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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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- |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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| 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 |
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