Summary: After marrying 'Willy', a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD COLCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE COLSummary: It's been 10 years since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade faked his own death and vanished from the spotlight. Now, it's the job of an investigative reporter to locate this living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VELSummary: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIRSummary: Based on real-life events. Chronicles a unit of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos, a special squad of Jewish prisoners, who staged the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: In this thrilling coming-of-age adventure, a troubled teen must face the dangers of the Alaskan wild, as well as her own past, in order to find her way home. Sent to stay with her uncle in Alaska while her mother is in treatment, fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is forced to flee as her uncle's attention turns threatening.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WILSummary: A crime novelist obsessed with an unsolved murder case begins to fantasize about committing a crime of his own. His marriage is an unhappy one, and his desire to be free from his beautiful but damaged wife becomes an obsession. But when his wife is found dead, the lines blur between innocence and intent, forcing the question: who, in fact, is the real killer?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE KINSummary: Sy works in photo processing. His favorite customers are the Yorkin family. Sy dotes on the Yorkins whenever they drop off film to be processed and they are indulgent of Sy's attentions. What the Yorkins don't know is Sy has been obsessively making copies of their photos, imagining himself to be "Uncle Sy," a member of the family. Sy's tenuous hold on reality begins to collapse when he develops...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ONESummary: Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Orchard 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DINSummary: A dark comedy that centers around three sisters struggling to achieve happiness and middle class perfection. Includes illicit sexual behavior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAPSummary: While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INFSun Araw.
Contents: CD. New Binghi (2:26) -- Happy song (6:50) -- Food clothing and shelter (6:53) -- Sunshine (5:19) -- Jungle (7:05) -- Invocation (6:03) -- Thanks and praise (8:23) -- DVD. Icon eye / Killer Films ; Search Party.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RVNG Intl. 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE SUNSummary: Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2003
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARSummary: An intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years and struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MILSummary: Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident that took the life of Daniel's daughter. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teen aged grandaughter and Allison seeks redemption, the two discover that friendship, hope, and forgiveness can flourish in unlikely places.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA GOOSummary: Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: A high-energy rock musical. This is the story of Hedwig, an ambitious glam-rocker who comes to America after a botched sex change operation, determined to find fame, fortune, and his "other half."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Guitarist Vlad attends Camp Ovation, the summer theater camp for budding actors, dancers, and musicians. Finding himself to be one of the only straight boys around, he soon befriends Ellen. Meanwhile, openly gay Michael develops a crush on him. This sparks dramatic confrontations among fellow campers Jenna, Jill, and Fritzi. The whole camp is run by Bert Hanley, a washed-up Broadway songwriter...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CAMSummary: Errol Flynn is one of Hollywood's greatest leading men: a lusty and vivacious actor who lived a swashbuckling life of glamour and scandal on and off the screen. Btu few remember the icon's last May-December romance that shocked a nation. It's a sensational, unforgettable look at Hollywood's golden age and the desire for fame and acceptance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2015
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LASSummary: Six characters recreate different stages in Bob Dylan's career. Begins with the wanderings of an 11-year-old black runaway named Woody Guthrie. His raucous duet with Richie Havens on "Tombstone Blues." Ends with a silver-haired Billy the Kid watching the Old West die before his eyes. In the interim, there's the folk singer-turned-preacher, the actor, and a rock star.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IMSummary: While sitting in the bleachers at his son's little league game, comedian Max Morris thinks he's found the inspiration for his next film: the absurd competitiveness of youth baseball. He then sets out to interview the team's odd, and very off-beat parents and coaches in order to gather material. While in the midst of the endless fundraising and post-game snack protocols, Max reflects back on his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DEADeux Filles.
Contents: Silence & wisdom The letter -- L'intrigue -- Drinking at a stream -- Oakwood green -- Children of clay -- Sur la plage -- Her master's voice -- The draw in room -- She slides -- Fleur's dolls --Mortuary -- The city sleeps -- Birds -- Silence & wisdom -- Festival
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Light IN The Attic 2016