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Austen, Jane 1775-1817 Characters Drama Book clubs (Discussion groups) California Sacramento Drama Feature films Friendship California Sacramento Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Man-woman relationships United States Drama Private schools Sacramento (Calif.) Drama Students Attitudes Teachers AttitudesSummary: Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fianc w̌alk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HEASummary: Explore the relationships between the writers Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller, and his wife June in Paris 1931.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything ... and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YES RATED PG-13Summary: Rogers and Astaire are caught up in a mistaken identity plot, in which Rogers assumes that Astaire is already married, and is alternatively charmed and repelled by his advances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOPSummary: Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI GATSummary: Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SWISummary: The story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISSummary: A story about two old friends and ex-lovers whose surprise reunion turns their lives and the lives of everyone else in town hilariously upside down!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BraSummary: Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HELSummary: Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NANSummary: Kay Eiffel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revolves about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STRSummary: After busting out of jail and on the run, 2 bank robbers devise the perfect crime with imperfect partners. Not wanting to hurt anyone during their robberies, they go to the homes of bank personnel and end up staying the night with the families so that they can all go to the bank in the morning, hence becoming the "sleepover bandits".
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BANSummary: Nick knows exactly how long it has been since Tris broke up with him--three weeks, two days, and 23 hours. Now she is at his gig, with a new guy. Nick can't understand how she could have moved on so fast. But that night, Nick meets Norah. They have nothing in common except their taste in music. This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. Now, this chance meeting will turn into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NICSummary: When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EMPSummary: A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008