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Pub. Date
2005, 1959
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems.
2) August
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their city ways and thoughts on the more rurally based family. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play, 'Uncle Vanya'.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two city teens resentfully go to their grandparents' farm for Christmas. Soon, the sisters connect with the horses and fall in love with country life. When foreclosure threatens, the girls use their smarts and tech skills to save the day.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Acerbic and irresistibly self-destructive Withnail and neurotic Marwood are down-at-the-heels actors in 1960s London, living in self-inflicted squalor and drowning their artistic frustrations with booze and any drugs they can get their hands on. Fleeing the doldrums, and unpaid bills, of the city, the pair find themselves stuck in the less than idyllic country cottage of Withnail's lascivious uncle Monty.
8) State fair
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 or 2 videodiscs (100, 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small-town family travels to the State Fair. The father is looking for a blue ribbon for his prize hog, Blue Boy, mom is looking for glory in her cooking, and the kids are looking for love.
11) The egg and I
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Just after she has said 'I do,' Betty learns that her new husband, Bob, has left his white-collar job with plans to raise chickens on a rustic farm located miles away from civilization. Betty tries to make the best of her situation in their ramshackle house but never-ending repairs, a malevolent wood-burning stove, rain, ornery livestock and a seductive neighbor do not make it easy! Bonus materials included.
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A spoiled Philadelphia pre-teen is a fish out of water when she and her parents move to the country as the result of economic hard times. After befriending an amazing horse and making a misguided journey back to her old life, she discovers that her family is her true home.
13) Funny farm
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Manhattan sportswriter abandons his career for life in the country.
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 195 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An elderly bachelor and his spinster sister adopt an orphan and are mistakenly sent a girl instead of a boy. The orphan, Anne, remains with the couple, moves from one mishap to another, succeeds academically, and finds love.
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