Richard Gere
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English
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In a remote nomadic region of Eastern Tibet, 3000 women practice an ancient yogic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Despite near extinction during the destruction of the Cultural Revolution, these remarkable spiritual practitioners have emerged to rebuild their monasteries by hand… stone by stone. In 2005, a small group of western women Buddhists travelled to Nangchen to meet the nuns. Blessings tells the story of this extraordinary journey. A moving,...
3) The Double
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When a United States Senator is brutally murdered, the evidence points to a Soviet assassin code-named Cassius, who was long-thought to be dead. Two men who know Cassius best are thrown together to catch him. Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere, An Officer and a Gentleman) is a retired CIA operative who spent his career tracking Cassius around the globe. Ben Geary (Topher Grace, Spider-Man 3) is a hotshot young FBI Agent and family man who has studied...
4) Power
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More seductive than sex...more addictive than drugs...more precious than gold...and one man can get it for you--for a price. Sidney Lumet directed this powerhouse drama starring Richard Gere and Denzel Washington in which a high-priced political consultant is forced to confront the person he has become and the corrupt people he has helped win elections. Able to make or break careers, Pete St. John, a gilt-edged "image" advisor to powerful and often...
5) The Flock
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English
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This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
8) First Knight
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1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This is a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of battles, courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees ... and the undying passion that made it live forever.
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The people within the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang, one of the last authentic Tibetan sanctuaries, have struggled to keep their monasteries, art, and culture alive. On the edge of collapsing, learn how they are restoring their sacred sites and saving what they hold most dear.
10) Days of heaven
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Criterion collection volume 409
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young couple who pretend to be brother and sister move from Chicago to the Texas panhandle to escape poverty. There, they work the ranch of a rich and handsome farmer, who has fallen in love with the woman.
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1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Film focuses on the ancient Mani-Rimdu festival of "awakening" and on Trulshik Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the region whose name means "destroyer of illusion." Rinpoche goes from his home in Thubten Chöling to Chiwong Monastery to preside over the festival.
12) Shall we dance?
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1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to follow him.
13) Time out of mind
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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George is a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men's shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system, until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While a middle-aged Dallas gynecologist whose wife has become mentally ill falls for his sexy new golf pro, chaos surrounds the wedding of his daughter, and his alcoholic sister-in-law arrives with three nieces in tow.
15) Pretty woman
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1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills ... and then falls for her. Fifteenth anniversary special edition packed with all-new, never-before-seen bonus features.
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Adrienne Willis is a woman with her life in chaos. She retreats to the small coastal town in the Outer Banks where she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs. She has a wayward husband who has asked to come home and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Upon arrival, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. Paul is the only guest at the inn, and he is facing his own crisis of conscience....
17) Chicago
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English
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At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
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The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and taught the local people about love, compassion, and above...
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