Summary: In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace. Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GUASummary: In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother is a poor socialist who is proud of her family's social standing, and places similar restrictions on her son....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF VIVSummary: An American widower in Paris, desolate at the unexplained suicide of his wife, plunges into a torrid sexual relationship with a stranger, a young French girl half his age.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. She is the daughter of the King of Ethiopia, who is captured by Radames and the Egyptian troops. Tricked into betraying military secrets, Radames is condemned to be buried alive. He is joined by Aida, who dies with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca Music Group Classics 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA AIDSummary: A father deals with his only daughter's lavish wedding. New bonus features include a look behind the scenes and an interview with Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FSummary: When her unconventional family relocates to a quiet country town, 15-year-old Tamara discovers new friends, new romance, and a chance at a normal life. But her mother's sudden illness forces young Tamara to suddenly grow up to keep everyone together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMSummary: Rafael is a 42-year-old divorced father and restaurant owner who is overwhelmed with life. He feels guilty that he doesn't visit his mother, who is stricken with Alzheimer's disease; he lives in his father's shadow; he doesn't spend enough time with his daughter and he can't commit to his girlfriend. When a series of unexpected events happen, Rafael re-evaluates his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SONSummary: Sandrine is a successful Parisienne who tires of her job in the rat race and decides to buy Adrien's isolated farm with the caveat that he remain onsite for a period of time. A touching story of growth and change and of the glorious ability of nature to stir the depths of one's heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GIRSummary: Frederic has led a sheltered life, despite being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child. When he arrives in Penzance with his boisterous shipmates, there are surprises in store for him, including falling in love and some inconvenient discoveries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA PIRSummary: A spirited young American girl goes to London in search of her long-lost father. When she finds him, she sets out to prove that love can conquer all, but finds that her unique, impulsive style threatens the relationship she has waited for all her life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHASummary: John Farley grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem. During his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock, the school's gym teacher. Woodcock took a sadistic glee in tormenting John and others like him. Years later, John has slimmed down and has come to terms with his self-image. He has become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on overcoming...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MR.Summary: As a Latin American nation nears collapse, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces his greatest challenge: to catch the mysterious terrorist leader Ezequiel. Mass panic sets in as the terrorist attacks become more ferocious, and Rejas finds himself drawn to Yolanda, his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As the search for Ezequil comes nearer, he and Yolanda must choose between love, country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DANSummary: Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NINSummary: When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him aboard the barge "L'Atalante", where they travel along the Seine River. The bride, becomes bored and leaves the ship for Paris where she starts flirting with other men.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ATASummary: Frank Butler, handsome star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bags clay pigeons and ladies' hearts. He's the best marksman in the world--until a backwoods hoyden challenges him. Her name? Annie Oakley.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ANNSummary: "Don Ameche and Alice Faye pair up as husband and wife, Baron and Baroness Duarte, and head to South America in this musical classic. In order to avoid some financial problems, the Baron switches places with impersonator Larry Martin "Direto da Broadway" (also Ameche). When Martin's affections for the Baroness are too kind and romantic, both the Baroness and Martin's girlfriend Carmen realize...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2007
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THASummary: Francesca and Calvin are actors performing in a motion picture directed by David Fincher and co-starring Brad Pitt (who play themselves). Woven in and out of the film production story thread are several other subplots including one about a lovelorn woman, Linda; the self-absorbed Gus; and a husband, Carl, whose wife is falling for Calvin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FulSummary: Andie is the "How to" girl at an up-and-coming women's magazine who need to prove she can pick up any guy and dump him in 10 days. And in order for Ben to win an advertising presentation he needs to prove he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Now that they are a "couple" and the clock is ticking, anything goes ...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie HowSummary: A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II--he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HIRSummary: Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find the emotional support needed after lossing a loved one. New love and romance do not end before retirement, but can bloom long after. These five do not see themselves as becoming old, and these residents of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007