Clint Eastwood
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7 videodiscs (780 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([12] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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English
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
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English
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There are no wars to fight. But Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway, a dog-faced relic of past wars, still has a lot of fight in him. He is a Marine Corps lifer who started his last tour of duty before retirement, and sees the bumpy road his life has taken become more complicated, due to feisty recruits, by-the-book officers, and a salty ex-wife to whom he's still attracted.
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2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Frankie is a former boxing manager who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
10) The beguiled
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Clint Eastwood plays a wounded Union soldier hidden by a girls' academy in the South during the Civil War.
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English
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A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang. He accepts both offers, setting in motion a plan to destroy the criminals.
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1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
An American general is shot down over Germany during WWII and captured. Unknown to the Germans, he has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. British Intelligence puts together a team to rescue him, but an American is in the squad for reasons unknown.
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus--who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat--refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickie, an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm.
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English
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"World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet four days after they meet, they don't want to lose the love they've found" ... container.
16) American sniper
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English
Description
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
17) Gran Torino
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, is pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's prize...
18) Mystic River
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1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean, and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed confict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers, to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quite life, but harbors some...
19) The rookie
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A cocky veteran L.A. cop has to depend on an idealistic rookie to help him hunt down a killer gang of auto thieves.
20) Bird
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life of legendary jazz musician Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
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