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Composers Great Britain Biography Drama Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) Female assassins New York (State) New York Drama Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911 Drama Librettists Great Britain Biography Drama Love Love Drama Musical theater England Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama Sullivan, Arthur 1842-1900 DramaFilter By Subjects
Composers Great Britain Biography Drama Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) Female assassins New York (State) New York Drama Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911 Drama Librettists Great Britain Biography Drama Love Love Drama Musical theater England Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama Sullivan, Arthur 1842-1900 DramaSummary: Julian Noble is an unshaven, unnerved and unpredictable freelance assassin, who happens to encounter desperate businessman Danny Wright in the bar of a modern Mexico City hotel. Danny is intrigued when Julian reveals that he's a "facilitator of fatalities," and his wife becomes equally fascinated when Julian shows up unexpectedly, six months later, at Danny's home in Denver. Having lost his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MATSummary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SLESummary: Bernie is extremely unlucky at gambling and he owes the Shangri-La casino's mob boss Shelly Kaplow over $100,000. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler". He gambles next to high rollers and gives them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, but when Bernie has almost paid off his debt, he meets cocktail waitress, Natalie. The two start to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COOSummary: JCVD is an out of luck actor. He's out of money, his agent can't find him a decent production, and a judge is inclined to give his ex-wife custody of his daughter. He returns to his childhood home of Brussels. When he goes into a post office to receive a wire transfer, he finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation. Due to an unfortunate mistake, the police believe JCVD is responsible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Peace Arch Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JCVSummary: Pasolini's rendition of 8 of Boccaccio's tales. Includes lusty nuns who perform sexual "miracles," a cheating wife with a head for business, a dying con artist attempting a heavenly swindle, young lovers caught with their pants down, a servant who loses his head for love and a gullible farmer who tries to turn his wife into a mare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DECSummary: A small troupe of drag queens take their act on the road through the Australian outback and find it isn't so easy to shock people anymore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ADVSummary: A brutal fable about a pair of teenage assassins who believe they've landed a straightforward assignment but soon find themselves thrown off their game when their latest target isn't who they expected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VIOSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011