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Series
Criterion collection volume 450
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet .
Description
Anthony finds himself embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, who is an elaborate schemer. With the help of a getaway driver they develop a plan to rob a small bookstore.
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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col., digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Washington stars as Xavier Quinn, Police Chief of a small Caribbean island whose childhood friend, Maubee, is suspected of murdering a wealthy resort owner. Though doubtful of Maubee's guilt, a reluctant Quinn is forced by the Governor to search for his elusive friend, who is in hiding. His investigation is complicated by an array of possible suspects, including the dead man's beautiful mistress, an eccentric voodoo sorceress and a mysterious American...
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Series
Description
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.
4) Reprise
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows two aspiring novelists and lifelong friends journeying down different paths after one's first novel receives wild acclaim and the other a pile of rejection slips.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
xix, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 22 cm.
Description
The story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic
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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.
7) Love
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Davy and Joe were drinking pals back in their Dublin youth. Davy rarely sees Joe for a pint anymore--maybe one or two when Davy comes over from England to check on his elderly father. But tonight Davy's father is dying in the hospice, and Joe has a secret that...
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After making their way through high school twice, big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Swedish efficiency researcher is sent to improve a Norwegian farmer's kitchen habits. There is a rule that they must not speak to each other. This rule is ignored and the men become fast friends, passing afternoons sipping coffee and telling stories.
10) 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.
11) The night before
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ethan, Isaac and Chris have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they're entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball; the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
2015
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Description
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...
Publisher
IFC Films
Formats
Description
Once again two comedy buddies/rivals take a culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets' grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. The two enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri.
14) Unbreakable
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"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) Afflicted
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After two friends embark on a world-wide trip, one of them becomes afflicted with a mysterious disease that causes him to have superhuman powers.
16) The cable guy
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a cable subscriber accepts the offer of free movie channels, the overeager installer turns his life upside down. Special features include: gag reel, Leslie Mann audition, music video, and featurettes.
17) 22 Jump Street
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After making their way through high school twice, big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership.
18) Fading gigolo
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murray talks his friend Fioravante into becoming a gigolo as a way of making some much needed cash after an out-of-the-blue request from his dermatologist. With Murray acting as Fioravante's 'manager,' the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 24 cm
Description
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realizes that his new friend has a secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of ex-pilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogotá billiard hall and grows until the day Ricardo receives a cassette tape in an unmarked envelope. Asking Antonio to find him somewhere private to play it, they go to a...
20) Mikey and Nicky
Series
Criterion collection volume 957
Publisher
Criterion Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Nicky goes on the run from the mob, he calls his old friend Mikey and the two men reminisce about old times while hiding out from gangsters in the streets of Philadelphia.
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