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1) Rabbit hole
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Becca and Howie Corbett are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. The journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by renowned economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with these furry friends. New research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along, that dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be? And how can dogs, so closely related to fearsome wild wolves, behave so differently? It's...
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
"A shrewd and very...
5) Joe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
6) Love streams
Series
Criterion collection volume 721
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
7) Lamb
Series
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lamb focuses on the relationship between Brother Michael Lamb, a teacher in a Roman Catholic-run institution for troubled boys on the Atrim Coast of Ireland, and 10-year old Owen Kane, the school's most unruly pupil.
8) The break-up
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they once shared. Taking the advice of their respective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises. But they might just realize that they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive.
9) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
10) Mischief night
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder the night before Halloween.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
12) The assistant
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive as she endures a variety of abuses.
14) Stories we tell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.
Description
A "genre-twisting film by director Sarah Polley, who investigates the elusive truths of her eclectic family of storytellers as she playfully interrogates a cast of characters who each relate their version of the family mythology. Polley reveals the essence of family as she uncovers the secrets buried deep within"--Container.
15) Reefer madness
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (67 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A lurid depiction of the horrors of marijuana use.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates.
17) Nightingale
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A war veteran psychologically unravels before a friend's visit.
18) Arts & the mind
Publisher
PBS distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This two part special details the impact of the arts on the human brain across a person's lifetime and explores its role in early human development. Stories are shared showing how the arts can improve children's school performance and reveals cutting edge science that explains the powerful, positive impact of the arts on the human brain.
19) The cuckoo
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a land torn apart by war, two men on opposite sides are about to find out they have one thing in common. Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, a young war widow. None of them understands the others' languages, but it doesn't seem to matter. After a hard day at work on Anni's farm, who needs words?
Publisher
Hens Tooth/Westchester Films Inc
Pub. Date
2014, 1979
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (118 min.) : sd.,col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare ... for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Hudson Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap.
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