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The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabeled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending.
The play has been...
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100 pages ; 21 cm
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"Martin, a successful architect who has just turned forty, leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters."--back cover.
5) Amelia 2.0
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When the husband of a dying woman is approached by a corporation pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human's relationship with technology.
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Sam Flusky is a native Briton and is banished to Australia for murder. When a new governor arrives, he brings with him his cousin Adare, an old friend of Henrietta's, who sets out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal. However, is Henrietta going insane, or is someone trying to drive her mad? Is she merely an alcoholic, or is someone trying to poison her?
7) Diablo
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young Civil War veteran named Jackson wakes up to find his beautiful wife kidnapped by a band of ruthless bandits. With killers around every corner, the lines begin to blur between who the good and the bad are, including Jackson. As a final gunfight looms for our hero and he is asked to risk it all to save the woman he loves, this action-packed western takes twist and turns that will break even the hardest of hearts.
8) Red knot
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1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A stunningly shot meditation on love and loss, New York newlyweds Peter and Chloe fall into marital crisis while on a research vessel en route to Antarctica. As romantic bliss sours, Chloe takes comfort in the company of the ship's captain, a man who has good reason for setting himself adrift. As they sail towards the end of the Earth, filmmaker Scott Cohen's astonishingly assured, elegantly shot debut passes into troubled, Polanski-indebted waters....
10) Georgia O'Keeffe
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
11) Mother!
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1 videodisc (121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
12) Othello
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1 videodisc (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall.
13) Happy Christmas
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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From the director of Drinking Buddies comes a comedy about an irresponsible 20-something, Jenny, who arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff and his novelist wife, Kelly, after a breakup. Jenny's arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson instigate an evolution in Kelly's life and career.
After a dramatic break-up, a woman moves in with her brother and his family near Christmas and her brother's wife discovers...
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3 videodiscs (approximately 630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From the mind of mystery maven Agatha Christie comes what is considered to be the original crime-solving couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Redefining the conventions of the mystery genre, providing a prototype for many male/female detective teams that followed.
15) 5 flights up
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.
16) Date night
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. A case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small time thieves, big city mobsters, corrupt cops, and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' date night turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!
17) McLintock!
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1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him.
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Takes place during one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole and his beautiful wife, Marion. It is a provacative story about one couple's emotional journey into a world of daring sensuality and stunning honesty.
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.. This comic confrontation between the sexes is one of the most frequently-staged plays. Its sparkling wit and rich characterization are matched with an outstanding...
20) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when the discover they are each other's next target.
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