(0)Paul Giamatti
2) Cold Souls
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English
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Paul Giamatti is an anxious New Yorker who finds the answer to his deep-rooted malaise after stumbling upon an article about a high-tech company that claims to have found a solution to human suffering. By deep-freezing souls, claims the company, they can give their customers a life free from fear, doubt, and worry. Eager to free himself from the emotional burden of angst, Giamatti eagerly enlists their services. Trouble arises, however, when Giamatti's...
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George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb.
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English
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"The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. In Stay Sexy...
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8 audio discs (approximately 9 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A police officer assigned to capture an elusive drug dealer does not realize that the man he is chasing is really himself--a situation brought about by the drug's capability of producing split personalities in its users.
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4 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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(Hummingbirds): "Hummingbirds represent one of nature's most interesting paradoxes-they are the tiniest of birds, yet they qualify as some of the toughest and most energetic creatures on the planet. Stunningly beautiful high-definition, high-speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild combined with high-tech presentations of their remarkable abilities help us to understand the world of hummingbirds as we never have before."-- Provided by publisher.
(Birds...
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1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An osprey soars over a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River. From somewhere along the east coast of South America, he has just flown 4,000 miles to the place that is imprinted on his memory since birth, the saltmarsh where he will rejoin his mate.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 687 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power, and influence to outmaneuver the other.
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1 videodisc (2 hrs, 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock, was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
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1 videodisc (NTSC)(102 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations)
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English
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Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.
Disc characteristics: DVD Region 1.
Closed-captioned.
11) Sideways
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Jack and Miles were college roommates, and despite their differences, they have been friends ever since. Jack is an actor, whose career high point is a stint as a soap opera regular. English teacher and oenophile Miles would much rather be a published novelist. Jack is about to get married, so depressed, divorced Miles suggests they hit the road for a week-long bachelor party amidst the rolling hillsides and gorgeous sunsets of wine country near Santa...
12) Pretty bird
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three would-be entrepreneurs set out to invent a rocket belt. The venturesome partnership soon takes an unhealthy toll as their mismatched personalities clash and some unexpected success leads to retaliations, kidnapping, and murder.
13) Breakthrough
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2 videodiscs (approximately 262 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages.
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1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the complex swimming pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
15) Madame Bovary
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Desperate to escape the dullness of provincial life, a young married woman pursues forbidden fantasies through a series of indiscreet seductions and adulterous affairs. Based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era.
16) Duplicity
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ex-CIA officer Claire Stenwick and ex-MI6 agent Ray Koval are both racing to secure the formula for a product that will bring untold wealth to the company that lands the patent first. As the stakes begin to rise, so does the passion between Claire and Ray. Meanwhile, their mutual employers, industry giant Howard Tully and trailblazing CEO Dick Garsik start resorting to some seriously underhanded tactics as each hopes to gain an advantage over the...
18) The ant bully
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After young Lucas shoots some ants with his water pistol they retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks him to their size.
19) The illusionist
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim captures the imaginations of all of Vienna, including Prince Leopold, who becomes obsessed with the illusionist after his fiancee rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim.
20) The illusionist
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares...