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Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (197 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two women meet and share a cabin at a women's writer retreat. One is the author of a controversial study on sexual behavior and the other is a satirist, and while they maintain their philosophical differences they can't deny their attraction to each other.
4) Marnie
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marnie, a compulsive thief and liar is caught. Her captor impulsively marries the frigid, disturbed girl in an attempt to discover the reasons for her ongoing anti-social behavior.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "The camera soars over mountain headwaters, dives into schools of salmon, and captures turbines grinding to a halt as the largest dam removal project in history begins. The film features people and perspectives on all sides of the Elwha debate, reflecting the many voices of the Elwha valley"--Film website.
7) 2010
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
American and Soviet astronauts go to Jupiter in an attempt to solve the puzzle of the original Discovery flight made in 2001.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A satire on the ups and downs of being a black actor in Hollywood. Bobby Taylor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when told that he's not "black enough" for the roles being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and Uncle Toms), Bobby's struggles are told through a series of comic fantasies and dreams.
11) The atomic cafe
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (188 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the defining documentaries of the 20th centry, this film offers a darkly humorous glimpse into mid-century America, an era rife with paranoia, anxiety, and misapprehension. Whimsical and yet razor-sharp, this timeless clasic illuminates the often comic paradoxes of life in the "Atomic Age," while also exhibiting a genuine nostalgia for an earlier and more innocent nation.
13) Top hat
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rogers and Astaire are caught up in a mistaken identity plot, in which Rogers assumes that Astaire is already married, and is alternatively charmed and repelled by his advances.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse.
16) Singles
Pub. Date
©1999, ©1992
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This tale of Seattle twentysomethings searching for and running from love, centers around a romantically aloof rocker and his lovestruck neighbor who hopes to get him to change his tune.
17) Measure of a man
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer and learns to stand up for himself.
18) Trading places
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
19) La Bamba
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life of rock and roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances. Depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American's rocket rise to fame from field laborer to rock star.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau's attempt to prove the innocence of a voluptuous French maid, the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, leads him to a nudist colony and the Parisian mansion of a French millionaire.
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