Summary: It's 1930s Manchuria, and greed is in the air. A manic outlaw, a nasty holy man, and a determined bounty hunter are all in hot pursuit of a treasure map. Throw in Chinese gangsters, the Japanese army, and other rival factions also in pursuit of the invaluable map, and it all comes down to a big showdown in the desert.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GOOSummary: The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WIFSummary: Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN UNFSummary: Set against the backdrop of Japanese occupied Shanghai in 1942, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUSSummary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMPSummary: In the early 1600s, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. The new government immediately imposes a martial arts ban, forbidding the practice of martial arts altogether in order to gain control.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEVSummary: In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 33 RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THISummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOSummary: As tears go by: Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN WORSummary: When two fathers find themselves out of work, they decide to start a day care center. When their business starts to take off, the head of a competing prestigious children's academy tries, with hilarious results, to put them out of business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Daddy 2003Summary: While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE IROSummary: An undercover policeman infiltrates a major drug ring and works his way to the position of heir apparent. When the leader of the syndicate becomes ill, the lure of power and money cause him to question his true identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PROSummary: A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOSummary: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THASummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANSummary: "Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call are now young men dealing with the ever increasing tensions of adult life-- Gus with his great love, Clara, and Call with Maggie, the young prostitute who is in love with him. McCrae and Call join a Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws: Comanche Chief Buffalo Hump, Comanche horse thief Kicking Wolf and Ahumado, the deadly Mexican bandit...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN COMSummary: Isa and Kalbinur are a pair of best friends who live in a small Uyghur village in the Xinjiang region of China and attend elementary school together. The two are so tight that they share custody of a baby lamb each day after school. But not everything is as smooth, sweet, and straightforward in their lives as taking care of the little animal. Isa has to take care of his sick, non-verbal mother,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cheng Cheng Films 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIRSummary: "Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MILSummary: Embark on the ultimate action adventure that spans continents and explores ancient history. Follow the exhilarating journeys and exploits of daring explorer Rick O'Connell and his family as they combat the evil undead from the dusty tombs of ancient Egypt to the hidden catacombs of China.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUMSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: High plains drifter: When "The Stranger" rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-'em-up.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLASummary: After assuming the identity of a small town sheriff, an outlaw and his brother take on a devious Army officer who wants to steal land from Mormon settlers; on a quest to become the most notorious bandits in the West, two outlaw brothers unwittingly become heroes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hen's Tooth Video 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN TRISummary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017