Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOPSummary: This 1953 classic spotlights the careers of W.S. Gilbert (Robert Morley, The African Queen), a barrister turned-comic-writer, and Arthur Sullivan (Maurice Evans, Planet Of The Apes), a classic composer (converted against his will) to light music, who together wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STOSummary: Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1998
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHASummary: Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenged his unbelief.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOSSummary: "Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. Now meet C.S. Lewis, an extraordinary creative force, in this engaging true life story!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC C.SSummary: 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: "Experience fifteen years in the life of seminal British artist Ralph Steadman, whose surreal, often confrontational artwork is frequently associated with Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DOC FORSummary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIN RATED PG-13Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014
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3 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME WINSummary: The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family I Can 2018Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISummary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYSummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: 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 AMEBurroughs, William S.
Summary: Explores the life, work, and performance style of writer William S. Burroughs through a series of readings in Scandinavia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Microcinema 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WORSummary: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE INCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IN RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD InSummary: The true story of the author of the classic series of books - "The Chronicle of Narnia", including "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment 2005
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Summary: The story of one young hippie's quest in the 1970s for belonging and liberation that leads not only to peace, love, and rock and roll but that sets into motion a new counterculture crusade a Jesus Movement changing the course of history. Inspired by a true movement, it tells the story of a young Greg Laurie being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene in the 1970s. Laurie and a sea of young...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JESSummary: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY MOVIE IROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency's criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim's families....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY NOSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISummary: "Using unseen photos and footage, ... director Martin Scorsese traces the life of George Harrison in a personal film, weaving together performance footage, home movies, rare archival materials and interviews with his family and friends"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Enterprises 2011