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Feature films Films for the hearing impaired III, King of England Richard 1452-1485 III, King of England Richard 1452-1485 Drama Legal drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Medical drama New York (State) New York Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film adaptationsHanks, Tom
Summary: The story of Captain Richard Phillips, who was captured and held hostage by Somalian pirates after the hijacking of his ship, Maersk Alabama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2014
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAP RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Captain 2014Summary: In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATSummary: Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villian who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ambrose Video Pub. 2000
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS RICSummary: Eighteen of Alfred Hitchcock's early films (1926-1939), and two episodes of his television program (1955-1962). Includes 55 minutes of movie trailers spanning Hitchcock's legendary career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ALFCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD HITSummary: I am legend: Immune to an incurable virus, Robert Neville believes he is the last human on Earth and tries to find a cure to stop the mutant creatures that still roam New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI POSSummary: A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 2000
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY SOMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Somewhere 2000Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SOM RATED PGSummary: Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINHauser, Paul Walter
Summary: Security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from a bomb at the1996 Atlanta Olympics, but soon becomes the FBI's number one suspect after false reports in the news.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2020
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY RICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RICSummary: Murder!: Based on the novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film. When a woman (Norah Baring) is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury (Herbert Marshall) believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Alfred 2010Summary: Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears to be perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job that he hates. One he places little effort at, but he has yet to figure out what his passion in life is. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. They are not happy. One day, April...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REVSummary: Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterward, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICSummary: The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIVSkidmore, Chris
Summary: Recounts the rise of the Tudors from obscure Welsh gentry to powerful English monarchs and relates the events of the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, which resulted in the death of Richard III and the victory of Henry Tudor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TUDOR FAMILY SKISummary: "Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA POLSummary: In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history -- Jack the Ripper -- before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER FROSummary: "Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THRAnderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)
Summary: Presents the history of the legendary film, from its creation as a novel by L. Frank Baum and the production of the film to the legacy the cultural phenomenon has inspired.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 ANDMurray, Bill
Summary: With Great Britain facing war with Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt invites the King and Queen of England to his home in upstate New York, while engaging in an affair with a distant cousin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HYDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD HYDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HYD RATED RSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010