Summary: William Franklin arrives at St. Judes, the only lay teacher among a staff of Catholic brothers. He is quick to realise that his teaching methods are opposed to those of the brothers. He succeeds in building a trusting relationship with the boys, which enables him to unlock their hidden talents and open their minds to the beauty of poetry. When two boys are severely beaten it is more than...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TVA Films 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SONSummary: Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating to others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KICSummary: The talking puppies are back, and this time they venture to the frosty arctic and team up with new friends in an exciting dogsled race across Alaska. When the going gets tough, the daring dogs have to band together with their new friends, Talon and Shasta, and muster up the courage to face the fur-raising challenges ahead. But will the puppies have what it takes to win the race and find their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SNOSummary: A hired killer in a state of virtual living death goes about his business in a muted Paris, a city of shadows, only to fatally admit emotion (the love of a woman) into his life. His actions are analogous to hara-kiri committed by the solitary samurai. Melville takes the mythology of the gangster and removes all overt social comment in favour of romantic stylisation. Melville commented that his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Filmel 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SAMSummary: This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. The battle against Chief Crazy Horse is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians and a corporation which wants the land Custer gave to the Indians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THESummary: Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Wilby's all grown up now, with a wife and a son. Unfortunately, he's still subject to furry transformation every time the inscription on an ancient scarab ring is read aloud...not a comforting prospect when you're a candidate for District Attorney!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Shaggy 2006Summary: During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between a middle-aged professor and his younger girlfriend brutally implodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLISummary: About 1830, Dr. Caligari exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, in a fairground. Cesare tells a student that he will die "before dawn." The student is murdered and his friend suspects Caligari. Caligari orders Cesare to kill a young woman but he attempts to kidnap her instead, is hunted, and dies from exhaustion. Caligari escapes into a lunatic asylum, of which it is learned he is the director, but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 1996
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CABSummary: A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STASummary: A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Stargate 1998Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STASummary: "It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? ... At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Eustacia Vye feels trapped living with her grandfather in the country and longs for the excitement of a big city. She charms one man who promises to run away with her, but her plans are shaken when a handsome local man returns from Paris hoping to make her his bride.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Return 2002Summary: The inspirational and triumphant story of a man who defies great odds and takes on a monumental challenge. This heartwarming tale of determination is an uplifting and humorous film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVEI ONSummary: David has an extraordinary adventure aboard a futuristic spacecraft. He returns possessing vast, undiscovered knowledge about the farthest reaches of the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2004
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FLICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLISummary: Follows the journey of Frodo Baggins and his companions as they travel through Middle Earth towards Mount Doom in the quest to finally destroy the one ring.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Teen Display, Call number: DVD FANTASY LORSummary: Los Angeles, 2019: Deckard, an expert "blade runner," must identify and execute four replicants, (genetically engineered beings virtually identical to humans) which have illegally returned to earth from their off-world slave duty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Gulley Jimson, an ill-behaved artist is in search for a perfect canvas. He is determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HORSummary: Elderly hobbit Bilbo Baggins relinquishes possession of a golden ring possessing magical powers to Frodo, his youthful heir. Charged with casting the ring into the fires from which it was forged, the young hobbit begins an arduous trek across Middle-earth, accompanied by a stalwart band including his best friend Sam, the mercurial wizard Gandalf, the warrior Aragorn, and the blustery Gimli,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY LORSummary: Ahmed The Thief is happy to be a vagabond rogue until he falls in love with the beautiful Princess. He must prove himself worthier of her hand than his rival, the evil Prince of the Mongols, who has come to seize the Princess, and Bagdad, for his own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them how to fly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FLYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLYSummary: Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2009