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Xizang si miao Monasteries in Tibet
DVD C 720.95 M66
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Tiantan The temple of heaven
DVD 720.95 T32
The film visits Beijing's Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. It allowed emperors to worship heaven and
confirm their divine origin in a location near Beijing.
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The Borinqueneers
DVD 951.9 B66
A documentary on the all-Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit in U.S. Army history.
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The lost radeau North America's oldest intact warship
DVD 970.01 L66
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Alvin and the chipmunks
DVD ALV
Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. When they become overnight music
sensations, a greedy record producer tries to exploit the 'boys.' Now Dave must
use a little human ingenuity and a lot of 'munk mischief to get his furry family
back before it's too late.
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Peter Schaffer's Amadeus
DVD AMA
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of
the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Atonement
DVD ATO
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live alife of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of
the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking
Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's
housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He
hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for
this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie -
is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did
not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but,
ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three
lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she continues to seek
forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of
imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an
understanding of the power of enduring love.
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August Rush
DVD AUG
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are
soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by
circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a
mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the
parents from whom he was separated at birth.
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Before the devil knows you're dead
DVD BEF
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless
crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of
the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the
rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no
one is left unscathed.
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The Boondock saints
DVD BOO
Two Boston brothers become local saints when they kill some Russian gangsters, so they decide to kill all the evil men in their town.
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Charlie Wilson's war
DVD CHA
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues,
except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-
ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative
supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are
suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With
the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny
political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support
needed to defeat the Soviet Union. Ultimately, Charlie learns that while
military victory can be obtained, there are other consequences and prices to
that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow. Based on a true story.
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Cloverfield
DVD CLO
Rob is getting ready to leave New York in order to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother
Jason hands a camcorder to best friend Hud, who proceeds to tape the party over
old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth. Beth shows up at the party with a new
beau, which upsets Rob. Then the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under
attack from a Godzilla-like monster who stomps through midtown, destroying
everything and everybody in sight. Rob and his friends take to the streets, but
instead of running away with the other evacuees, they head toward the center of
destruction so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth.
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Le mepris Contempt
DVD CON
Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and
producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However,
something quite unexpected happens.
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Dan in real life
DVD DAN
Dan Burns is a local newspaper advice columnist. He has three daughters and is a widower. He brings the family to his parent's house for a family
gathering. When Dan goes to a local bookstore, he meets Marie. When he gets home,
he finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother Mitch. Dan's mother Nana
announces that she met an old acquaintance of Dan's, Ruthie Draper and that she
has set up a date between Dan and Ruthie. Dan refuses to go. Mitch suggests that
they could make it a double date and Dan agrees. Ruthie turns out to be very hot,
but Dan isn't really interested in her. When Marie indicates that Ruthie is not
right for him, Dan feigns interest and starts dancing with Ruthie. Marie gets
jealous and joins the floor with Mitch, leading to an upstaging contest between
Dan and Marie.
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The Darjeeling Limited
DVD DAR
Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with
each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship of each other. Their
"spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course -- thanks in part to over-
the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the
three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven
suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. From this point forward, an
unplanned journey begins.
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Death at a funeral
DVD DEA
Daniel is a decent young man who is married to Jane. They live at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On
the morning of the funeral, with a suitably grave expression on his face, Daniel
is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the
dignity inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task. Particularly with
an undertaker who botches his work; his famous, but selfish brother has returned
from the USA; his cousin's fiance has accidentally ingested drugs; a man takes
advantage of the sad event to win back the heart, or rather the body, of a woman
who is about to marry another; a handicapped old uncle who is also the most
unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among
the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know.
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Enchanted
DVD ENC
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished from the animated land of Andalasia by the evil queen. She finds herself in the gritty streets of the real,
modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that does not
operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle find herself adrift in a
chaotic world that is badly in need of enchantment. Giselle begins to fall in
love with the cynical, no-nonsense divorce lawyer who has come to her aid.
Little does he realize that this joyful, wide-eyed innocent is about to enchant
him.
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Feast of love
DVD FEA
Bradley is the owner of a coffee shop in Oregon. He thinks his marriage is idyllic, that is until his wife, Kathryn, leaves him for another woman. One
of Bradley's baristas falls head over heels for a girl who comes looking for a
job, but his abusive father spells trouble for the relationship. Finally, a
professor and his wife struggle to find purpose in life in the aftermath of a
personal tragedy.
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Vertigo
Fox/Cinema Symbiosis
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired
by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might
be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and
Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
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Le mepris Contempt
Fox/Cinema Symbiosis
Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and
producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However,
something quite unexpected happens.
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Ghost in the shell
DVD GHO
In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent. She is on the trail of a
computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled by
computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast and
lethal political conspiracy.
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History of the world, part I
DVD HIS
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I could never be your woman
DVD ICO
Rosie is an older, divorced professional who has had little luck in love.She finally finds a fitting companion in the form of Adam, a much younger man.
As her relationship threatens to move beyond something simply physical, her
teenage daughter, Izzie, begins to wonder if the strange tingling sensation that
she feels when she is in the company of a handsome local boy could possibly be
what adults refer to as 'love.' Of course anything is possible with Mother
Nature up to her old mischief, and with higher powers at play there's no telling
what will come of these relationships.
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In the valley of Elah
DVD INT
Hank is a retired Sergeant with the Military Police, now he spends his days hauling gravel and sharing a quiet life with his wife Joan. One day, he
receives a call informing him that his youngest son, Mike, had gone AWOL. Hank
thought his son was in Iraq, but is informed that Mike returned stateside four
days ago with his platoon. Hank calls his son's cell phone and gets voice mail.
He checks his e-mail, nothing. Something isn't right. His son would call him,
let him know if something was wrong. He drives to Fort Rudd and begins to make
inquiries. Hank meets some of Mike's buddies, including his Sergeant. He finds
Mike's cell phone and decides to take it. Hank contacts a local telephone guy
who offers to try to retrieve some of the video on it. With each inquiry, Hank
comes to a dead end. He decides to ask for the help of the local police and
meets Detective Emily Sanders. Hank and Emily meet with Head MP, Lt. Kirklander.
Everyone is very sympathetic, but no one can help. Then a body is found,
dismembered and burned beyond recognition. The body is identified as Mike. Hank
tries to find out what happened, but continues to meet a number of hurdles. Hank
is persistent and uncovers things no one wants to hear, including himself.
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Juno
DVD JUN
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like
each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie
leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have
an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and
give it up for adoption. The next step is to find prospective parents for the
yet unborn child. In the Pennysaver ad section, Juno finds Mark and Vanessa
Loring, a yuppie couple living in the suburbs. Juno likes the Lorings and of her
own choosing, she enters into a closed adoption contract with the Lorings.
During the second and third trimesters of Juno's pregnancy, which she treats
with care but detachment, her relationships with her family, with Paulie, and
with the Lorings develop.
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The kite runner
DVD KIT
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir andHassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul
and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting
tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of
betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for
redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns to a
perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets
that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
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Lars and the real girl
DVD LAR
Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial
girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now
Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the
real meaning of true love.
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Lions for lambs
DVD LIO
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do
something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the
battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian
and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war
becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines. They become the
string that binds together the two opposite sides of America. In California, the
anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who
is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the
charismatic presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving, is about to give a
bombshell story to a probing TV journalist that just might affect Arian and
Ernest's fates.
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Martian child
DVD MAR
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in
order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both
David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the
truth.
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The nanny diaries
DVD NAN
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East
Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious
son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out
what she wants to do with her life.
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Paquita ballet en deux actes
ORANGE PAQ dvd
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The paper chase
DVD PAP
Examines the repressive cloistered world of first-year students at Harvard Law School.
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Quiz show
DVD QUI
Fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption beneath the TV's hottest quiz show's glittering
facade. The scandal implicates both the wildly popular champion and the
disgruntled ex-champ.
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Resurrecting the champ
DVD RES
Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have
passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and
escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the
ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
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Reservation Road
DVD RES
Two fathers are forced to live with the same tragedy in two very different ways after an incident that involves them both on the same road.
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Savages
DVD SAV
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. Suddenly, a call comes in
that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers
from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon
and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more
loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now
together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful
responsibilities with their father. The siblings are forced to face the struggle
with their now personal demons.
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Stomp the yard
DVD STO
After the death of his younger brother, D.J., a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in
the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. His efforts to get
an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he discovers 'stepping,
' an old traditional dance performed by African American fraternities and soon
finds himself in the middle of a fierce rivalry between the top two campus
fraternities. Both, want and need D.J.'s fierce street-style dance moves to win
the highly coveted national step show competition.
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Sweeney Todd
DVD SWE
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge
Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel
punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and
daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where
Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's amorous
accomplice who creates diabolical meat pies out of the remains of Mr. Todd's
victims.
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There will be blood
DVD THE
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon
in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an
intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally
indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with
a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, and the ongoing
involvement of Plainview's poker-faced adoptive son. Plainview's rivalry with
Eli Sunday, the local preacher.
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Vertigo
DVD VER
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired
by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might
be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and
Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
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The water horse legend of the deep
DVD WAT
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who
is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister
and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish
Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is
suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war hero, and an
absurd contention that the Highlands are the real frontline in the war against
Germany. Angus discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Celtic
mythology. The creature befriends Angus and will eventually be known as the Loch
Ness Monster. Trying to hide the dinosaur-like creature, nicknamed Crusoe, Angus
enlists Lewis to transfer it to the lake, where boy and serpent have
extraordinary adventures together until human stupidity threatens Crusoe's
existence.
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Young Frankenstein
DVD YOU
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