Summary: When the British government is discovered smuggling precious Chinese artifacts out of the country, folklore hero Wong Fei Hong uses his uniquely outlandish style of martial arts...Drunken Boxing...to fight the conspirators and salvage the valuables before it's too late! And the more Hong drinks, the more agile he becomes -- able to fend off numerous attacks with unbelievable moves! With Chinese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LEGSummary: Jackie Chan portrays Freddy, a young man, who learns martial arts from Sam Seed, an eclectic kung-fu instructor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Front Row Entertainment 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: At the end of the China Dynasty, the Eagle Claw Society has eliminated all styles of martial arts except for the Snake Fist style. The Grand Master of Eagle Claw is searching for and killing the remaining members of the Snake Fist school. Meanwhile the elderly Snake Fist Grand Master is in hiding, and busy teaching a young, overworked, bullied servant the Snake Fist style. Ultimately, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beverly Wilshire Filmworks/Telefilms International 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SNASummary: "Jackie Chan directs and stars in this rousing martial arts comic-adventure. While searching for his run-away big brother, Jackie is mistaken for a fugitive. He must use his wit and martial arts skills to save himself from bounty hunters and nosy constables, as well as hunting down the real bad guy to clear his name. Filled with high octane acrobatic action, spellbinding fight scenes, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Front Row Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOUSummary: Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A couple of friends David and Tomas made a living by selling fast food. They helped a non-professional detective to finish a difficult case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonzai Media Corporation 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHESummary: An attractive and successful ophthalmologist quits her job and places a personal ad in the newspaper. She has a specific purpose in her ad - she is looking for marriage. After a series of blind dates with men who are either lonely, desperate, strange, perverted, or all of the above, what she really wants is her mysterious ex-lover to came back to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PERSummary: The dying master of the powerful Poison Clan dispatches his last pupil on a crucial mission: to seek out a former colleague and warn him that the fortune he amassed from clan activities is under threat from five former pupils. Each an expert in his own lethal combat style, The Centipede, The Snake, The Scorpion, The Lizard, and the Toad comprise a truly invincible force.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Exclusively distributed by Steeplechase Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIVSummary: As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROASummary: Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003