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61) Band of angels
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hamish Bond is a plantation owner who has a secret past of slave trading. Rau-ru is a freedom-yearning slave who has been raised as a son by Bond. Amantha Starr is a fiery belle who goes on the auction block when her part-African heritage is revealed - and is sold to Bond. She loathes Bond at first but is eventually won over.
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peter Sellers was one of the most gifted British comic actors of his time, perfectly moving from costume to costume and accent to accent in a series of films that ranged from brilliant to awful. Despite his brilliance as an actor, Sellers led a deeply disturbing personal life. The actor is best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. Despite his Hollywood success, Peter Sellers' comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life....
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1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
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1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview has a voracious appetite for oil and it turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, the ongoing...
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3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible...
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1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
68) Half nelson
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inner-city junior high school teacher struggles with issues of addiction and his relationships with his students. One association becomes especially remarkable, perhaps even questionable.
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1 videodisc (approximately 145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri,...
70) Broken arrow
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom believes the Apaches are treated unfairly. After befriending their leader Cochise and arranging a truce, he is called upon by an Army General to negotiate a government peace treaty, but later is the target of a renegade ambush.
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Great Pharaoh orders architect Vashtar to build him the highest pyramid in the world as his tomb. 15 years have passed and his treasury is dwindling, so he marries Princess Nellifer, but she is as ruthless as she is beautiful.
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Two childhood friends reunite as adults after embarking on different journeys. Joaquín is a man that has been depressed for 8 years now, and his life makes a twist when Mara, his childhood friend, comes home. She has been gone the whole time that Joaquín has been depressed.
74) Fireproof
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind - it's a natural instinct. But when it comes to marriage, it's another story. After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. As the two prepare for divorce, Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare experiment. While hoping the experiment has nothing to do with his parents' newfound...
75) Snow cake
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's autistic mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him.
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
An unhappily married woman indulges in a brief, torrid affair with an engineer, but then refuses to leave her elderly husband. Twenty-five years later, the former lover leaves a fortune to her son, causing an uproar.
Una mujer infelizmente casada tiene una breve y apasionada aventura con un ingeniero, pero rehúsa dejar a su marido mayor de edad. Veinticinco años después, el ex-amante deja una fortuna a su hijo, causando un escándalo.
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.--Container.
78) Lilies
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3 videodiscs (approximately 467 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Iris, May, and Ruby are sisters living in Liverpool after WWI. Dutiful, devout Iris runs the household efficiently in place of their deceased mother. Wayward, dreamy May works as a maid but longs to act. And feisty, ambitious Ruby sells corsets to keep the family afloat. With their overbearing father and war-tormented brother, they struggle through poverty, passions, and profound disappointments.
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Santiago Munez, an immigrant from Los Angeles, is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion, and determination to triumph against all odds.
80) Darling
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A London photographer's model proceeds from an immature marriage into a series of shady affairs -- first with a television talker, then with a slick promotion man, and ultimately in a palazzo as the loveless wife of an Italian prince. After becoming a prisoner of her own success through these disastrous affairs, she realizes the awful price she has paid for happiness. This is a slashing social satire and a devastating spoof of the television-advertising...
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