Murphy, Eddie
Summary: When leaves start falling from a magical tree in his yard, a fast-talking literary agent discovers that he has to let his actions speak louder than his words.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Circumstances propel a feeble-minded gardener, whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television, into becoming adviser to the president of the United States and a powerful but dying tycoon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEISummary: Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma -- and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real "10," and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say "Who killed the keg?," the family business starts tanking....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TOMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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Summary: Distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists. Zia discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that Desiree has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip, with his Russian rocker friend, to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WRISummary: Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Janus Films 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIFSummary: Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MADSummary: After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KISSummary: Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD GOOSummary: Two apparent strangers at a New York City wedding reception become entangled in a sexually charged battle of wits. As the night carries on, however, the passion of their two-decades-past love affair is revealed. Unfolds entirely in split-screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hart Sharp Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CONSummary: Master chef Kate Armstrong is a perfectionist who leads a regimented life while running the kitchen of an exclusive restaurant. She revels in the sense of power and control her career affords. When her sister is killed in an automobile accident, her nine-year old niece Zoe comes to live with her. Kate's life is turned completely upside down and she is suddenly forced to split her focus between...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NORSummary: Willie is a thief who teams up with his dwarf friend Marcus, for a very special Christmas scam. Willie gets a job as Santa Claus at a shopping mall, Marcus tags along as an elf, and they use their employee status to rob stores blind just before Christmas. But Willie is a bitter and foul-mouthed alcoholic who doesn't care much for kids. A mall's manager is certain something's wrong, so he asks...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BADSummary: Spring fever runs wild when a snooty native son returns to his family farm in rural Australia and brings along his voluptous new wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COUSummary: A sports agent suddenly discovers his scruples and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, he learns that loving well is the best revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TriStar Pictures 1997
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jerry 1996Summary: Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEISummary: A jealous English earl (Grant) who wants to keep his beautiful wife (Kerr) first tries suave trickery but finally resorts to a duel with pistols.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie GrassSummary: Balthazar Blake is a modern-day sorcerer with his hands full defending Manhattan against dark forces. When a seemingly average kid shows hidden potential, Balthazar takes his reluctant recruit on a crash course in the art and science of magic to become the ultimate sorcerer's apprentice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Pictures 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Sorcerer's 2010Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SSummary: A young girl is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BENCarell, Steve
Summary: As the end of the world approaches, a man's wife leaves him, and he sets out to reunite with an old high school flame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SEECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SEECorden, James
Summary: When a young female singer moves to New York City in hopes of breaking into show business, she falls for an executive at a record company who helps her in her endeavors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BEGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Begin 2013Summary: Joe is searching for the family that left him behind at the Grand Canyon when he was a boy. Along the way he meets up with a shock jock DJ, who targets Joe as the butt of his show. But his plucky spirit and ability to keep it real, has the listeners cheering him on and helps him find a better family than the one he thought he wanted.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JOESummary: Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Divine 2002Summary: Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004