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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on trial in his client's behalf.
22) Freedom writers
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach's Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them.
23) The sunchaser
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An oncologist in the professional fast lane hits a detour when a desperately ill patient kidnaps him at gunpoint. Across highways and backroads, kidnapper and hostage seek a fabled Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in on them. Miles roll by quickly, but the distance between the men is not so easily bridged. At the same time, the doctor starts recovering something lost during his grab for wealth and status: his humanity. Through narrow escapes...
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It's about an indie movie called "Home for Purim," a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director, additional cast members,...
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.
26) Ride
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When her son drops out of school in New York, a mother drops everything to follow him to California, where she will find herself, her son, and a fresh stars of her own with help from her limo driver and an expert surfer.
27) The wild one
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1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Johnny is the leader of a vicious biker gang which invades a small, sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hellbent for destruction until he falls for Kathie, a "good girl" whose father happens to be a cop.
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A famous but troubled author whose fascination with a high-profile murder case brings his own dark past into focus. Based on the best-selling memoir by Stephen Elliott, the film follows one man's desperate journey through sex, drugs and lies as he tries to separate fact from fiction and ignite a life-changing romance.
30) The rock
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1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An FBI chemical weapons expert joins forces with a former British spy to rescue the hostages held on Alcatraz island by a group of Marines who have missiles loaded with poison gas.
31) Pretty woman
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1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills ... and then falls for her. Fifteenth anniversary special edition packed with all-new, never-before-seen bonus features.
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a vibrant 22-year-old Bay Area father who was senselessly gunned down by BART officers on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers.
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1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A self-centered college student has one thing on his mind:get home for Christmas. Just days before his deadline he wakes up in the California desert -- stranded and penniless, wearing a Santa suit and a white beard glued to his face! The closer Jake gets to home, the closer he gets to the true meaning of Christmas and Family in this nonstop comedy of errors.
34) The Donner Party
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A group of people, nicknamed 'Forlorn Hope, ' find themselves lost, freezing, and without any source of food when they are steered off course in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With the threat of death and imminent starvation hanging over their heads, they are forced to sacrifice one another as a source of nourishment. Surviving only on the flesh of the fallen members of their party, the remaining travelers must weigh their consciences against their...
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1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
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English
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This time, the legendary Zorro fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and she soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe...
37) Go
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Told from three different views, the story of a group of young Californians who, by becoming involved in drug dealing, embark on a wild, late night ride that won't end until the sun comes up.
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3 videodiscs (566 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"In 1963, all prisoners were transferred from Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary. Or so we were told. Now America's worst criminals -- known as the 63s -- are returning to the streets of San Francisco to repeat their grisly crimes. It's up to top-notch detectives Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz expert Diego 'Doc' Soto to work with FBI agent Emerson Hauser and Dr. Lucy Banerjee to learn why the 63s are back and to uncover a much larger, more sinister...
39) Rumor has it
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1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have answers the she has been looking...
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"When 15-year-old Jay Moriarty (Weston) discovers that the mythical Mavericks surf break is real, he reaches out to local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Butler) to train him to ride it. What begins as a mentorship turns into an extraordinary bond that transforms both their lives, as Jay and Frosty learn valuable lessons about conquering fear in pursuit of your dreams"--Container.
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