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61) Ma
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sue Ann, a loner in her quiet Ohio town, is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends. Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting younger friends. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home as long as they abide by the house rules. Her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, and what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (625 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
White Fang the television series is an adaptation of Jack London's similarly titled novel. These are the tales of a teenage boy, Matt Scott, who is devoted to his loyal canine companion, White Fang, and the adventures they share in the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.
63) Under the skin
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
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Another case of mistaken identity from the king of the plot twist, Twelfth Night tells the tale of the beautiful young Viola who is separated from her twin brother, Sebastian, when their ship is lost at sea. Believing Sebastian to be dead Viol poses as a man and enters service with the Duke Orisino. When Olivia, the woman that Orisino loves, falls for his messenger "boy" Viola and she in turn falls for the Duke the stage is set for a classic
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The Taming of the Shrew is perhaps one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays by modern standards. Hinging on the courtship between the arrogant Petruchio and the "shrew" of the title Katherina, it is unclear whether Shakespeare's blatantly misogynistic themes were in earnest or tongue in cheek. The charming and tender Bianca is forbidden to marry until her elder sister, Katherine is spoken for. Bianca's suitors enlist Petruchio to woo
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Doc Martin volume 1
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Martin struggles with the absence of Louisa, who is staying with her mother in Spain and offering no clear return date. At Ruth's suggestion, Martin finally agrees to make an appointment with a therapist. Morwenna prepares for her role in a lifeboat training exercise commemorating the fifth anniversary of a locally famous rescue.
67) Lost horizon
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
69) Truth be told
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min., 14 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a never-married marriage counselor gets the opportunity of a lifetime to co-host a television talk show with a media mogul, she convinces an old college friend and his teenage children to pose as her husband and family during a pitch weekend at the mogul's ranch.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the life of crusading journalist Torgny Segerstedt, editor-in-chief of one of Sweden's leading newspapers, highlighting his one-man battle against Nazism and his country's policy of appeasement to Hitler.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
72) Beat the devil
Description
Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Graham, a long-lost college friend ... drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, Ann, and her saucy sister, Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very 'personal project' Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed"--Container.
74) Taxi
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jafar Panahi drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driver.
Pub. Date
c2009
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3 videodiscs (ca. 281 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Respected country solicitor Peter Kingdom, with the assistance of his apprentice Lyle and secretary Gloria, runs a small legal practice in Market Shipborough for the eccentric people of Norfolk. Peter lives with his slightly crazy sister Beatrice, and recently lost his half-brother Simon under mysterious circumstances.
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Marjorie Taub, a middle-age, middle-class New Yorker, is only trying to make a better life for herself. While her mother sits at home complaining and her husband is too busy helping others, Marjorie spends her days attempting to improve her mind and soul. However, a visit from a childhood friend could leave lasting repercussions on Marjorie's dedication to self-improvement.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
78) The hucksters
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hucksters (1947) is a considerably sanitized version of the best-selling novel by Frederic Wakeman. Directed by Jack Conway, the film is a slick but still powerful, and at times darkly funny, indictment of the seamy side of advertising, radio, and big business. Clark Gable plays a World War II veteran who gets a job in advertising, and finds that his work requires him to often abandon his principles. Deborah Kerr, in her American film debut, plays...
80) The illusionist
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. +
Description
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland. While performing in a village pub, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.
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