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(0)Victor Garber
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Our ongoing quest to explore and come to terms with the Arctic is presented in the context of the crucial role that ice plays in the north. Ice is to the Arctic as trees are to the rainforest. It is the underpinning of the ecosystem, the foundation upon which the animals and plants of the north depend. In this documentary, viewers meet an ice scientist who lives and works with the Inuit, blending their traditional knowledge with modern scientific...
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts -- in the wallet!
4) Godspell
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Set in contemporary New York City, the film features a cast drawn from both the original New York and various stage companies.
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1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World, ' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...
6) Sicario
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After an idealistic FBI agent is recruited by a government task-force official to pursue a drug lord, she begins a perilous mission that forces her to question everything she believes, and pits her against a shadowy consultant with a dangerous agenda.
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2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins in order to able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed....
8) Milk
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor,...
9) You again
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1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"For Marnie (Bell), high school was a horror movie, and her brother's wedding is the sequel when her archrival comes back to haunt her as his bride. It's nice girl versus mean girl in this hysterical reunion with the one person Marnie would really like to forget. And if that weren't enough, Marnie's mom (Curtis) reunites with her own high school nemesis (Weaver)"--Container.
10) Dark waters
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
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1 videodisc (approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This story follows the life of Judy Garland. From "Baby" Gumm's first stage performance to her last performance. Her ups and downs with drug abuse caused her to lose out on parts after starring in "A star is born."
12) Argo
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
13) Titanic
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2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon.
14) Annie
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"For a young girl living a 'hard-knock life' in a children's orphanage, things may seem pretty bad -- especially at Christmas. But feisty Annie carries a song in her heart and hope in her locket -- the only thing she has from her parents. One day, fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. Her adventure takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms...
15) Legally blonde
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a blonde sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to follow him to law school to get him back and, once there, learns she has more legal savvy than she ever imagined.
16) Rebel in the rye
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
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3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Liberty! is a exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. It chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.
18) Tuck everlasting
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret -- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.
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6 audio discs (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Bunnicula: Beware the Hare! Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household -- a suspicious looking bunny with unusual habits and fangs! Howliday Inn: Harold and Chester could hardly believe it. The Monroe family was going on vacation without them. Bunnicula, the family rabbit, would be boarded with a neighbor. But they, the familiy's loyal dog and...
20) Take Me Home
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Little does NYC cab driver Thom Colvin know that when an attractive lady hops into his cab and says take me to California, that their journey winding across America will become the adventure, and mis-adventure, of their lifetimes.
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