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"The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turn back and forth over time, from the early twentieth century through the 1950s, each sibling relays their own version of the memories that surround both their mother's mysterious death and the circumstances leading up to and beyond one sister's scandalous teenage pregnancy. As they move into adulthood, the siblings assume various new roles:...
2) Hope floats
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Birdee Pruitt has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals his infidelity to her on a national TV talk show, her perfect life comes crashing down. Devastated, Birdee and her young daughter head home to the small town she left behind. As mother and daughter struggle to adjust to their new lives, Birdee slowly gains the strength to open her heart and find hope again.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After six years of marriage, successful physician Olive and her struggling ice hockey hubby Clay decide to call it quits. And although the split is amicable, they both want custody of their beloved dog Wesley. Facing a court-ordered 60-day review to determine who'll get custody, Olive and Clay each try their doggone best to win over the judge, and the pooch. But no matter who "wins," everyone will lose; unless man's best friend can somehow reunite...
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Eva is a newlywed with a successful career as a top marriage counselor, a hot husband, and the answers to everything. But when she finds out that her parents are getting a divorce, and her hubby has neglected to mention his first wife, Eva's perfect world begins to crumble. Is true love little more that a fairy tale or is marriage really just an institution for the committed?
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1 videodisc (approximately 87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Meet Carter. It's been years since his parents' divorce. But now, with the wedding of his younger brother, he must keep mom and dad from annihilating each other all over again. That's when the real surprises start, including a shocking revelation from his childhood "therapist", the arrival of his dad's latest wife, his own commitment issues with his gorgeous girlfriend, and confronting the sexy A.C.O.D. from his past.
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3 videodiscs (468 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Swedish
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Marianne and Johan always seemed to be the perfect couple. But when Johan suddenly leaves Marianne for another woman, they are forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage. Chronicles ten years of turmoil and love that bind the couple despite their divorce and subsequent marriages. Portrays the brutal pain and uplifting peace that accompany a lifetime of loving.
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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Three colors: White is the second part of Kieslowski's trilogy on France's national motto: Liberty, equality, and fraternity. White, therefore, was written around the destructive dynamics of a relationship based upon great inequality. Karol is a Polish hairdresser working in France. He has a beautiful wife, Dominique, [whom] he loves to obsession, and who is in the process of divorcing him for his inability to 'consummate the marriage.' Karol looses...
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless...
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1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Nick, a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line -- or, rather, on the lawn -- as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard"--Container.
10) Big eyes
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
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English
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Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
11) Marriage story
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Criterion collection volume 1038
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2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages (folded) : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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English
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A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes unglued and the gleefully evil Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas) single-mindedly inflict as much misery as possible on each other. Rather than just get divorced, they declare war, fighting to the bitter end over their huge mansion and every possession in it. Not even the calculating guidance of Oliver's lawyer (Danny DeVito) can stop this uncompromising...
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Criterion collection volume 1032
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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English
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One woman's journey of self-discovery brings about a warmly human cultural conversation about female liberation, in this wonderfully frank, funny chronicle of changing '70s sexual politics by Paul Mazursky. When her husband of sixteen years abruptly leaves her for a younger woman, Manhattan gallery worker Erica finds herself alone and adrift, but also newly empowered to explore her needs and desires as she tests the waters of a new relationship with...
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