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Publisher
distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (184 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.--Container
Publisher
distributed by New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a remote mountain monastery above a bustling city lives Hyegok, an old Zen master, his conflicted young apprentice Kibong, and Haejin, an orphaned boy studying to be a monk. The old master, nearing his end, wishes to make the ceremony of his death his final lesson to his apprentice, who is struggling to come to terms with the worldly life he left behind. Meanwhile the young boy has his own awakening to mortality as he attempts to nurse a bird he...
4) Duck
Publisher
Distributed by Westlake Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Los Angeles, 2009. Arthur is a retired widower in a dystopian society where social services have gone the way of social graces, and another Bush occupies the White House. Forced from his home with only a duck named Joe to accompany him, Arthur embarks on a quest for purpose and community across the urban desert of Los Angeles. Arthur learns that saving the life of this duck may have led to the salvation of his own. In a duck who believes him to be...
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Revolutionary forces of Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara prepare to move in on the city of Havana. The owner of a nightclub struggles to hold together his family and the love of a woman. The culture vanishes and the people are transformed.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A famous writer is told he has only a few days to live. He meets a young boy on the street, an illegal immigrant from Albania, and decides to take him back home. During the trip, the writer hopes to learn about life and death.
7) Jellyfish
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While Batya, a struggling waitress, cares for a mysterious child that appeared to her out of the sea, newlywed Keren nurses a broken leg and a ruined honeymoon. Filipino migrant worker Joy tries to support her son back home. A reflection on making connections and confronting destiny in a deconstructed urban landscape.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min. & 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jean Valjean is a young man accused of stealing. He escapes prison and spends the rest of his life miserable and being chased by one man: a policeman named Valert.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again.
10) Hunger
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1890, presents the realm of the starving writer living in a landscape of obsession. Pontus is a genius and madman, who will waste away before jeopardizing his talent, integrity, and soul.
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007.
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (1376 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The honeymoon is over as the adventure in the Australian outback continues. After the birth of Nick's child with his old flame, Sally, he and Tess strain to keep their marriage together. Meanwhile, the arrival of the mysterious Regan pits McLeod versus McLeod as the girls try to save Drovers Run from their cousin's deceitful plans. Even greater shocks are in store as Jodi learns the truth about her father and Stevie reveals a secret of her own.
13) Amongst women
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 219 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is the searingly truthful story of embittered ex-IRA soldier Michael Moran, a brutal, domineering patriarch. Widowed and desperate to keep his family together, he succeeds only in driving his children from him.
14) Wassup rockers
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The controversial subject of teens and race in L.A., focusing the attention on a crew of Latino skate punks from the ghetto neighborhood of South Central.
15) One true thing
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A daughter Ellen, gives up her job and boyfriend to take care of her dying mother. Her father, a gifted professor of an English department, is more occupied with having his life running as smoothly as possible than caring for his wife. Living at home, Ellen discovers many new aspects to her parents' personalities, a father who is human despite his imperfections and a mother who loves her family passionately. When her mother finally dies, Ellen is...
16) Snow angels
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heartrending portrayal of three couples after an unexpected act of violence disrupts their lives. They experience the profound moments in which they realize how precarious and remarkable life can be.
17) Man push cart
Series
Criterion collection volume 1066
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Formats
Description
The experiences of those living on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works long hours selling coffee and bagels from a midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetually just out of reach.
19) Honeydripper
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1950s rural Alabama, Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis, the owner of the Honeydripper Lounge, is deep in debt fighting a rival club's popularity. Desperate to stay open, Tyrone decides to bet on famous talent, laying off his regular performers and giving his last cash to bring in the popular Guitar Sam, for a one-night-only gig. But when the train arrives and Guitar Sam is nowhere to be found, Tyrone finds himself facing even longer odds yet.
20) La búsqueda
Publisher
Venevision International
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dos hermanos nacidos y abandonados por su padre cuando eran niños, se reencuentran después de seis años en Madrid. Será entonces cuando decidan cumplir la promesa que se hicieron durante la infancia de buscar a su padre. Sin embargo esta búsqueda los llevará por un camino lleno de tentación y engaños donde la pasión será más fuerte que los lazos familiares.
Two brothers, who were abandoned by their father when they were kids, meet again...
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