Music Lab DVD Titles
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| ... And justice for all |
A young lawyer battles not only one-on-one injustice, but the whole justice system itself. |
1979 |
791.43655 J49a, 2004 |
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| 10 days that unexpectedly changed America |
Ten acclaimed documentary filmmakers present ten pivotal moments in American history and the often unexpected changes brought about by these events. |
2006 |
973 T46, 2006 |
| 12 monkeys |
An inmate from a futuristic prison is sent to the past to gather information about the virus that sent the human race to live underground. |
1996 |
791.43615 G55t, 2005 |
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| 2001 a space odyssey / |
A science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future. |
1968 |
791.43 K862t, 2001 |
| 2001 a space odyssey / |
A science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future. |
1968 |
791.43 K862t, 1999 |
| 2002 Drum Corps International world championships |
Performances by the top 12 Division I drum corps at the DCI world championships held in Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin, August 5-10, 2002. |
2002 |
784.83 D795w, 2002 |
| 24, the editing process |
Features the editors, script supervisor and post-production supervisor who make the Emmy Award-winning hit program, "24". |
2005 |
791.45023 B55t, 2005 |
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| 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 ti |
2000 |
323.1196073 L44f, 2000 |
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| 50 years war Israel and the Arabs. |
Begins with the 1947 U.N. decision to partition Palestine and charts the ensuing half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiations. Includes interviews and news clips of heads of state and other military and intelligence leaders. Episodes on the |
1998 |
956.9405 F54, 2000 |
| 500 nations |
"500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact"--Booklet. |
2004 |
970.00497 L48f, 2004 |
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| 8 femmes 8 women / |
A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. O |
2002 |
791.43655 O96e, 2003 |
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| 9 1/2 weeks |
She is a Soho gallery worker (romantically uninvolved); he is a commodities broker (emotionally alone). Their chance meeting leads them into extremes of passion and surrender, eroticism, and emotional awakenings. |
1986 |
791.436552 N56, 1999 |
| 9/11 commission report |
"An exhaustive, objective look at the findings of Commission's report, the work that went into it, and the repercussions of its release. Here are the stories of the families who lost loved ones, and of misinterpreted signals and missed opportunities."--Pu |
2004 |
973.931 N56Yf, 2004 |
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| A bout de souffle |
A small-time hood kills a policeman and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police and he gets killed trying to escape. |
1960 |
791.43655 G63b, 2005 |
| A.I. Artificial intelligence |
Visions of a future full of astonishing android technology. David, an advanced android, embarks on an extraordinary adventure to discover the secret of his own identity. Believing in the story of Pinocchio, David dreams of becoming a real boy. |
2001 |
791.43615 S65a, 2002 |
| Abraham and Mary Lincoln a house divided / |
A six part program which examines the Lincolns' family life and marriage, Abraham Lincoln's presidency, and the Civil War era. |
2001 |
973.7 L638Yb, 2001 |
| Abrazo partido Lost embrace / |
"Set in Buenos Aires' vibrant Jewish community, Lost Embrace conjures up an irresistible ensemble of engaging and quirky characters that pursue their dreams with humor, passion and an infectious generosity of spirit. Ariel is a recent college dropout with |
2003 |
791.43617 B87A, 2006 |
| Abre los ojos |
"In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. CeÌsar tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed in |
1997 |
791.43655 A44a, 2001 |
| Abril despedacžado [Behind the sun] / |
"Behind the Sun is a rapturous Western, a big film about a big, unwanted destiny visited upon a vulnerable, young hero. Adapted from the novel Broken April by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (the story has been transferred from Europe to Brazil's rugged, no |
2001 |
791.436552 S25a, 2002 |
| Accident |
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1967 |
823.914 L67a, 2001 |
| ACLU freedom files |
Hear the stories of people in America who are having their civil liberties stripped from them, and how they fought back. Includes interviews, commentary, animation, music, and much more. |
2006 |
323.0973 K34a, 2006 |
| Adam's rib |
A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor. |
1949 |
791.43617 A33, 2000 |
| Adaptation |
Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best- |
2002 |
791.43655 J66a, 2003 |
| Adapted physical education and sport / |
Part I introduces foundational topics in adapted physical education and sport, including program organization and management, adapted sport, individualized programs, and instructional strategies. It helps teachers and leaders to plan, assess, prescribe, t |
2005 |
371.904486 A33, 2005 |
| Addiction a 14-part series / |
Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatments. |
2007 |
616.8606 A33, 2007 |
| Adefesio |
"El drama se centra en la imponente figura de Gorgo, el personaje que interpreta Irene Gutierrez Caba, una extrana mujer que encarna una autoridad absoluta e indiscutible de la que ella misma se ha investido a la muerte de su hermano y que ejerce con dure |
1982 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 23 |
| Adriana Lecouvreur an opera in four acts / |
This La Scala production of Cilea's verismo opera dramatizes the celebrated 18th-century French actress rivalry with the Princess of Bouillon for the Count of Saxony's love. |
1989 |
792.542 C572ad, 1998 |
| Adventure of photography 150 years of the photographic image / |
"Conceived as an introspective journey that takes you from the first daguerreotypes to war photojournalism, from fashion spreads to the greatest contemporary artists, this program includes 1700 pictures, 300 artists, and will appeal to all photographers-- |
1998 |
770 A38, 1998 |
| Adventures of Antoine Doinel five films / |
Five films featuring the enthusiastic, melancholic, and hopelessy romantic trouble maker Antoine Doinel, played by Jean-Pierre LeŽaud. The films take Doinel from his troubled childhood through myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements, from his storm |
1959 |
791.43655 T78ad, 2003 |
| Adventures of Indiana Jones |
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2003 |
791.43655 S65i, 2003 |
| Adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert |
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into |
1994 |
791.43617 A38, 2000 |
| Adventures of Robin Hood |
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny. |
1938 |
791.43658 R63 , 2003 |
| Advise & consent |
"A Senate subcommittee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State." |
1962 |
813 D845adYp, 2005 |
| Affair to remember |
Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic acciden |
1957 |
791.436543 M328a, 2002 |
| Affliction |
When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade Whitehouse, with the aid of his new girlfriend, is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life. |
1997 |
791.436552 S37a, 1999 |
| Africans in America America's journey through slavery / |
A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America. This series exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramiatic recreations, rare archival photography, riveting first-person accounts and defines the reality of slaver' |
1998 |
973.0496073 A47, 2000 |
| After the storm |
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2006 |
EP 1.104:ST 7/2006/DVD |
| Age d'or |
Using a melange of strange and unrelated images, this surrealistic film about two lovers who mock convention is a statement by Bun~uel on the nature of the bourgeoisie, the Church and the police. Banned in France within two weeks of its release. |
1930 |
791.43655 B86or, 2004 |
| Age of innocence |
"A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container. |
1993 |
813 W55aS, 2001 |
| Agribusiness problems and solutions / |
"Corporate agriculture" examines the cost to the environment and rural culture caused by a handful of multinational corporations involved in factory farming. "Alternative agriculture" asserts that ecological, organic and ethical farming is a viable altern |
2004 |
338.10973 A37, 2005 |
| Agriculture: America's most crucial industry |
Examines the role that modern agriculture plays in determining the economic health of the country. |
1990 |
338.10973 A373, 2004 |
| Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes Aguirre, wrath of God / |
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering |
1972 |
791.43658 H47ag, 2000 |
| Ah, wilderness! |
This production of Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic paean to the rites of adolescence has been hailed for its beauty, intimacy and good humor. Set in New England in the days of America's innocence, the affectionate comedy presents a young man's coming of age du |
1976 |
812 On2a, 2001 |
| Aida |
An Egyptian soldier falls in love with his Ethiopian captive. |
1988 |
792.542 V484ai, 2000 |
| Aileen life and death of a serial killer / |
Nick Broomfield explores the life of Aileen Wuornos, the prostitute executed in Florida for killing six men. Includes examinations of her childhood, testimony at her trial by Broomfield, and a chilling speech by Wuornos herself. |
2003 |
364.1523092 W86Yb, 2004 |
| AimeŽe & Jaguar AimeŽe und Jaguar / |
Its the Battle of Berlin, during World War 2, two women find each other. One is single, AimeŽe, the other, Jaguar, is unhappily married with 4 children. In war torn Germany it was not safe to be Jewish, it was just as unsafe to be a lesbian. When Jaguar's |
1999 |
791.43658 F37a, 2001 |
| Al Qaeda's new front |
As Al Qaeda terrorist cells are uncovered in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain, Frontline investigates the new front in the war on terror: Europe. It discusses the challenges of intelligence services on both sides of the Atlantic, which has been exacerb |
2005 |
303.625 Q35Yd, 2005 |
| Alberto Giacometti |
"The son of a painter, Alberto Giacometti was born in 1901 in Italian-speaking Switzerland. At 18, he left school to find himself. Soon after, he announced that he would devote his life to art. At 21, Giacometti went to Paris to study with sculptor Antoin |
2004 |
709.2 G53a, 2004 |
| Alberto Giacometti |
Two films about the surrealist artist, Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures and distinctive approach to the human body have greatly influenced modern art. What is a head? features interviews with several art world luminaries. A man among men fea |
1963 |
709.2 G53Yv, 2001 |
| Alcalde de Zalamea |
El Captain Ataide, while a guest in the house of Pedro Crespo, kidnaps his daughter. By the time the Captain is finally apprehended Pedro Crespo has been chosen mayor and demands justice.
"El capitan Ataide, alojado en casa de Pedro Crespo, secuestra a l |
1994 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 5 |
| Alceste |
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2000 |
792.542 G567aL, 2000 |
| Alcina dramma per musica in tre atti (1735) / |
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1999 |
792.542 H135al, 2000 |
| Alegria |
What if anything were possible? What if the stage became a fantastic world where old were young again, and where the kings were clowns? Alegria is magic and joy from a world turned upside down. |
1999 |
791.3 C57a, 1999 |
| Alexander |
The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years. |
2004 |
791.43651 A44Ys, 2005 |
| Alexander technique |
The Alexander Technique has been used for decades by dancers, actors and singers to improve their performance, energy and health. The first program shows the fundamentals, the second program illustrates special variations on the technique to effectively p |
1999 |
615.82 A44Yc, 2000 |
| Alexander's ragtime band |
Roger and his friend Charlie audition at a saloon in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The number "Alexander's ragtime band" proves to be a sensation. Charlie soon falls in love with Stella who is the singer of the band. When Roger returns from World War I, |
1938 |
791.43657 B47a, 2004 |
| Alfred Hitchcock presents |
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1959 |
791.43655 H58a, 2001 |
| Alfred Hitchcock presents. |
Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several short stories. The stories are invariably surprising, often containing elements of horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural. |
1955 |
791.45655 H58a, Season 1 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's north by northwest |
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy. |
1959 |
791.43655 H58n, 2000 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho |
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother. |
1960 |
791.43655 H58p 1998 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's 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 i |
1954 |
791.43655 H58r, 2001 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a doubt |
A beguiling murderer charms his unsuspecting family, but soon his niece and namesake begins to suspect her uncle is hiding a terrible secret. |
1942 |
791.43655 H58sh, 2000 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound |
Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature - or so she thinks. That is until the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes becomes the new chief of staff at the Green Manors Mental Asylum. The bookish and detached Constance p |
1945 |
791.43655 H58sp, 2002 |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train |
A tennis star (Guy) is harassed on a train by a psychotic (Bruno)who wants to swap murders and who proceeds to carry out his part of the unconfirmed bargain. The British version amplifies Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy, and his psyc |
1951 |
791.43655 H58s, 1997 |
| Alfred Stieglitz the eloquent eye / |
Examines the achievements and legacy of photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Includes an interview with Georgia O'Keeffe as well as film footage of other artists he inspired including Edward Steichen and John Marin. |
2001 |
770.92 St52e, 2001 |
| Alice |
Alice: A little girl follows an elusive White Rabbit and so begins this dream expedition into the landscape of childhood, combining techniques of animation, puppet theatre and live action in S?vankmajer's surreal version of Alice's adventures in Wonderlan |
1988 |
791.4334 S83a, 1999 |
| 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. |
1982 |
823 C37aS, 2002 |
| Alien |
Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left. |
1979 |
791.43615 A45a, 1999 |
| Aliens |
Ripley is recovering from her first encounter with the deadly alien. Her account of that event is received with skepticism, but transmissions from a colony later established on the Alien's planet abruptly cease. Burke, an up-and-coming company man, talk |
1986 |
791.43615 A45a2, 1999 |
| Aliens of the deep |
James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms. |
2005 |
577.799 C36a, 2005 |
| All about Eve |
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation |
1950 |
791.436 Z36, 1999 |
| All over |
"In a large, elegant sitting room, a famous man lies dying behind a discreet hospital screen. Reporters and television crews are waiting downstairs to record the event for posterity, while gathered in the 'death chamber' are the great man's wife, mistress |
1976 |
812 AL13aLYd, 2002 |
| All quiet on the western front |
A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war. |
1930 |
838 R46a, 1999 |
| All that jazz |
The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/ director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse. |
1979 |
791.43657 F67a, 2003 |
| All the king's men |
A political demagogue governor of a Southern State believes that every man has his price and that the end justifies the means. Based on the life of Huey Pierce Long, governor of Louisiana and senator. |
1949 |
813 W255a, 2001 |
| Allegro non troppo |
Master animator Bruno Bozzetto offers his irreverent tribute to Disney's Fantasia. Transcending parody, this erotic, satiric, and delirious animated film featuring six classical music pieces represents Bozzetto's vision of the world. Humorous live action |
2003 |
791.433 A454 |
| All's well that ends well |
William Shakespeare's comedy about Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, who resorts to chichanery to win the respect and affection of her husband. |
1981 |
822.33 H323a, 2000 |
| Alphaville une eŽtrange aventure de Lemmy Caution / |
Secret agent Lemmy Caution travels to another galaxy and finds himself in a computer-run society which is dedicated to technology and outlaws emotion. |
1965 |
791.43615 G63a, 1998 |
| Altered states |
The incredible terrifying tale of a research scientist experimenting with altered states of consciousness, and the horrors he finds in secret landscapes of the mind. |
1980 |
812 C399aYr, 1998 |
| Amadeus |
The life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is viewed through the memories of an envious rival, Salieri. |
1997 |
791.436578 A481, 1997 |
| Amandla! a revolution in four part harmony / |
Tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. Specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years. Focuses on the struggle's spiritural dimension named for t |
2002 |
781.630968 Am133, 2003 |
| Amantes del CiÌrculo Polar Lovers of the Arctic Circle / |
After a chance meeting as eight-year-olds, Ana and Otto come to live under the same roof when Ana's mother and Otto's father marry. As the two grow older, they begin to discover an attraction for each other, delving deeper and deeper into a forbidden love |
1998 |
791.436543 M43a, 2006 |
| Amarcord |
Memories of episodes about love, sex, politics, family life and growing up in a small Italian town in the 1930's. |
1973 |
791.43655 F45am, 1998 |
| Amazing earth |
From the heights of Mount Everest, through the molten fields of Hawaii, to the very core of our planet, Amazing Earth reveals the geologic forces that have changed the face of our world and will ultimately change its face again. |
1998 |
551.09 A43, 2001 |
| Amazon adventures |
From Teddy Roosevelt's near-fatal journey to modern scientific expeditions, follow the trail of modern adventures into the vast South American wilderness. |
2005 |
918.04 A43, 2006 |
| Amen. |
A German SS Lieutenant covertly collaborates with a young Italian priest in hopes of changing the Vatican's policies toward Germany during WWII, which both believe are exacerbating the Jewish Holocaust. |
2002 |
791.43658 C67a, 2003 |
| America at a crossroads. in defense of freedom / |
With the debate over the war in Iraq reaching a fever pitch, this program follows one of the advocates for the war against Saddam Hussein. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle travels the globe articulating, defending and debating the neo- |
2007 |
956.70443 P47a, 2007 |
| America at a crossroads. the men and ideas behind al Qaeda / |
Provides an in-depth look at the modern, radical Islamic groups, and the ideas and beliefs that inspire them, along with the challenges they pose for governments in the Middle East and the West. From the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1940s to Islamic organiza |
2007 |
297.72 C73a, 2007 |
| America on the move |
Take a tour of the National Museum of American History's new exhibit, America on the move. Interviews and archival footage highlight the priceless artifacts that show the pivotal role transportation has played in our nation's growth. |
2004 |
388.0973 A44, 2004 |
| American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco |
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1985 |
792.842 A44aYL, 2005 |
| American beauty |
An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job |
1999 |
791.436552 M46a, 2000 |
| American dream |
In this Academy Award winner for best documentary in 1991, the true-life story of the 1985-1986 workers' strike against Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota is documented from beginning to end. When Geo. A. Hormel & Company made $2 million in pro |
1990 |
331.892864 K67a, 2004 |
| American graffiti |
Four teenagers come of age on their last summer night before college in 1962. |
1973 |
791.4372 A44, 1998 |
| American in Paris |
Presents the romantic adventures of a carefree young artist in post-WWII Paris. |
1951 |
791.43657 G381a, 1999 |
| American jihad : the terrorists living among us / |
"The film tracks down a network of Islamic Extremists among us in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Texas, California, Oregon, Florida and Kansas, detailing their hatred and violent intentions against Christians, moderate Muslims and Jews in the United States |
2002 |
303.625 E64t, 2002 |
| American me |
Inspired by a true story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail. |
1992 |
791.43655 O46a, 2002 |
| American movie |
Documentary of the two-year effort by Mark Borchardt to finish his "no-budget horror film, Coven." |
1999 |
791.430232 B67a, 2000 |
| American photography a century of images / |
The story of the pictures we have taken and where they have taken us. The series traces the profound effect photographs have had on American life-- influencing what we buy, how we dress, how we get the news, and in the matters of life and death, medicine |
1999 |
770.973 A44, 2004 |
| American president |
Ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of the men who have served as president of the United States. |
2000 |
973.099 A44, 2000 |
| American roots music |
Features historic and documentary footage of 20th century pioneering artists. Includes blues, country, gospel, folk, Cajun, sydeco, bluegrass, tejano and Native American music. |
2001 |
781.6 Am3513, 2001 |
| Americanization of Emily |
A cynical American naval officer (Garner) is assigned a lovely young English widow (Andrews) as his driver in this comedy set in London during World War II. Despite their differences they fall in love, but his superiors seem to have nasty plans for him in |
1964 |
791.43658 H55a, 2005 |
| Amistad |
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt. |
1997 |
326.8 S64a, 2004 |
| Amores perros Love's a bitch / |
Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apar |
2000 |
791.43655 G66am, 2002 |
| Amour de loin |
"Kaija Saariho's first opera, L'Armour de loin, was hailed as the operatic event of the new millennium when it was unveiled at the 2000 Salzburg Festival--and now can be seen and heard on this world premieÌre recording re-created by a dream team: directo |
2005 |
782.1 S33a, 2005 |
| Ana MariŽa Matute |
"One of Spain's foremost women writers, Ana MariŽa Matute has displayed a recurring fascination with the Spanish Civil War and the defenselessness of children and the poor. Framed within the context of an appearance by Matute at the Real Academia Espanola |
1999 |
863 M437Ym, 2003 |
| Anastasia |
An expatriate White Russian general sets in motion a grand hoax after he meets a destitute woman on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. He is amazed at her resemblance to Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas of Russia, rumored to have some |
1956 |
791.43658 L58a, 2003 |
| Anatomy |
Using three methods of dissection--coronal plane, CT-MRI plane, and sagittal plane--Dr. Marco Rossi separates the hindbrain from the midbrain, and removes a portion fo the brain containing the substantia nigra. The anterior and posterior of the forebrain |
1998 |
611.81 A53, 1998 |
| Anatomy of a murder |
A courtoom drama of premeditated murder as a jealous army lieutenant pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his beautiful wife. |
1959 |
813 T73a, 2000 |
| And the band played on |
Follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives in the face of a mysterious illness now called AIDS. |
1993 |
616.9792 S55a, 2001 |
| Andrea CheŽnier |
Set before and during the French Revolution, Andrea CheŽnier is an idealistic poet, caught in the political violence, and Maddalena is the woman he loves. |
1985 |
792.542 G497an, 1985 |
| Andrei? Rubli?o?v strasti po Andrei?u? / |
Story of the famed 15th century icon painter who survives the cruelties of medieval Russia and creates works of art. |
1966 |
791.43651 T37an 1998 |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera |
Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, e |
2005 |
791.43657 L56pYs, 2005 |
| Andy Warhol |
"Born in Pittsburgh to Czechoslovakian immigrants, Andy Warhol graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in pictorial design. Following this, he moved to New York where he found steady work as a commercial artist. In the early sixt |
2004 |
700.92 W892Yk, 2004 |
| Angelique Kidjo l'amazone = the Amazon / |
"The portrait of Angelique Kidjo ... follows her on her return to her West African home country of Benin after being away for thirteen years. Mixed with performances from a homecoming concert in Cotonou and informal visits with mentors from her homeland, |
2003 |
781.6693 K53Ys, 2003 |
| Angels in America |
Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his de |
2003 |
812.54 K87aYn, 2004 |
| Angst essen Seele auf Ali, fear eats the soul / |
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German societ |
1974 |
791.436543 F377a, 2003 |
| Animusic 2 8 unique music animations / |
"Animusic fuses cutting edge computer animation with digitally created music to produce an entirely new genre of music entertainment." |
2005 |
776.6 A55, pt.2 |
| Animusic a computer animation video album / |
Cutting edge computer animation will amaze and delight as extraordinary, intricate, invented musical instruments come to life and perform virtual concerts. |
2004 |
776.6 A55, pt.1 |
| Anna and the King |
English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the 58 children of King Mongkut. Each has preconceived ideas about the other's world. Amid the danger of political unrest, their respect for each other turns into something more. |
1999 |
791.436543 T46a, 2000 |
| Anna and the King of Siam |
Anna and her son travel to the exotic kingdom of Siam to educate the harem and children of the king. |
1946 |
791.43651 C76a, 2005 |
| AnneŽe dernie`re a` Marienbad |
A handsome stranger tries to convince a lovely young woman that they had a passionate affair a year ago, 'perhaps at Marienbad,' but she claims not to remember him. He haunts her mind with images by mixing memory and fantasy, fear and desire. |
1961 |
791.43655 R47an, 1999 |
| Annie |
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks. |
1981 |
791.43657 S77aYh, 2003 |
| Annie Hall |
Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times. |
1977 |
791.43617 AL54a, 1998 |
| Annie Leibovitz celebrity photographer / |
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1993 |
770.92 L45a, 2001 |
| Ansel Adams a documentary film / |
"Portrait of a great artist and ardent environmentalist-for whom life and art, photography and wilderness, creativity and communication, love and expression, were inextricably connected"--container. |
2003 |
770.92 A33b, 2003 |
| Answering test questions |
Students learn to deal with multiple choice, true/false, matching and fill-in-the-blank test questions. The film teaches viewers how to identify distractors, recognize absolute statements and understand how double negatives can be misleading. |
2005 |
371.26 T48, 2005 DVD 1 |
| Anthology of surreal cinema. |
EntrŽacte: After a man is killed, his coffin takes on a life of it's own. After a long surrealistic chase, he climbs out of his coffin and makes everyone that was chasing his coffin disappear! -- container.
La coquille et le clergyman: Obsessed with a ge |
1924 |
791.4334 A58, 2005 |
| Antigone |
A filmed play adaptation from the Jean Anouilh reinterpretation of the Sophocles tragedy. First written and produced during the Nazi Occupation, this play about a young woman facing a morally corrupt world raises powerful questions of human interaction in |
1972 |
842 An78a, 2001 |
| Antonio GaudiŽ |
A visual journey focusing on the bizarre and whimsical works of the Catalan architect who influenced such artists as Picasso, MiroŽ and Dali. |
1995 |
720.92 G38a, 1999 |
| Antony & Cleopatra |
A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-facet |
1981 |
822.33 H323an, 2000 |
| AparaŻjito The unvanquished / |
Follows the life of the poor Bengali country boy, Apu and his encounter with the school system in Benares and later with the intellectual life at the university in Calcutta. |
1956 |
791.436552 R39a, 2003, pt.2 |
| Apartment |
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend. |
1960 |
791.43617 W55a, 2001 |
| Apartment |
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend. |
1960 |
791.43617 W55a, 2001, c.2 |
| Apostle |
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1997 |
791.43655 A66, 1999 |
| Apt pupil |
A dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honor student who recognizes an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence, the German fugitive derives a sinister scheme to impli |
1998 |
813 K587aYs, 1998 |
| Arabella |
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1994 |
792.542 S912ar, 2001 |
| Arboriculture modern tree care / |
This video presents detailed information on the many aspects of the profession known as arboriculture, including tree climbing and safety, planting and pruning, and diagnosing problems. |
2001 |
635.977 A73, 2004 |
| Arc : a formal structure for a Palestinian state / |
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2005 |
307.3095695 A73s, 2005 |
| Architectures 1 |
"A series devoted to the most ambitious architectural creations of the 19th and 20th century, consisting of remarkable archive material, scale-models, and interviews with some of the greatest architects of our time"--Container. |
2001 |
724 A73, 2001, DVD 1 |
| Architectures 2 |
"A series devoted to the most ambitious architectural creations of the 19th and 20th century, consisting of remarkable archive material, scale-models, and interviews with some of the greatest architects of our time"--Container. |
2001 |
724 A73, DVD 2 |
| Architectures 3 |
A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects. This volume examines the extraordinary Jewish Museum of Berlin; Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre in Chicago; a Dominican convent; Charles Garnier's Parisian Opera and more. |
2003 |
724 A73, DVD 3 |
| Architectures 4 |
The fourth in the insightful series of films gives us a privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of celebrated architects and some of their most brilliant creations. |
2005 |
724 A73, DVD 4 |
| Ariodante an opera in three acts. |
The English National Opera first mounted David Alden's production of "Ariodante," one of Handel's greatest masterpieces, in 1993. It met with unanimous critical and popular acclaim, and this 1996 revival features many of the leading singers from the origi |
1996 |
792.542 H135ar, 2001 |
| Armed to the teeth the worldwide plague of small arms / |
With one gun for every ten people, the UN considers the small arms crisis one of the gravest challenges facing the world. As well as investigating the proliferation of firearms and the economic, political, and cultural reasons why people carry them, this |
2004 |
363.33 A76, 2004 |
| Around the world in 80 days |
Phileas Fogg bet his fellow club members that he can circle the globe in eighty days. That may not be impressive today, but in 1872, it was nearly impossible. Accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, and the wandering Princess Aouda, Fogg crosses Europe, I |
1956 |
791.43655 A527a, 2004 |
| Arsenic treatment technology showcase / |
An introduction to treating drinking water for arsenic. |
2006 |
EP 1.104:AR 3/DVD |
| Art 21 : art in the 21st century. |
"Go behind the scenes to meet today's most fascinating contemporary artists in Season Three of the Emmy-nominated ART:21--ART IN THE 21st CENTURY documentary series. Unparalled in access to today's young artists, this unique series takes viewers into arti |
2005 |
709.73 A78, 2005 |
| Art 21 art in the twenty-first century. |
Meet diverse contemporary artists through revealing profiles that take viewers behind the scenes into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, sources of inspiration and creative processes. |
2003 |
709.73 A78, 2003 |
| Art of Buster Keaton |
Some of the funniest, most spectacularly athletic comedies ever made. |
2001 |
791.43617 K43a, 2001 |
| Art of conducting great conductors of the past / |
Rehearsal and performance footage presenting the work of sixteen conductors: Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Arthur Nikisch, Richard Strauss, Felix Weingartner, Fritz Busch, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwašngler, Arturo Toscanini, Le |
1993 |
784.2092 Ar751, 2002 |
| Art of Mexico. |
A guide to the understanding of Mexican art - both of the past and present - from its beginnings in the masterworks of the Aztecs and Mayans to the autobiographical surrealism of Frida Kahlo. |
2006 |
709.72 M68a, 2006 |
| Art of Romare Bearden |
This film traces Bearden's entire career, including his paintings and watercolors of the 1940's, experimental collages of 1964, large scale murals and late landscapes. Featuring commentary by friends including Wynton Marsalis, Albert Murray, and Emma Amos |
2003 |
709.2 B43Ym, 2003 |
| Art of singing golden voices of the century = L'art du chant : les plus belles voix du vingtie`me sic`le = El arte del canto : grandes voces del sig |
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1996 |
782.0092 Ar751, 2002 |
| Arthur Miller's adaptation of An enemy of the people |
In Riverton, Maine, circa 1893, Dr. Thomas Stockman wants to disclose that the town's moneymaking health spa "Clearwater Springs" has been fouled by pollution from a tannery. But his proposal to go public is opposed by his brother Peter, the town mayor, w |
1966 |
812 M612e, 2002 |
| As you like it |
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France. |
1978 |
822.33 H323as, 2000 |
| Asphalt jungle |
An aging criminal is released from prison and decides to assemble the old gang to go on one last heist. Based on the book by W.R. Burnett. |
1950 |
791.43655 H87a, 2004 |
| Astronomy, observations & theories |
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2006 |
520 A88, 2006 |
| Atalante |
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him aboard the barge "L'Atalante", where they travel along the Seine River. The bride, becomes bored and leaves the ship for Paris where she starts flirting with other men. |
1934 |
791.436543 V54a, 2003 |
| Atanarjuat The fast runner / |
Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of Inuit. Twenty years later, two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuag, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away fro |
2001 |
791.436552 K86a, 2002 |
| Athletic taping and bracing / |
"Athletic Taping and Bracing, Second Edition, captures the art and science of taping and bracing through detailed explanations and spectacular images. It stays in step with current NATA competencies and practices, and it offers top-quality instruction. Wi |
2005 |
617.1027 P428a, 2005 |
| Atomic Cafe |
A documentary exploration of the United States government's propaganda promoting the atomic bomb. Relies on film clips of the 1940's and 1950's, including bits and pieces of propoganda films, newsreels, popular songs, and defense training films. |
1982 |
355.0217 A86, 2002 |
| Attila |
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1991 |
792.542 V484at, 1998 |
| Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny opera in three acts / |
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1998 |
792.542 W422ri, 1998 |
| Auntie Mame |
In 1928, a 10-year-old boy goes to live with his eccentric, sophisticated aunt--a lady who throws a party for any occasion or nonoccasion that comes to mind. |
2002 |
791.43657 D411a, 2002 |
| Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil |
1973 |
813 G127a, 2002 |
| Avalon |
"In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up |
2000 |
791.43615 O84s, 2003 |
| Avant-garde experimental cinema of the 1920s and '30s. |
Twenty-five short films selected from the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. |
1921 |
791.433 A93, 2005 |
| Avanti |
Lemmon plays an American businessman called to Italy to pick up the body of his father, who died while enjoying a secret (and, it turns out, annual) liaison with a mistress. With the help of a delightful Englishwoman (Juliet Mills) who happens to be the d |
1972 |
791.43617 W55av, 2003 |
| Aviator |
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to |
2004 |
791.43651 S26a, 2005 |
| Avoiding Armageddon our future, our choice / |
"Avoiding Armageddon examines the threats posed by nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and brings viewers face-to-face with the people racing to use them. It looks at the explosive connection between terrorism and these weapons. And it asks whether t |
2003 |
358.3 A96, 2003 |
| Awake and sing |
A portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures the spirit of the Depression years. |
1972 |
812 Od2a, 2002 |
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Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| 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 empl |
2006 |
791.436552 G66b, 2007 |
| Babette's feast |
With the mysterious arrival of Babette, a refugee from France's civil war, life for two pious sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Before long, Babette has convinced them to try something other than boiled codfish and ale bread--a gourmet Frenc |
1987 |
791.436552 A84b, 2001 |
| Bacheha-Ye aseman Children of heaven / |
A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra's school shoes. In order to stay out of trouble, the two come up with a plan to share Ali's shoes, but they must keep it a secret from their parents. |
1997 |
791.43617 M35b, 1999 |
| Back to back |
Two hilarious one-act plays (What Shall We Tell Caroline? and The Dock Brief) in which an inept lawyer defends a man who is guilty of murdering and a foul-tempered, but loving, husband seeks to shelter his wife and daughter from the realities of life. |
1959 |
822.91 M67bYb, 2003 |
| Bad boy made good the revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet meŽchanique / |
The feature-length version of the documentary film shown on PBS, includes the commentaries by Charles Amirkhanian, Peter Antheil, Michael Bates, Henry Brant, Stanley Burnshaw, Mary E. Davis, Jeffrey Fischer, Truman Rex Fisher, William Holab, Benjamin Lees |
2006 |
791.43657 A627bYf, 2006 |
| Bad day at Black Rock |
A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary. |
1954 |
791.43655 S78b, 2005 |
| Bad ma ra khahad bord = [The wind will carry us] / |
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden l |
1999 |
791.436552 K53b, 2002, c.1 |
| Bad ma ra khahad bord = [The wind will carry us] / |
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden l |
1999 |
791.436552 K53b, 2002, c.2 |
| Ballo in maschera |
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1980 |
792.542 V484ba, 2000 |
| Bamba |
The life of rock and roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances. Depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American's rocket rise to fame from field laborer to rock star. |
1987 |
791.43657 V35Yv, 1998 |
| Bamboozled |
"In a searing parody of American television, Bamboozled takes a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a network executive's stunning rise and tragic downfall."--Container. |
2000 |
791.436552 L44b, 2001 |
| Band of brothers |
The story of Easy Company of the US Army Airbourne Paratrooper division and their mission in WWII France during Operation Overlord. |
2001 |
791.43658 A43b, 2002 |
| Bande a` part Band of outsiders / |
Two burglars plan a robbery with a young woman they just met. |
1964 |
791.43655 G63ba, 2003 |
| Banquet of the senses Monteverdi's erotic madrigals / |
Discusses the life of Monteverdi and selections of his Mantuan and Venetian madrigals. Along with the commentary are several dramatic performances of the madrigals. |
2004 |
792.542 M782ba, 1993 |
| Baraka |
A world wide odyssey to capture the images which would tell the story of the earth's evolution and of human diversity, interconnectedness and impact on the surrounding world. |
2001 |
304.2 B37, 2001 |
| Barbiere di Siviglia melodramma buffa in due atti = comic opera in two acts / |
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1974 |
792.542 R835ba, 2001 |
| Barfly |
Quasi-autobiography of writer-alcoholic Charles Bukowski. Life on the skids in L.A.'s bars and flophouses. |
1987 |
811.54 B856Ys, 2002 |
| Baroque odyssey |
A tenth anniversary retrospective of the Cirque du Soleil. |
1994 |
791.3 C57b, 1994 |
| Barry Lyndon |
The rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage. |
2001 |
791.43 K862b, 2001 |
| Baseball |
The definitive documentary of America's pastime, baseball. Through a skillful blend of still photographs, film footage, interviews and voice overs, the the history of "The Game" is brought to life. Covering the period from the 1840's to 1994 (just before |
1994 |
796.357 B87b, 2000 |
| Bas-fonds The lower depths / |
Les bas-fonds (93 min.): A Baron, forced by circumstances, gives up his life of luxury and to takes up residence in the slums of Paris. The Baron observes the frustrated romance between Wasska Pepel and Natacha, the thwarted dreams of an actor, and the op |
1936 |
791.43658 k87lo, 2004 |
| Basics of filmmaking |
"Indie producer Julia Stemock took her professional frustrations and disappointments and made lemonade, in the form of a newly released DVD/CD ROM package entitled "The Basics of Filmmaking." The project is the fruit of an innovative 8-hour, 3-table gabfe |
2003 |
791.430232 S74b, 2003 |
| Basquiat |
"BASQUIAT chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of the gifted and charismatic young New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, as he emerged from the streets of the East Village to become an internationally renowned sensation. "--Producer's website. |
1996 |
791.43657 B27Ys, 2002 |
| Bass instruments |
This program discusses the instruments in the bass section of an orchestra, particularly the double bass. We see how the double bass, originally developed as an accompanying instrument. Also see how other bass instruments, including the tuba, bass cornet, |
1997 |
787.519 H673, 2004 |
| Bataan |
Bataan realistically shows the tensions, the ugly hardships and the ultimate heroism of a small patrol of American and Filipino fighting men in 1942. Their task is to destroy a strategic bridge in a last-ditch battle against Japan's capture of the Philipp |
1943 |
791.43658 G37b, 2000 |
| Battle of Algiers |
Reenactment of the events which occurred during the revolution in Algeria between 1952-1957, using no newsreel or archival footage. |
2004 |
965.046 P66b, 2004 |
| Battleship Potemkin |
Re-creates the 1905 mutiny on the battleship "Prince Potemkin." It focuses on a mutiny by the battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians, reflecting the spirit of the times. |
1925 |
791.43658 Ei84b, 1998 |
| Battling for babies |
The neonatal unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is the focus of this episode of the series, Nurses, as the viewer gets a first-hand look at the daily routine in a busy critical care unit. Working with premature babies, the program following the |
2000 |
610.73 N863b, 2004 |
| Beatrice di Tenda |
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2001 |
792.542 B444be, 2003 |
| Beautiful mind |
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self |
2001 |
510.92 N37b, 2002 |
| Beckett on film |
"The comprehensive cinematic interpretation of Beckett's plays."--Container. |
2000 |
842.914 B43be, 2001 |
| Beethoven's Eroica |
San Francisco Symphony's music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, retraces Beethoven's steps through Vienna's aristocratic ballrooms and Austria's rustic villages, exploring how Beethoven channeled his fears of deafness, his admiration for Napoleon, and his |
2006 |
784.2 T55e, 2006 |
| Beggar's opera |
A ballad opera set among London's 18th century criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places. |
1983 |
792.542 G285be, 2000 |
| Being John Malkovich |
A struggling street puppeteer takes a job as a filing clerk and discovers a secret door that allows him to enter into the mind and body of actor John Malkovich. For fifteen minutes he experiences being John Malkovich before being dropped out of the sky al |
1999 |
791.43615 B45, 2000 |
| Belle de jour |
Subtle, erotic film about a wealthy young surgeon's wife who indulges her masochistic fantasies by working as a part-time prostitute in a Paris brothel. |
1967 |
791.436538 S26b, 2002 |
| Belle eŽpoque |
Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War deserter who befriends a free-thinking artist, finds himself in a romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful daughters return to their country home. Which woman should he love? |
1992 |
791.43617 T78b, 2003 |
| Belle HeŽle`ne |
Light-hearted opera based on the story of Helen of Troy. La Belle HeŽle`ne mercilessly satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper classes under the Second Empire. |
1997 |
792.542 O32be, 2001 |
| Belle of Amherst |
Features Julie Harris in her Tony Award winning role as the eccentric nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson. |
1976 |
811 D56Yd, 2004 |
| Bend it like Beckham |
Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, wh |
2003 |
791.43617 C425b, 2003 |
| Ben-Hur a tale of Christ / |
A prince of Judea leads his nation against the wrath of the conquering Romans. His self-imposed destiny brings tragedy to himself and his people, as he learns to fight, to love, to hate and, finally, to forgive. |
1959 |
813 W158b, 2001 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Traces Franklin's life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America's first diplomat to France. |
2002 |
973.3092 F854Yh, 2002 |
| Benny Goodman adventures in the kingdom of Swing / |
A comprehensive documentary covering Goodman's career, this biography includes rare performance footage from the '20s and '30s, studio rehearsal footage from the '50s, home movies, rare audio tracks, and video footage of Goodman recounting his own life. I |
1993 |
781.65092 G653, 1993 |
| Berga soldiers of another war / |
This film reveals the little known story of Berga. In December 1944, thousands of American prisoners were transported to Stalag 9B. The Nazi guards asked all the Jews to identify themselves. When no one responded they chose soldiers that "looked Jewish" o |
2002 |
940.5314 G84b, 2002 |
| Best little whorehouse in Texas |
A sheriff and a proprietess join together not only in romance, but to fight a big city TV crusader in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down. |
1982 |
791.43657 H35b, 2002 |
| Best of everything |
Four typists at a publishing company fight to have their own careers and find true love in the ruthless New York business world. |
2005 |
791.436543 N44b, 2005 |
| Best years of our lives |
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor |
1946 |
791.43658 B47, 2000 |
| Beyond the horizon |
A McCarter Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neil's first full-length play which won him a Pulitzer prize. The play concerns two brothers in love with the same girl. Her rejection of one of them and marriage to the other tears apart a family and se |
1976 |
812 On2be, 2001 |
| Bian lian The King of Masks / |
Desperate for his art to survive, the King of Masks finds an apprentice in a destitute child purchased on the black market. When the child reveals an unexpected secret, their relationship is suddenly tested by both the old man's stubborn sense of traditio |
1996 |
791.4372 B53, 2000 |
| Bible and Western culture |
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1996 |
220.67 S84b, 1996 |
| Bicycle thief Ladri di biciclette / |
An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle. |
1972 |
791.43 B93, 1998 |
| 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 travelling salesman. When he turns out to be a hard-drinking philanderer, the marria |
1980 |
812.5 P224bYb, 2000 |
| Big sleep |
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled rich. |
1946 |
791.43 B51, 2000 |
| Bill Gates sultan of software / |
From his privileged childhood to his recent battles with the Justice Department, Biography profiles the "sultan of software" through interviews with those who know him best, including his mother and father. |
2002 |
338.7610053 G384bi, 2002 |
| Bill Moyers reports trading democracy / |
"While the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement are still being argued ... corporate investors are using the obscure NAFTA provision to challenge laws designed to protect the public health, environmental regualtions and even jury verdicts . |
2002 |
382.917 B55t, 2003 |
| Billy Budd an opera / |
Dramatizes the moral dilemma of Captain Vere when, in accordance with Admiralty regulations, he must demand the court martial to sentence to death by hanging the innocent seaman who was provoked to strike and kill the villanous master-at-arms. |
1988 |
792.542 B862bi, 2001 |
| Billy Elliot |
Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand. |
2000 |
791.43657 D35b, 2001 |
| Birdman of Alcatraz the story of a real and living man-- / |
The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment. |
1962 |
791.43651 F73b, 2001 |
| Birds |
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds. |
1963 |
791.43655 H58b, 2000 |
| Birth of a nation |
This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history. |
1915 |
791.43658 G75b, 1998 |
| Birth of the computer |
The history of computer development since World War II is examined. The work of John von Neumann, the father of the electric computer, is discussed along with the basic theory of computers. Also discussed are some of the earliest successful computers, suc |
1990 |
510.92 V896Yf, 2003 |
| Black Fox the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler / |
This acclaimed documentary of the Nazi leader reveals Hitler's ambition, demonic will, perverse passions, and his many murders. |
1968 |
943.086 H638Ys, 2005 |
| Black Hawk down |
With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieut |
2001 |
791.43658 S367b, 2003 |
| Black robe |
In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn |
1991 |
791.436552 B465b, 2001 |
| Blackboard jungle |
Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel. |
1955 |
791.436552 B76b, 2005 |
| Blackmail |
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killers identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog.
[Easy virtue] "After d |
1927 |
791.43655 H58bL, 1999 |
| Blade runner |
Los Angeles, 2019: Deckard, an expert "blade runner," must identify and execute four replicants, genetically engineered beings virtually identical to humans, which have illegally returned to earth from their off-world slave duty. |
1982 |
791.43615 B53, 1996 |
| Blasco IbaŽn~ez la novela de su vida = Blasco IbaŽn~ez : the novel of his life / |
This dramatization is a personal portrait of one of the most important Spanish literary figures of the 19th and 20th centuries.
"Blasco IbaŽn~ez--idealist and adventurer--is the magnificent heir to Cervantes, of the restless spirit of the Spanish Golden |
1998 |
863.62 B53Yb, 2004 |
| Blast! |
Produced by Cook Group Incorporated and Star of Indiana, Blast! brings together 68 brass, percussion and visual performers in a unique explosion of music and theatre. Born on athletic fields across the nation, Blast! is a novel art form evolved from the |
2001 |
784.83 B644, 2001 |
| Blazing saddles |
The new sheriff and his sidekick, retired gunfighter Waco Kid, protect the town of Rock Ridge from the men who want to run the railroad through the town. |
1974 |
791.43617 B76b, 1997 |
| Blob |
Residents of a small Pennsylvania town combat a slimy space invader. |
1958 |
791.43615 B56y, 2000 |
| Blue angel |
"The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability, presented in the newly-restored German version. Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, Faust, Othello), the quintessential German express |
1929 |
791.436552 V66b, 2001 |
| Blue planet seas of life / |
Startling wildlife photography reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring in this landmark BBC mini-series on the ocean, a world we know less about than the moon. |
2001 |
578.77 B58, 2002 |
| Blues brothers |
After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep |
1980 |
791.436578 L36b, 2005 |
| Bobby |
Revisits the night presidential-hopeful Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in June 1968. Tells the stories of a variety of people present on that fateful night, ranging from Kennedy's campaign staff and volunteers to the hotel owne |
2006 |
791.43658 K386Ye, 2007 |
| Bodas de sangre |
"Un joven prepara su boda con la muchacha a la que ama. Este feliz acontecimiento se ve ensombrecido por el recuerdo en la madre del asesinato del padre y del hermano del novio. Leonardo, que pertenece a la familia de los FeŽlix, los asesinos, estuvo enam |
2004 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 17 |
| Bohe`me |
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1982 |
792.542 P977bo, 1999 |
| Bonhoeffer |
Documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young German theologian who was one of the first to openly resist Adolf Hitler. Features photographs, archival footage, and interviews with family members, friends, students, and associates of Bonhoeffer, |
2003 |
230.044092 B66Yd, 2003 |
| Bonnie and Clyde |
A mixture of comedy and brutal violence, this film is based on the exploits of the notorious American outlaws of the 1930's, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. |
1967 |
791.43655 B66, 1997 |
| Boot |
Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn. |
1981 |
940.4512 B66, 1997 |
| BoreŽades "trageŽdie en musique" en five acts : posthumous opera (1764) / |
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2004 |
792.542 R171bo, 2004 |
| Boris Godunov |
The action takes place between 1598 and 1605. It concerns the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov who has murdered the Tsarevich Dmitri in order to obtain the succession, and the challenge made to it by the Pretender Dmitri. |
1990 |
792.542 M987bo, 2002 |
| Born in East L.A. |
Cheech Marin is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish, and can't convince U.S. officials to let him back in. Follows Cheech's repeated comic attempts to get back home. |
1987 |
791.43617 M37b, 2002 |
| Born on the fourth of July |
Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on Ron Kovic's book, the film follows Kovic from when he eagerly volunteers for service in the Vietnam War t |
1989 |
791.43658 S76b, 2004 |
| Bostonians |
Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views stre |
1984 |
813 J23bYi, 2003 |
| Bowling for Columbine |
The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this |
2002 |
363.33 M66b, 2004 |
| Boys don't cry |
Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true st |
1999 |
791.43655 B69, 2000 |
| Brain and nervous system your information superhighway. |
Defines and explains the brain and nervous system with an emphasis on how they enable us to perform everyday activities. |
1999 |
611.8 B73, 1999 |
| Braveheart |
William Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation. |
1995 |
791.43 B73, 2000 |
| Brazil |
A daydreaming bureaucrat becomes involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman and becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. |
1985 |
791.43617 B73, 1998 |
| Brazil |
"This controversial program highlights the political initiatives taken by Brazil's top two religious entities: Catholics and evangelical Protestants. It argues that the Roman Catholic Church has always been fused with the nation's identity, from statues o |
2003 |
322.1 F38br, 2005 |
| BRD trilogy Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, Lola / |
"By the age of thirty-four, German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder had already directed nearly twenty-two feature films. In 1978, he embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of three rema |
1979 |
791.436552 F377b, 2003 |
| Bread and roses |
Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon |
2000 |
791.436552 L63b, 2006 |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's |
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms i |
1961 |
791.43617 E39br, 2002 |
| Breathing gym exercises to improve breath control and airflow / |
Your students will stretch, breathe, move, and make noise along with Pat and Sam on the video/DVD. These fun exercises help them to: Increase airflow and stamina. Improve tone and breath control. Reduce body tension. Raise energy level and focus. Using Th |
2002 |
781.48 P55b, 2002 |
| Brideshead revisited |
Spans three decades from the early twenties to World War II in Charles Ryder's relationship with the wild and eccentric Sebastian Flyte and the aristocratic Marchmain family. |
1981 |
823 W35bYL, 2002 |
| Bridge on the River Kwai |
British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy. |
1957 |
791.4372 B75, 2000 |
| Bridge to Terabithia |
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast frien |
2007 |
813 P273tYt, 2007 |
| Bright leaves |
Ross McElwee explores his family's roots as tobacco farmers in North Carolina. While reviewing his ancestors' accomplishments, he expresses guilt at the tobacco-based nature of their business. |
2004 |
338.17371 M34b, 2004 |
| Broadway melody |
'"100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" If the math is slightly off, the now-legendary ad campaign for The Broadway Melody can be excused. After all, sound had just come in, and a full-scale musical film was still a novelty. This tuneful |
1929 |
791.43657 B43b, 2005 |
| 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 |
2005 |
791.436552 L425b, 2006 |
| Brood |
Frank Carveth finds himself faced with a terrible predicament. His wife is in an institution suffering from mental illness, yet her therapy does not seem to be working. The institute's director refuses to reveal the nature of the therapy he is using to tr |
1979 |
791.436164 C76b, 2003 |
| Brothers Quay collection ten astonishing short films, 1984-1993 / |
The Brothers Quay create puppet animation, where decaying dolls, primitive machinery, and other found objects interact in an expressionist world of ultra-reality. |
1984 |
791.4334 Q39b, 2000 |
| Bruly BouabreÌ's alphabet |
The story of Ivory Coast artist, Frederic Bruly BouabreÌ, who created 400 hundred pictograms, based on one-syllable words in his language, BeÌteÌ, to help people in the BeÌteÌ community learn to read more quickly. |
2005 |
709.67 A95b, 2005 |
| Bullitt |
A star witness in a controversial court case is murdered, and the police detective assigned to guard him goes after the killers himself. |
1968 |
791.43655 Y38bu, 1997 |
| Burlador de Sevilla |
"Haciendose pasar, gracias a las sombras de la noche, por el duque Octavio, don Juan Tenorio ha gozado de los favores de Isabella, que, fiada de su palabra de matrimonio, le ha recibido en su aposento del palacio del rey de Napoles. Pero, en el momento de |
1976 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 6 |
| Burning bright |
A circus performer is slowly being destroyed by the realization that he will never father a child. In an act of extraordinary sacrifice, his wife takes desperate measures to save him. |
1959 |
812.54 S75bYc, 2003 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
Blends adventure, romance and comedy to tell the story of the West's most likeable outlaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as they set out for Bolivia with the law on their heels. |
1969 |
791.436278 B88, 2000 |
| Butterfly |
A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia. |
1999 |
791.43 B88, 2000 |
| By Brakhage an anthology / |
Twenty-six masterworks by Stan Brakhage. |
2003 |
791.4375 B73b, 2003 |
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Summary (partial) |
Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| Cabaret |
An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret. |
1998 |
791.43657 F67cYf, 1998 |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
In the film The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a somnambulist commits murders under a hypnotist's influence. Also featured is a lengthy excerpt of Genuine. Both films are examples of the German Expressionist movement. |
1919 |
791.436164 C331, 2002 |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / |
A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic. Also featured on this videodisc is an excerpt of "Genuine: a tale of a vampire", a 1920 release which reunited "Caligari's" creative team. |
1919 |
791.436164 C33, 1997 |
| Caine mutiny |
During World War II, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experienced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the |
1954 |
813 W915cYk, 2007 |
| California split |
Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim. |
1974 |
791.43617 A48c, 2004 |
| Call Northside 777 |
A Chicago reporter finds himself stuck in a decade-old murder investigation when he follows a newspaper ad offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer. |
1948 |
791.43655 H38c, 2004 |
| Calle 54 |
Introduced to Latin jazz in the 1980s, when he was beginning his career as a director, Fernando Trueba has since become a devoted fan of the music. Noted jazz artists have scored for some of his films and he took his love of the music one step further in |
2000 |
789.57 C132, 2001 |
| Camila love against all odds / |
Recounts the true story of a young Catholic socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez, in 1847. Eventually they are found and executed by the repressive government. The fi |
1984 |
791.436552 B46c, 2002 |
| Camilo JoseŽ Cela |
"For Camilo JoseŽ Cela, the Spanish Civil War and his early acceptance and later rejection of Franco's dictatorial rule were the defining influences on his life, prompting him to pioneer a novelistic style of brutal realism known as tremendismo. Yet Cela' |
1982 |
863 C45Ys, 2003 |
| Candidate |
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment. His charisma and integrity get him noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate ag |
1972 |
791.436552 R58c, 1997 |
| Can't you hear the wind howl? the life & music of Robert Johnson / |
An in-depth documentary on the mysterious life of bluesman Robert Johnson. |
1997 |
787.87092 J66, 1997 |
| Capote |
In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an a |
2005 |
813 C173Ym, 2006 |
| Capriccio a conversation piece for music in one act / |
Two rival suiters, one a poet the other a composer vie for the love of a beautiful woman who must decide which one she loves. |
1993 |
792.542 S912ca, 2003 |
| Carl Rogers and the person-centered approach |
Dr. Carl Rogers was one of the most influential psychologists and psychotherapists of our time. In this presentation, Rogers' biographer Howard Kirschenbaum guides us through Rogers' life and work and the development of the "client-centered" and "person-c |
2003 |
616.8914 R64Yk, 2003 |
| Carmen |
A director-choreographer's search for a fiery, passionate Carmen takes him to flamenco dance schools where he eventually discovers his leading lady in an untried young dancer. As time goes on, they find themselves living the "Carmen" story of love and tre |
1983 |
791.43657 S28c, 2002 |
| Carol Reed's production A kid for two farthings |
Joe is a young boy who lives in the poor section of London. He becomes convinced that through the mythical powers of a unicorn, he can grant the wishes of his mother and friends. Joe searches endlessly and finally discovers his unicorn - which turns out t |
1955 |
791.436523 R44c, 2003 |
| Carola |
Legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir's suspenseful and romantic tale of a beautiful French actress struggling to avoid the deadly politics and forbidden passions of Nazi-occupied France. |
1972 |
791.4361 R46c, 2002 |
| Carole Lombard Glamour collection / |
"Man of the world": A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiance and her wealthy uncle. "We're not dressing": Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. " |
2006 |
791.4375 C37, 2006 |
| Carrie |
"Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invit |
1976 |
791.436164 D57c, 2001 |
| 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. |
1943 |
791.4372 C37, 1998 |
| Castle keep |
Toward the end of World War II, a small company of American GI's occupy an ancient castle. Their commander has an affair with the countess in resident. One guy falls in love with a Volkswagon. A baker among them moves in with another baker's wife. A group |
1969 |
791.43658 P65c, 2004 |
| Cat on a hot tin roof |
A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its' members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy." |
1958 |
791.43655 W67caYb, 1999 |
| Cat people The curse of the cat people / |
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 |
1943 |
791.436164 L49c, 2005 |
| Catch-22 |
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II. |
1970 |
813 H367caYn, 2001 |
| Catering an insider's guide to the business / |
Looks at both the food preparation and business sides to help you determine if the world of catering is right for you. |
2003 |
642.4092 C38, 2003 |
| Cats |
A musical based on Old Possum's book of practical cats by T.S. Eliot. |
2001 |
791.43657 L56cYm, 2001 |
| Cats |
A musical based on Old Possum's book of practical cats by T.S. Eliot. |
1998 |
791.43657 L56cYm, 1998 |
| Caught |
A homeless Irishman winds up in the New Jersey fishing area and is offered a job and housing by a married couple. Soon the wife is offering more than housing and the Irishman accepts. |
1996 |
791.436552 Y68c, 2003 |
| Cecil B. DeMille's The greatest show on earth |
A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck. |
1952 |
791.436552 D465g, 2004 |
| Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne |
Opera excerpts performed by Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel. |
1999 |
782.1 B2851, 2000 |
| Celebrating Bird the triumph of Charlie Parker / |
In film clips, photos, and interviews, Parker's life is traced from Kansas City to the New York jazz scene of the 1950's. |
1987 |
788.73092 P238, 1999 |
| Celestina |
La Celestina: Ill-fated lovers Calixto and Melibea use Celestina as a courier to arrange their tryst in this hallmark of Spanish renaissance literature.
El Casamiento engan~oso: A dramatized version of Cervantes' satire on the institution of marriage, se |
2004 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 1 |
| Celluloid closet |
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of |
1996 |
791.43653 R87c, 2001 |
| Central Station |
When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. |
1998 |
791.436552 C46, 1999 |
| Cezanne three colours Cezanne / |
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1996 |
759.4 C33th, 2000 |
| Chagall |
This film portrait, made shortly before the death of Chagall in 1985, takes the viewer on a journey through time and place on the trail of this enigmatic artist. Eventually to become the grand old man of French painting, Chagall began life in a Jewish ghe |
1985 |
759.7 C119Ye, 2000 |
| Change and motion calculus made clear / |
Professor Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin, cover the concepts of Calculus. |
2001 |
515 S73c, 2001, pt.1 |
| Change and motion calculus made clear / |
Professor Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin, cover the concepts of Calculus. |
2001 |
515 S73c, 2001, pt.2 |
| Chaplin collection. |
An 8-disc set of Chaplin's greatest films: Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush and Limelight. Each film comes with a second disc featuring documentaries and rarely seen footage. |
1993 |
791.43617 C43c, 2003 |
| Chaplin revue |
Features Charlie in seven of his best short films. |
2004 |
791.43617 C43c2, pt.6 |
| Chariots of fire |
The inspiring true story of British athletes competing in the 1924 Olympics. Ben Cross and Ian Charleson head a sterling cast of newcomers and veterans. The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. |
1981 |
791.436579 H83c, 2005 |
| Charles Mingus triumph of the underdog / |
The first comprehensive documentary of Afro-American jazz bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus who led a tumultuous life filled with trauma and frustration, joy and creativity. Nine years in the making and exhaustively researched, virtually ev |
1997 |
787.5092 M663, 1999 |
| Charlie the life and art of Charlie Chaplin / |
Tribute to Chaplin. Contains commentary and biogrpahical material on Chaplin, clips from movies, and interviews with family members, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., and others. |
2003 |
791.43617 C43c2, pt.7 |
| Charme discret de la bourgeoisie The Discreet charm of the bourgeoisie / |
"An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined."--Container. |
1972 |
791.43655 B86di, 2000 |
| Chasing the sleeper cell |
"In-depth examination of a major, ongoing, domestic terrorism case involving Al Qaeda operatives and the American citizens they trained. Questions are also raised about the effectiveness of the FBI and the CIA and whether or not the new tools they have ar |
2003 |
303.625 C43, 2004 |
| Chicago |
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent f |
2002 |
791.43657 F67cYm, 2002 |
| Chien andalou The Andalusian dog / |
Filmed in the subjective language of the unconscious, this early avant-grade film appears as fresh today as when it first appeared. |
1929 |
791.43655 B86c, 2004 |
| Chihuly DVD collection |
Features an exhibition of the artist's works at the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, Israel. Also features a collaboration with Venetian glassblowers Lino Talgliapiet |
2000 |
748.092 C45ch, 2003 |
| Chihuly over Venice |
Follows internationally-acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly on his journey to some of the world's leading glass factories, including the Hackman factory in Finland, VitroCrisa in Monterey, Mexico, and Waterford Crystal in Ireland. Chihuly and his team col |
1998 |
748.092 C45c, 1998 |
| Chihuly river of glass |
Chronicles the Chihuly over Venice project. |
1997 |
748.092 C45r, 2004 |
| Childhood of Maxim Gorky |
Maxim Gorkly's poor childhood under the care of his grandparents. |
1938 |
891.73 G67cYd, 2002 |
| Children underground |
Documents a year in the lives of five homeless Romanian children, homeless in part as the result of the policies of deposed Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who make their home in a subway station in Bucharest. |
2001 |
305.23 B45c, 2002 |
| Chinatown |
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceit |
1974 |
791.43655 P65c, 1999 |
| Chinese brush painting an introduction / |
Jane Evans introduces the art of Chinese brush painting. The lesson begins with information about necessary materials, followed by flower painting demonstrations including a plum blossom, bamboo, an orchid, a chrysanthemum, and a peony. After explaining h |
1989 |
751.4251 C56, 2006 |
| Chong qing sen lin Chung king express / |
Two intertwined romantic tales take place inside the Ch?ung-ch?ing high-rise shopping center in downtown Hong Kong. A policeman falls in love with a snack bar waitress while a house detective gets involved with a female drug dealer. |
1994 |
791.436543 W66ch, 2000 |
| Chorus line |
"After narrowing down hundreds of Broadway hopefuls, Zach (Douglas) leads a select group of dancers on the tryout of their lives. In an audition twist, Zach asks each performer personal and intimate questions--with results that powerfully affect not only |
1985 |
791.43657 H36cYa, 2003 |
| Chronicles of Narnia |
Disc 1: Two brothers and two sisters find that an old wardrobe magically transports them into the world of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. They discover that Narnia is under the evil power of the White Witch, who has kept the lan |
2002 |
823.912 L585cYs, 2002 |
| Chronicles of Narnia. |
Lucy Pevenise, along with her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister, Susan, are in London during the initial bombing raids of WW II. Like many families, their parents decide to send them to the country for safer keeping. Peter, the oldest, |
2005 |
823.912 L585cYa, 2006 |
| Chucho Salva el Dia, Listo para una aventure? Chucho si esta! Unas a nuestro astuto heroe mientras hace descubrimientos sorprendentes, Marzo 2007, (Sp |
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2007 |
EP 1.104:AD 9/SPAN.-ENG/DVD |
| Chun guang zha xie Happy together / |
Yiu Fai and Po Wing left Hong Kong for a great waterfall in South America, but in the end are stuck on the streets of Buenos Aires. Yiu Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po Wing's life shatters continuality in contrast. |
1997 |
791.436538 W66ha, 1998 |
| Cimarron |
Epic western about the Cravat family settling the Oklahoma prairie. Yancy Cravat is a newspaperman and lawyer who helps found the town of Osage. An adventurer, he finds town-life stifling and seeks his thrills even further into the frontier. His wife ends |
2006 |
791.436278 R84c, 2006 |
| Cinderella |
"The acclaimed historic performance of Cinderella from 1969 featuring the memorable cast of Anthony Dowell, Antoinette Sibley, Frederick Ashton and Robert Helpmann"--container box. |
1969 |
792.842 A828ci, 1969 |
| Cinderella man |
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and |
2005 |
791.436579 H69c, 2005 |
| Cinema history |
"This program captures more than a century of moviemaking, from the pioneering work of the LumieŽre brothers and the early silent classics to recent box office hits and modern masterpieces of world cinema"--Container. |
2001 |
791.4309 I33c, 2004 |
| Cinema paradiso |
A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As the boy grows up, he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies. |
1999 |
791.4372 C56, 1999 |
| Circus |
A tramp fleeing the police takes refuge in a circus, becomes a clown by accident, and falls for an equestrienne. |
1928 |
791.43617 C43c2, pt.1 |
| Cirque reinvente |
Cirque du Soleil's 1987 tour is captured on film. |
1987 |
791.3 C57c, 1989 |
| Citizenship in the community |
Discusses ways to help out in the community including giving money to non-profit organizations, volunteering time, obeying the law and voting. |
2002 |
323.650973 J33c, 2004 |
| City lights a comedy romance in pantomime / |
A tramp wins the love of a blind flower girl and attempts to obtain money from a millionaire to help her regain her sight. |
1931 |
791.43617 C43c2, pt.2 |
| Civil War |
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to be |
1990 |
973.73092 B87c, 2002 |
| Clarinet |
The clarinet, its history and development, is discussed. Beginning at the 18th-century workshop where it was created, we soo how it was constructed, and how it has evolved over time. Includes works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart. |
1997 |
788.6219 H673, 2004 |
| Classic drum solos and drum battles |
Clips of drum battles between and extended solos by 15 drummers considered the greats of jazz percussion, that have been filmed over the past 50 years. Includes solos by Sonny Payne, Rufus Jones, Buddy Rich, Sam Woodyard, Louie Bellson, Art Blakey and Joe |
2001 |
786.9092 C586, 2001 |
| Clemenza di Tito opera seria in two acts / |
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1991 |
792.542 M939cL, 2001 |
| Clerks |
It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys who brave a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, while managing to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives. |
1994 |
791.43617 S65c, 1999 |
| Clinton years |
Follows Bill Clinton's campaign for the presidency and his 8 years in office. Includes interviews with George Stephanopolous, Dee Dee Myers, and other key administration officials. |
2001 |
973.929 C617cL, 2001 |
| Clockwork orange |
Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. |
1971 |
791.43 K862c, 2001 |
| Clockwork orange |
Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. |
1971 |
791.43 K862c, 1999 |
| Close encounters of the third kind |
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.
Disc one: Widescreen presentation |
2001 |
791.43615 S65c, 2001 |
| Code inconnu reŽcit incomplet de divers voyages = Code unknown / |
On a bustling Paris street corner, four separate lives intersect, interweaving the stories of a promising actress, her photojournalist boyfriend, a teacher of African descent, and a Romanian illegal immigrant. A portrait of life in a fractured, lonely wor |
2000 |
791.436552 H36c, 2002 |
| Color of paradise Rang-i KudaŻ/ |
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his father's intentions to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancee, certain the boy's disa |
1999 |
791.436552 M35c, 2000 |
| Combining pilates & yoga for balance |
Begin with pilates exercises to develop core strength and spinal flexibility. Move into yoga postures to link the power of your breath to your body. |
2003 |
613.7 M33c, 2003 |
| Comedian Harmonists The Harmonists / |
Based on a true story, The Harmonists portrays the rise and fall of a successful vocal group in Germany that was disbanded in 1934 as part of the mounting persecution of Jews. The Comedian Harmonists did comic and romantic songs in intricate harmony, and |
1999 |
791.43658 V55c, 2002 |
| Comedy of errors |
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's farce about two pairs of twins involved in an elaborate series of mistaken identities. |
1983 |
822.33 H323c, 2000 |
| Communicating with physicians |
(Producer) Presents the nine personality traits often attributed to physicians and how to communicate most effectively with each. |
1992 |
610.695019 C66, 2006 |
| Como agua para chocolate Like water for chocolate / |
Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him |
1992 |
791.43654 A73c, 2000 |
| Complete James Dean collection |
"East of Eden": Cal Trask is known as the "bad" son of farmer Adam Trask. Cal just can't stay out of trouble, nor can he hold a candle to his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and a kindly old doctor can see the goodness in Cal. "Giant": J |
2005 |
791.43655 R39r, 2005 |
| Complete James Dean collection |
"East of Eden": Cal Trask is known as the "bad" son of farmer Adam Trask. Cal just can't stay out of trouble, nor can he hold a candle to his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and a kindly old doctor can see the goodness in Cal. "Giant": J |
2005 |
813 F37gi, 2005 |
| Complete James Dean collection |
"East of Eden": Cal Trask is known as the "bad" son of farmer Adam Trask. Cal just can't stay out of trouble, nor can he hold a candle to his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and a kindly old doctor can see the goodness in Cal. "Giant": J |
2005 |
813 St3eYk, 2005 |
| Complex rock tour live |
Live concert recording featuring Blue Man Group on the road in 2003. |
2003 |
781.66078 B68c, 2003 |
| Computer animation classics |
"Powered by breathtaking, pioneering achievements in computer-generated imagery, "Computer Animation Classics" is a sensory-overloading, roller coaster ride into the wildly experimental early years of digital animation. Featuring over two dozen works of s |
1997 |
791.4334 C66, 1997 |
| Computers |
Chronicles the evolution of the computer, from its origins as a simple counting machine to the personal computer, Windows, and the World Wide Web. |
2001 |
004 M63c, 2005 |
| Computers from the inside out the Feynman lecture on heuristics / |
Richard P. Feynman explaining applications of basic physics, computer science, hardware, software and programming. |
1985 |
004.09 F49c, 2006 |
| Comunidad Common wealth / |
Julia, a hard-working real estate agent, finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's apartment and is forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community of neighbors led by an unscrupulous administrator. |
2000 |
791.43655 I35c, 2000 |
| Conceiving Ada |
A computerized reconstruction of the life, times and work of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of the famed poet Lord Byron and an amateur mathematician who wrote what is considered to be the first computer language back in the 19th century, during |
1997 |
791.43615 L942YL, 1999 |
| Congress |
Explores the history and promise of the country's most important and least understood institutions. The film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress. |
1988 |
328.73 B87c, 2002 |
| Constant gardener |
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 |
2005 |
791.436552 M45c, 2006 |
| Conversation |
A provoking mystery-suspense drama explores the morality of privacy in the story of Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in murder scheme. |
1974 |
791.43655 C66, 2000 |
| Conversation with Alice Walker |
"A leading voice among American writers, Alice Walker has published books of influential poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and criticism. In this program, Ms. Walker talks with Bill Moyers about a range of subjects, including The Color Purple, whose |
2004 |
791.453 W67wa, 2004 |
| Conversation with Doris Lessing |
"Born in Iran when it was still Persia and raised in colonial Zimbabwe, Doris Lessing has transformed her remarkable life into a literary tour de force. Her oeuvre comprises novels, poetry, short stories, plays, essays, a two-volume autobiography, and eve |
2003 |
791.453 W67Le, 2003 |
| Conversation with Howard Zinn |
"Howard Zinn--distinguished historian, professor emeritus at Boston University, and author of A People's History of the United States, a long-standing touchstone of dissident thought in America--has lived a politically engaged life ever since his return f |
2003 |
791.453 W67zi, 2003 |
| Conversation with Maya Lin |
"One of the rare few who have managed to excel in both art and architecture, Maya Lin creates places of refuge and contemplation in highly public spaces. Constructed on an intimate human scale, they invite visitors to touch, feel, respond, and reflect. In |
2003 |
791.453 W67Li, 2003 |
| Conversation with Susan Sontag |
"The late Susan Sontag was not a photographer, yet her famous book On Photography is required reading in almost every serious photography course in the world. Her novels and nonfiction books such as Illness as a Metaphor have been translated into a score |
2003 |
791.453 W67so, 2005 |
| Cool hand Luke |
Set in the southern United States, Luke is caught cutting off parking meters and is sentenced to the "chain gang." |
1967 |
791.43655 C665, 1997 |
| Copland and the American sound |
"Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Franciso Symphony explore the music of Copland and the cityscapes, landscapes, and social and political developments that shaped it"--Container. |
2006 |
780.92 T55c, 2006 |
| CoppeŽlia ballet in three acts / |
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2000 |
792.842 V198co, 2000 |
| Coriolanus |
The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, in which Coriolanus, a strong and cruel soldier, brings about his own downfall through the flaws in his character. |
1987 |
822.33 H323co, 2000 |
| Cosi` fan tutte an opera in two acts / |
Mozart's comedy of manners includes masquerades, mistaken identities, mock suicides and love won, lost, spurned, betrayed and won again. |
1989 |
792.542 M939co, 1998 |
| Coup de foudre |
Set in Lyon in the 1950s, this is the story of Madeleine and Lena who are trapped in a rut of middle-class complacency. Their relationship deepens into a dependency that eventually bursts the confines of the provincial society around them. |
1983 |
791.436552 C68, 2002 |
| Court jester |
In 12th century England, the infant king is usurped by the wicked King Roderick. Black Fox and his band attempt to restore the rightful king to the throne by having a member of their group infiltrate the court by posing as the jester. |
1956 |
791.43657 F56cYp, 1999 |
| Cracking the code of life |
This documentary examines the complex race to decode the human genome. Examines the work of, and contains interviews with: Francis Collins, director of the National Center for Human Genome Research; J. Craig Venter, head of its rival, the private Celera G |
2004 |
611.01816 A75c, 2004 |
| Cracks in the mask |
"The mysterious and elaborate turtleshell masks collected last century in Torres Strait in far north Australia are unique and irreplaceable, yet there are now none left in Torres Strait. They are all in foreign museums. Ephraim Bani, a witty and knowledge |
1997 |
344.093 C35c, 1997 |
| 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. |
2004 |
791.436552 H34c, 2005 |
| Creating an effective television story |
The techniques of creating a television news story are demonstrated, ending with a story on recycling Christmas trees. |
2005 |
070.195 L84c, 2000 |
| Creation of the universe |
Join leading scientists as they turn up clues to the origin of the universe, exploring today's most exciting and far-reaching theories. Could the universe have appeared spontaneously out of a perfect vacuum? Spectacular special effects and animation drama |
1985 |
523.1 C74, 2004 |
| Cries and whispers [Viskningar och rop] / |
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, is dying of cancer, and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation an |
1972 |
791.43653 B47c, 2001 |
| Crime and punishment |
A stunning and emotionally charged adaptation of the classic novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chronicling the travails of a young man in turn-of-the-century Russia. |
1970 |
891.73 K85c, 2005 |
| Crimes and misdemeanors |
Weaving together several different stories about people's lives, loves, perceptions, and ideals, this examines some of the toughest questions surrounding human nature. |
1989 |
791.43617 AL54c, 2001 |
| Criminal |
Johnny Bannion has spent the last three years in prison devising the biggest robbery of his career. Out of prison, he puts his plans into action. Burying the money in a field, Bannion is arrested before he has a chance to reveal its whereabouts to his gan |
1960 |
791.43655 L67c, 2002 |
| Critical care |
The emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is the focus of this episode of the series, Nurses, as the viewer gets a first-hand look at the daily routine in a busy critical care unit. In this chaotic atmosphere, the nurses are followed as t |
2000 |
610.73 N863c, 2004 |
| Crouching tiger, hidden dragon |
Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her r |
2000 |
791.4372 C76, 2001 |
| Cry, the beloved country |
The story of two fathers in South Africa--one a man of peace, the other a man of power and privilege. In the wake of a tragic killing, these extraordinary men form an unlikely union. |
1995 |
828.9936 P38cYr, 2003 |
| Cube |
Six ordinary strangers awaken to find themselves in a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. Without food or water, they have only a few days to live. None of them knows how or why they've been imprisoned, b |
1997 |
791.43615 N38c, 1998 |
| Cutting edge the magic of movie editing / |
"Teaches the viewer how editors compile strips of film in order to create memorable movie going experiences. In addition to interviews with a variety of respected and award-winning editors, the movie offers clips from some of the most memorable films in t |
2005 |
778.535 C88, 2005 |
| Cyber war! |
The Slammer hit on Super Bowl Sunday. Nimda struck one week after 9/11. Code Red had ripped through the system that summer. Moonlight Maze moved from the Russian Academy of Science and into the U.S. Department of Defense. A new form of warfare has broken |
2004 |
303.625 C93, 2004 |
| Cyber war! |
"The Slammer hit on Super Bowl Sunday. Nimda struck one week after 9/11. Code Red had ripped through the system that summer. Moonlight Maze moved from the Russian Academy of Science and into the U.S. Department of Defense. A new form of warfare has broken |
2003 |
303.625 C93, 2003 |
| Cymbeline |
Tragicomedy involving Imogen, the daughter of Britain's King Cymbeline, whose evil stepmother wishes to have Imogen's husband, Posthumus, banished so that Imogen will be free to marry the queen's thick-witted son, Cloten. Trickery and deceit abound as Imo |
1982 |
822.33 H323cy, 2000 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
In 17th-century Paris, a long-nosed poet and swordsman helps his handsome friend win the girl he himself loves. |
1990 |
791.43651 P48c, 2004 |
| Czlowiek z Marmuru |
In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer, Birkut. She studies his stint as a proletariat hero, how that heroism was created, and what became of him. |
1976 |
791.4372 W35cz, 2003 |
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Summary (partial) |
Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| D.W. Griffith years of discovery, 1909-1913 / |
Twenty two of the best early films directed by D.W. Griffith which helped shape cinematic narrative for two generations. |
2002 |
791.43658 G75d, 2002 |
| Dama del alba |
"Una misteriosa peregrina, de paso para Santiago, aparece en una aldea asturiana. Esta mujer es albergada por una familia, cuyo abuelo, que cree reconocerla, teme por los posibles riesgos que puedan correr sus nietos. El anciano cree recordar que la prese |
1989 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 19 |
| Dancer in the dark |
Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother, is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes b |
2000 |
791.43651 T75d, 2001 |
| Dances with wolves |
Story of a Civil War hero (Costner) who travels west where he is assigned to an abandoned fort. His nearest neighbors are members of a Sioux tribe, and they gradually become friends. He marries a tribe woman (McDonnell) and ultimately must make a decision |
1990 |
791.436278 D36, 1998 |
| Dancetime! 500 years of social dance / |
Volume One: features dance forms, period costumes and dance music from the 15th through 19th centuries from the courts of Italy, France, England and the grand ballrooms of America. Volume Two: features dance forms, period costumes and dance music from twe |
1998 |
793.3 D195, 2002 |
| Dangerous liaisons |
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never susp |
1988 |
791.436552 F74d, 1997 |
| Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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2000 |
780.78 B237, 2001 |
| Dark victory |
A beautiful and headstrong heiress suddenly learns that she has only six months to live. Defiant and rebellious at first, she conquers this stroke of fate by the power of great love and ultimately finds peace and happiness in the brief span of life allot |
1939 |
791.43 D365, 2000 |
| Dave Thomas made to order / |
"Dave Thomas is one of the most unlikely and recognized pitchmen in America. But his self-deprecating commercials were vital in the turnaround of Wendy's, the hamburger chain he named after his youngest daughter. From his first restaurant job to his time |
1998 |
647.95 T46, 2002 |
| Day after Trinity J. Robert Oppenheimer & the atomic bomb / |
A documentary on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on his role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Features archival footage and commentary from scientists and soldiers directly involved with the Manhattan Project. |
1980 |
530.092 O67d, 2002 |
| Day the earth stood still |
"A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people |
1951 |
791.43615 D39, 2002 |
| Days of wine and roses |
A domestic drama which reveals the corrosive effects of alcoholism on a hardened young advertising executive and his attractive young wife, both of whom drink heavily to compensate for their insecurity. |
1962 |
791.436552 E39d, 2004 |
| Death an overview / |
(Producer) This step-by-step program takes the myth and mystery out of the process of dying and death itself, and presents both as biological and clinical realities. An 82-year-old terminally ill patient and those who provide palliative care witness the d |
2003 |
306.9 D53, 2003 |
| Death in Venice |
Describes the grandeur and shabbiness of Venice in the grip of disease. Portrays the moral and physical degeneration of Aschenbach, the writer whose obsessive and self-devouring pursuit of beauty in the form of the boy Tadzio leads him to humiliation and |
1990 |
792.542 B862de, 2000 |
| Death of a salesman |
An abbreviated television adaptation of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a middle-aged man's emotional turmoil. |
1966 |
812 M612d, 2002 |
| Death of distance |
"Blue-collar jobs have been leaving America for decades. Now, thousands of higher paying positions are also moving abroad. This program examines the pros and cons of white-collar outsourcing, highlighting emotional and ideological divisions on the topic. |
2005 |
658.4058 B73d, 2005 |
| Death of Klinghoffer |
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2003 |
792.542 A214de, 2003 |
| Decoding the past. |
Explores the history and influence of the Koran. Scholars offer interpretations of the Koran's verses and draw comparisons between the Koran and the Bible. |
2004 |
297.1226 K67Yd, 2006 |
| Deep blue |
Twenty specialized camera teams shot over 7,000 hours of footage in more than 200 locations around the world and descended as far as 5,000 meters in the most powerful submersible crafts to bring the audience this spectacle of underwater exploration into t |
2005 |
577.7 F68d, 2006 |
| Deep blues a musical pilgrimage to the crossroads / |
Robert Palmer, author of Deep Blues and Dave Stewart, a member of Eurythmics pays tribute to the Mississippi blues and various blues artists. Special features include discographies of the performers, performance footage outtakes, an interview with Dave St |
1999 |
781.643 D3607, 1999 |
| Deer hunter |
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress. |
1978 |
791.43658 D44, 1998 |
| Defending America set |
It is too early and the scope is too vast to accurately analyze how the 9/11 attacks changed America. Examine some of the changes happening today from interviews with top officials and their expert insight with a collection of images and film clips. Chron |
2003 |
355.3 M37d, 2007 |
| Dekalog The Decalogue / |
Ten films that each feature one of the Ten Commandments as a thematic construct. |
1988 |
791.436822 K54d, 2003 |
| Delicate balance |
Agnes, as domineering and sarcastic as her husband Tobias is equivocating and guarded, finds her empty nest invaded by her alcoholic sister, their divorced daughter, and friends who are terrified of being alone for unknown reasons. |
1973 |
812 AL19dYr, 2003 |
| De-Lovely |
An original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. Porter looks back on his life as if it were one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and actions onst |
2004 |
791.43657 W56d, 2004 |
| Departed |
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence |
2007 |
791.43655 S36d, 2007 |
| Dersu Uzala |
Tells of the friendship between Vladimir Arsenyev, a well-known Soviet explorer, and his guide, Dersu Uzala. It is the story of a man's unity with nature and of the struggle for survival in the wilderness. |
1975 |
791.43658 K87de, 2000 |
| Desert fox the story of Rommel / |
Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war h |
1951 |
791.43651 R66Yh, 2003 |
| Desert Rats |
A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal in this stirring blend of action and history. |
1953 |
791.43658 W57d, 2002 |
| Deserts of the world : an appraisal of research into their physical and biological environments / |
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1968 |
910.02154 D47, 1968 |
| Desk set |
A computer expert is brought in to raise the efficiency of a television network research department. |
1957 |
791.43617 L36d, 2004 |
| Desperado |
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend. |
1995 |
791.43655 R63d, 2003 |
| Desperately seeking Susan |
A bored New Jersey housewife who fantasizes about the ads in the personal section of the newspaper want ads shows up at a rendezvous between two lovers. She gets bumped on the head, which leads to a case of amnesia and opens the door to intrigue and love. |
2000 |
791.43617 D47, 2000 |
| Destiny |
In a middle-European village a century ago, Death takes a young man just before he is to be married. His lover seeks out the Death figure and pleads with him for her fiance's life. Filled with pity for her, he promises to return her fiance if she can save |
1921 |
791.436552 L362d, 2000 |
| Detour |
Hitchhiking nightclub performer runs into trouble with a mysterious death and a blackmailing woman. |
1945 |
791.43655 D48, 2000 |
| DetourDVD |
"The DetourDVD collection of motion graphics bridges the gap between the idle flat screen TV and your interior world. Transform your screen into an extension of your room and style with interior design that moves. These unique DVDs contain slow moving, |
2005 |
709.04072 D48, 2005 |
| Deuda interna VeroŽnico Cruz / |
Follows the life of an Indian boy, from his birth in remote Argentina, to his death in the Falklands/Malvinas war. |
1987 |
791.436552 P47d, 2002 |
| Dialogues des CarmeŽlites opeŽra en trois actes et 12 tableaux / |
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1999 |
792.542 P874ca, 1999 |
| Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky |
Based on the diary Cahiers, Nijinsky explores the mind of a genius on the outer edge of reason. Through the use of visual imagery seen from Nijinsky's point of view, the film reflects salient moments of his life through the characters he danced as well as |
2001 |
792.8092 N55Yc, 2002 |
| Diarios de motocicleta 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. |
2004 |
791.43655 S25d, 2005 |
| Diary of Anne Frank |
An extraordinary portrayal of humanity set during one of history's most inhumane periods. Features Millie Perkins as the insightful 13 year old biographer of her family's two-year hiding in an Amsterdam attic. At first, the strong-willed teenager embraces |
1959 |
791.43652 S74d, 2004 |
| Dido & Aeneas |
A danced performance of the Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas. Dido, the noble queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil sorceress with her coven of witches |
1995 |
792.542 M877di, 2000 |
| Di^ner de cons Dinner game / |
Pierre and his snobbish friends have a standing date for dinner. Every week, they compete to see who can bring the biggest idiot to the party. |
1998 |
842.914 V43dYv, 2003 |
| Dirty dozen |
A World War II drama in which an army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines. |
1967 |
791.43658 A43d, 2000 |
| Dirty war |
"Fanatical terrorists are planning to launch a nuclear attack with a "dirty bomb," a homemade radioactive device, in the heart of London. From Scotland Yard's central command to a Muslim undercover detective, local authorities are operating on high alert |
2004 |
791.436556 P47d, 2005 |
| Disasters America's stormy dilemma / |
The U.S. constantly faces the threat of devastating natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes, so why does America remain largely unprepared for such emergencies? This is a report about the unreadiness at state level to handle such disasters and t |
1995 |
363.340973 D57, 2002 |
| DNA. |
A half-century ago, three teams with three different approaches raced to unravel the structure of DNA. This program blends interviews and commentary with extraordinary graphics to tell the story of how the unlikely duo of Jim Watson and Francis Crick won |
2003 |
576.5 W334d, 2004, DVD 1 |
| DNA. |
Twenty years after the discovery of DNA's structure, another revolution swept biology when scientists began learning how to manipulate genes outright. The controversy continues to this day. This program tells the story of genetic engineering's pioneers, f |
2003 |
576.5 W334d, 2003, DVD 2 |
| DNA. |
In 1990, a massive enterprise was launched to map the individual genes in the human genome. Known as the Human Genome Project, it soon turned into a race and a feud. This program tracks the progress of the endeavor, detailing the scientific innovations th |
2003 |
576.5 W334d, 2003, DVD 3 |
| DNA. |
This programs tells the story of how researchers have developed radically new ways to treat cancer by tracing it back to its origins: its DNA. The program focuses on two pioneering efforts: the race between Dr. Mary Claire King and Dr. Mark Skolnick, foun |
2003 |
576.5 W334d, 2003, DVD 4 |
| DNA. |
With Dr. Jim Watson as guide, this program looks into the future of genetic manipulation, exploring some of the current and proposed ways scientists hope to improve humankind. Watson feels people should be able to enhance their own genes and those of thei |
2003 |
576.5 W334d, 2003, DVD 5 |
| Do the right thing |
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container. |
1989 |
791.436552 L44d, 2001 |
| Doctor Zhivago |
A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget. |
1965 |
791.43658 L43d, 2001 |
| Don Alvaro, o, La fuerza del sino |
When Don Alvaro requests the hand of Leonor Vargas, daughter of the marques of Calatrava, and is denied, they decide to flee but are discovered in their flight by the marques, who is accidentally killed. |
1994 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 10 |
| Don Carlo opera in three acts / |
Don Carlo, crown prince of Spain, falls in love with Elisabeth of Valois, originally promised to him but later married to his father King Philip, as part of the terms of a peace treaty between France and Spain. Incited to treason against his father on beh |
1983 |
792.542 V484do, 2001 |
| Don Giovanni |
The story of a young nobleman who is obsessed with amorous conquests and his encounters with Donna Anna, who seeks revenge for her father's murder. |
1989 |
792.542 M939do, 1998 |
| Don Juan Tenorio |
"Don Juan Tenorio, el arriesgado burlador sevillano que siempre actua provocado por los retos e impelido por los demas, es conquistado por la sencillez y pureza de dona Ines, cuyo limpio amor supone el perdon y la salvacion del incansable seductor."--Publ |
2004 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 11 |
| Don Pasquale dramma buffo in tre atti / |
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2002 |
792.542 D683pa, 2003 |
| Don Quijote de la Mancha |
A made for television series presenting the adventures of the legendary 'hidalgo' Don Quixote as written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. |
2004 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 2-3 |
| Donald in Mathmagic Land |
Animated. Donald Duck gets a lesson in math appreciation when he is shown the relevance of math in everyday life. Donald wanders into a mysterious land filled with numbers, shapes, and peculiar symbols. "The Spirit of Adventure" (narrator) informs the ske |
1959 |
791.4334 D57d, 2004 |
| Donatello, 1386-1466 the first modern sculptor / |
Provides a close-up look at the life and works of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of the early Italian Renaissance. Discusses the artist's inventive techniques and includes commentary by notable twentieth-century sculptors. |
1986 |
730.92 D66d, 2001 |
| Dong xie xi du Ashes of time / |
A story of vagrant swordsmen obtaining vegeance for the women in their lives. This release includes theatrical trailers for this feature and Bodyguard from Beijing. |
1994 |
791.43657 W66d, 1998 |
| Donna del lago opera in two acts / |
James V of Scotland loses his way and is forced to seek shelter in the house of his enemy, Douglas. Douglas' daughter, Elena, has been forced to marry Roderick. After Roderick is killed in an uprising, Elena begs James to spare her father's life and seeks |
1992 |
792.542 R835do, 1998 |
| Donner Party |
Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter. |
1992 |
978.4 D66Y, 2004 |
| Donnie Darko |
"A high school student must face his dark destiny as delusions bring him face to face with a demonic rabbit who has eerie visions of the past and deadly predictions for the future in this intricate web that will leave you questioning what is real and what |
2004 |
791.43655 K46d, 2004 |
| Double indemnity |
An insurance man and a suburban wife conspire to trick her husband into signing a policy that pays double for accidental death -- then push him from a train. It's an almost perfect crime. |
1944 |
791.43655 W55d, 1997 |
| Double solitaire |
Under pressure to reaffirm their marriage vows, two middle-aged people explore their dreams and the direction of their lives. |
1974 |
812.5 A54d, 2003 |
| Double vision |
To help solve a series of grisly, supernatural crimes, the Taiwanese government is forced to enlist the services of a top American FBI agent trained in tracking down even the most elusive serial killers. After teaming up with a troubled local cop, the two |
2002 |
791.43655 C54d, 2003 |
| Down by law |
A comedy feature about two lowlifes, a small time pimp and an unemployed disc jockey, framed for a crime they didn't commit, who escape from jail with an eccentric Italian tourist. Set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana. |
1986 |
791.43617 J37d, 2002 |
| Dr. Strangelove or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb / |
A satire in which the President and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. |
1963 |
791.43 K862d, 2001 |
| Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb / |
A satire in which the President and his military advisers struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United St |
1963 |
791.43 K862d, 1997 |
| Dracula |
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that gothic romance, he creates a modern masterpiece. Gary Oldman's metamorphosis as Dracula who grows from old to young, from man to beast is nothing |
1992 |
791.43675 C67b, 2005 |
| Dragon country |
Two plays by Tennessee Williams televised together as "Dragon country," both concerning psychological pain and alienation. |
1970 |
812 W67dYj, 2000 |
| Dralion |
A fusion of ancient Chinese circus traditions with the Cirque's own performance artistry. |
2000 |
791.3 C57d, 2000 |
| Drama of creation writers on writing / |
Famous authors discuss creative strategies that lead to emotionally charged stories and dramatic narratives. How can a handful of words, scribbled on a napkin or a train schedule, grow into a timeless play? How does a storyteller create characters with li |
2006 |
808.2 W66d, 2006 |
| Dritte generation The third generation / |
An inept group of middle-class German radicals plot to kidnap the director of a multinational company. Their position is compromised by the arrival of two mysterious strangers, yet still they persist with their controversial strategy. |
1979 |
791.43617 F37t, 2006 |
| Driving Miss Daisy |
A joyous comedy about a head-strong southern lady and her ever-patient chauffeur. |
1989 |
791.43617 D75, 1997 |
| Drum Corps International 2001 world championships |
Shows the performances of the six top drum and bugle corps in Division I at the Drum Corps International world championships held in Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, N.y., Aug. 6-11, 2001. |
2001 |
784.83 D795w, 2001 |
| Drum Corps International 2005 World Championships, Foxboro, Massachusetts. |
Presents performances of the top twelve corps at the DCI World Championships competition held August 11-13, 2005 at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium. |
2005 |
784.83 D78w, 2005 |
| Drum Corps International 2006 world championships, August 8-12, Madison, Wisconsin. |
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2006 |
784.835 D78w, 2006 |
| Drum Corps International world championship |
Performances of the top 12 Division I drum and bugle corps at the Drum Corps International 2003 world championships held in Orlando, Florida, August 5-9, 2003. |
2003 |
DVD 277 |
| Drum Corps International world championships, Denver, Colorado, 2004 |
Shows the performances of 12 of the top drum corps in Division I at the Drum Corps International world championships held at the INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, August 5-7, 2004. |
2004 |
784.83 D795w, 2004 |
| Due Foscari |
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1988 |
792.542 V484du, 2004 |
| Duke Ellington's Sophisticated ladies |
Musical celebration of the music of Duke Ellington featuring thirty-four of Ellington's all-time classics performed by the original Duke Ellington Orchestra and conducted by Mercer Ellington. |
1982 |
791.43657 E44dYj, 2005 |
| Duo luo tian shi Fallen angels / |
Set in the underworld of present day Hong Kong, this film intertwines two tales of love and isolation. First there's the unconsummated love affair between a contract killer and the ravishing female agent who books his assignments. When the killer decides |
1995 |
791.43655 W66d, 1995 |
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| Title |
Summary (partial) |
Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| E.T., the extra-terrestrial |
A ten-year-old boy befriends a creature from another planet that has been stranded on earth. |
1982 |
791.43615 S65e, 2002 |
| Early Christianity the experience of the Divine / |
Professor Luke Timothy Johnson presents the history of the early Church and how the experience of religion caused it to become one of the fastest growing of all major religions. |
2002 |
270.1 J64e, 2002 |
| East Asia land and resources / |
From China's Taklamakan Desert to "the roof of the world" in the Himalayas to Japan's islands along the Pacific Ring of Fire, East Asia is one of the world's most geographically complex regions. This program examines the area, describing the land features |
2003 |
555 E27, 2003 |
| Eccentricities of a nightingale |
"Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner portrays the sensitive spinster Alma Winemiller in this 1948 drama by Tennessee Williams, a radically revised version of his earlier play Summer and Smoke, set in Mississippi at the turn of the century. Frustrated |
1976 |
812 W67e, 2002 |
| Ed Wood |
A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed worst movie director of all time. Wood was the auteur behind Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9 from outer space, and it is during the making of these two no-budget flic |
2004 |
791.43617 B87e, 2004 |
| Edison the invention of the movies / |
Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural |
2005 |
621.3092 Ed48Yw, 2005 |
| Edukators |
Three radical activists like to make their point by breaking into the homes of the wealthy, rearranging their belongings and leaving cryptic messages. After one such break-in goes wrong, they decide to kidnap a wealthy businessman. |
2004 |
791.43617 W45e, 2005 |
| Effective note-taking |
Students will learn about a variety of different note-taking methods, including the Cornell, Outlining, Mapping, Sentence and Charting methods. Students will also learn about the importance of active listening in the note-taking process and which note-tak |
2005 |
371.26 T48, 2005, DVD 2 |
| Einstein's big idea |
Everyone's heard of it, but what does E=mc2 -- the world's most famous equation -- really mean? And why did it change the world? With brilliant period recreations, NOVA dramatizes how an obscure young patent clerk, Albert Einstein, came up with his shatte |
2005 |
530.11 J64e, 2005 |
| Election 2000 |
Relive Election 2000 - from the drama of Election Night to the Florida recounts, from the intense war of words between the candidates' camps to the momentous legal actions in the U.S. and Florida Supreme Courts. |
2001 |
973.929 E44, 2001 |
| Electric current |
This investigation employs a 100-watt incandescent bulb, nichrome wire, and a variac; electric wire, a dry cell, and a compass; an ammeter; an induction coil; argon, helium, neon, and mercury and a discharge tube; a string of lights on a Christmas tree; a |
1997 |
530.078 I58e, 2003, DVD 1 |
| Electrical energy |
This program uses a solar-powered toy car; magnets, coils of enamel wire, a small bulb, and a propeller; copper wire; a galvanometer; a screen coil and a swing coil; aluminum rods and two dry cell batteries; liquid nitrogen, a superconductor, and a neodym |
1997 |
530.078 I58, 2003, DVD 2 |
| Electronic works. |
La LeÌgende d'Eer is presented with Bruno Rastoin's film made of over 350 images from the original performance. Includes a 67 minute video interview of Xenakis in conversation with noted musicologist Harry Halbreich. |
2005 |
786.7 X463L, 2005 |
| Elegant universe |
Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an end to that search. |
2003 |
539.7258 G74e, 2003 |
| Elektra |
The story of the violent revenge of Elektra, mourning the murder of her father by his wife and her lover. |
1989 |
792.542 S912eL, 1989 |
| Elephant |
A realistic drama that takes the viewer inside an American high school on one single, ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. It observes the comings and goings of its characters from a safe distance. The experiences of each student range from friend |
2003 |
791.436552 V36e, 2003 |
| Eleven great cantatas : in full vocal and instrumental score from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition / |
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1976 |
M2020.B16 D7 |
| Elie Wiesel first person singular / |
Nobel peace prize laureate Elie Wiesel reflects upon his life, his work and his concerns for the future of mankind. |
2002 |
323 W637e, 2002 |
| Elizabeth |
Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. |
2003 |
791.43658 EL48Yr, 2003 |
| Ella Fitzgerald something to live for / |
"This definitive look at the "The First Lady of Song" chronicles Ella's entire career, from her amateur night appearance at the Apollo Theater in New York to her unparalleled success on the stage and screen. The film includes never-before-seen performanc |
1999 |
782.42165092 F533, 1999 |
| Emily Bronteš's Wuthering Heights |
An adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel about two mismatched lovers and the terrible vengeance one takes on the people he blames for tearing them apart. |
1992 |
823 B789wYk, 2003 |
| Empire of the air the men who made radio / |
Story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three men who made it happen: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff. Combines archival photographs, newsreels of the period, interviews, and radio soundtrack. |
1991 |
621.384 B87e, 2002 |
| Enemies |
Maxim Gorky's powerful drama about the social ferment that culminated in the 1917 Russian Revolution is set on an estate in provincial Russia in 1905. In a sunlit-dappled garden, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest amongst the workers. |
1974 |
891.73 G67eYr, 1999 |
| Enemies |
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1971 |
812.5 L46eYc, 2003 |
| Enfant et les sortile`ges |
A young boy who doesn't want to study has a tantrum and wrecks his room. Animated by his naughtiness, objects come to life and begin to sing and dance, drawing the boy into their enchanted world. |
2001 |
792.842 K99en, 2001 |
| Enfants du paradis Children of paradise / |
Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman. |
1945 |
791.43 E54, 2002 |
| English masters. |
"Undoubtedly, the first great painter to hail from England, William Hogarth's work was a witty and brilliant satirical depiction of English society. This was a society with flaws and Hogarth was not afraid to condemn, as well as praise. With these charact |
2000 |
709 G74eh, 2006 |
| English masters. |
"As the ultimate example of the Romantic artist, William Blake made radical developments in art technique to communicate his vision. However visual art was just one facet of his achievement. In his famous illuminated books, Blake combined painting, engrav |
2000 |
709 G74eb, 2006 |
| English masters. |
As a native of the sea, John Constable drew inspiration from his home country in a timeless collection of landscape paintings. Learn about this artist through location footage, recreations, studies of his work, commentaries from historians, and much more |
2000 |
709 G74ec, 2006 |
| English masters. |
"Possibly the greatest English portraitist and landscape artist of 18th century England, Thomas Gainsborough had undoubtedly the most famous individual image. The celebrated Blue boy is just one of hundreds of powerfully impressive images created by Gains |
2000 |
709 G74eg, 2006 |
| English masters. |
"Considered one of the most important 18th century English portraitists, Sir Joshua Reynolds was knighted in recognition of his genius. Deeply inspired by the old masters during an artistic pilgrimage to Italy, he incorporated their influence into a style |
2000 |
709 G74er, 2006 |
| English masters. |
"A Royal Academy exhibitioner at the age of fifteen, J.M.W. Turner, by the end of his life, was the best known artist in England during the Romantic period and one of the forerunners of Impressionism. A life-long lover of landscape and seascape painting, |
2000 |
709 G74et, 2006 |
| Enigma of Kaspar Hauser |
Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak, read, and write by townspeople, but is then |
1975 |
791.43651 H38Yh, 2001 |
| Enron the smartest guys in the room / |
The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over one billion dollars, while investors and employees lost everything. |
2005 |
364.168 E57Yg, 2006 |
| Entfušhrung aus dem Serail The Abduction from the seraglio / |
Production of Mozart's opera about the Spanish nobleman who seeks to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the hands of the Pasha. |
1980 |
792.542 M939en, 2001 |
| Environment |
Explores the environmental impact humans have had on the planet and the future of ecology for the 21st century. |
1999 |
363.7 E58, 2004 |
| Environmental ethics constructive approaches to difficult issues / |
Provides educators with a model for discussing environmental issues. Using common land use conflicts, it explores biological and economic impacts as well as the emotional factors that influence people's perspectives and beliefs. Helps students to understa |
1994 |
179.1 E58, 1994 |
| Equilibrium of forces |
Using a frog in free fall; a laser; a fixed pulley, spring balance, and scale; balancing toys; a model of a bridge; a coffee can; a Cartesian diver; and a goldfish, this program teaches equilibrium of forces by demonstrating the following concepts: zero g |
1997 |
530.078 I58, 2003, DVD 3 |
| Era of the Crusades |
History of the Crusades, from its origins to the final Muslim victory over the Crusaders in 1291. |
2003 |
909.07 H37e, 2003 |
| Ernani |
Ernani, the dashing outlaw, wins the hand of Elvira over two other suiters. |
1983 |
792.542 V484er, 1999 |
| ERs in crisis turning away the uninsured / |
Because ERs are required to treat every patient who comes through the door, people with nowhere else to turn are joining the critical-care crowd. This program reports on America's emergency room crisis and the drastic actions they are taking including tur |
2003 |
362.10973 A44, 2003, DVD4 |
| Espinazo del diablo |
During the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos is abandoned at a completely isolated orphanage. The tensions therein have been building for years, exacerbated by the unexploded bomb resting menacingly in the courtyard. Bullies scheme, tempers flare, and a gho |
2001 |
791.43655 T67e, 2004 |
| Essentials of team building : principles and practices / |
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2005 |
796.07 M53e, 2005 |
| Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind |
When Joel discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine, has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind through an experimental scientific procedure, he decides to ease his own pain by getting the same treatment. But, as each memory of Clementine |
2004 |
791.436543 G66e, 2004 |
| Ethics and the world crisis a dialogue with the Dalai Lama / |
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet discusses the ethical dilemmas of the new millennium with renowned journalists, economists, environmentalists and politicians. One of the world's leading spiritual mentors for our troubled times, he offers hope fo |
2004 |
172.4 B849YL, 2004 |
| Etiquette for a formal dinner in your home |
In this video you will learn how to host a formal dinner party in your home, including selecting and dealing with a caterer, how to prepare your home for a formal party, and how to be a guest in your own home. |
2000 |
395.3 K47e, 2003 |
| EŽtoile |
Set in a mystical fairy tale kingdom, L'etoile is a comedy of lovelorn hopes, terrors and misunderstandings. This acclaimed OpeŽra de Lyon production is performed by a French cast who relish the farcical mixture of Far Eastern kings, executioners, love an |
1986 |
792.542 C429et, 2002 |
| Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros |
Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely? But, why are th |
1974 |
843 Io6rYo, 2003 |
| Eugene Onegin |
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1998 |
792.542 C434eu, 2002 |
| Eugene O'Neill a documentary film / |
Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity. |
2005 |
812 On2Ybu, 2006 |
| Eugene O'Neill's The iceman cometh |
In the faded, Vermeer-like light of Harry Hope's 1912 New York skid row bar, a ragtag group of fallen men await the annual arrival of their friend Hickey. But now Hickey is sober, and he wants his drunken friends to follow the same path. |
1973 |
812 On2iYf, 2003 |
| Europa Europa |
The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years. |
1991 |
791.43658 P47eYh, 2003, c.1 |
| Europa Europa |
The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years. |
1991 |
791.43658 P47eYh, 2003, c.2 |
| Europe and the wars of religion, 1500-1700 |
A twenty-four lecture course that examines European history during an era of intense religious and political violence. The course is organized around five major conflicts: the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), the Revolt of the Netherlands (1566-1609), |
2003 |
940.23 S64e, 2003 |
| Europe to the max. |
Includes Berlin, Munich and Bavaria, Salzburg and the Lakes District, Vienna, and the Danube. |
2005 |
914.30484 E97, 2005 |
| Europe to the max. |
"Paris is the city of style, art, and pastries. Hit the sites from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower, and then stroll through the parks, markets and cafes that make Paris "Paris." France's Burgundy region boasts exceptional French wines, world-class cuisine, |
2005 |
914.40484 E97, 2005 |
| Europeans |
"This entertaining story from a delicious early novel by Henry James takes place in a New England Arcadia that stands for everything beautiful, pure and good. Into this Eden come a sophisticated brother and sister who turn up unexpectedly on the doorstep |
1979 |
813 J23eYi, 2003 |
| Evita |
True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame. |
1996 |
791.43657 L56e, 1998 |
| Evolution |
"Evolution" offers a groundbreaking and definitive view of the extraordinary impact the evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world around us. Beginning with Darwin's revolutionary theory, this seven-part series explores all facets of |
2001 |
599.938 E95, 2001 |
| Eyes wide shut |
A wife's admission of unfulfilled sexual longings plunges Dr. William Harford, a New Yorker, into an erotic odyssey that could destroy his marriage and ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery. |
1999 |
791.43 K862e, 2001 |
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| Title |
Summary (partial) |
Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| Fabuleux destin d'AmeŽlie Poulain AmeŽlie from Montmartre / |
AmeŽlie is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, AmeŽlie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fa |
2001 |
791.43617 J48a, 2002 |
| Face in the crowd |
A hobo becomes an overnight celebrity. But, as usual, more fame leads to more power, and more power leads to more corruption. Will he be exposed as the fraud that he is? |
1957 |
791.43655 K189f, 2005 |
| Face Jesus in art / |
Trace the different ways in which Jesus has been represented in art by people throughout history and around the world from the early 3rd century to the present. |
2001 |
704.94853 J47 2001 |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore illustrates the connections President Bush has to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the bin Laden's, how the president got elected on fraudulent circumstances and the |
2004 |
973.931 M66f, 2004 |
| Fairy queen |
"The tale is a joyful fusion of music, dance and comedy which brings alive the splendour of the Baroque for a modern audience."--Container. |
1995 |
792.542 P985fa, 2000 |
| Faith Ringgold the last story quilt / |
A profile of the life and work of Faith Ringgold, noted Afro-American woman artist who specializes in painting on quilts and other cloth surfaces. |
1991 |
700.92096 I78f, 199 |
| Fall color trees of the eastern forests / |
"Fall Color:" Chronicles the annual color changes in the eastern deciduous forests. Begins with a full explanation for fall color and illustrates 45 tree species that play a major role in producing striking fall color from Maine to Georgia. "Woodland Har |
2004 |
581.4 B45f, 2004 |
| Famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth |
"One of Shakespeare's most elaborate 'pageant' plays, chronicling the life of an extraordinary English king."--Container insert.
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play, which tells of the intrigues during the first part of Henry's reign |
1979 |
822.33 H323he8, 2000 |
| Fanciulla del West opera in three acts / |
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1991 |
792.542 P977fa, 1998 |
| Fanny och Alexander Fanny and Alexander / |
The sometimes tumultuous life of an extended family in early 20th-century Sweden, as seen through the eyes of two children. |
2004 |
791.4365255 F36b, 2004 |
| Fanny trilogy |
Contains three films written by Marcel Pagnol. Marius is a young man torn between his love for his family and his desire to move away from his Marseilles harbor, while Fanny, his shy lover, doesn't know how to hold Marius back to keep him near her. Cesar, |
2004 |
842.912 P34f, 2004 |
| Fantasia |
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1940 |
791.4334 D57f, 2000 |
| Fantasia 2000 |
Vivid animation brings the music of the masters to colorful life in this fun-filled movie, picking up where its predecessor, the original Fantasia, left off. |
2000 |
791.4334 D57fa, 2000 |
| Fantasia legacy supplemental features / |
Slip down the corridors of the 60-year history of the magical, magnificent Fantasia and its sequel Fantasia 2000. Hear Walt Disney talk about the tricks of the trade and the story of the animation process, highlighted with extensive scenes from both featu |
2000 |
791.4334 D57fan, 2000 |
| Fantastic world of M.C. Escher |
"The works of the Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) have intrigued and delighted for generations. His distortions of space and time, steeped in fantastic imagery, have created a dedicated following around the world. But who was the |
1980 |
769.92 E83fYm, 2006 |
| Fantasticks |
Two teenagers on neighboring farms steal glances and hide their romance from their feuding fathers. Little do these love-birds know, however, that their fathers are actually good friends who've hatched a plan--with the help of a mystical roving side-show |
1995 |
791.43657 Sch54fYr, 2001 |
| Farewell my concubine |
Story that spans more than 50 years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since childhood, and the woman who comes between them. Also an absorbing drama of the period in Chinese history from the warlord era through the Cultural Revolution. |
1993 |
791.4372 F37, 1999 |
| Farmer's wife |
A middle-aged widower sets out to choose a wife from the unattached women in the neighborhood. He and his housekeeper make a list of eligible females, whom he then pursues with interesting consequences. |
1928 |
791.43655 H58fa, 1999 |
| Fat city |
John Huston's acclaimed drama of small-time boxing. |
1972 |
791.43657 H87f, 2003 |
| Faust |
An everyman lured off the streets of Prague finds himself becoming Faust and entering a world of mind-boggling magic and strange encounters. He summons up Mephisto, makes his awful pact and is plunged into a world of laughing devils, dreams and nightmares |
1994 |
791.4334 S83f, 1999 |
| Faust eine deutsche Volkssage / |
Classic tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil, based on Goethe's Faust and folk sagas. |
1926 |
832 G554fYmu, 2001 |
| Faustrecht der Freiheit |
Fassbinder directs and stars as a gay lower-class carnival performer known as Fox the Talking Head, who strikes it rich by winning a lottery. Then he has an ill-fated romance with an elegant upper class lover. |
2002 |
791.43655 F377f, 2002 |
| FDR |
A documentary on the life and times of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Part one covers Roosevelt's early years and early political successes, his bout with polio at age 39, and ends with his election as president. Part two explores FDR's response to |
1994 |
973.9 P74f, 2000 |
| Fear and loathing in Las Vegas |
"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels towards Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his slightly unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo. |
1998 |
070.92 T46fYg, 2003 |
| Feasting with panthers a play about Oscar Wilde / |
A surrealistic mixture of reality and imagination, "Feasting with Panthers" takes place in the life, mind, memory and vision of Oscar Wilde while imprisoned in England's Reading Gaol during the late Victorian Era. Through flashbacks and flash-forwards, th |
1974 |
822 W644fYh, 1999 |
| Fed up! genetic engineering, industrial agriculture, and sustainable alternatives / |
Using archival footage interspersed with interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, this video presents an overview of the American food production system and explores the unintentional effects of pesticides, the resistance o |
2002 |
306.461 S33f, 2002 |
| Federico Fellini's La dolce vita |
A society journalist working in the decadent life of 1960s Rome becomes increasingly jaded as he involves himself with the lifestyles of the rich and glamorous. |
1960 |
791.436552 F45L, 2004 |
| Fedora |
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2004 |
792.542 G497fe, 2004 |
| Femme est une femme |
When the beautiful AngeŽla wants to have a baby and her lover refuses to participate, she looks to recruit his best friend. |
1961 |
791.43617 G63fe, 1998 |
| Ferdinando e Carolina |
After an arranged marriage, King Ferdinando and Carolina allow themselves increasing indulgences in their sexual desires. The sovereigns begin to lapse in their reigning duties, becoming oblivious to the tide of revolution threatening to tear France apart |
1999 |
791.43617 W47f, 2006 |
| Fiddler on the roof |
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him s |
1971 |
791.43657 St34fYj, 1998 |
| Fidelio |
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2000 |
792.542 B415fi, 2003 |
| Field crops |
Using farmers to talk to their peers informally and frankly about their experiences with sustainable agriculture, this video is designed to help farmers get acquainted with key strategies for sustainable agriculture. |
1991 |
630 R66f, 2007 |
| Fifth element |
Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of evil. Only the fifth element can stop the evil from estinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. |
2001 |
791.43615 B47f, 2001 |
| Fifth of July |
In Lanford Wilson's acclaimed Broadway play, college friends who agitated for what they hoped would be a better world, find themselves looking for a way to revive their dreams. |
1982 |
812 W55f, 2001 |
| Fighting for freedom Revolution & Civil War / |
British subjects convinced that Great Britain is trying to take away their freedoms fight the Revolutionary War. America founded on the belief that all persons might be free, with a glaring contradiction. The conflict with slavery lead to the Civil War. |
2003 |
973 F54, 2003 |
| Fille du reŽgiment The daughter of the r'egiment : an opera in two acts / |
The waif Marie is adopted by a French army regiment, falls in love with a Tyrolean youth called Tonio, but is carried off to live with the Marquise of Berkenfeld who plans to turn her into a genteel lady and marry her to an aristocrat; but the Marquise tu |
1986 |
792.542 D683fi, 1986 |
| Final chorale |
A documentary featuring Stravinsky's colleague and intimate friend Robert Craft, scrutinizes the composition, instrumentation, and historic background of Stravinsky's Symphonies d'Instruments aÌ vent. Includes archival footage of Stravinsky, along with a |
2005 |
785.8184 S34f, 2005 |
| Finding Neverland |
Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the im |
2004 |
791.43651 F67f, 2005 |
| Fire |
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and [falls] in |
1996 |
791.43653 M44f, 2000 |
| Firebird & les noces |
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2002 |
792.845 S87f, 2002 |
| First Amendment project |
A compilation of three short films about the current state of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in the United States.
Fox vs. Franken: when comedian Al Franken used Fox News' phrase "Fair and balanced" in his satiric book, the network sued. Fox l |
2005 |
342.73085 S86f, 2005 |
| First breeze of summer |
Deals with the conflicts between a stern, hard-working father and his two discontented sons. Also tells the story of the man's elderly mother who recalls, through flashbacks the romances of her youth with three different men who all abandoned her. |
1976 |
812.54 L44fYw, 2003 |
| Fitzcarraldo |
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town. |
1981 |
791.43657 H47fi, 1999 |
| Five easy pieces |
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness. |
1970 |
791.43653 F58, 1998 |
| Five films about Christo & Jeanne-Claude |
The 30 year collaboration between acclaimed filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, and the renowned environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. |
2004 |
709.04075 C47fYm, 2004, DVD 1-3 |
| Flamenco |
A series of flamenco dances, "an integral part of the Spanish heart and culture" are performed by three hundred dancers and photographed by the master cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro. |
1995 |
793.319468 F611, 2003 |
| Fledermaus |
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1988 |
792.542 S9116fl, 2001 |
| Flute |
The flute, its history and development, is discussed. Includes information on how the flute was popularized by Frendh flautist Jacques Hotterre, son of its creator, Jean Hotterre, at the court of Louis XIV. Flute performances from works by Lully, Frederic |
1997 |
788.3219 H673, 2004 |
| Fog of war eleven lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara / |
The story of American politics and military policies as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara is a controversial and influential political figure. He offers a |
2003 |
973.92 M36fYm, 2004 |
| For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf |
A "choreopoem" that portrays the visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being African-American. |
1982 |
812 Sh18f, 2002 |
| For your consideration |
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 -- |
2007 |
791.43617 G84f, 2007 |
| Forbidden planet |
The far-off star Altair-IV, occupied by two lone inhabitants and Robie the Robot, is visited by a search party from Earth. |
1956 |
791.43615 F67, 1998 |
| Force of evil |
A racketeer's lawyer finds that his boss has found a way to bankrupt New York's numbers banks but gets wedged between the numbers racket and a new prosecutor's anti-crime campaign. |
1949 |
791.43655 P65f, 2004 |
| Forces of nature closer than you'd ever want to be / |
"Experience the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms as National Geographic cameras travel the world, venturing to the very brink of erupting volcanoes, into the paths of deadly pyroclastic flows, along massive fault lines, and a |
2004 |
904.5 N38f, 2004 |
| 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 1 |
1994 |
791.43653 F67, 2001 |
| Fortune cookie |
Comedy dealing with a grand-scale attempt to defraud insurance companies in which TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is run over by a 220 pound galloping half-back and is persuaded by shyster Whiplash Willie to bring a million dollar law suit against the team. |
1966 |
791.43617 W55f, 2001 |
| Forza del destino |
The story of two lovers who are separated, then pursued by her brother who is convinced that they are responsible for her father's death. This tragic story of love, honor and vengence is based on the premise that fate is inexorable, that there is no free |
1984 |
792.542 V484fo, 2000 |
| Four Noble Truths |
People possess an innate desire to seek happiness and to overcome suffering. The reason why Buddha emphasized the development of a profound insight into the nature of suffering is because there is an alternative, there is a way out, there is a possiblity |
1997 |
294.342 F68, 2001 |
| Francesca da Rimini opera in four acts / |
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1984 |
792.542 Z27fr, 1999 |
| Francis Bacon |
Biography of artist Francis Bacon with images of his work.
"One of five children, Francis Bacon was born in Dublin to English parents in 1909. By the late twenties, he had settled in London and was making a name for himself as a furniture designer. He so |
2003 |
759.2 B33Yf, 2004 |
| Francis Bacon |
Follows Francis Bacon, widely regarded as the greatest British painter of the twentieth century, from his studio, where he starts work every day at dawn, to his favorite drinking club, and gambling joint in Soho and explores how his way of life affects hi |
1985 |
759.2 B33, 2000 |
| Frank Capra's Mr. Smith goes to Washington |
Washington's youngest senator exposes corruption in high places, almost at the cost of his career. |
1939 |
791.43658 F73, 1999 |
| Frank Capra's you can't take it with you |
Comedy about the Sycamores, an eccentric family of free spirits, and the problems that arises when Alice, the one stable member, falls for her boss's son. |
1938 |
791.43617 C37y, 2003 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
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1998 |
720.92 W931f, 2001 |
| Frank Miller's Sin City |
An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Basin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie. Sin City is a violent city wh |
2005 |
791.43655 M55s, 2005 |
| Frank Rosolino Quartet ; Stan Kenton and his Orchestra |
Two installments of the 1962 television program Jazz scene USA, featuring intimate live performances by leading jazz artists. |
1962 |
781.65092 R788, 2001 |
| Frankenstein [the man who made a monster] / |
Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory but his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast. |
1931 |
823 Sh44f, 1999 |
| Frate 'nnamorato opera in three acts / |
An 18th-century commedia musicale that presents a tale of mismatched lovers and rival suitors, and provides a wealth of arias and ensemble pieces displaying a variety of melodies. |
1990 |
792.542 P439fr, 1998 |
| French [learning French the basics] / |
This recording takes a light and informative look at French featuring interactive testing ; instant accessibility to key content areas ; helpful resources such as pronunciation, basic conversations and lots of vocabulary.
This recording takes a light and |
2001 |
448.2421 F74, DVD 1 |
| French connection |
Two New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile being shipped from France. |
1971 |
791.43655 F75f, 2001 |
| French Revolution LiberteŽ, egaliteŽ, fraterniteŽ, a new republic is born in blood / |
Lavish re-enactments and expert commentary bring the heady, violent days of the French Revolution to life. As their government helped England's rebellious Colonies win their freedom, its citizens looked to the same struggle for inspiration. Driven by ide |
2005 |
940.27 F74, 2005 |
| Frenzy |
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1972 |
791.43655 H58f, 2000 |
| Fresa y chocolate Strawberry and chocolate / |
"This acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film set in Cuba follows the unlikely friendship between David (Vladimir Cruz), an uptight conservative, and Diego (Jorge Perrugoria), his flamboyantly gay neighbor. At first David balks at Diego's anti-Castro leanings (wh |
1993 |
791.43653 G88f, 2003 |
| Frida |
The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera. |
2002 |
759.972 K345frYt, 2003 |
| Frida Kahlo |
"She was a striking presence who commanded attention in person and in her work. Her life was a collage of extraordinary emotions and accomplishments, and her art reflects the intensity of her experience. She is famed for many things: her tempestuous, life |
2004 |
759.972 K345Yb, 2005 |
| Fried green tomatoes |
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hil |
1991 |
813.54 F53f, 1998 |
| From dusk till dawn |
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they are forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive. |
1996 |
791.43675 R63f, 2000 |
| From here to eternity |
Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team |
1953 |
791.43658 Z56f, 2001 |
| From Jesus to Christ the first Christians / |
"Explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading |
1998 |
232.908 C73, 2004 |
| From Jesus to Constantine a history of early Christianity / |
Presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. Includes examination of Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church off |
2004 |
270.1 E34f, 2004 |
| From Monet to Van Gogh a history of impressionism / |
"A major focus will be on the key painters of the Impressionist Movement: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Paul CeŽzanne, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas. We will also look at those artists whose wo |
2002 |
759.054 B74f, 2002 |
| Frozen |
This is a true story according to the narrator. In 1994, a young performance artist decided to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he melted a huge block of ice with his own body heat and dies of hypothermia. He cal |
1996 |
791.43612 W86f, 1999 |
| Fuenteovejuna |
"El pueblo de Fuenteovejuna se revela ante el abuso de poder de Fernan Gomez, comendador de la Orden de Calatrava. El pueblo decide matar al comendador y jura no revelar quienes lo mataron de hecho y responder que 'Fuenteovejuna lo hizo'. Despues de sufri |
1972 |
862 V53, 2004, DVD 4 |
| Full metal jacket |
Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968. |
2001 |
791.43 K862f, 2001 |
| Funny games ein film / |
"Michael Haneke's controversial thriller watches an affluent couple, their child and dog as they arrive at their lakeside vacation home. Settling into their holiday routine, the family is visited by a pair of clean-cut young men in tennis whites and glov |
1997 |
791.43655 H36f, 1998 |
| Fury |
A once decent man becomes ruthless and bitter when he's falsely accused of a crime and becomes a target for a lynch mob. He escapes, but refuses to let his survival be known, so his attackers can be charged with murder. |
1936 |
791.43655 L362f, 2005 |
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| GalaÌpagos the islands that changed the world / |
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the GalaÌpagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals. |
2006 |
577.528665 G35Ym, 2007 |
| Galileo |
"Topol and a cast of British theatrical aristocracy, including Sir John Gielgud, Patrick Magee, Edward Fox, and Tom Conti, ground Bertolt Brecht's famous theatrical imagination in a precise, character-rich interpretation of the troubled life and anxious t |
1974 |
832 B742gaYL, 2003 |
| Gandhi |
Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods. |
1982 |
954.035092 G36a, 2001 |
| Gazza ladra The thieving magpie : opera semiseria in two acts / |
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1987 |
792.542 R835ga, 2002 |
| Gene Krupa story |
"Defying the wishes of his parents, the young Krupa sets out for New York in search of fame and fortune with his musician buddy, Eddie, and his small-town sweetheart Ethel. After Krupa's incredible talents are discovered, his rocketing career leaves littl |
1959 |
791.43092 K78Yw, 2004 |
| General |
The General (1926): A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War singlehandedly. Cops (1922): A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. H |
1921 |
791.43617 G46, 1999 |
| Gentleman's agreement |
A journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-semitism decides to pose as a Jew and finds out first-hand what it is like to be the victim of intolerance. |
1947 |
791.436552 K189g, 2002 |
| Gentlemen prefer blondes |
A musical comedy about the adventures of two beautiful showgirls--an apparently stupid blonde golddigger and her provocative brunette friend--during a voyage from New York to Paris. |
1953 |
791.43657 H395g, 2001 |
| Germania, anno zero Germany, year zero / |
Product description: Citizens fight for survival in the nightmarish devastation of post-World War II Berlin in this towering masterpiece of Italian neorealist cinema from groundbreaking director Robert Rossellini. Twelve-year-old Edmund, a child who has k |
1947 |
791.43658 R67g, 2002 |
| Gershwins' Porgy and Bess |
This video is the adaptation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production of the Gershwins' classic musical drama Porgy and Bess, which portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row. |
1993 |
792.542 G381po, 2001 |
| Get smart |
Reveals what happens in our minds when we learn, remember, and imagine. Shows how neurons and synapses lay down knowledge in the brain; ways to improve our ability to acquire knowledge; how to manipulate memory to recall information more easily; the power |
2003 |
612.82 G48, 2004 |
| Gettysburg the boys in blue and gray / |
Using a letter written by Union officer, Lt. Frank A. Haskell to his brother, as well as other accounts from soldiers on both sides, this film tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg as experienced by the soldiers who were there. |
2002 |
973.7349 C45g, 2004 |
| Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
At the turn of the century a young widow and her daughter move into a cottage on the English coast. Soon she learns that the cottage is haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a sea captain. When he finds he can't scare her away, they soon fall into a m |
1947 |
791.43617 M364g, 2002 |
| Gigi |
A musical set in Paris in which a girl trained as a high society courtesan falls in love with a rich and handsome boulevardier. |
1958 |
791.43657 M56g, 2000 |
| Gilda |
"Johnny Farrell goes to work for Ballin Mundson, the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city and quickly rises to become Mundson's 'main man.' All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride, Gilda-- a woman from |
1946 |
791.43655 V53g, 2000 |
| Girl with a pearl earring |
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Little is known about the girl in the p |
2003 |
791.43657 W43g, 2003 |
| Girl, interrupted |
The fascinating true story of a young woman's life-altering stay at a famous psychiatric hospital in the late 1960's. |
1999 |
791.436552 W53g, 2004 |
| Giulio Cesare : in full score / |
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1875 |
M1500.H135 G3 1875a |
| Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth |
Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition, murder, madness and revenge in medieval Scotland as set to music by Giuseppe Verdi. |
2001 |
792.542 V484ma, 2002 |
| Gladiator |
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas. |
2000 |
791.43658 S367g, 2003 |
| Glaneurs et la glaneuse The gleaners and I / |
"Varda's most recent effort-- the first filmed with a digital videocamera-- focuses on gleaners, those who gather the spoils left after a harvest, as well as those who mine the trash. Some completely exist on the leavings; others turn them into art, exerc |
2000 |
944.0839 V37g, 2002 |
| Glass menagerie |
A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter. |
1973 |
812 W67g, 2002 |
| Global trade debate |
This program offers a balanced look at the reality of globalization in an effort to address the issues that underpin the angry rhetoric between big business advocates and an increasingly powerful activist lobby. Since the founding of the International Mon |
2001 |
382 G56, 2001 |
| Global warming the signs and the science / |
This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South A |
2005 |
363.73874 G56, 2005 |
| Glory |
Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War. |
1989 |
791.43658 Z85g, 2000 |
| Godfather DVD collection |
The Godfather pt. 1. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
The Godfather pt. 2: The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, |
1973 |
791.43655 C67g, 2001 |
| God's earth |
Paul Collins, a Catholic priest and ecologist, speaks about the elevation of humankind at the expense of nature and the environment. The Bible's mandate to subdue the earth is discussed within the context of overpopulation and pollution. The discussion |
1997 |
179.1 G63, 2003 |
| Godspell |
Film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Set in contemporary New York City, the film features a cast drawn from both the original New York and various stage companies. |
1973 |
791.43657 S39gYg, 2000 |
| Going my way |
Going my way (127 min.): When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest (Crosby), things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who doesn't think much of him or his i |
1999 |
791.43657 B47g, 1999 |
| Going to table |
This program gathers six of today's leading designers for an exposition of objects used in the kitchen and dining room. |
2000 |
643.3 G65, 2003 |
| Gold rush |
Chaplin is a prospector who goes to Alaska in search of gold. During a storm, he becomes trapped in a cabin with another prospector and an outlaw. The outlaw goes out for help, but is killed in and avalanche. Out of food and on the brink of starvation, t |
1925 |
791.43617 G65, 1998 |
| Golem wie er in die Welt kam / |
Based on the legend of the golem, a popular figure in Jewish tradition. In medieval Prague, the Rabbi Loew gives life to the golem, a clay monster. The golem falls in love with the Rabbi's daughter and brings fear to the emperor's court, but is eventually |
1920 |
791.4309 W44g, 2002 |
| Gondoliers |
Comic opera about two gondoliers who rule a Spanish duchy on the assumption that one is a foundling prince in 1750 Venice. |
1982 |
792.542 S949go, 2002 |
| 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. |
1939 |
813 M69g, 1998 |
| Good bye Lenin! |
Alex's proud, socialist mother falls into a coma for eight months. When she wakes, her heart is weak, so Alex has to keep the secret that the Berlin Wall has fallen and capitalism has triumphed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam. |
2003 |
791.436552 B43g, 2004 |
| Good doctor |
A presentation of Neil Simon's broadway hit based on Chekhov's early short stories which so eloquently capture the comic and serious sides of the 19th century Russian bourgeoisie. |
1978 |
812 Si54g, 2002 |
| 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 |
2005 |
791.43658 C56g, 2006 |
| Good thief |
Bob is an aging American thief is living in the French city of Nice. Addicted to both heroin and gambling, Bob is in the midst of an extended personal losing streak when he rescues a new girl in town named Anne from her pimp. When the opportunity to steal |
2002 |
791.43655 J67g, 2003 |
| Good, the bad and the ugly |
A restored version of the spaghetti western tale of greed, revenge and epic warfare. Three ruthless outlaws avidly search for a treasure chest containing $200,000. |
2004 |
791.436278 L46g, 2004 |
| Goodfellas |
Revolving around low-level gangster Henry Hill, this film gives an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. |
1990 |
791.43655 S26g, 1999 |
| Google boys |
The story behind Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who met at Stanford University's PhD computer science program. Together the men started up Google, the world's top search engine using their own credit cards, and a little help from a savvy investor. |
2004 |
338.76102 G66Yb, 2006 |
| Gosford Park |
Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered. |
2002 |
791.436556 A48g, 2002 |
| Goštterdašmmerung |
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1990 |
792.542 W134go, 2002 |
| Goštterdašmmerung |
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1976 |
792.542 W134go B763, 2001 |
| Goya |
In Bordeaux, France, in the early 1800's, Goya suffers from strange visions and nightmares. Goya reflects on his tumultuous career: a love affair with the beautiful Duchess of Alba and the evil crusade of Napoleon's French army. |
2000 |
791.43657 G745Ys, 2000 |
| Graduate |
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1967 |
791.4372 G73, 1998 |
| Graffiti verite read the writing on the wall / |
Los Angeles graffiti artists discuss the themes and motivations of their work and how they evolved from taggers to artists. Several are shown at work on projects, indoors as well as outside. The history and significance of graffiti is addressed, as is its |
1995 |
751.73 B79g, 1995 |
| Grand Hotel |
Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he misses the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric |
1932 |
791.4362 G68g, 2004 |
| Grande illusion The grand illusion / |
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape. |
1937 |
791.4372 R46g, 1999 |
| Grapes of wrath |
The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. |
1940 |
813 St3g, 2004 |
| Grease |
A musical about the fabulous 50's. This edition includes retrospective interviews with principal stars, the director and producer. |
2002 |
791.43657 K54g, 2001 |
| Great figures of the New Testament |
Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, examines specific biblical characters and explores how they have been assessed across the centuries by historians and artists, theologians, and worshipers. |
2002 |
225.9 L48gn, 2002 |
| Great figures of the Old Testament |
Examines various biblical characters and explores how they have been assessed across the centuries from the early Jewish, Christian, and Muslim commentaries to interpretations both inside and outside institutional religious settings. |
2002 |
221.922 L48go, 2002 |
| Great lodges of the national parks |
Built in the untamed landscape of the American West, they were the vision of early park enthusiasts, architects, and entrepreneurs. The lodges of the national parks reflect the surrounding wilderness while providing shelter from it. This program explores |
2002 |
917.8 G74, 2002 |
| Great masters. |
Examines the life and works of Gustav Mahler. |
2001 |
780.92 M214gr, 2001 |
| Great masters. |
Examines the life and works of Robert and Clara Schumann. |
2002 |
780.92 S392gr, 2002 |
| Great masters. |
Examines the life and works of Dimitri Shostakovich. |
2002 |
780.92 S559gr, 2002 |
| Great masters. |
Examines the life and works of Igor Stravinsky. |
2000 |
780.92 S913gr, 2000 |
| Great San Francisco earthquake |
In the early 1900s, San Francisco stood as a proud and flourishing symbol of America's recent conquest of the once-wild West. But on April 19, 1906, the city would experience an awesome reminder of the uncontrollable forces lying dormant just beneath the |
2005 |
979.461051 W45g, 2006 |
| Great world religions Buddhism / |
Provides an overview of Buddhism and describes how Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. Covers the Buddha's life and the development of Buddhism, explains his teachings, or Dharma, and explores |
2003 |
200 G74bYe, 2003 |
| Great world religions Christianity / |
Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory. Explains why the central figures, elements, and creeds of Christiani |
2003 |
200 G74cYj, 2003 |
| Great world religions Hinduism / |
Provides an overview of Hinduism and discusses why Hinduism is perhaps the most diverse religion of all. Covers topics such as arranged marriages and the caste system, the Indus Valley Civilization, the sacred writings in the Vedas, the Bhagavad-gita, and |
2003 |
200 G74hYm, 2003 |
| Great world religions Islam / |
Consists of twelve 30-min. lectures that provide an overview of Islam. Discusses Islam's role as both a religion and a way of life, and its deep impact on world affairs both historically and today. Covers topics such as Muhammad, jihad, Sufism, Muslim bel |
2003 |
200 G74iYe, 2003 |
| Great world religions Judaism / |
Surveys the history, traditions, and practice of Judaism from biblical times to today, with explanations of the major aspects of Jewish culture. Focuses on Judaism from within and how it is understood by its adherents, past and present. Covers topics such |
2003 |
200 G74jYg, 2003 |
| Great Ziegfeld |
Ziegfeld is a theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for a strongman. With almost no money in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held to headline his "Follies". From 1907, Ziegfeld stages annual edi |
1936 |
791.43657 Z55YL, 2004 |
| Greenhouse hydroponics from seed to harvest / |
Dr. Gene Giacomelli and Dr. Patricia Rorabaugh from the Controlled Environment Agricultural Center at the University of Arizona explain the basic structures and procedures used in operating a hydroponics greenhouse. |
2003 |
631.585 H93, 2003 |
| Griffith masterworks |
A collection of old films that were directed by D.W. Griffith. |
2002 |
791.43658 G75g, 2002 |
| Grizzly man |
Filmmaker Werner Herzog investigates the death of preservationist and former television actor Timothy Treadwell, who was killed in the Alaskan wilderness, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, by the bears he lived among and dedicated his life to prot |
2005 |
599.780723 T74Yh, 2006 |
| Ground truth |
Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home. |
2006 |
956.70443 F68g, 2006 |
| Groundhog Day |
A romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp where it is Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, but then he realizes that he might be doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, s |
1993 |
791.436543 R36g, 2002 |
| Guantanamera |
In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fiz |
1995 |
791.436543 G88g, 2000 |
| Guess who's coming to dinner |
When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. |
1967 |
791.43651 K73g, 1998 |
| Guitar |
The guitar, its history and development, is discussed. The story of the instrument's development over 400 years, including its replacement of the lute to the modern guitar. Includes the last performances of famed classical Spanish guitarist Andres Seqovia |
1997 |
787.8719 H673, 2004 |
| Guns, germs, and steel |
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displac |
2005 |
303.4 D48g, 2005 |
| Guys and dolls |
A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee. |
1938 |
791.43657 L64gYm, 2000 |
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| Title |
Summary (partial) |
Original Release Date |
Call Number |
| H.M.S. Pinafore or, The lass that loved a sailor / |
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1982 |
792.542 S949hms, 2002 |
| Hable con ella |
In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women. |
2002 |
791.43653 A46h, 2003 |
| Hackers outlaws and angels / |
"This alarming program reveals the daily battle between the Internet's outlaws and the hackers who oppose them by warding off system attacks, training IT professionals and police officers, and watching cyberspace for signs of imminent infowar."--container |
2002 |
364.168 H33, 2002 |
| Hackers wizards of the electronic age / |
A group of people who used to haunt the computer rooms of universities, waiting for a chance to work or play with the huge machine, tell how they influenced the development of modern personal computers, show some of the latest technological advances, and |
1985 |
004.092 F56h, 2005 |
| Hair |
A country boy spends time in New York City before going to serve in Vietnam. He meets a group of hippies in Central Park and is swept up in the turbulence and protest of the times. Musical numbers include, "Let the Sun Shine In", "Hair", and "Aquarius". |
1979 |
791.43657 M33hYf, 1999 |
| Hamas behind the mask / |
Documentary looking at the Hamas Islamic movement in Gaza City and the West Bank. Uses interviews, with several Israelis and many Palestinians, to look at the movement and to try to understand motivations of current and past members, including those who w |
2005 |
322.420956 H36Ys, 2005 |
| Hamlet |
The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer. |
1948 |
822.33 S75Yo, 2000 |
| Hamlet |
Eloquent and moving, this "shrewdly edited version ... flows with commendable grace from beginning to end, all urged on by Kline's intelligent interpretation." -- Container. |
1990 |
822.33 S75KL, 2001 |
| Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the f |
1980 |
822.33 H323h, 2000 |
| Hamsun |
The shocking true story of Knut Hamsun, the Nobel Prize-winning author who stunned the world by siding with Hitler and the Nazis. |
1997 |
839.83 H36Yt, 2006 |
| Hana-bi Fireworks / |
A hard-boiled ex-cop, haunted by a troubled past and pushed to the edge by the shooting of his partner, confronts his demons in a ruthless quest for justice and redemption. |
1997 |
791.43655 K58ha, 1998 |
| Hannah and her sisters |
A look at three sisters and the relationship they have with one another, and with the men in their lives. |
1986 |
791.43617 AL54h, 2001 |
| Happy days |
Happy days tells the story of Winnie, an eternal optimist facing the harsh realities of the world with a smile and impenetrable cheerfulness. Samuel Beckett captures her, in his words, "laughing wild amid severest woe." With aching and audacious humor, Be |
1980 |
842.914 B43ha, 2002 |
| Happy feet |
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and |
2007 |
791.43655 M55h, 2007 |
| Harp |
The harp, its history and development, is discussed. We see how Irish monks introduced the harp to Europe, and follow its growth from a small, hand-held instrument into the standard instrument played today. Works by Handel, Mozart, Liszt, and Debussy, as |
1997 |
787.9 H673, 2004 |
| Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets |
Finds young wizard Harry and his friends Ron and Hermoine facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they try to uncover a dark force that is terrorizing the school. |
2002 |
823.914 R69hcYc, 2003 |
| Harry Potter and the goblet of fire |
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death |
2006 |
823.914 R69hgYn, 2006 |
| Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban |
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf, and finall |
2004 |
823.914 R69hpYc, 2004 |
| Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone |
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. |
2001 |
823.914 R69hsYc, 2002 |
| Health information management |
(Producer) This program focuses on opportunities in the field of healthcare information technology. Three levels of specialization-medical office billing certification, coding certification, and an associate degree in health information management-are cov |
2002 |
651.504261 H43, 2004 |
| Healthcare casualties the underinsured mentally ill / |
"At St. Bernard's Hospital, in Chicago's blighted Englewood neighborhood, the ER staff refuses to back away from the challenge of serving patients with serious mental illnesses and little or no insurance-- ... Who are the dedicated professionals stretchin |
2003 |
362.10973 A44, 2003 DVD1 |
| Heat |
Using a bow-drill and flint stones; a glass tube filled with cotton and a piston; crushed pieces of dry ice in a vinyl pipe; liquid nitrogen and a butane lighter, a rose, a ball, and mercury; a bi-metallic strip of brass and aluminum; and a wooden stick a |
2003 |
530.078 I58, 2003, DVD 4 |
| Heat and dust |
Story of a woman who goes to India to find the truth about her aunt who left her British husband for an Indian prince. |
1983 |
823 J559hYi, 2003 |
| Heaven can wait |
Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidently goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man who was a corporate giant. While practicing to resume his place with the Rams, Pendleton must also deal with the |
1978 |
791.43617 B43h, 1999 |
| Heaven knows, Mr. Allison |
A World War II Marine sergeant and a Roman Catholic nun are both marooned together on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. The sergeant does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for h |
1957 |
791.43658 H87h, 2003 |
| Heavens above! |
An idealistic clergyman is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish where he insists on ministering to the rich and poor alike, infuriating the town, the religious hierarchy, and the government. |
1963 |
791.43617 B68h, 2003 |
| Hello, Dolly |
Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match. |
1969 |
791.43657 H426hYk, 2003 |
| Hemp and the rule of law a documentary / |
Blending history with current events, the video traces hemp's legendary past in U.S. agriculture and chronicles the heated debate to return the crop to American farmers. |
2004 |
633.53 B35h, 2004 |
| Henri Matisse |
Born in 1869 in France, Henri Matisse is regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th century art. He studied law and was working as a clerk when he became seriously ill and was confined to bed for nearly a year. He began drawing to fill the ti |
2003 |
759.4 M427Yk, 2004 |
| Henry IV. |
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play. Upon the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur. The play also treat |
1980 |
822.33 H323HIV, 2000, pt.1 |
| Henry IV. |
King Henry, now in failing health and still embroiled in war, sends his second son Prince John of Lancaster to the battle. Prince John tricks and defeats the enemy while his older son, the Prince of Wales, is summoned away from Falstaff and his tavern cir |
1979 |
822.33 H323HIV, 2000, pt.2 |
| Henry V |
Adaptation of Shakespeare's patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation and the greatness of its King. Includes medieval battle sequences with a recreation of the Battle of Agincourt. |
1944 |
822.33 W35, 1999 |
| Henry VI |
[pt.1] A dramatization by Shakespeare of King Henry VI's early days as king and the beginning of the long civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster. In the war with France, England is being driven off French soil. True to the popular view of the |
1992 |
822.33 H323HVI, 2000 |
| High and the mighty |
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. Based on an Ernest K. Gann bestseller. |
1954 |
791.43658 W45h, 2005 |
| High lonesome the story of bluegrass music / |
Evolution of the bluegrass style under gospel and country music influences as typified by the career of mandolin artist Bill Monroe. |
1991 |
781.642 H638, 1997 |
| High noon |
This is the classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, the lawman stands to lose not only the town but his new wife. |
1952 |
791.436278 Z56h, 2002 |
| High noon |
A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride |
1952 |
791.436278 H54, 1998 |
| High-value marketing |
Using farmers to talk to their peers informally and frankly about their experiences with sustainable agriculture, this video is designed to help farmers get acquainted with key strategies for high-value marketing. |
1991 |
630 R66h, 2007 |
| His girl Friday |
An unscrupulous newspaper editor uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from retiring and remarrying in this twist on The front page. |
1939 |
791.43617 H57, 2001 |
| Histoire d'Ade`le H. The story of Adele H. / |
Based on the true story of Adele Hugo's obsessive love affair which led her to run away from home to follow her womanizing lover across an ocean to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
1975 |
791.436552 T78h, 2001 |
| Historical Jesus |
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2000 |
232.9 J499Ye, 2000 |
| History of Christianity in the Reformation era |
A course that examines the people, ideas, and events that transformed Western Christianity during the 16th and 17th centuries. |
2001 |
270.6 G74h, 2001 |
| History of computers |
This program traces the course of technological innovations leading up to today's computers, from Charles Babbage and his analytical engine of the 1860's to the latest laptops. |
2004 |
004.09 H565, 2004 |
| History of Hitler's empire |
Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power. |
2001 |
943.086 C45h, 2001 |
| History of the Supreme Court |
This course traces the development of the United States Supreme Court from its founding to the present, with a focus on the landmark cases that have reflected conflicts in American society. |
2003 |
347.732609 I76h, 2003 |
| History of violence |
Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people |
2005 |
791.43655 C758h, 2006 |
| Hitch the genius of Alfred Hitchcock / |
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1999 |
791.43655 H58h, 2004 |
| Hockney at the Tate |
To mark David Hockney's 50th birthday in the autumn of 1988 London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joins Hockney for an exclusive, private showing of the exhibition in which they discuss works from all stages of Hock |
1988 |
759.2 H63, 2000 |
| Hogan's goat |
A television production of the William Alfred play that revolves around the tensions in a marriage of a convent-bred woman to an Irish immigrant whose years of political loyalty have finally made him the prime candidate for mayor of Brooklyn. |
1971 |
812 A44h, 2002 |
| Home |
"Home", follows the interaction of five patients over the course of a single afternoon in the garden of what we can fairly assume is an English mental hospital. |
1971 |
822 St74h, 2002 |
| Homecoming |
"In North London, an all-male beehive of inactivity is ruled with a foul mouth and an iron hand by the abusive Max (Paul Rogers) and his brother, the priggish palace eunuch Sam (Cyril Cusack). Rounding out the precision vulgarity of The Homecoming's "situ |
1973 |
822 P657hYh, 2003 |
| Homme du train Man on the train / |
Two strangers, a criminal named Milan and a retired poetry teacher, Manesquier, meet in a sleepy French village and gradually b | |