Summary: Composer, conductor, genius, and mensch: Marvin Hamlisch earned four Grammys, four Emmys, three Oscars, three Golden Globes, a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize before his untimely death, making him one of only two PEGOT winners ever. Hit after hit--The way we were, Nobody does it better, and scores for The sting, Sophie's choice, and the Broadway juggernaut A chorus line, made him the go-to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MARSummary: When a marketing executive for a huge burger chain finds a nasty secret ingredient in their burger recipe, he goes to the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate and finds that the truth is sometimes difficult to swallow.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SISRoch, Edmon
Summary: Tells the story of WWII double agent Juan Pujol, aka Garbo, who ultimately sided with the Allies and helped defeat the Nazis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GARSummary: Follows the evolution of Ireland through waves of migration and emigration and highlights the key moments of Irish history from the adoption of Christianity through the Protestant plantation, Great Famine and Partition to the Good Friday Agreement. Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, as since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement the island has been at peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 STOSummary: For over 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than 20 states, it captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels, the dealer to grieving mother, the narcotics officer to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOUSummary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EDISummary: The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV UNFSummary: Using extraordinary and rarely seen archival footage, director Robert Stone brings to light the largely untold story of Bikini Atoll. A peaceful, tropical island in the Pacific, it was the sight of a series of atomic bomb tests in 1946.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RADSummary: Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.665 GALSummary: Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal. Features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing the impact this interview had on history, his reactions, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Liberation Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 FROSummary: A psychedelic precursor to music videos, in which The Mothers of Invention, a touring musical group, wreak havoc in Centerville, a stereotypical American town. The first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film, it includes many visual effects.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE TWOSummary: Follows the real life rock 'n' roll fairy tale of Filipino Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the front man for iconic American rock band Journey. In this Cinderella story for the ages, Arnel, having overcome a lifetime's worth of hardships, must now navigate the immense pressures of replacing a legendary singer and leading a world-renowned band on their most extensive world...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DON RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DONSummary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIRSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLUGermi, Pietro
Summary: A man bed hops from woman to woman until his philandering catches up with him when he impregnates his fiancée's younger sister.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEDSummary: The legendary George Takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin. Take a hilarious, entertaining, and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist George Takei. The film offers unprecedented access to the daily life of George and his husband/business partner, Brad Takei, and chronicles his fascinating personal...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TOHansard, Glen
Summary: Follows musical group Swell Season over the course of three years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SWESummary: A documentary of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa featuring his family, colleagues and critics from Japan and America commenting on the man and his films. Includes excerpts from many of his famous works.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KURSummary: The story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Traces the evolution and innovations of cinematography beginning in an era when the movie camera was a marvelous invention, and examines how the filmmaking process was complicated by new cinematic trends and technologies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An overview of the worldwide political upheavals during the Sixties and Seventies. Interweaves footage from the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests in the U.S., May '68 in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Salvador Allende and the coup in Chile, Che Guevara and Regis Debray in Bolivia, the Shah of Iran, Fidel Castro, et alia. Contains official images, film clips, news coverage...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRISummary: The wild no-holds barred independent American filmmakers of the '50s and '60s tell their own story in this critically acclaimed survey of exploitation and sexploitation filmmaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2003