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1) 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.
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1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([5] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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English
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Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
4) Poltergeist
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Freeling family is a typical middle class family living in the peaceful Cuesta Verde Estates. Steve, his wife Diane, 16-year-old daughter Dana, 8-year-old Robbie, and 5-year-old Carol Ann live in a tract house. Soon strange things begin to happen around the house; the pet canary dies, mysterious storms occur, and Carol Ann is summoned to the TV set, where a strange shaft of green light hits her and causes the room to shake. As the curious events...
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career -- and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober -- one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
6) Stir crazy
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo.
7) Wyatt Earp
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2 videodiscs (approximately 190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The biography of the legendary Wyatt Earp, including the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral.
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A moving, innovative play based on one of the greatest correspondences in literary history.
From 1947 to 1977, Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop exchanged more than four-hundred letters. Describing the writing of their poems, their travel and daily illnesses, the pyrotechnics of their romantic relationships, and the profound affection they had for each other, these missives are the most intimate record available of both poets and one of the greatest...
9) Candida
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English
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Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Candida and a youthful poet, Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's affections. The play questions Victorian notions of love and marriage, asking what a woman really desires from her husband. The cleric is a Christian Socialist, allowing Shaw-himself...
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Dr. Melanie Laidlaw is a scientist developing the first use of ICSI, short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Her collaborator, Dr. Felix Frankenthaler, turns out to have his own ideas about how to implement their new procedure. The wild card is Melanie’s new lover, Menachem Dvir, a fellow scientist. This darkly comic menage-a-tois plays out not only in bedrooms and labs, but also in test tubes and under the microscope. A Brave New World indeed!Includes...
11) Chantilly Bridge
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Twenty-five years after "Chantilly Lace," the characters' confront old resentments, celebrate new milestones and rediscover the unbreakable bond among friends who knew one another then -- and are there for one another now.
12) CrazyLove
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English
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An institutionalized woman falls in love with a schizophrenic after having a nervous breakdown.
13) Barracuda
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English
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Merle's life begins to splinter when Sinaloa (Sophie Reid), the half-sister she never knew existed, appears on her doorstep in Texas. Initially distrustful of this enigmatic woman, a bond quickly forms between the two sisters. As Merle (Allison Tolman) allows Sinaloa into her life, Sinaloa reveals a quiet fury to Merle through her music. Sinaloa's fierce attachment places Merle's career aspirations, her relationship to her mother, and even her impending...
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