Peter Farrelly
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Outside Providence is a hilarious yet melancholy novel of a young man's coming of age in the 1970s. When Timothy Dunphy, native of working-class Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is packed off to a fancy prep school, he finds that the privileged elite is hardly immune to life's screwups. Dunphy must reconcile his pedigreed schoolmates with his mongrel friends back home—including Drugs Delaney, whose diet consists mainly of vitamin Qs (Quaaludes),...
4) Fever pitch
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman, finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend, suddenly anything is possible.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) are on a mission. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, the young trio grows up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking, and woo-woo-wooing their way into trouble. Now years later, with the orphanage forced to close its doors, the Three Stooges embark on a wacky mission to save it. Hilarious mischief and mayhem ensue.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie Baileygates's wife has left him for another man. As a defense mechanism, Charlie develops another personality, a foul-mouthed bully named Hank. However, when Charlie meets a new girl, he falls in love and has to battle his other personality for her affections.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school nice-guy Ted scores an unlikely prom date with beautiful Mary. Unfortunately, due to a turn of events, the night is ruined before it even begins, and shortly thereafter, Mary moves away with her family. Now, a single, thirty-something Ted descides to resolve his feelings for Mary. He is convinced by his friend Dom to hire inept detective Pat Healy to find her. Healy returns from Florida smitten with Mary, and misleads Ted about her circumstances....
8) Green book
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on a book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey...
9) Kingpin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Roy Munson is a pro bowler who seems destined for greatness, or as close to greatness as a bowler can get. But after a run-in with angry competitors, Roy finds himself sadder, wiser and minus his bowling hand! Years later, he thinks he's found his ticket back to the big time when he meets the naive Ishmael, an Amish bowling whiz. Together they set out for a million-dollar tournament in Reno, and along the way pick up Claudia, a sexy vixen with brains,...
11) Stuck on you
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Conjoined twins, Bob and Walt, are happy living their lives together and manage just fine, playing hockey, working at the diner, and cruising for babes, until one decides he wants to be an actor and the other has stage fright and panic attacks.
12) Hall pass
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Rick and Fred are best friends who have a lot in common, including the fact that they have each been married for many years. But when the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages: granting them a 'hall pass, ' one week of freedom to do whatever they want, no questions asked.
13) Hall pass
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Rick and Fred are best friends who have a lot in common, including the fact that they have each been married for many years. But when the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages: granting them a 'hall pass, ' one week of freedom to do whatever they want, no questions asked.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fiancé walk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. She's immature and foolish, a monster...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, 1998.
Language
English
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. Thirteen years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fiancé walk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only six weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. While on their honeymoon in Cabo,...
17) Shallow Hal
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only physically beautiful women. One day, he runs into a self-help guru who hypnotises him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal then meets Rosemary, a grossly obese woman who Hal sees as a vision of loveliness. Will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis and Hal sees the real Rosemary?
Publisher
Newport Public Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Me, myself & Irene: A Rhode Island state trooper develops a split personality and both fall in love with a beautiful woman.
Evening: Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Conjoined twins, Bob and Walt, are happy living their lives until one wants to be an actor and the other has stage fright (1st film). Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy discovers girl may be his sister (2nd film).
20) Green book
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on a book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey...