Summary: 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
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOPSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Told by 11-year-old Christy, a child wise beyond her years. An Irish couple bring their two young daughters to America in search of a better life. Christy and her sister, Ariel find New York's Hell Kitchen a place of magic where anything is possible. To their parents, it represents a place to begin anew. Carried by the girls' youthful hope and faith, the family finds the heart to live and love...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie InSummary: Four priests exiled to a small seaside town to atone for the sins of their pasts find their fragile stability disrupted by the arrival of a newly-disgraced companion in this taut blackly comic drama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MEMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Memoirs 2006Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. Once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy, whether he likes it or not.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIN PG-13Summary: Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Willy 2011Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIL RATED GArthur, Jean
Summary: Comedy in which the daughter of an eccentric family falls for the son of a wealthy New York family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YOUSummary: Based on the inspirational true story of one mother's unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith's adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BrCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRESummary: Poor Charlie Bucket's luck is just about to change. He found a coveted golden ticket for entrance into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and now gets to take a thrilling tour of the magical place.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WILSummary: Inspired by the true story of the biggest bank heist of all time, Harry Barber recounts how in 1972 a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempted to steal $30 million in illegal campaign contributions from President Richard Nixon's secret fund. But the plan quickly goes sideways, prompting the biggest manhunt in FBI history with more than 125 agents assigned to the case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY FINSummary: When two fathers of an engaged couple meet for the first time, they know they are very different. One is a podiatrist, happy with his quiet life. The other is a CIA operative, who lives life on the edge, and when circumstances get out-of-hand, involves the other in an arms-smuggling sting.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie In-Laws 2003Summary: When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. They then embark on a trip to find his father whom he has never met.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CENSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Well into their 30s, Juan Nunez and Benjamin Wilson still can't seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents' homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo a suburb of Mexico City. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it's finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUSSummary: Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ELOSummary: When Alex, an expert assassin, refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes a target. FBI agents and Mexican intelligence are brought in to investigate the trail of bodies, leading them closer to Alex. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD MEMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MEMSummary: Lancelot is a ruthless and ignoble opportunist who returns from his impossibly futile mission to locate the Holy Grail, only to callously rekindle his affair with the Lady Guinevere. A non-romanticized portrait of the knights of the round table.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANSummary: A stern lady communist comes to Paris to retrieve three wayward comrades and a Russian composer, but instead warms up to capitalist attractions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SILWigon, Zachary
Summary: In the wake of inheriting his father's hotel chain, Hal attempts to end his long and secret relationship with a dominatrix. A battle of wills ensues to keep the upper hand as the power dynamics swing wildly back and forth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SANSummary: "The product of over 2,000 interviews recorded in 60 countries, this unique and thrilling collection of stories and images leads inexorably to the core of what it means to be human. Stories full of love and happiness, hatred and violence, from everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, share a rare sincerity and underline what is universal. Intercut with never-before-seen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017