Anjelica Huston
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"Picking up where A Story Lately Told leaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, [this book] is a chronicle of her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act, about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor,...
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Caustic wit, man about town, James McNeill Whistler was the original art star. Famous for his patent leather shoes, monocle, and uptown swagger, Whistler's theatrics attracted the curiosity of buyers and the attention of the critics. But beneath the high gloss and mannered style, the struggle of this pioneering genius to find his own voice resulted in a breakaway style that moved painting towards abstraction and would revolutionize the art world in...
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, the other members of the off-beat Addams clan plan a great celebration, only to begin to suspect that he may not be who he claims to be.
7) The grifters
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
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Criterion collection volume 300
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Internationally reknown oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, always elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that supposedly killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. On this journey, Steve's crew are joined by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist who has been assigned to write a profile...
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2 videodiscs (373 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Augustus McCrae and Woodrow call, longtime friends and former Texas Rangers, steal over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border and recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to Montana.
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1 videodisc (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Mists of Avalon follows the women of Avalon from their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies in the battle between Christianity and Paganism that threatens to bring down Arthur's kingdom.
11) The big year
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate 'birder' by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year. But the friendly rivalry soon turns into a hilariously complicated cross-country adventure as each man begins to realize that the quest for success comes at a price -- and that's not chicken feed!"--Container.
12) Buffalo '66
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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C.I.A. agent Billy Brown brings his wife home to meet his absurdly dysfunctional family. Only Billy's not really in the C.I.A., and his "wife," Layla, is actually a young tap dancer he just kidnapped to impress his ridiculous and unloving parents. In reality, Billy's whole life is an empty lie. He's fresh out of prison and now on a deadly mission to hunt down and kill the Buffalo Bills kicker whose botched field goal he believes ruined his life. However,...
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rapunzel had the most beautiful, radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant of Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, and bring peace to two feuding kingdoms.
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Jerome goes to art school in the hopes of having his genuine ability recognized. Instead he finds that his teachers are self-obsessed has-beens and his peers are jaded and floundering. To make matters worse, Jerome finds himself being investigated for a series of gruesome stranglings. He becomes obsessed with a lovely student named Audrey, but she is more interested in the hunky Jonah, whose crude yet acclaimed paintings of cars and tanks make Jerome...
15) Last tycoon
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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A penetrating glimpse at big studio politics in the early days of Hollywood; a spectacular translation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's notorious novel.
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Criterion collection volume 157
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2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
18) Tinker Bell
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1 videodisc (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Peter Pan's sprightly sidekick, Tinker Bell, embarks on a daring quest to unlock the true magic of pixie dust in an effort to save the fairies' homeland, Pixie Hollow.
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1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A 'modern' young woman of the 16th century, Danielle is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds, she stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives around her, including the prince of France.
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1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A thrilling reimagining of the '80s cult classic film for a new generation. A family rents a British countryside manor for the summer, and strange occurrences unnerve them as they discover the dark past hidden by the townspeople.
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