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Christmas England History 19th century Drama Criminal psychology Drama Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Drama Families Drama Feature films Man-woman relationships Drama Novelists, English 19th century Drama Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation Video recordings for the hearing impairedSummary: A young psychic is taught to participate in other people's dreams, but someone evil is also entering their dreams. They enter into a duel where anything can happen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Dreamscape 1983Summary: Fred, an elderly man who has just lost his wife, moves into an apartment where he meets Elsa who teaches him to enjoy life and love again, in spite of their disapproving children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Elsa 2014Summary: A second-generation petty thief arranges to get out of prison to spend time with his ailing son by taking on a job with his father to pay back the syndicate that arranged his release.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOR RATED RSummary: The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY IMASummary: The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of 'A Christmas Carol,' a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE MANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MaSummary: Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan leave 19th century India and set out for the isolated, primitive land of Kafiristan, whose people haven't seen an outsider in hundreds of years. Peachy becomes lord of the kingdom's treasury, a huge chamber spilling over with limitless gold and priceless rare jewels. Danny is first crowned king, then, declared a god.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MANSummary: As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SOUSummary: Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALLSummary: [Disc 1]: Star trek: the motion picture: A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralizing everthing in its path and Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated U.S.S. Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head-on. [Disc 2]: Star trek II: the wrath of Khan: On a routine inspection of the U.S.S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: About how funny and transformative life can be. When graphic designer Oliver meets free-spirited Anna shortly after his father has passed away, Oliver realizes just how much of a beginner he is when it comes to long-lasting romantic love. Memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 45 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEGSummary: In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he's been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother. To complicate matters, the British have arrived.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEVSummary: When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSSummary: "For billions of years, life existed only in the Earth's oceans. But about 350 million years ago, some of those earliest life forms began to explore New Frontiers on land."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIRSummary: Sherlock Holmes tries to stop Jack the Ripper's insane killing spree, but as he comes closer to unmasking the killer, he discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer. Includes commentary, stills gallery, and theatrical trailer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GOLSummary: "Nuremberg, November 20, 1945--The trials of Nazi war criminals begins in a city still in ruins, barely six months after the Germans' surrender. The United States, France, Great Britain and the USSR unite to deliver exemplary justice in response to crimes against peace and, for the first time in history, to "crimes against humanity". On the accused bench sit 21 of the highest Nazi dignitaries,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arte France 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STAAndrews, Julie
Summary: A young novice, uncertain about becoming a nun, becomes governess to seven children of an autocratic ex-naval captain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoFarmiga, Vera
Summary: A single mother and her teenage son have to drive her estranged criminally-inclined father from Texas to California after he has been kicked out of his retirement home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOUSummary: 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: Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008