Summary: Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley's hero is naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau. So Sam decides to write a note to his folks, pack up some of his belongings and leave home for the challenge of wilderness living. Realizing his dream, Sam feeds himself, builds a makeshift home and learns to live in harmony with nature -- miles from civilization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Paramount 2004

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MY

Summary: The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this may be his last space mission. But Khan--a brilliant renegade of 20th Century Earth--is back with his exiled band of genetic supermen and setting a deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk ... with the threat of a universal Armageddon!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2002

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA

Summary: A ruthless lawyer is shot during a robbery attempt and must rebuild his life without any memory of his past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REG

Summary: Presents the Franco Zeffirelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ROM

Summary: A Maine harbormaster witnesses the impact of a playful and appreciative seal on his hometown, his family and especially on his shy nine-year-old daughter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2013

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY AND

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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Andre

Summary: A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PAP

Summary: Modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999

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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SCR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SCR

Summary: Tucker is an engineer and showman who has a vision of the car of the future. Against formidable odds he raises the money and builds a fleet of them, only to have his factory shut down by Detroit's Big Three auto manufacturers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TUC

Summary: This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SEA