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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Fathers and sons Drama Kidnapping Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Muppets (Fictitious characters) Drama Relaciones hombre-mujer Illinois Chicago Teatro Treasure Island (Imaginary place) Drama United StatesSummary: 17-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. Since Casey is an ice skater she decides on a project that will show the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject. She decides that she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ISummary: A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. He is "cured" of that affliction, only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate, blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the House of Lords. An irreverant look at Britain's class system that peers behind the closed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RULSummary: Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESummary: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE AMECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMESummary: In a near future, an alien race has hit the Earth in an unbeatable assault. Major William Cage has never seen a day of combat, but is dropped into a suicide mission and killed within minutes. Cage now finds himself thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same day over and over, fighting and dying each time. With each "life", Cage learns more fighting skills, so that when he and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LIVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIVCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiSummary: At the height of the Cold War, a former agent for the British Secret Intelligence Service is called back to root out a Russian spy who has infiltrated the organization's highest levels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Tinker 2012Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TIN RATED RSummary: Katy dreams of filling her father's shoes by taking over their ranch, while her father wants better for her. When she finds and tries to tame a wild horse, she learns how alike she and this stallion truly are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLISummary: From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic. New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called "The Plastics," ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD MEASummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Alex is just another nobody at school, picked on by bullies and struggling to get through the day. But all that changes when he finds a sword that turns out to be King Arthur's legendary weapon, Excalibur. Unfortunately for Alex, the sword also comes with an enemy -- the sinister Morgana, who has plans to conquer Britain. Alex's only chance is to assemble a new Round Table to fight Morgana and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY KIDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Kid 2019Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KIDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KiSummary: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called 'Forky' to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOYCopies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ToCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD ToySummary: When young Billy comes to possess a secret treasure map, he sets sail with mild-mannered Capt. Smollet and a host of assorted Muppets and humans in search of the wealth. Their adventure is filled with songs, wacky humor, and irreverent silliness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MUPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD MuppetSummary: David is a Jumper who can teleport himself anywhere in the world, which creates a fun and exciting life. Things turn deadly when David finds himself pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill Jumpers. He forms an uneasy alliance with another Jumper and becomes a player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JUMSummary: An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes ravishing fiancé for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, and methodically goes about exacting his revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE COUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CountSummary: William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward, outside of the tall tales his dad told him while growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PG-13Summary: Sinbad, a daring and notorious rogue, has spent his life sailing the seven seas asking for trouble. Now he has been framed for stealing a priceless and powerful treasure--the Book of Peace. Sinbad has one chance to find and return the precious book, and battle the Goddess of Chaos or his best friend Proteus will die.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SINSummary: 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...
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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: Matthew is a Chicago investment banker who puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who walked out on him without a word two years earlier. With some help from his friend Luke, Matthew obsessively and relentlessly tracks Lisa down and while doing so, runs into another woman, calling herself Lisa who, unknown beknownst to Matthew, is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WICSummary: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ELECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Elegy 2008Summary: Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to an ex-beauty queen, Dawn. When Swede and Dawn's daughter disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede's perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017