Summary: An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank, a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying band mate Clara.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FRAKingsley, Ben
Summary: Examines the life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939-1945.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANNSummary: Frank is an aging ex-jewel thief, and his two grown children are worried that he can no longer care for himself. In deciding what to do with Frank, the most likely option appears to be putting him in a nursing home. But Frank's son comes up with another option: buy Frank a walking, talking robot programmed to look after him and improve his physical and mental health. Frank resists the robot at...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ROB1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROB
Summary: Now, Serpico tells his story in his own words: from his Italian-American roots in Brooklyn to his disillusionment with the NYPD to his riveting account of a dramatic drug bust, and possible set-up that ended with him being shot in the face.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FRASummary: "Seven DVDs and over 14 hours of television and concert performances, including four previously unreleased specials and a box-set exclusive compilation of vintage performances from Frank's television show."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FRA1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC MUSIC FRA
Summary: A psychedelic precursor to music videos, in which The Mothers of Invention, a touring musical group, wreak havoc in Centerville, a stereotypical American town. The first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film, it includes many visual effects.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE TWOSummary: Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer's candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank's artistry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DONFrank, Robert
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LEASummary: After returning from Auschwitz, Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, is confronted with Anne's diary. He renews ties with his daughter by reading it. The film tells the story of what he went through, how the loss of his family scarred his life, how he dealt with the dilemmas that the publication of the diary brought upon him, and how he made a memorial of his daughter's legacy and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Living Color Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OTTSummary: The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIASummary: Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into hiding due to the increasing persecutions against Jews. Businessman Kraler and his assistant Miep prepare a hiding place in the attic rooms above their place of business. They arrange for the Frank and Van Daan families to stay there. Later on, they are joined by the dentist Dussel. Anne Frank is Otto's 13-year-old...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIAZappa, Frank
Summary: Details the story behind Frank Zappa's record labels, Straight and Bizarre, and the artists he brought to the labels.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sexy Intellectual 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ZAPSummary: Arguably the sharpest tool in the rock musician box, Frank Zappa was never lost for words when presented with another s opinion and would counter any position he did not agree with, fluently, eloquently and with the style and wit normally reserved for the great orator or the finest raconteur. Frank could be funny, serious and just about anywhere in-between and could literally talk for hours...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: I.V. Media 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRASummary: Shows all ten religious structures designed by Wright: Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., Pettit Chapel in Belvidere, Ill., Pfeiffer Chapel and Danforth Chapel in Lakeland, Fla., Community Christian Church in Kansas City, Mo., Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, Wis., Beth Shalom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa., Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatos, Wis., Pilgrim Congregational Church in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Reel Shop Productions 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SACSummary: An original program created by Frank Zappa for TV. Recorded on Aug. 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood, it features Frank Zappa with five incredibly talented band members for this extravaganza of live music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Rock Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FRASummary: Set in the early 20th century, this classic family comedy follows the efforts of a husband and wife as they try to maintain control in a home with 12 children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The legend of the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James is the bold bandit whose name became synonymous with train hold-ups, daylight bank heists and every other daredevil crime associated with the lawless West of the 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN JESSummary: A lovely gesture - a bouquet of roses - from husband to wife becomes the catalyst for a clash of long-repressed emotion. Their son has just come back from war, but is caught in the middle of their conflict.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUBSummary: Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2008