Duval, Jean-Francois.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sun Dog Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DUVSummary: A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: the Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOFSummary: Marguerite Duras had already established herself as one of the major figures of postwar French literature when she launched an equally fascinating and unclassifiable career in cinema, translating her elliptical, experimental style to the screen through the unprecedented fusion of hypnotic, highly stylized imagery and radically disjunctive sound. Boldly reimagining the possibilities of dialogue,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INDSummary: Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN QUESummary: JCVD is an out of luck actor. He's out of money, his agent can't find him a decent production, and a judge is inclined to give his ex-wife custody of his daughter. He returns to his childhood home of Brussels. When he goes into a post office to receive a wire transfer, he finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation. Due to an unfortunate mistake, the police believe JCVD is responsible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Peace Arch Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JCVSummary: After locking up an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the limits of her power even further and winds up in a dangerous game of threats and intimidation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: Captain Marleau has a hunter's instinct, disguised under a deliberately offbeat veneer. As she says herself, she doesn't skim over cases; she plunges into them. Always on the prowl, she lies in wait for clues and her prey and takes them by surprise. In each episode, her hunt centers around a character played by a famous actor, men and women who are a match for the outstanding cop. The volume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CAPDuval, Jean Jacques
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 748.5 DUVDumont, Jean-Francois
Summary: A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUMDumont, Jean-Francois
Summary: When a friendly hedgehog visits the farm, the chickens build an enormous wall to keep out "prickly invaders."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUMSummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STAYoung, Larry
Contents: Disc 1. Trane of thought -- Talkin' about J.C. -- Mean to me -- La valse grise -- Discothèque.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Jazz Stars 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ YOUSummary: A Paris housewife begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BELSummary: Traces the story of the Corleone family's rise and near fall from the pinnacle of power in the world of organized crime, and the passage of power from father to son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GODSummary: Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PLASummary: Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. He masterfully balances the story between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2001
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4 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GODFranco, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 860.998 FRAPixies (Musical group)
Contents: Into the white -- Wave of mutilation -- There goes my gun -- Monkey gone to heaven -- Debaser -- Isla de encanta -- Bone machine -- Cactus -- Gigantic -- Gouge away -- Tame -- Down to the well -- Rock a my soul -- Hey (Live town & country May 1st '88) -- Hey (first John Peel session) -- In heaven -- Wild honey pie -- Caribou
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Speedball
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PIXRevel, Jean François.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 REVDeal, Laura
Summary: Offers a lyrical poem about the unique beauty of an Arctic night sky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 DEA1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEA
Summary: Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUSSummary: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PAGColeman, Bill
Contents: For me and my gal -- Satin doll -- Don't blame me -- How high the moon -- If I had you -- I ain't got nobody -- I'm in the mood for love -- Rosetta -- Stairway to the stars -- I believe in miracles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 77 Records 1969
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ COLSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006