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British Italy Drama Great Britain Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Mohegan Indians Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century Drama Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama Upper class New York (State) New York Drama Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Film adaptationsSummary: Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PHACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHASummary: Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths--Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYSummary: Jonathan, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, is the ungainly, neglected eldest son of a family living in the Black Country. His younger brother Harold is everything he is not. Despite the favoritism shown to Harold, the two boys build a close friendship that lasts a lifetime and ends in tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MYSummary: The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MY RATED RSummary: Jack lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose. Since the breakup of the commune, Jack has sheltered Rose completely from the influences of the outside world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Tells the story of Newland Archer, whose engagement to an innocent socialite binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. When her cousin arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Swelling with exquisite period detail, this film is an alternately heartbreaking and satirical look at the brutality of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA AGESummary: The classic novel by James Fenimore Cooper about the French and Indian War, and a white frontiersman raised by Indians. Bonus features included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE LASSummary: In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Gangs 2003Summary: A remake of the story that claims to expose "the truth behind the legend" of the Bounty mutiny. In doing so it provides a stirring and dramatic portrait of the delicately balanced friendship between Christian and Bligh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BOUSummary: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2013
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIN RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LincolnSummary: Fact-based film about Gerry Conlon, a young Irish punk who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and forced to confess to a terrorist bombing. He and his father, along with friends of Gerry, are found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. There, his father shows his true strength, and Gerry works to prove their innocence and clear his father's name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE In RATED RSummary: Set in the early 1900's. "[The film] tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ROOSummary: When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOXSummary: The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LASCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LastSummary: A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview has a voracious appetite for oil and it 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIC THECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie ThereSummary: Set in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's, the story revolves around a young doctor who has a way with women and an aversion to politics. He suddenly finds himself caught up in his country's political turmoil and in a crisis of commitment with the women in his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNBSummary: With only a week left before shooting begins on the filming of his latest movie, world famous film director Guido Contini is desperately searching for a way to overcome his creative block. Escaping to a seaside resort, he attempts to restore the equilibrium to his personal and professional existence by drawing inspiration from the women in his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010