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Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in the Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.
2) Final spin
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"Johnny is stuck-living at home and watching after his brother while working as a stock boy is not what he dreamed about. But when he and his best friend, Goat, see an opportunity to break free of the monotony and take care of Johnny's brother all in one shot, they jump on it. Now they're on the run and about to find out the price for freedom. A moving and fast-paced thriller, Final Spinis a gripping exploration into brotherhood and sacrifice-straight...
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Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse names Manny washes up onshore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
4) The trip
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
5) The upside
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A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this 'funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.' From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
7) Il sorpasso
Series
Criterion collection volume 707
Pub. Date
2014
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2 DVDs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
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A freewheeling bachelor takes a bookish law student on an unpredictable journey from Rome to Tuscany.
8) The other
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
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255 p. ; 25 cm.
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"When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman-- meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...
9) 4th man out
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The dynamic of a tight-knit group of bros is thrown off when one of them comes out of the closet.
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Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
2015
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Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer.
"Nolte's...
11) The cable guy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A cable installer, raised on television sitcoms, wants life to look like "My three sons." And when he meets a single-guy, he sees his chance for some serious male bonding.
14) Unbreakable
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
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2 DVDs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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"After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."--Container.
15) The big finish
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Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
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326 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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"An unlikely friendship between a curmudgeonly old man and a desperate young woman delivers a funny and uplifting message about the power of human connection and how it's never too late to be the person you wanted to be. Eighty-eight-year-old Duffy Sinclair wants the last leg of his bachelor life to be strictly predictable, so Centennial Assisted Living is perfect: low-sodium meals, off-key sing-alongs, and the company of his best pal and roommate,...
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Sony Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half-century. Beneath the film's stunning and pulsing musical revelations burn the horror of war, and the lost souls extinguished from history.
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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132 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The spellbinding story of the unlikely and inseparable friendship between two boys caught in the tragic sweep of history-- from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the horrific rule of the Taliban"--book flap.
18) Old joy
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, a long series of carefree adventures.
20) Of mice and men
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Appears on list
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An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own - a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come...
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