Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: The dark crystal: The Mystics fight to overthrow the evil Skeksis and take back control of their planet. When Jen, a member of the Gelfling tribe, sets out to find the crystal's missing shard, his dangerous journey brings him face to face with monsters at every turn. Determined to restore peace to their planet, Jen will not back down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TESSummary: Dixon Steele is an alcoholic screenwriter who has some success but is now in the midst of a long dry spell. One of his neighbors is Laurel Gray, a would-be actress and a smart cookie. Steele is a bitter, angry man who succeeds in insulting everyone he sees while drinking at noon in his usual hangout. Dix has taken a job adapting a trashy novel for the screen--but he doesn't want to read the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures Industries 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INSummary: Following the bloodbath that ended the prison riot, life is returning to far from normal for those who survive in the experimental unit of OZ. The warden struggles to do the right thing for his prisoners, facing adversity at every turn. Safety at OZ is not an option.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2002
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OZSummary: Muppets from space: "The Muppets embark on a hilarious extra-terrestrial adventure in hopes of learning about Gonzo's past and discover that Gonzo's family members are aliens from a distant planet."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUPSummary: Sing yourself silly!: Big Bird and his friends invite you to have some silly fun with eleven of their favorite silly songs. Sing along with Ernie, Hoots the Owl, and surprise celebrity guests as they perform and giggle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD JUV SESSummary: Movie promoter Lawrence Woolsey bring his unique brand of flashy showmanship to the unsuspecting residents of Key West, Florida. Fifteen-year-old fan Gene Loomis can't wait for Woolsey's arrival, who is in town to promote his latest offering of atomic power gone berserk. His vision takes on a sudden urgency as the Cuban Missile Crisis places the real threat of atomic horror just 90 miles off...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MATSummary: Kitty, a working-class girl, endures the rejection of Philadelphia society, makes her own way as a single woman, and ultimately chooses between an unmarried arrangement with Main Line scion Wynnewood Strafford VI or marriage to a struggling physician.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KITSummary: Enjoy the best of one of America's most popular TV comedies with a phenomenal cast. The special 50th anniversary collection includes 20 classic episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2011
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV DICSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Filmmaker Ken Burns invited some of country music's finest artists to gather at Ryman Auditorium to celebrate the launch of his PBS series Country Music. Burns curated an evening of selected highlights from the series combined with performances of the music's iconic songs by some of country's finest artists including Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC COUSummary: Learning about letters: Big Bird and his friends present Alphabet Day on Sesame Street, introducing all the letters from A to Z. Children will learn how letters combine to become words and words become stories.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESSummary: The heroic life story of rodeo legend Lane Frost, the bull-riding champion who fights to achieve his childhood dreams--both in and out of the rodeo ring.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 8Summary: To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BIGSummary: "Bette Midler portrays a Janis Joplin-like rock star whose success is laced with so much booze, drugs and hard living [that] it eventually causes her downfall"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Rose 2003Summary: Hamish Macbeth is back for more crime fighting, romance and a proper treasure hunt in the third installment of this popular series.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HAMKehoe, Dalton
Summary: This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 EFFCall number: DVD 302.2 EFF
Summary: A reimagining of the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure. A diverse team of explorers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KONSummary: Raw and smoldering, the film follows a young reggae DJ in Thatcher-era Brixton as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Fearless and unsentimental, and set to a blistering reggae, dub, and lovers rock soundtrack featuring Aswad, Johnny Clarke, and more, anchored by legendary producer Dennis...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BABSummary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BENSummary: When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998