Summary: Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 1999
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY CHISummary: A shy San Francsico librarian and a clumsy detective fall in love as they attempt to solve a crime that involves drawfs, albinos and the church.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FOUSummary: "Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken (Russell). His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mike Church, an L.A. gumshoe with a knack for wisecracks and tracing missing persons, doesn't have a clue when he's hired to help a beautiful amnesia victim tormented by nightmares. Then an eccentric antiques dealer and hypnotist leads Church to believe the source of the nightmares may lie in a past-life connection to Margaret Strauss, a world-famous pianist allegedly murdered by her composer...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEASummary: A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PAPSummary: Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEVSummary: A naive young set designer seeks work in Tinseltown and falls in love with a wannabe actress who lives with her alcholic father, a former vaudevillian entertainer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAYSummary: The movie features the struggle between a L.A. police officer and a dangerous, sadistic intelligent notorious killer, a virtual reality creation that has escaped cyberspace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999