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Brian Sewell's grand tour of Italy [videorecording]
Athena ; produced and directed by Christopher Bruce ; a WAG TV production for Five Programs.
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4 videodiscs (ca. 386 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + viewer's guide (16 p. : col. ill.)
Brian Sewell follows the footsteps of young 18th century British aristocrats undertaking a grand tour through Italy, exploring art, architecture, manners and mores with erudition and wit. He journeys through Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples, Siena, and Milan showcasing cathedrals, palazzos, paintings and sculptures while giving insight into the travels and travails of tourists past.
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Bright star [videorecording]
Pathé, Screen Australia, BBC Films and the UK Film Council present in association with the New South Wales Film and Television Office and Hopscotch International, a Jan Chapman production in association with Caroline Hewitt, a Jane Campion film ; produced by Caroline Hewitt ; produced by Jan Chapman ; written and directed by Jane Campion.
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs [videorecording]
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation ; produced by Pam Marsden ; screenplay by Phil Lord, Chris Miller ; directed by Phil Lord, Chris Miller.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Sam Sparks is a weathergirl covering the town's weather phenomenon, but chooses to hide her intelligence behind a perky exterior. Tim Lockwood is Flint's technophobic father. Brent is the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Mayor Shelbourne exploits Flint's newest invention so he can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map. By-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux has a rule-breaking son, Cal. In a town where food drops from the sky like rain, Flint hopes to create something that will change everyone's life. However, when the weather takes a turn for the worse, the residents of the town of Chewandswallow will find their eating habits have drastically changed.
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Crazy sexy cancer [videorecording]
Red House Pictures ; in association with Cactus 3 presents ; produced by Kris Carr, Brian Fassett and Beth Nathanson ; directed by Kris Carr.
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1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer, 31 year-old Kris Carr exits her acting career upon diagnosis to film her journey for the next four years. Take a view into the intimate, anguishing - and sometimes humorous - world of living with cancer.
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Dark habits [videorecording] = Entre tinieblas
Tesauro S.A. ; una película de Pedro Almodóvar ; producción de Luis Calvo ; escrita y dirigida por Pedro Almodóvar.
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A nightclub singer hides out in a convent after her lover dies of an overdose. The nuns, who welcome her with open arms, have problems of their own.
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Departures [videorecording]
a Regent/Here Media release of a Departures Film Partners presentation ; producers, Toshiaki Nakazawa, Toshihisa Watai ; screenplay by Kundo Koyama ; directed by Yojiro Takita.
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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
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Devil's island [videorecording] = D´jöflaeyjan
Icelandic Film Corporation presents a film by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson ; producers, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Peter Rommel, Egil Ödegaard, Peter Aalbaek Jensen ; script, Einar Kárason ; director, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson.
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, two brothers, Baddi and Danni, are raised by their grandparents. Their flirtatious mother marries an American pilot and moves with him to the States. Baddi decides to pay the couple a visit and returns to Devil's Island a true hero, flashing a new American accent and a big car. His stardom soon fades however, and his mother divorces the pilot thrusting the quirky family into another adventure.
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Diary of Anne Frank [videorecording]
IMG Entertainment ; Darlow Smithson Productions present ; adapted for the screen by Deborah Moggach ; producer, Elinor Day ; director, Jon Jones.
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2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
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Doctors' diaries [videorecording]
a Nova production for Periskope TV for WGBH-Boston ; produced and directed by Michael Barnes.
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (master)
Follows a group of seven doctors for 21 years, from their first day at Harvard Medical School in 1987. The trials and tribulations as these individuals struggled to become doctors and balanced time at work and at home are documented in the difficult years of classes and clinical training, internship and residency, marriage and divorce. In the second part, Nova returns one last time to get an update on the kind of doctors and people they have become. Includes bonus footage and more.
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Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask [videorecording]
United Artists ; a Jack Rollins-Charles H. Joffe and Brodsky/Gould production ; director of photography, David M. Walsh ; executive producer, Jack Brodsky ; producer, Charles H. Joffe ; written for the screen and directed by Woody Allen.
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Broken into seven vignettes that humorously answer questions raised in Dr. Rueben's book about sex.
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Fame [videorecording]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; United Artists ; Lakeshore Entertainment ; produced by Mark Canton, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Richard S. Wright ; screenplay by Allison Burnett ; directed by Kevin Tancharoen.
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Passions will be tested and young hearts will be broken. Ultimately, talent, dedication and hard work will triumph. Centers around a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance and self-discovery.
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The final destination [videorecording]
New Line Cinema presents a Practical Pictures/Parallel Zide production, a David R. Ellis film ; produced by Craig Perry, Warren Zide ; written by Eric Bress ; directed by David R. Ellis.
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
While at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrifc premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends to leave. They escape seconds before his vision becomes a reality. Thinking they cheated death, the group moves on. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die, Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all.
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