Richard Kind
1) Auggie
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Forced into early retirement and feeling ignored by his wife and daughter, Felix (Richard Kind) finds himself falling in love with Auggie, an augmented reality companion only he can see, and slipping out of touch with reality.
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1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Donna Stern is a Brooklyn comedian who gets heartlessly dumped by her two-timing boyfriend. While trying to drown her troubles at the stand-up comedy club, she has a drunken one night stand with a cute young professional named Max (who's not even remotely her type) and ends up pregnant. Donna has to do what is expected of a "responsible adult" just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life.
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Regarded as one of the foremost playwrights of the nineteenth century, Ibsen tells the story of the idealist Doctor Thomas Stockmann, the medical officer of a recently opened spa in a small town in southern Norway, who finds that the water is seriously contaminated. He notifies members of the community and initially receives support and thanks for the discovery. Threatened by the possible impact of such a revelation, his brother, the town mayor, conspires...
6) A bug's life
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2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Cute and clever, "A Bug's Life" is a relatively straight retelling of Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai," except of course that the characters are bugs! Idealistic young ant Flik is a sweet-natured dreamer and inventor. But his innovative thinking makes him an outcast when one of his inventions goes awry and destroys the food sacrifice that the colony makes annually to a gang of grasshopper hooligans led by the sinister Hopper. Disgraced, Flik is sent...
7) Cars
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1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
8) Big Stan
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A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.
9) This Town
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In this work of political satire, journalist and playwright Sidney Blumenthal presents an original look at the Washington Press Corps, a press group who behave more like the paparazzi than journalists.
11) Andover
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A genetics professor clones his wife after she dies in a fire but the woman he creates is different than the woman he loved, so he tries over and over, in a desperate attempt to get her back exactly as she was.
13) All We Had
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The unstable life and relationship of a mother and daughter seems to be looking up with the opportunity of a fresh start - until the dark side of the American dream leads them to face the prospect of homelessness, and tests their bond to the core.
15) All-Stars
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ALL-STARS follows a girls' 10-year-old fastpitch softball team and their families through a recreation league season that culminates in the selection of the coveted 10-and-under All-Star team. Lance Grayden, a veteran coach who left the league years ago when his daughter moved to an elite softball club team, and then college, has returned to "give something back" to the community. Assuming he'd be coaching a 16-and-under team of seasoned and accomplished...
16) Bernard & Huey
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Huey crashes at old friend Bernard's upscale New York bachelor pad and it becomes clear how much growing up the two still need to do. Written by Jules Feiffer, it's a timely story of two men behaving badly, and the strong women who rein them in.