Summary: In Barcelona, Spain during the last decade of the Cold War, Ted Boynton, the Spanish representative for a Chicago electric engine firm, plays host to his cousin, Fred Boynton, a lieutenant in the Navy. Ted is earnest and ambitious, but not a typical American salesman. Fred is an advance man for the Sixth Fleet's upcoming shore leave. They are smart but somewhat naive white-collar workers, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BARSummary: "A young F.B.I. agent is assigned watchdog duty over a fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: Examines immigration policy under both the Trump and Obama administrations, investigates the origins of zero tolerance, and reveals the journeys and voices of children who were separated from their parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEPSummary: A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. He becomes involved in an automotive duel of epic proportions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2007
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DEASummary: On the verge of turning 15, Georgia sets her sights on Robbie, the gorgeous new guy at school who plays bass for the Stiff Dylans. Sadly, he is already dating her evil archrival: blonde, perfect Lindsay. With her flamboyantly dressed cat Angus and her girl posse, the Ace Gang, by her side, Georgia sets her plan in motion to nab the boyfriend of her dreams, and have the best birthday party ever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ANGSummary: Based on journalist Kim Barker's memoir "The Taliban shuffle: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan", which details her years as a reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan beginning in 2002.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Whiskey 2016Summary: The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, suffering from syphilis and dementia, comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CAPSummary: Planet terror: A small town sheriff's department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." Cherry Darling meets up again with her old lover, El Wray, just as their Texas town is being overrun by "sickos" with festering sores turning them into zombies. The gun-legged Cherry and one-man wrecking crew El Wray try to save the world from the horde of flesh-eating...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co., LLC. 2010
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Summary: Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse engage in a battle of technology and ideas that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CuCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CURSummary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. When they become overnight music sensations, a greedy record producer tries to exploit the 'boys.' Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of 'munk mischief to get his furry family back before it's too late.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALVSummary: Director R.J. Cutler takes a revealing look at the brilliant life of comedic legend John Belushi. Known for his iconic characters and sketches on both stage and screen, few people knew his personal side, until now. Never-before-seen photos, letters and home-movies from the Belushi family archive give intimate access to the world-famous superstar. Family and friends who knew him best share...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BELSummary: Tells an epic story of military strategy, politics, romance, and family conflict set against the backdrop of world events from 1938 through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Follows naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry as he is sent to Berlin as the U.S. Naval attaché. Shows how "Pug" and his family are drawn into the center of the conflicts that lead to America's involvement in World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WINSummary: FBI agent Will Graham captured the diabolical Dr. Hannibal Lecter but nearly lost his mind in the process and retired from the Bureau. When he is coaxed out of retirement to hunt a serial killer called "The Tooth Fairy" he is again faced with the horrors incumbent in entering a serial killer's mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MANSummary: "In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Sterling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two friends graduate from high school and find life in the real world difficult. Becky sets her sights on Josh, on whom both girls have a crush, and their friendship is changed forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY GHOSummary: Gilbert Gottfried rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his brash stand-up act and personality. Now, after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself as a family man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GILSummary: Snoopy tabloid magazine editor Bob Weston wants to know if author Helen Gurley Brown based her book on, as he believes, personal research. He tries to parley an interview with the author who made headlines and sales. So he decides to get very personal to find out for himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: DVD Movie Sex 2009Summary: From Baryshnikov to break dancing, from Fred and Ginger to Shirley and Bojangles, from movement depicted on Grecian urns to the kaleidoscopic pizzazz of Busby Berkely spectaculars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOSSummary: Examines the sexual triumphs and disasters of two American men as it traces their lives from college days to middle age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009