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Belief and doubt Drama Film adaptations Male comedians Performances Man-woman relationships Drama Muppets (Fictitious characters) Drama Stand-up comedy Suicide bombers New York (State) New York Drama Times Square (New York, N.Y.) Drama Treasure Island (Imaginary place) Drama Young women New York (State) New York DramaSummary: An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. The two discuss everything from money to death to love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYSummary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMSummary: After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger's humble apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BLUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BLU RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BLUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLUSummary: Mollie (Kirstie Alley) is a single working mom who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James (John Travolta), a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late in this baby's-eye view comedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Amy is a recent divorcee who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents. Demoralized and directionless, Amy begins an affair with 19 year old actor Jeremy that reignites her passion for life and jumpstarts her independence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2013
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE HELSummary: Guru Pitka is an American-born, Indian-raised guru who was taught to become an expert in matters of love. Now, a world famous spiritual advisor, he guides hundreds of followers. A way for Pitka to increase his popularity is by helping to heal the troubled relationship between Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player Darren Roanoke and his wife, Prudence. Jane Bullard is the owner of the Maple Leafs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOVSummary: A stellar ensemble cast celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances, and fresh starts in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NEWSummary: When young Billy comes to possess a secret treasure map, he sets sail with mild-mannered Capt. Smollet and a host of assorted Muppets and humans in search of the wealth. Their adventure is filled with songs, wacky humor, and irreverent silliness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD MuppetSummary: Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ABOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie About 2003Summary: With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Robots 2005Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROBSummary: A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. He is "cured" of that affliction, only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate, blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the House of Lords. An irreverant look at Britain's class system that peers behind the closed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RULSummary: Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things 'casual,' they can't help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOVCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LSummary: Based on a true story. This is how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. But right before the landing, the dish flatlines. Its up to the unconventional Aussie crew and the by-the-book NASA supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DISSummary: A feature film version of America's hit comedy concert tour with renowned comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLUSummary: Faith comes face-to-face with failure as a 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber. There is no explanation as to why she has come to her conviction, only that she believes in her decision absolutely. She decides to bring terror to New York with a mission to bomb Times Square. Inspired by actual events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DAYSummary: In this manic spoof of Hitchcock, a neurotic psychiatrist becomes the new head of a sanitarium and is caught up in kidnapping, murder, and mistaken identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HIGSummary: For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOTSummary: Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours, and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CARCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CARSummary: One night, a frightened Swiss soldier of fortune climbs into the bedroom of a young Bulgarian girl and soon deflates her romantic notions about love and valor. The bonus play is set in 1796 at an inn where Napoleon rests at the start of his conquest of Italy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ARMSummary: Divorced mom Eva may be falling for Albert, a sweet, funny, like-minded divorced man. But as their relationship blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne, who's always complaining about her ex-husband. When Eva realizes that Albert is the target of Marianne's rants, she begins to question her own perceptions about first impressions and second chances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ENOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ENOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Enough 2014Summary: A musical set in Paris in which a girl trained as a high society courtesan falls in love with a rich and handsome boulevardier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Home Video 2000