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NUMERICAL LIST OF DVD'S 2009 - 2010
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER – “A finely acted, imaginatively directed chiller with brooding power” (Variety), The Night of the Hunter stars Mitchum in the most daring and critically acclaimed performance of his career. Spellbinding, ominous, and hauntingly suspenseful, this extraordinary film noir classic remains “one of the most frightening movies ever made” (Pauline Kael). 1 hour 33 min. Entertainment DVD 1
GROUNDHOG DAY – Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. 101 min. Entertainment DVD 2
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF – An outstanding adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play is wonderful entertainment-an intense, important motion picture”. This is an MGM production staring Burl Ives, Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. 1 hour 48 min. Entertainment DVD 3
CASABLANCA – In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. Black and White 103 min. Entertainment DVD 4
BLADE RUNNER – This is Ridley Scott’s own vision of his sci-fi classic. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He’s a “blade runner” stalking genetically made criminal replicas. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. 117 min. Entertainment DVD 5
CITY OF ANGELS – Seth is an angel who must decide if he’ll forsake his immortality and become human on the chance that the woman of his dreams might love him. That woman is Maggie, a pragmatic heart surgeon who doesn’t believe in angels until she meets Seth. 114 min. Entertainment DVD 6
THE BIRTH OF A NATION - The story of two families, North and South, who are caught up in the Civil War and then the Reconstruction period. Includes an abbreviated version of “The Birth of a Race” (1918) which was conceived as a protest against the racism of “Birth of a Nation”. 200 min. Entertainment DVD 7
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE – Agatha Christie’s world famous novel, Ten Little Indians, is brought to the screen with all of its baffling suspense and a star studded cast, headed by Academy Award winner Barry Fitzgerald. One by one guests are being murdered on a mysterious island and those remaining realize the killer is among them. 97 min. Entertainment DVD 8
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – This is a Midland Lutheran College production of Little Shop of Horrors. In this musical, Mushnik’s Flower Shop houses an exotic
potted plant called Audrey II. People are rushing in to see it but if they knew the truth, they would rush right out!!!! 120 min. Entertainment DVD 9
THIRTEEN DAYS - Oct. 1962, for thirteen extraordinary days the world stood on the brink of destruction. Krushchev wouldn't back down, President Kennedy wouldn't give in. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House. 2000 DVD 10
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ – The songs of Leiber and Stoller. Starring the original Tony Award nominated Broadway cast. 2001 Approximately 102 min. DVD 11
THE FOG OF WAR - The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. 2003 107 min. Educational DVD 12
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST - A profound story of courage and sacrifice depicting the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus Christ. 2004 126 min. Entertainment DVD 13
THE GRANDFATHER - When news of his son's death brings old Count Albrit home to Spain after years abroad, he's pleased to meet his two charming young granddaughters. But one of the girls is not his son's daughter, and therefore not his true heir. The determined Count sets out to discover which granddaughter is worthy of his love and name. 1998 146 min. Entertainment DVD 14
WEDDING IN GALILEE - The elder of a Palestinian village under Israeli military rule, wants permission to hold a traditional wedding for his son that will go past the imposed curfew. The Army commander agrees on the condition that he and his officers be invited as guests of honor at the ceremony. 1987 112 min. DVD 15
STAR WARS TRILOGY - May the Force be with you. Set in a galaxy far-far away, The Star Wars trilogy takes the viewer along an exciting journey following the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of Darth Vader and the evil Imperial Army. Episode 4. A New Hope / director, George Lucas -- Episode 5. The Empire Strikes Back / director, Irvin Kershner -- episode 6. Return of the Jedi / director, Richard Marquand -- Bonus material. 2004 4 DVDs 287 min. Entertainment DVD 16 pt. 4 - 6
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - The story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion of Normandy beach. Once the men move beyond the beach, Captain John Miller must take his men behind the German lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage. 1998 169 min. Entertainment DVD 17
FORREST GUMP - The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody a generation. 2001 141 Min.. Entertainment DVD 18
THE THREE FACES OF EVE - A fact-based story about a Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's behavior seeks help from a psychiatrist. The doctor finds that each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existence but none are related. After months of therapy, Eve is purged of her negative selves and is cured. 2004 91 Min. Entertainment DVD 19
BIG BLONDE - The Dorothy Parker short story chronicles the decline of a vivacious showroom model and good-time party girl in the 1920's, who gives up her high-life for marriage with a traveling salesman. When he turns out to be a hard-drinking philanderer, the marriage deteriorates, as she turns to drinking for solace, moving from man to man, and sinking into an alcoholic haze and deep funk. 2000 90 min. Entertainment DVD 20
THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY - This three-man troupe performs all of Shakespeare's plays in 90 comedic minutes. Includes: optional commentaries by the stars and the director, and footage of an early Reduced Shakespeare Company performance. 2003 90 min. DVD 21
ALICE AT THE PALACE - An entertaining and shrewdly conceived retelling of the Carroll classics with all of the beloved characters given a unique twist by the witty and charming performances of an accomplished theatrical ensemble. 2002 75 min. Entertainment DVD 22
MARAT/SADE - The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat. 1967 120 min. Entertainment DVD 23
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - The story of a noted critic and social celebrity who is stranded at the Stanley family's Midwestern home after injuring his hip on their property. 2000 166 min. Entertainment DVD 24
THE SEAGULL - A group of friends and relatives gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin. Among the audience are Konstantin's self-centered mother, the actress Arkadina, and her lover, the novelist Trigorin. Their glamorous presence not only disrupts the performance, but also soon takes on a more profound significance for the lives of all those present. 1975 120 min. Educational DVD 25
PASSION – The highly acclaimed Broadway musical continues the thrilling musical partnership of Sondheim and Lapine and features extraordinary performances from Donna Murphy, Marin Mazzie and Jere Shea. A haunting study of obsessive love, this striking production offers a visual and musical feast that will linger in your heart and soul forever. 1995 115 min. Entertainment DVD 26
THE OFFICIAL STORY - An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered. 2004 114 MIN. Entertainment DVD 27
WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE - Gilbert Grape is devoted to taking care of his family, which includes an obese mother and a mentally impaired brother. He feels the hopelessness of his life in a rural community when a young woman breezes into town and changes everything. 2001 117 min. DVD 28 copy 1, 2, 3 and 4
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE - A man has come unstuck in time and jumps back and forth in his life with no control over where he is going next. In the end he learns he must concentrate on the good things and ignore the bad in life. 2004 114 min. DVD 29 4 copies
IN THE BEDROOM - The Fowlers are a normal family in Maine. Matt is the town doctor and loves to fish, his wife, Ruth, is the school's choir leader, and their son, Frank, is home from his first year of college. Frank is in love with Natalie, a young mother who isn't quite divorced yet from her ex-husband, Richard Strout, whose family runs the local cannery. It makes Richard's blood run cold to see his wife running around with another man. And soon, an unthinkable tragedy happens that will tear the Fowlers apart. 2001 131 min. DVD 30
THE MAHABHARATA - This epic tells the story of two sets of cousins: the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Pandu's brother, Dhritarashtra. The eldest brother of each set of cousins claims the throne of Hastinapura for himself and a struggle arises between them. At first the kingdom is divided, but, as a result of a rigged gambling match, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yuddhishtira, loses his half, and he and his brothers are forced into exile for thirteen years, after which time they will be given back their kingdom. However, when the eldest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, refuses to do so the two sets of cousins gather their armies and go to war. 2001 5 hrs. 25 min. DVD 31
MACBETH - The original Royal Shakespeare Company stars in this classic, world-renowned production of the Great Bard's riveting tale of murder, revenge, and insanity from Tony Award winner Trevor Nunn. 2004 146 min. DVD 32
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES - Eve Ensler's performances of monologues from her one-woman play, The vagina monologues, are interspersed with the artist's comments on the creation of each monologue and documentary-style footage of interviews with a variety of women. 2002 90 min. DVD 33
HAMLET BY BROOK - Brook by Brook, an intimate portrait / Arte France ... [et al.] present a film by Simon Brook ; written in collaboration with Fabienne Pascaud, Josie Miljevic (72 mins.) -- The tragedy of Hamlet / BBC ... [et al.] present ; by William Shakespeare ; adapted and directed by Peter Brook in collaboration with Marie-Helene Estienne ; producer, Yvon Davis (132 mins.). 2001 DVD 34
A SOLDIER’S STORY - A black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal, Louisiana, near the end of World War II to investigate the murder of Sgt. Waters, a black man who despised his own roots. 1999 101 min. DVD 35 4 copies
SILKWOOD - Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story. 1999 131 min. DVD 36
LA BOHEME- A live performance of Puccini's opera about bohemian pleasures and doomed love among poor artists, with the setting updated to Paris in 1957 and 1958. 1999 112 min. DVD 37
THE GREEN MILE - Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift. 2000 188 min. DVD 38
GONE WITH THE WIND - Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Haras' Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction. COPYRIGHT 1999 233 min. DVD 39
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE - The story of Henry Fleming and his grappling with fear and courage as a Union Army recruit during the Civil War. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. copyright 2003 69 min. DVD 40
THE SEA INSIDE - Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles - "[Biography of] Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life"--Container. Produced in 2005 125 min. Entertainment DVD 41
CITY OF M (CIUDAD DE M) SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - The story of M, a young Peruvian living in Lima, who, after a job search that goes nowhere, faces the decision of whether or not to go into the drug smuggling business with some of his friends. Purchased 2006 Entertainment DVD 42
COMMON GROUND – Spanish with English subtitles - Fernando, a respected university professor, and Lili, his devoted wife, have lived happily together in Buenos Aires for many years. Without warning, they find their comfortable life threatened when Fernando is forced into early retirement as a result of Argentina's economic crisis. Facing an uncertain future, the couple relocates to the countryside where they bravely set out on a new chapter of their lives. Copyright 2002 113 min. Entertainment DVD 43
OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS – Spanish with English subtitles - An older writer, Fernando, returns to his hometown, Medellin, Colombia. There he falls in love with 16-year-old assassin, Alexis. After Alexis is killed, Fernando hunts for his killer in the Medellin slums and falls in love with Wilmar, a boy who resembles Alexis. Produced 2000 101 min. Entertainment DVD 44
A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN – English with Spanish subtitles - 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. 2004 95 min. Entertainment DVD 45
CALLEJON DE LOS MILAGROS (MIDAQ ALLEY) – The close knit neighbors of downtown Mexico City all reach different destinations while struggling down the road to a better life. Based on the Nobel Prize winning novel. In Spanish with English subtitles. 1994 140 min. DVD 46
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK - Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. A very public feud develops when the Senator responds by accusing the anchor of being a communist. In this climate of fear and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity will prove historic and monumental. 2006 production 93 min. Entertainment DVD 47
CRASH - A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Produced 2004 113 min. Entertainment DVD 48
TALK TO HER – ENGLISH SUBTITLES - This story is about the life of two tragic women and the men who love them. Copyright 2003 109 min. Entertainment DVD 49
AMORES PERROS – A car accident serves as the bouncing-off point for three separate stories. Features both subtitled and dubbed versions of the film, audio commentary, deleted scenes, trailers and more. Copyright 2001 153 min. Entertainment DVD 50
MY FAIR LADY – (Special Edition) Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins. Higgins, in turn, bets with his companion, Colonel Pickering, that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, ready and willing to be turned into a lady. 1964 173 min. DVD 51
BEVERLY HILLS COP - Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers. 2001 105 min. Entertainment DVD 52
BLUE STREAK - Master jewel thief Miles Logan has a big problem. A $20 million problem. Recently released from prison for the botched heist of a huge diamond, he's anxious to retrieve the hot rock which he hid at a construction site two years earlier. 1999 94 min. DVD 53
Triple X: State of the Union - A new criminal bad boy on the verge of prosecution is recruited by Senior Agent Gibbons. In a new XXX program, our anti-hero rallies his buddies on the street to prevent an overthrow of our government. 2005 101 min. DVD 54
FUTURE SPORT - The story takes place in a time when the hottest sport around is a high-tech combination of in-line skating and skateboarding that is so challenging that only the toughest, most dexterous athletes can thrive. Tremaine Ramsey is the greatest athlete of them all. Fame for him is a drug; it is such an obsession that it threatens his personal and professional life. When a terrorist group arises that threatens the world's safety, Tre is asked to use his special skills to stop them. In so doing, he is forced to reevaluate his attitudes and behavior towards others. 1998 90 min. DVD 55
TIMELINE - A group of present-day archeology students are stunned to discover a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357...from their own professor. He's been blasted back in time to the 14th century. To rescue him, they must travel back and survive one of the most violent battles in world history--and make it back to the 21st century alive. 2003 115 min. DVD 56
BLACK DOG - Action film about two truck drivers being chased by a relentless fanatic. 1998 89 min. DVD 57
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through their proximity, loneliness and through a shared lack of tenderness and emotion in their lives and are emotionally, physically and psychically bonded to each other almost from the start. 2006 135 minutes DVD 58
MUNICH - It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim, over information Avner doesn't want to provide only make things harder. Soon the work starts to take its toll on Avner, especially as it becomes clear that Avner is being hunted in return, and that his family's safety may be in jeopardy. 2006 164 min. DVD 59
SYRIANA - As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised Wasim Khan, a Pakistani teenager, falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the world. 2006 128 min. DVD 60
THE NATURAL - Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has an opportunity to share in their race for the pennant. 2001 138 min. DVD 61
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS- Cast :Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Paul Scofield, Thomas More, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave. 1998 copy of 1966 version. 120 min. DVD 62
SHAKUNTALA - "The Department of Theatre & Dance Pomona College presents Shakuntala a play by Kalidasa" -- opening credits disc 1. 2005 DVD 63
THE GREY ZONE - Based on real-life events. Chronicles a unit of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos, a special squad of Jewish prisoners, who staged the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. 2001 production 108 min. DVD 64
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DOOM - Looks at the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany from the perspective of Hitler's use of the arts in Nazi policy and propaganda. 1989 production 119 min. DVD 65
LOS ANOS BARBAROS (UN VIAJE A LA LIBERTAD) - Two handsome young Spanish men escape the law by posing as tour guides for two American girls on a trip through Spain's countryside. Dos jóvenes son sentenciados a prisión, luego de pintar un graffiti de contenido político. Ellos deciden escapar y viajan a través de España, haciéndose pasar por guías turísticos de dos chicas americanas. 2006 120 min. DVD 66
ASFALTO - Spanish thriller about three young criminals on the streets of Madrid. 2001 92 Min. DVD 67
MURDER, MY SWEET - A down-on-his-luck private detective searches for an ex-convict's missing girlfriend and finds himself in a dark world of mayhem and murder. Originally released as a motion picture in 1944. This is a 2004 remake. 95 min. DVD 68
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES - The first of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. After learning the history of the Baskerville curse from the hirsute Dr. Mortimer, Sherlock Holmes takes upon himself the responsibility of protecting sole heir Henry Baskerville from suffering the same fate as his ancestors: a horrible death at the fangs of the huge hound of Grimpen Moor. Unable to head to Baskerville mansion immediately, Holmes sends his colleague Dr. Watson to act as his surrogate. What Watson doesn't know is that Holmes, donning several clever disguises, is closely monitoring the activities of everyone in and around the estate. Originally released in 1939 this is a 2004 update. 80 min. DVD 69
THE MALTESE FALCON - After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. 2000 remake 100 min. DVD 70
THE HUMAN STAIN - Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public. Copyright 2003 105 min. DVD 71
THE GOLDEN SPIDERS: A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY - Nero Wolfe is the eccentric, ingenious detective who always solves the crime. A 2000 A & E Television Network production 94 min. DVD 72
STRONG POISON – DOROTHY L. SAYERS MYSTERIES - In the first of Dorothy L. Sayers's famous Harriet Vane mystery series, amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey falls in love with Harriet Vane, the mystery writer as she stands in the dock of Old Bailey. Harriet Vane is on trial for the diabolically clever murder of her fiancé. Not only does Wimsey believe in her innocence, he fall is love with her at first sight. Can he save her from the gallows and will he win her hand? 2002 BBC production 150 min. DVD 73
PARADISE ROAD - Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery. 2000 132 min. DVD 75
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion. Black and white film copyright 1957 This copy 2001 MGM films 120 min. DVD 76
MISSISSIPPI BURNING - Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town. 2001 127 min. DVD 77
THE THIN MAN - Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Crime/comedy thriller featuring Nick Charles, private eye, and his wife Nora. The plot unfolds at Christmas when an eccentric inventor disappears after threatening his mistress with a lawsuit for embezzlement. This copy by Turner Entertainment : Warner Home Video, 2002. 91 min. DVD 79
THE KENNEL MURDER CASE - Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. A Philo Vance mystery with the customary sealed room puzzle. A competitor in a Long Island dog show is found dead, and Vance is hot on the trail of the killer. 2002 by Alpha Video distributors, Inc. 73 min. DVD 80
SLING BLADE - 25 years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl is finally returning home. Once there he is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. As a strong relationship develops between Karl and the boy, a confrontation builds with the mother's abusive and sometimes violent boyfriend. 1996 135 min. DVD 81
THE OTHER SISTER - "Even though Carla has grown into a very capable young woman, her nervous mother still has a major meltdown when Carla and her new boyfriend set out to experience all of life's great adventures, they're also out to prove that Carla has earned her independence"--Container. 1999 130 min. DVD 82
GOOD WILL HUNTING - A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor. 1997 126 min. DVD 83
ANTWONE FISHER - Guided by a determined Navy psychiatrist, a troubled sailor embarks on a personal, emotionally inspiring journey to confront his past and connect with the family he never knew. Inspired by the true life experiences of Antwone Fisher. 2002 120 minutes DVD 84
I AM SAM - Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. 2002 134 min. DVD 85
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM - Mother, son, son's girlfriend and best friend are all addicts pursuing their dream of happiness. Even when things begin to unravel, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into nightmarish freefall. 2001 102 min. DVD 86
BASKETBALL DIARIES - Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart. 1998 102 min. DVD 87
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT - A recovering heroin addict remembers his past. 1999 88 min. DVD 88
CLEAN AND SOBER - A young, hotshot real-estate broker has a drug abuse problem he refuses to acknowledge. When he gets in trouble with his company and the law, he decides to hide out in a detox program. What he doesn't count on is that the drug rehab program will force him to face himself, admit his addiction and come clean. 1998 124 min. DVD 89
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - Alice and Michael are a passionate couple whose once-stable marriage is rocked by her increasing dependence on alcohol. As they strive to overcome this challenge, they discover a renewed sense of love and commitment. 1999 126 min. DVD 90
INSPECTOR ALLEYN MYSTERIES – SET TWO - Death in a white tie (ca. 98 min.) -- Hand in glove (ca. 98 min.)-- Scales of Justice (ca. 98 min.) -- Dead water (ca. 98 min.). Gentleman detective Roderick Alleyn (played by Patrick Malahide) faces four baffling cases in this second set of DVD mysteries based on the works of Ngaio Marsh. Alleyn asks a friend to do some amateur sleuthing to determine who is blackmailing a number of society women. When his friend is found murdered, a guilt-stricken Alleyn is determined to find the killer in âÇ£Death in a White Tie.âÇ Alleyn must wade through a labyrinth of misdirection, petty theft, and murder in âÇ£Hand in GloveâÇ when a stray body turns up in a ditch in the country and all of the suspects turn out to have been lunch guests of Percival Pyke-Period (excellently portrayed by Sir John Guilgud). What secrets are hidden in the late Sir Henry Lanklander's memoirs and who would resort to murder to keep those secrets are the questions Alleyn investigates in âÇ£Scales of Justice.âÇ And on a small island in Scotland, Pixie Falls is reputed to have healing waters, but the miracles turn to horror when a murder occurs in âÇ£Dead Water.âÇ A welcome addition to mystery collections. Recommended. Karen A. Plummer, Univ. of Akron Lib. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 2006 392 minutes total DVD 91 pt. 1, 2, 3, and 4
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing super storm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature. 2004 123 min. DVD 92
DEATH IN VENICE - In Venice on holiday, composer Gustav Aschenbach encounters a young Polish boy and becomes obsessed with him, a secret passion that will lead to his doom. 2004 130 min. DVD 94
BOYS FROM BRAZIL - A band of Nazi leaders, escaped from postwar Germany, scheme to return to power. Their plans to dominate the world are based on a bizarre biological experiment undertaken by Josef Mengele, to clone Hitler. Based on the novel by Ira Levin. Videodisc release of the 1978 motion picture. Copyright 1999 127 min. DVD 95
PLANET OF THE APES - In a remake of the original film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers - and humans are little more than slaves. 2003 124 min. DVD 96
SYBIL - A landmark, classic drama depicting the extraordinary real life of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Includes the full 3-hour broadcast version (aired over two nights), along with over an hour of new exclusive special features. Originally produced and broadcast in 1977. 2006 187 min. DVD 97
OSMOSIS JONES - He's a new strain and he's one cell of a guy. He's Osmosis Jones. In the "real" world, Frank ingests a villainous virus named Thrax. Now, deep inside the animated inner realm of the "City of Frank", it’s up to maverick white blood cell cop, Jones, and his reluctant sidekick, cold-capsule Drix to thwart Thrax's epidemic of evil. 2001 96 min. DVD 98
SUPER SIZE ME – A FILM OF EPIC PORTIONS - Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and super size his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. 2004 100 min. DVD 99
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS - A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. Chaos results in the escape of some Triffids: experimental plants that are capable of moving themselves around and attacking people. 2005 95 min. DVD 100
THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER – A detective and mystery story that deals with the murder of a wealthy old lady and a French police inspector's relentless search for her killer. Based on the novel: A Battle of Nerves. Cast includes Charles Laughton, Burgess Meredith, Franchot Tone. 1996 88 min. Entertainment DVD 101
THE POSTMAN – IL POSTINO - The postman, Mario, enlists the aid of the poet Pablo Neruda to conquer the heart of the beautiful Beatrice. 1995 108 min. DVD 102
BABEL - A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children. 2006 143 min. DVD 103
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES - An inspirational adventure, based on the true story of Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, whose thrilling and dangerous road trip across Latin America becomes a life-changing journey of self-discovery. French or Spanish subtitles. 2005 127 min. DVD 104
THE ALAMO - Retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers - including William Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie - retreat within the walls of the Alamo, a Franciscan mission that was converted into a military fort. Once inside, the men prepare themselves for what will be a bloody battle to the death. U.S. General Sam Houston leads the charge from the outside. The Texans held the fort for 13 days under siege by General Santa Anna. 2004 136 min. DVD 105
ABOUT SCHMIDT - Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions. 2002 125 min. DVD 106
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY - Jason Bourne has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar. He has been able to reconnect with Marie, the woman he loves. But Bourne is still haunted by vivid dreams and troubling memories of his days as a killer, and he's not really certain how much really happened and how much is a product of his imagination. When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances beyond his control, he must reconcile his past and present as he struggles to keep Marie out of harm's way and foil an international incident with dangerous consequences. 2004 108 Min. DVD 108
MEET JOHN DOE - A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will, and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his way to power. 2003 170 min. DVD 109
PSYCHO - "Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn)--a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother.' Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. Macy). They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel"--Container label. 1999 104 min. DVD 110
DRAMAS - Disc One. Maltese Falcon (100 min.) -- Disc Two. Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- Disc Three & Four. Ben-Hur (222 min.). Maltese falcon: After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. Citizen Kane: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. Ben-Hur: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From that point forward, Judah's life becomes a quest: a quest to survive and a quest for vengeance. Judah survives the galleys to become the adopted son of a Roman general, and his triumphant return to Judea permits him to challenge and subsequently confront Messala in a chariot race. PURCHASED 2007 DVD 111
THE GRADUATE - A shy, aimless college graduate, without any idea of responsibility or ambition, wanders from a liaison with a married woman to pursuit of her engaged daughter. 2007 106 min. DVD 112
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN -In German with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany #162; #172; #162;s population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police (Stasi). Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives. But when a corrupt government official falls for Georg's stunning actress-girlfriend, Christa, an ambitious Stasi policeman is ordered to bug the writer #162; #172; #162;s apartment to gain incriminating evidence against the rival. Now, what the officer discovers is about to dramatically change their lives -- as well as his -- in this seductive political thriller. 2007 137 min. DVD 113
THE GALINDEZ FILE – EL MISTERIO GALINDEZ - A young American woman, Muriel Colber, arrives in Spain in the late 1980s to work on her doctoral dissertation about Jesús Galíndez. She begins investigating the mystery of the 1956 disappearance of Galíndez, a Basque living in exile in the United States in the wake of the Spanish Civil War, and her discoveries in Santo Domingo and New York soon put her life in danger from those responsible for his death. 2003 124 min. DVD 115
VOLVER – In Spanish with English subtitles. Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sister’s birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past returns (volver). 2007 121 min. DVD 116
4 LITTLE GIRLS- When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern. 1998 102 min. DVD 117
RUSH- Undercover narcotics officers Jim Raynor and Kristen Cates are partners who become lovers and addicts as they infiltrate the local drug scene in order to bring down a suspected drug lord. 2002 120 min. DVD 118
THE JEEVES COLLECTION- Thank you, Jeeves!: The ever-efficient Jeeves has his work cut out for him when his lovestruck employer is determined to help a damsel in distress and instead lands himself in a heap of trouble. Can Jeeves rescue Bertie and help him get the girl, all without mussing his tie?
Step lively, Jeeves!: What-ho, Jeeves comes to America! Conned into believing he's the long-lost heir to Sir Francis Drake's fortune, Jeeves seeks to claim his due-- and finds himself up to the starched collar in criminals. He'll have to "step lively" indeed if he's going to get out of this pickle. 2007 126min. DVD 119
A FAREWELL TO ARMS- Romance of an American ambulance driver wounded in World War I who falls in love with his nurse. 2005 152 min. DVD 120 (5 Copies)
A FAREWELL TO ARMS- A wounded American soldier falls in love with his beautiful English nurse during World War I. 2002? 85 min. DVD 121
THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS- Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director. 2003 158 min. DVD 122
GET ON THE BUS - Follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to Farrakhan’s Millon Man March in Washington, DC and what it means to be a black man in modern America. On the way, they will make friends, make enemies, and make history. 1997 121 min. DVD 124
500 YEARS LATER - Filmed in five continents, this critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning film chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought, and continue to fight, for the most essential human right -- self-determination. 2008 116 min. DVD 125
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER - Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind. 2008 107 min. DVD 129
PHILADELPHIA - Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries. 2004 125 min. DVD 130
GANDHI - Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Film centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free. 2007 283 min. DVD 131
TODO SOBRE MI MADRE - ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER - Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. 2007 101 min. DVD 132
LOS FANTASMAS DE GOYA – GOYA’S GHOSTS - The painter Goya is involved with the Spanish Inquisition. His muse Inés is arrested for heresy. Lorenzo, the monk, is being painted by Goya and so Inés' father asks him for help to secure his daughter's freedom. 2006 109 min. DVD 133
REAR WINDOW - As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history. 1954 115 min. DVD 134
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Kathy gets evicted from her home for failing to pay a tax she never should have been charged to pay in the first place. The house is swiftly put up for auction and bought by a former military officer from Iran named Behrani. When legal efforts fail her, Kathy turns to a sympathetic cop who wants out of a loveless marriage and who is willing to step over legal boundaries if it might give him the fresh start he is so badly craving. 2003 126 min. DVD 135
SICKO - Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by the United States health care insurance companies -- companies who sacrifice essential health services in order to maximize profits. Sheds light on the how complicated it can become for communities and individuals, and the sacrifices they have made when they are denied health care coverage. 2007 123 min. DVD 136
THE GREAT DEBATERS - Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story. 2008 124 min. DVD 137
ERASERHEAD - A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The extraordinary special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own. 2005 88 min. DVD 138
BLUE VELVET - A college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery and wants to know more. The strange world he's found lurking beneath his hometown picture-postcard veneer is about to become much stranger. 2002 121 min. DVD 139
EXPELLED - Ben Stein travels the world on a quest to learn an awe-inspiring truth - that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure, and even fired for merely believing that there might be evidence of 'design' in nature, and that perhaps life is not the result of accidental, random chance, but of intelligent design. 2008 90 min. DVD 140
PRIMAL FEAR - A Chicago altar boy is accused of murdering the archbishop and a publicity hungry local attorney decides to defend him. 1998 130 min. DVD 141
MOJADOS – THROUGH THE NIGHT- Filmed over the course of ten days, this follows four men into the world of illegal border-crossing from Mexico to the United States. Guapo, Oso, Tigre, Viejo take the 120 mile cross-desert journey that has been traveled innumerable times by nameless immigrants who - like these four from Michoacan, Mexico - all had a simple dream for a better life. Fighting dehydration and exhaustion while evading the U.S. Border Patrol through sub-zero temperature darkness of night, filled with barbed wire, brutal storms and the ever-present confrontation with death, they endure unimaginable hardship that is the reality for tens of thousands of illegals who have made this similar journey. 2005 70 min. DVD 142
THE BATTLE FOR WHITECLAY - The Battle for Whiteclay follows Indian activists Frank LaMere, Duane Martin, Sr. and Russell Means through the streets of Whiteclay to the halls of Nebraska's State Capitol in their campaign to end alcohol sales in the place Nebraska newspapers have dubbed 'Skid Row on the Prairie.' The film documents a little-known social disaster in which families are torn apart and advocates for the Indian way of life confront state and local authorities. Filmmaker Mark Vasina has devoted 5 years to filming and reporting on this tragic and compelling story. 2008 113 min. DVD 144
BRIAN’S SONG - A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970. 1971 release 74 min. DVD 145
FAR FROM HEAVEN - Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. 2002 107 min. DVD 146
LES MISERABLES - The story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean. 1998 134 min. DVD 147
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