Summary: The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOS RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOSSummary: A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: Inspired by true events, this is a wickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad. Set in the opulence of early 1980s California, the story follows the meteoric rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company, through his friendship with charming ex-con turned FBI informant, Jim Hoffman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DRISummary: Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BORFernando Trueba
Summary: Narra de manera íntima la historia de un hombre bueno, el médico colombiano Héctor Abad Gómez, carismático líder social y hombre de familia, un destacado médico y activista por los derechos humanos en el Medellín polarizado y violento de los años 70. La trama relata la vida del doctor y padre de familia, preocupado tanto por sus hijos como por los niños de clases menos favorecidas. En su casa...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MEMSummary: Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship - at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin's novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry where her writerly ambitions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MYSummary: "A young stockbroker [is] hungry for fame and glory in New York City, where corruption is king and more is never enough. His name was Jordan Belfort"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA WOLSummary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIFSummary: The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2004
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS NIGSummary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICSummary: Ziegfeld is a theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for a strongman. With almost no money in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held to headline his "Follies". From 1907, Ziegfeld stages annual editions of Broadway's most fabulous revue. Eventually, Ziegfeld abandons Anna in favor of other beauties. Ziegfeld comes to realize that his new...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD TCMSummary: Strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY KILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KILSummary: When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JERCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JerrySummary: Thirty-two vignettes, spanning pianist Glenn Gould's life from age four until his death at fifty, give an impressionistic depiction of his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2012