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Draft United States Drama Friendship Pennsylvania Philadelphia Drama Irish Americans Pennsylvania Philadelphia Drama Man-woman relationships New York (State) New York Pacifists United States Drama Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia (Pa.) Drama Teenagers United States Drama United StatesSummary: The film centers on Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PATSummary: Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Invincible 2006Summary: Although people have told Rudy all his life he's not good enough, smart enough or big enough, nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Rudy 2000Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RUD RATED PGSummary: Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: Lambeau Fields is an out-of-luck coach trying to lead a ragtag team of fumbling footballers to victory before his long-suffering wife leaves him and his sexy gymnast daughter gets herself bent out of shape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMSummary: Centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors. Love, lies, and family ties are revealed as the surgeons of Seattle Grace discover that their choices have major unintended consequences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: As Felicity bounces back from her beginning-of-the-year breakup with high school love Ben, she adopts a new hairdo, and a new perspective on life. Changing her major from premed to art, Felicity steps out to find herself and kindle new relationships. From mudslinging campus politics to Ben's end-of-the-season profession of true love, Felicity Season Two is a whirlwind of passion, heartache and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FELSummary: Raising kids can be tough. It's even harder when they're really raising you! 30-something couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and his carefree brother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GROSummary: "In the spirit of The Blind Side comes this inspiring true story of family, faith, and football... Jon Abbate [is] a rising football star at Wake Forest University... [L]ives are suddenly shattered when the family's youngest son, Luke, is killed in a tragic accident. Inspired by Luke's memory, Jon courageously leads the Wake Forest team to a series of last-minute victories--leading to a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family 5th 2011Summary: Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ACRMcInerny, Ralph.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCISummary: Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero, Ernie Davis. Rising from humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest honor-the Heisman Trophy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXPSummary: On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRA RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DrCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DRASummary: Step up to the bar at Paddy's Pub and get into the crazy world of Dee, Charlie, Frank and Mac as they pursue even more outrageous subjects like cannibalism, glory-hole fixations, or Dennis's over-the-top sexual memoirs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.McBride, James
Summary: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call for women operators to help overseas. As...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNSummary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRISummary: Kate is a successful and single businesswoman who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. At 37, she's finally determined to have a child on her own. Unable to get pregnant, a driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. After learning that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode. She reads childcare books,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BABCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Baby 2008Summary: Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman has an ego bigger than a football field. Joe is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the eight-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad. As the big game gets closer, he begins to realize the most meaningful win he can achieve is the heart of the one little fan who counts the most.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Game 2008Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED PGSummary: It's a year of bold new beginnings as your favorite doctor's return to Seattle Grace for the biggest challenge of their lives. The plane crash that took the life of Lexie Grey sends shockwaves throughout the hospital. But from the ashes, romance will rise, with each surgeon handling the loss in their own personal way. All twenty-four episodes and never before seen bonus features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TAXSummary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NANSummary: Whether it's underage drinking, homophobia or smokers' rights, no subject is off limits for the hilariously warped gang at Paddy's Pub. The staff of this neighborhood bar takes dysfunction and political incorrectness to wickedly hilarious extremes. Knock one back with Mac, Charlie, Dennis, his sister Dee, and their nihilistic father Frank, as their twisted and self-obsessed worldviews lead to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd, and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his "Glasses Character" this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can't keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city's last horse-drawn trolley, which is operated by his sweetheart's crusty grandfather.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015