Description
Building on the promise of his hallucinogenic debut Go Down Death, filmmaker Aaron Schimberg delivers another brilliantly oddball, acerbically funny foray into gonzo surrealism. In a deft tragicomic performance, Jess Weixler (Teeth) plays Mabel, a movie star "slumming it" in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital. Cast opposite her is Rosenthal (Under the Skin's Adam Pearson), a gentle-natured young man with a severe facial...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...
12) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
13) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"...Voyeuristic masterpiece about a photographer who becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors and discovers a possible murder."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The notebook: A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences. Dirty dancing: Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. How to lose a guy in 10 days: Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign,...
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