Dustin Hoffman
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Joe Buck, a good-looking, naively charming Texas "cowboy" convinced that he is the salvation of many lonely, love-starved New York women, teams up with Ratso Rizzo, a scrounging, sleazy small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, an unlikely bond grows between these two outcasts that is both powerful and poignant.
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1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story.
3) Hook
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English
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Peter Pan said he'd never grow up, but he did. Peter Banning places work before family and has forgotten all about Neverland and the evil Captain Hook until Hook kidnaps the Banning kids. Now Peter must rediscover his youth to save his family.
4) Rain man
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1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
6) Chef
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1 videodisc (1 hr., 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
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2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Harvey, a divorced, down-on-his-luck music jingle composer, and Kate, a lonely British airline employee, are brought together by chance. Harvey comes to London for his daughter's wedding, planning only to attend the wedding ceremony. However, he ends up being let go from his job before going back to America and decides to stay for the reception, asking Kate to accompany him. Thus begins a growing connection between these two guarded strangers.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (24 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He may have defeated the ferocious Tai Lung, but our Dragon Warrior must now face Shifu's biggest challenge with the help of Viper, Tigress, Monkey, Crane and Mantis, teaching a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens. We learn it takes more than fast feet and fists to become a kung fu master.
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1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the...
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English
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Once upon a time in the far away kingdom of Dor lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro. The two go on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.
11) I Huckabees
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2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Kindhearted, but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Kay Effiel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revolves about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day he begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life. He begins...
13) Hero
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Davis is ace reporter Gale Gayley, who literally falls into the story of a lifetime when she's a passenger on an airplane that crashes into a Chicago bridge. In the smoke and darkness, she's saved by a rude, foul-mouthed "hero", who promptly disappears into the night ... leaving only his shoe behind.
14) Meet the Fockers
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When Pam and Greg get their parents together it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes awkward in-law experiences to new heights.
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Mr. Magorium owns the most amazing store in the world, where all the toys literally come to life. When the boss decides to retire, the shop throws a tantrum, and all its wonders begin to cease. Now Mr. Magorium's reluctant manager, skeptical accountant, and most loyal customer must work together to save the emporium by finding a little magic within themselves.
An owner of a magical toy shop decides to turn ownership over to the manager, but first...
16) Tootsie
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1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who makes himself up as a woman to get a job. When his girlfriend, Sandy, fails an audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy Michaels" and lands the part. All goes well until "Dorothy" falls in love with beautiful co-star, Julie, and Julie's father, Les, falls for "Dorothy."
Series
Controversial classics volume 2
Language
English
Description
The story of the investigation of the Watergate break-in by two Washington Post reporters that drove a U.S. president from office.
19) Marathon man
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Hoffman plays the likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive"--Container.
20) Wag the dog
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
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