John Hughes
1) Home alone
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| c2013 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc | 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
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| 2015 | 25th Anniversary edition. | 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
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When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin!
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| 1999, [2017] | Widescreen version. | Paramount Pictures Corp | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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A chronicle of the events experienced by a rather magical 17-year-old, who has an overwhelming urge to cut school one spring day and head for downtown Chicago with his girl and best friend to see the sights and experience a day of freedom.
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| c2008, [2009] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc | 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD-ROM (digital, col. ; 4 3/4 in.) | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Miracle Main Media DVD Miracle | ||
| c2006 | [Special ed.]. | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Miracle Main Media DVD Miracle |
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Remake of the 1947 movie in which Kris Kringle (Attenborough), while working at Macy's, encounters an unbelieving child (Wilson) and goes on trial to prove he is Santa.
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| c2008 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Breakfast Southside AV DVD Breakfast |
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Five high school students -- a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase -- find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the principal. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some of the Rebel's marijuana, they begin to pour their hearts out to each other. They talk about their...
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| [1998] | Universal Home Video | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Great |
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When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restive in this raucous comedy.
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| c2000 | Paramount | 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Neal Page (Martin) wants to fly home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Del Griffith (Candy) leads Page on a hilarious, cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps him from tasting his turkey.
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| c2010 | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Home |
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"Great news -- Kevin McCallister is spending the holidays in New York City. Bad news -- his parents are spending them in Florida! Separated once again from his family, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his dad's credit card. But his big-spending solo act takes a dangerous turn when the Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv escape prison and also land in the Big Apple. Now, Kevin must outrun and outprank them again"--Container.
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8) Uncle Buck
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| c1998 | Widescreen. | Universal Home Video | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Uncle |
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Uncle Buck, an idle good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While his carefree ways easily charm the younger relatives, he meets more than a little hostility from Tia, his rebellious teenage niece, and Chanice, his impatient girlfriend.
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| [2016] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Enduring creepy freshmen and her aching crush on the most popular boy in school, Samantha Baker makes the most of her sixteenth birthday as her family forgets it amidst the chaos of her sister's wedding.
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| 2003 | Special ed. | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Christmas |
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Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark's a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives.
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11) Pretty in pink
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| [2006] | Everything's Duckie edition. | Paramount Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Pretty |
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A poor girl falls in love with a rich guy, and it angers both their families and their friends.
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| [2010] | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD National |
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The all-American Griswold family wins a deluxe European vacation tour. Ecstatic Clark (who seems to have O.D.'d on "Father Knows Best" reruns) plans a getaway jammed with forced family togetherness, two weeks sure to become a treasure trove of golden Griswold memories. For the Griswolds, it's typical holiday road havoc.
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13) Vacation
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| 2010 | 20th anniversary special edition. | 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Vacation |
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A suburban Chicago family travels across the United States on a comic trek to an amusement park, and encounters a series of disasters along the way.
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| [2006] | Special collector's ed. | Paramount Pictures | 1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Some |
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A high school tomboy has a crush on her best friend, and is distraught when he falls for a rich snob. Keith, Watts and Amanda prove once and for all that you've got to risk a broken heart in order to find your one true love.
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15) Only the lonely
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| c2005 | Widescreen version. | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Only |
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Comedy about a 38-year old Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering widow used to controlling her son's life. When he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Mama sets out to break up the romance.
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| [2018] | Two-DVD special edition. | The Criterion Collection | 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) | English |
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When Saturday detention started at Shermer High School, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined.
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17) Weird science
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| [2003], c1985 | Universal | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Two nerdy best friends have the power to create the "perfect woman". Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, the two use their creation to learn about the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescences.
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