Samantha Mathis
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From Ann Rule's true crime collection, we follow Val, who finds herself and her children held hostage by Denny who forces his way into her house after committing murder. To save them and husband Mark, not yet home, Val offers to drive Denny wherever he wants, becoming an unwilling accomplice. Val builds a rapport with him and uses it to save the lives of bystanders, herself and even her captor.
2) Freak City
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A young woman with multiple sclerosis is placed in an assisted care facility by her family.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self-doubt....
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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John, a newly divorced father moves into a rural South Carolina home with his adolescent daughter Louisa and young son Sam. But when Louisa begins to behave in a bizarre and increasingly violent manner, John must uncover the truth behind her transformation. Is the former owner's shocking secret to blame? And how far will a father go to protect his daughter from an ancient evil determined to take her over?
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Though he is now best remembered for his fiction, famed wit and bon vivant Oscar Wilde also dabbled in drama over the course of his long and varied literary career. A Woman of No Importance is a darkly comedic play about a group of aristocrats whose prim adherence to decorum hides a bevy of scandalous secrets.
8) Local color
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1974, in the suburb of Port Chester, New York, the teenage aspirant artist John Talia has a troubled relationship with his homophobic father who does not understand John's talent. While visiting his friend Yammi, John finds that the genius Russian painter Nicoli Seroff lives nearby. He decides to pay a visit to his idol. John finds a bitter alcoholic who is still grieving the loss of his wife Anya. Somehow, he successfully befriends the master....
9) Little women
Pub. Date
c2000
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg; fragile Beth; and the romantic Amy. Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery...
Pub. Date
[2001]
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1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The mists of Avalon follows the women of Avalon from their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies in the battle between Christianity and Paganism that threatens to bring down Arthur's kingdom.
Pub. Date
2013
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel. The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the World. It's a race against the clock to find the inventor...
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From the daughter of business mogul Donald Trump and a rising star in the Trump organization, this New York Times bestseller is a business book for young women on how to achieve success in any field, based upon what Ivanka Trump has learned from her father and from her own experiences.
Inspiration. Success. Confidence. Passion. No one is born with these qualities, but they are the key ingredients for reaching goals, building careers, or taking a...
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Andrew Shepherd is a consummate politician and a man of integrity, who also happens to be a widower, ready to start dating again. He is swept off his feet by a lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade. His critics rant that it is immoral and his friends proclaim that it's romantic, but one thing is certain, all that stands between true love and re-election is the approval of the American public.
15) Ray Meets Helen
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In bizarre, unrelated turns of events, two strangers Ray (Keith Carradine) and Helen (Sondra Locke) each happen upon large sums of money which give them the chance to re-invent themselves.