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Cabin in the sky .
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2006; 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown...and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan. Features a soundtrack of dazzling standards.
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Café Lumière
Shochiku presents ; producer, Hideshi Miyajima ... [et al.] ; co-written by Chu T'ien-Wen ; written and directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
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2003; 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Yoko, a freelance writer, becomes pregnant and chooses, against tradition and her parents' wishes, to raise the baby alone. In her loneliness and confusion, Yoko befriends the owner of a second-hand bookstore, who silently falls in love with her as she contemplates the choice she has made.
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Cat people ; The curse of the cat people
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Val Lewton ; written by DeWitt Bodeen.
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2005; 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Cat People : Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious Serbian-born fashion artist living in New York City, falls in love with and marries average-Joe American Oliver Reed. Their marriage suffers though, as Irena believes that she suffers from an ancient curse- whenever emotionally aroused, she will turn into a panther and kill. Includes commentary by Greg Mank with Simone Simon, and theatrical trailer.
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Center stage
Columbia Pictures presents a Laurence Mark production ; a Nicholas Hytner film ; written by Carol Heikkinen ; produced by Laurence Mark ; directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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2000; 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.
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A child's Christmas in Wales
[Alliance Atlantis] ; produced by Atlantis Films in association with Cypress Films and WTTW/Chicago ; produced with the participation of HTV Limited & the Global Television Network ; produced in association with Grosvenor Park, Inc. ; [produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada] ; produced by Gillian Richardson, Seaton McLean ; adaptation by Jon Glascoe, Peter Kreutzer ; screenplay by Peter Kreutzer ; directed by Don McBrearty.
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2005; 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Filmed on location in a small Welsh village, this video celebrates the wonders of a childhood Christmas when on Christmas Eve, Old Geraint shares his heartwarming stories and memories with his beloved grandson, Thomas.
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Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach .
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2005; 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The life and work of renowned 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach are traced in this stirring biodrama. Narrated by Bach's wife Anna, the film is mostly comprised of set pieces in which Bach performs many of his works.
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Come and see = Idi i smotri
Byelorusfilm ; Mosfilm ; director, Elem Klimov ; screenplay, Elem Klimov, Ales Adamovich.
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2003; 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The horrific and harrowing experiences of a young boy coming of age during the brutal German occupation of Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War.
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The constant gardener
Potboiler Productions ; Scion Films Limited ; UK Film Council ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; screenplay by Jeffrey Caine ; directed by Fernando Meirelles.
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2006; 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, Justin risks his own life and will stop at nothing to expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined.
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Cool hand Luke
Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Jalem production ; screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank R. Pierson ; produced by Gordon Carroll ; directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
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1997; 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Set in the southern United States, Luke is caught cutting off parking meters and is sentenced to the "chain gang."
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Cronica de una muerte anunciada = Chronicle of a death foretold
director, Francesco Rosi ; producers, Yves Gasser, Francis von Büren.
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1988; 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
In a Latin American village, Santiago Nasar has been murdered. How could this have happened in the center of the plaza, right in front of everyone? Through the testimonies of different witnesses, each one holding a small piece of the truth, this enigma unfolds.
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Dark water
Touchstone Pictures presents a Pandemonium/Vertigo Entertainment production ; produced by Bill Mechanic, Roy Lee and Doug Davison ; screenplay by Rafael Yglesias ; directed by Walter Salles.
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2005; 1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Dahlia has started a new life. She is recently separated from her husband, has a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her estranged relationship behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. Then when her strained separation turns into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment seems to have a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild. This all leads Dahlia on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. She begins to frantically search for the links between the riddles and the dark water seems to close in around her.
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Dead Poets Society
Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Steven Haft production in association with Witt-Thomas Productions ; a Peter Weir film ; written by Tom Schulman ; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas ; directed by Peter Weir.
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2006; 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min. + extras) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.
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