Summary: November, 1999. A peaceful demonstration to stop the World Trade Oraganization talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot, and soon a State of Emergency is declared by the Mayor of Seattle. The streets are mayhem, and the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire of civil liberties and keeping the peace are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a SWAT riot officer on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BATSummary: Harry, his best friend Tyrone, his girlfriend Marion, and his mother all struggle with drug addiction against a backdrop of the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2001
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REQSummary: Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother, is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The sound of music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HALSummary: Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SEVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SEVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Seven 2009Summary: Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the tales that transformed John Reid, a prosecutor, into a Texas ranger and a legend of justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LONSummary: Centered around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq. Alternates points of view between these soldiers, the media and the local Iraqi people illuminating how each group is deeply affected by the current conflict and their encounters with each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REDSummary: "Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ISLSummary: This adaptation of the novel by James Jones is a realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THISummary: The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIR FAMILYSummary: John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD/Blu MarleySummary: A musical comedy about the adventures of two beautiful showgirls--an apparently stupid blonde golddigger and her provocative brunette friend--during a voyage from New York to Paris.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GENSummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. Follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny. Shows the future conqueror and revealing him not as the evil brute, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MONSummary: Delightful musical fantasy tale about a little Kansas girl named Dorothy who dreams of the magical land of Oz.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A fifteen-foot-tall Central African gorilla is brought to America to save him from poachers. But his notoriety makes him a target for an enemy from his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1999
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MIGSummary: The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PARLoop, Liza.
Summary: An expressionistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment Group 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN METSummary: After a two year stint in a state home, the shy and neurotic Elling and his sex-obsessed best friend, Kjell, are released and forced to enter the real world. They find themselves in a state funded apartment in the center of Oslo, told to behave responsibly and act like normal members of society. In time, the two adjust and find oddball ways of coping with society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Woody Allen and Mia Farrow star as a long-married couple whose own relationship starts to crumble when their best friends, announce they're separating. They immediately pair-up with younger, sexier paramours and enjoy again the pleasures of fresh passion. But smoldering resentments and unexpected jealousies soon rise to the surface, erupting in savage humor and hilariously unpredictable reunions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HUSSummary: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distribued by Warner Home Video 2005