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About Schmidt |
[DVD] 791.43 A1565
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| Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an
unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attentiono is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman.
From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that
life is full of trick questions. |
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The Accidental Tourist |
[DVD] 791.43 A1713
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| This is an award-winning drama about the trials of one man. After a man loses his son and his wife leaves him, he becomes
detached from the world, until a strange dog-trainer meets him and brings him back out. |
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Adam's Rib |
[DVD] 791.43 A2167
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| A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is
the prosecutor. |
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Arranged |
[DVD] 791.43 A7733
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| Rachel, an Orthodox Jews, and Nasira, a Muslim of Syrian origin, are both public school teachers in Brooklyn. They also have something else in common: they are going through the process of getting arranged marriages through their respective religious and traditional customs. |
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Awake and Sing |
[DVD] 791.43 A9642
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| A portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures the spirit of the Depression years. |
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Barefoot in the Park |
[DVD] 791.43 B2486
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| In this film a young, newly wed couple set up housekeeping in an attic apartment near Central Park in New York City. |
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The Birdcage |
[DVD] 791.43 B6182
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| The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family: Armand and
Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancée's family comes to visit,
the whole household is turned upside down. This is based on the French play, "La Cage aux Folles." |
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Birthday Girl (USA/Russia) |
[VHS] 791.43 B6198
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| Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in
love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia.
At first, things seem perfect even though Nadia doesn't speak much English. But when Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her
birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime. |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs |
[DVD] 791.43 B8565
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| Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome is trying to uncover life's mysteries in this adaptation of a Broadway hit about growing up in
Brooklyn during the late 1930's. |
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Casa de los Babys |
[DVD] 791.43 C3343
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| Six women -- dreamy Eileen, abrasive Nan, athletic Skipper, brusque Leslie, vivacious Jennifer and patient Gayle -- are
staying at a hotel in South America. The film focus is on the turbulent emotions these American women face surrounding the adoption of foreign
babies. The six women are fed up with the long delays of the adoption system in the United States and have the common desire to adopt a child.
There is also a portrait of a Latina mother who is certain that her baby will enjoy a better life with adoptive American parents, but still struggling
with the anguish of her sacrifice. |
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The Color Purple |
[DVD] 791.43 C7193
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| An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and
forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength
to forgive. |
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Corrina, Corrina |
[DVD] 791.43 C8253
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| This is a funny, heart-warming story of a newly widowed man struggling to raise his little girl, and the woman who brings magic and
laughter back into their lives when she comes to be their housekeeper. |
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Dim Sum |
[DVD] 791.43 D5824
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| A Chinese immigrant widow faces the New Year with apprehension after it is predicted that it would be the year she dies. Her
list of things to do, which includes seeing her daughter get married and visiting China one last time, soon comes into focus. |
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| Doing Time on Maple Drive |
[DVD] 791.43 D6575
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| Phil Carter and his devoted wife Lisa are the proud but domineering parents of a near-perfect family that has gathered to
celebrate the upcoming marriage of its youngest son. But soon, the gathering turns to confrontation as secrets of each of the Carters' three
children are revealed. Phil and Lisa are forced to take a closer look at reality and at the same time, keep their family from falling apart. |
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Double Solitaire |
[DVD] 791.43 D7273
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| Under pressure to reaffirm their marriage vows, two middle-aged people explore their dreams and the direction of their lives. |
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| Erin Brockovich |
[DVD] 791.43 E68
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| Erin Brockovich is a feisty young single mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a monumental law case against a giant corporation. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin an incredible and sometimes hilarious fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees. |
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| Fly Away Home |
[DVD] 791.43 F64814
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| A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them how to fly. |
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| Get Real |
[DVD] 791.43 G3945 |
| There's no time quite as awkward as adolescence. Between the expectations of parents, the constant scrutiny of peers, and one's own raging hormones, something's got to give. And if, like Steven Carter, you also happen to be gay, navigating your way through adolescence can be like hiking through a minefield. |
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| The Graduate |
[DVD] 791.43 G7337
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| A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner. |
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| The Great Santini |
[DVD] 791.43 G78693
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| A tough career marine, disappointed that he has no war to fight, runs his household like a boot camp to the great distress of his emotionally-torn adolescent son. |
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| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
[DVD] 791.43 G9367 |
| When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. |
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| Hidden in America |
[DVD] 791.43 H6324 |
| A hard working father refuses government aid after losing his job, even when his daughter is seriously ill. |
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| Homeless to Harvard
| [DVD] 791.43 H7658
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| Liz Murray was raised in poverty by drug-addicted parents. Though they loved her, they were unable to care for her and Liz ended up living on the streets by the age of 15. Profoundly affected by her mother's AIDS-related death, Liz forced herself to look at her future and make some significant changes. Her prospects were dismal, yet she turned her life around by going back to high school. While still homeless, Liz earned her diploma in two years. She went on to win a New York Times scholarship for needy students, which enabled her to attend Harvard University. |
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| How to Make an American Quilt
| [DVD] 791.43 H8477
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| A young woman visits her grandmother one summer to think over a marriage proposal, and the women in a quilting bee confide to her the stories of the loves that have shaped their lives. |
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| I Remember Mama
| [DVD] 791.43 I113 |
| This film portrays the struggles of a Norwegian immigrant family at the turn of the century in San Francisco. |
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| If These Walls Could Talk
| [DVD] 791.43 I236 |
| In this trilogy, different women face different social and political climates in choosing what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. In 1952, a recently widowed nurse (Demi Moore) must decide whether to go through with an illegal abortion. In 1974, a mother of four (Sissy Spacek) struggles to raise a family and have a career shortly after abortion was legalized. In 1996, a college student (Anne Heche) decides on getting an abortion during a climate of violence (doctor played by Cher). The stories span over 40 years and are set in the same house. |
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| Kramer vs. Kramer
| [DVD] 791.43 K893 |
| When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other. Then Ted's wife returns and she wants her son back. |
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| Little Miss Sunshine
| [DVD] 791.43 L7786 |
| Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical following of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in California. |
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| Losing Isaiah
| [DVD] 791.43 L8793 |
| A woman who has adopted an abandoned child to give it a new life has to fight for him when his birth mother shows up and wants him back. |
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| The Magnificent Ambersons
| [DVD] 791.43 M19713 |
| This film, an Orson Welles classic, portrays the haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the dawn of the 20th century. |
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| The Milagro Beanfield War
| [DVD] 791.43 M6372 |
| In this film a small Mexican-American village in northern New Mexico is threatended by development and may lose its water rights. The film shows how a single act of rebellion rekindles its pride and strength of spirit. |
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| Moonstruck
| [DVD] 791.43 M8186 |
| A superstitious Brooklyn widow is ready to get married again. Only this time, she plans on doing it right -- even if she has to say "yes" to a man she doesn't really love. When she unexpectedly falls in love with her fiancé's estranged brother Ronny, what happens next is a wonderful romantic complication. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
| [DVD] 791.43 M67882 |
| This film chronicles the story of a Kansas City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, whose lives are affected in different ways as their children grow up and leave home, and more adventurous friends bring new ideas into their home. Mrs. Bridge questions the life she has led, but her husband remains a firm believer in family and home, regardless of the changes in the world around him. |
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| My Big Fat Greek Wedding
| [DVD] 791.43 M9953 |
| Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever. |
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| On Golden Pond
| [DVD] 791.43 O5814 |
| While at their summer home on Golden Pond, the Thayer family is forced to renew their bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. |
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| Ordinary People
| [DVD] 791.43 O654 |
| The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide. |
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| Paris, Texas
| [DVD] 791.43 P2324 |
| Travis, presumed dead, reappears on the Mexican border, world-weary and an amnesiac. He traces his brother Walt who is bringing up Hunter, his seven-year-old son, his ex-wife Jane having abandoned him at Walt's door. Hunter and Travis begin to build a friendship and conspire to find Jane. |
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| The Perez Family
| [DVD] 791.43 P4384 |
| Free-spirited Dottie Perez is leaving Cuba for America, her head filled with dreams of movies, mascara and dates with John Wayne. Strait-laced Juan Perez is headed for a reunion with Carmela, the wife he hasn't seen in 20 years. But when an overworked immigration officer mistakes Dottie and Juan for husband and wife, the stage is set for a merry marital mix-up, and some very unpredictable romances. |
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| Proof
| [DVD] 791.43 P9654 |
| With the help of one of her father's former students, Catherine, a devoted daughter, must come to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental instability. After his death, a notebook containing a mathematical proof is found and Catherine claims the proof is her own work. |
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| Rain Man
| [DVD] 791.43 R1545 |
| A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life. |
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| Raisin in the Sun
| [DVD] 791.43 R1593
[VHS] 791.43 R1592 |
| This is the film made of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. |
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| The River
| [DVD] 791.43 R6213 |
| Tom and Mae Garvey are struggling to keep their homestead safe from the local power authority who wants to flood their land. When Mae's former beau, Joe Wade, turns out to be in charge of the plan to acquire the property, tensions run high, climaxing in a devastating confrontation on the flooded river banks. |
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| A River Runs Through It
| [DVD] 791.43 R6216 |
| Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford captures the majesty of the Montana Wilderness and the strength of the American family in this acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, and Brad Pitt also stars as his brother Paul, an irresistible daredevil driven to challenge the world. Growing up, both boys rebel against their stern minister father. While Norman channels his rebellion into writing, Paul descends a slippery path to self-destruction. |
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| The Royal Tenenbaums
| [DVD] 791.43 R8888 |
| Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family. |
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| Running On Empty
| [DVD] 791.43 R9433 |
| Ever since antiwar activists Arthur and Annie Pope blew up a napalm lab in 1971, the Popes and their children have been on the run from the law. Now elder son Danny is 17 and he wants to stop running from a past he had nothing to do with. |
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| Searching for Bobby Fischer
| [DVD] 791.43 S4396
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| This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent and preserving the love they have for each other. |
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| Simple Men
| [DVD] 791.43 S6126 |
| Two brothers go after their father, a former all-star shortstop and mad-bomber anarchist, when he breaks out of jail, and discover on their trek through deepest, darkest Long Island that sometimes even the oddest things really are just what they seem. |
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| The Sorrows of Gin
| [DVD] 791.43 S7146 |
| The film chronicles the story of an eight year old girl's search for a sense of family amid the sophisticated and detached whirl of her parents' lives in suburban America. |
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| Tender Mercies
| [DVD] 791.43 T2914 |
| Mac Sledge is a down-and-out country singer battling alcohol and depression. His ex-wife, Dixie, will not allow him to see their eighteen year old daughter Sue Ann, and Dixie is now making popular the songs that Mac had written and sung. Mac's new family will not let his heartbreaks bring him down again. Together they are determined to find success and happiness. |
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| Terms of Endearment
| [DVD] 791.43 T3196 |
| This is a comedy-drama about the evolving 30+ year relationship between a mother and daughter. |
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| Thirteen
| [DVD] 791.43 T4473 |
| Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and conflicting desires, Tracy loses her good-girl identity, greatly affecting her relationship with her mom. |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird
| [DVD] 791.43 T6274 |
| The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him -- except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children. |
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| Too Far to Go
| [DVD] 791.43 T6684 |
| Told episodically and in flashbacks, the film chronicles the good times and the hard times of Richard and Joan Maple's marriage. It shows love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all the complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know and experience in the form of marriage. This is the story of the life, love, and subsequent adjustment to the divorced life. |
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| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
| [VHS] 791.43 T7863 |
| This film tells the story of a young girl in turn of the century Brooklyn who adores her charming but irresponsible father and resents her mother who tries to hold the family together. |
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| The Twilight of the Golds
| [DVD] 791.43 T9725 |
| A revelation about a daughter's pregnancy throws a picture perfect family into a crisis. |
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| The War of the Roses
| [DVD] 791.43 W2534 |
| This film portrays a deliriously mean-spirited free-for-all about the demise of a marriage. |
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| Ulee's Gold
| [DVD] 791.43 U373 |
| A Florida beekeeper escapes one battle only to find himself in another as a long-buried secret threatens his family and his livelihood. |
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| Witness
| [DVD] 791.43 W8252 |
| When a young Amish woman and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, their savior turns out to be the hardened Philadelphia detective John Book, who runs head-on into the non-violent world of a Pennsylvania Amish community. |
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| The Wonder Boys
| [DVD] 791.43 W8729 |
| During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up. |
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