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(0)Morgan Freeman
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1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
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2 videodiscs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the third season of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, the host continues his groundbreaking journey into faith, spirtuality, and human culture. Freeman travels to ancient religious sites and modern-day spiritual centers, participating in dazzling cultural spectacles and revealing moving personal stories.
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6 videodiscs (approximately 660 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
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English
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Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
6) The C word
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Cancer is not a laughing matter, but the archaic way people are beating it is. With a dose of good humor, heart, and a touch of rock'n'roll, this documentary reveals the forces that are keeping people sick and dares to ask: if up to 70% of cancer deaths are preventable, what are people waiting for?
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2 videodiscs (approximately 373 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Through the wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence--the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. This series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science--Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum mechanics, String theory and more, to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe."--Container.
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence, the...
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1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 1965, 21-year-old Torontonian, Paul Saltzman, drove to Mississippi, volunteering as a civil rights worker with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He was arrested, spending ten days in jail. He was assaulted by a young Klansman. In 2007, Saltzman returned to find the KKK member who had punched him in the head, to explore if individual reconciliation was possible. He found him and a five year dialogue has ensued. Featuring interviews...
10) Unforgiven
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English
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The town of Big Whisky people try to lead a quiet life. Sheriff 'Little Bill' keeps heavy-handed order. Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Unsatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid, ' and aging killer William Munny. Munny is a widower trying to raise his two young children. Farm life is hard and Munny is no good at it. He calls on his old...
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2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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 end, makes Shakespeare so great?
12) The bucket list
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
13) Last knights
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1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.
15) 5 flights up
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.
16) Glory
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1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War.
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1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In a new season of National Geographic's most-watched series ever, host Morgan Freeman again travels in search of answers to some of humanity's biggest questions: What are heaven and hell? Who, or what, are the chosen ones? Is there proof of God's existence? On his journey Freeman takes viewers around the world on a quest for interfaith understanding through the lens of religion, anthropology and archaeology.
18) Transcendence
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dr. Will Caster is the foremost researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him.
19) Se7en
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2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins.
20) Outbreak
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1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dustin Hoffman plays Sam Daniels, a take-charge army virologist trying to stave off global biological meltdown. A rare killer virus from the jungles of Zaire has taken hold in a California community. Its mortality rate is 100%. And some say the only way to stop its spread is to firebomb the town and everyone in it.