Summary: Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFK

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFK

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFK

Summary: In a small southern town, a sensitive deaf-mute is befriended by a young girl who comes to understand his isolation and loneliness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEA

Summary: While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAS

Summary: Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD V

Summary: Romero is the true story of the Catholic priest Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 1970s. The government launched a 'terror campaign' against the guerillas in an attempt to crush them. Archbishop Romero's protests against governments' actions was perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government began to destroy churches and murder...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Vision Video 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROM

Watts, Naomi

Summary: Tells the story of Princess Diana's secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan during the last two years of her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIA RATED PG-13

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DIA

Summary: Based on the true story of "Boston Strangler" Albert De Salvo, the man who terrorized the city for a year and a half when he murdered 13 women.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BOS

Summary: In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUN

Summary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IP

Summary: Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRA

Summary: A young American man, with the help of a local who speaks weirdly broken English, journeys to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EVE

Summary: Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PG-13

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Big

Streep, Meryl

Summary: Dramatized profile of Great Britain's controversial prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IRO

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IRO RATED PG-13

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE IRO

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Iron 2012

Summary: Chaplin's entire life is covered in the biographical film. From his upbringings in the slums of England to his Honorary Oscar in 1972.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Films 2008

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHA

Summary: Portrayal of the life and times of China's last emperor, Pu Yi-- crowned at age 3, and destined to live as a prisoner in his own country in one way or another for his entire life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LAS

Bullock, Sandra

Summary: After his father dies on September 11, 2001, eleven year old Oskar searches New York City for a lock that matches the key his father left behind.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EXT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Extremely 2012

Summary: It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2002

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIK

Summary: The final day in the life of a British consul in Mexico just before WWII, and how he alienates himself while trying to reconnect with his estranged wife.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UND

Summary: Set against the golden age of Formula One racing in the 1970s, Rush is based on the true story of a spectacular sporting rivalry between English playboy James Hunt, and his structured, intelligent opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RUS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RUS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RUS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RUS RATED R

Summary: Story of the assassination of Jesse James by Robert Ford, a member of his gang.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Assassination

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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN ASS

Summary: Amidst the adventure, hardships, and excitement of her teenage years on the Dakota prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder puts pen to paper and begins to document her extraordinary life. Laura matures from young girl to woman, making sacrifices to help her family survive. She also meets her loving husband, Almanzo Wilder, and together with their daughter, Rose, they set off on their own pioneer...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Paramount Network Television 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD B

Summary: As global Cold War tensions mount and organized crime escalates in the U.S., a young, ambitious man from a wealthy family rises to become the leader of the free world. At the same time, a former dedicated Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of U.S. history will forever change.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KIL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ki

More, Kenneth

Summary: An authentic depiction of the tragedy of the sinking of the cruise ship Titanic, in which 1500 people died.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIG