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Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (663 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (321 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A penetrating reimagining of the iconic and timeless Australian novel, Picnic at Hanging Rock depicts the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and their governess on Valentine's Day, 1900. The complex, interwoven narrative charts the subsequent investigation and the event's far-reaching impact on the students, families, and staff of Appleyard College and on the nearby township. Theories abound, long-held secrets are exposed, and paranoia...
3) Lean on me
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark, who wins the support and respect of his students for his controversial methods in ridding the school of violent students and drug dealers.
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mandie is sent to Miss Heathwood's Boarding School for Girls, she finds herself unable to keep up with all of the new rules and regulations suddenly present in her life, and is constantly getting into trouble as a result. One day, she sneaks into the school's forbidden attic and discovers a secret that may unlock the mystery of why Miss Heathwood doesn't like Christmas.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Intertwines four tales together. A high school principal moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest for that special someone by a young virgin takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.
6) Doubt
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
8) Young Plato
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Kevin McArevey, a maverick Elvis-loving headmaster in a rough Belfast housing estate, sends his young pupils home with the philosophy to challenge violence. He uses critical thinking and a big dollop of humor to restore hope in a community, plagued by poverty and drugs.
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