Power, Tyrone
Summary: The lives and adventures of members of a surreal and disturbing travelling carnival.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIGSummary: A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SULSummary: Maurice and Ian are successful, but aging actors. The two are close friends whose conversation generally revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of other aging actors. Ian is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter, Jessie, move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie is a modern woman in her early twenties. She turns out to be a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY VENSummary: Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HISSummary: Long-married British couple Nick and Meg are revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen from harmony to disharmony as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep tenderness, and even deeper regret. An invitation from Nick's old friend Morgan, an amusingly eccentric American...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WESummary: The British Prime Minister and the U.S. President infer that they want to embark on a war in the Middle East. Simon Foster, the British Minister for International Development states, off the cuff, in a radio interview that 'war is unforeseeable.' He later tries to recant his statement to news reporters with another statement. Both remarks start a series of manoeuvrings on both sides by both the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2010
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY IN1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IN
Summary: Stuart Little is back for more action-packed adventure. This time around Stuart and the reluctant Snowbell embark on a dangerous mission to rescue Stuart's new friend Margalo from a villainous falcon. But the journey proves more difficult than he ever imagines, and Stuart has to decide if he's up to the task.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD StSummary: The Tower of London has been the place of murdered Kings, beheaded Queens, executed spies, and ruthlessly killed innocents. Learn through expert interviews and dramatic reenactments about the notorious past of this setting for the darkest deeds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Vision 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TOWSummary: Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HELSummary: Count Dracula has until midnight to retrieve an ancient amulet that will give him final control over the delicate balance between good and evil in the world. To help him, the creepy County calls on some old friends; the weird Wolfman, grotesque Gill-Man, mildewed Mummy and freaky Frankenstein. As the ghoulish group gets closer to the amultet, it becomes up to the Monster Squad, headquartered in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MONSummary: A modern-day princess rebels against her royal obligations and explores Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ROMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Roman 2002Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROMSummary: The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2003
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ANNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Summary: An abridged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute for television.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MAGSummary: Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students is separated from the group, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count and the laughs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnet Releasing 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TUC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TUC
Summary: A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jane 2008Summary: Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hairspray 2002Summary: Trapped within the walls of a state penitentiary, Joe Sullivan lives for the chance to avenge himself upon the man who helped put him there: Rick Coyle, a pyromaniac mob boss with a taste for party-girl flambé. Rick helps spring Joe from prison in hopes that the police will gun him down during the escape, but he grossly underestimates Joe's resourcefulness. With the assistance of a world-weary...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ClassicMedia 2005
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY RAWSummary: Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada learns to harness his genius, thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon, and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BIGSummary: Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 1999
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Patch 1999Summary: The hallucinations of Philip Marlow, a mystery writer stricken with a crippling skin disorder interweave memories of his past with a plot casting him in the role of a suave sleuth who croons with a big band.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2003
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SINSummary: Ultra-popular Charlotte is determined to face-off against her ex at the country's biggest music competition. She just needs a band. Newcomer Will knows more about musicians than anyone. He just needs a friend. And rebel guitar player Sa5m has a wicked voice but needs someone to believe in her. Together, this unlikely trio will take on Bandslam in a way no one thought possible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BSummary: In this musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandal sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie High 2008Summary: "It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash. But when Jimmy loses ten grand of dirty money, the underworld comes knocking. If there's no cash, there's no more Jimmy. Suddenly it comes down to one hour, one girl, one crazy idea and ten thousand reasons to risk it all."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TWOSummary: When Linas is kicked off of his friend's couch and is rejected by his lover, he embarks on a road trip across the United States in a VW van and meets a variety of characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video NYC 2010