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DVD's

 

 DVD AMAZING                              2007

    Amazing grace [videorecording] / Bristol Bay Productions presents in

    association with Ingenious Film Partners, a Sunflower production, a

    Michael Apted film ; produced by Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Terrence

    Malick, Edward R. Pressman, Ken Wales ; written by Steven Knight ;

    directed by Michael Apted.

    Based on the life of William Wilberforce--his passion and perseverance to

    pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th Century--and the

    people, including his minister, who pushed him to pursue it to the end.

 

 DVD BEST                                 2006

    Best of the best 2 [videorecording] / The Movie Group presents ; produced

    by Phillip Rhee and Peter E. Strauss ; screenplay by Max Strom and John

    Allen Nelson ; directed by Robert Radler.

    Two U.S. world karate champions unite to shut down an underground Las

    Vegas fight club after their teammate is killed in a fight there.

 

 DVD BE                                   2008

    Be kind rewind [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents in association

    with Partizan Films, a Partizan Films production, a film by Michel Gondry

    ; producers, Michel Gondry, Julie Fong ; produced by Georges Bermann ;

    written and directed by Michel Gondry.

    Two local outcasts attempt to save a local video store. Amateur film

    director Mike must find a way to save the business after his magnetized

    friend, Jerry, erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video

    camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to

    remake all the movies, from "Ghostbusters" to "Driving Miss Daisy,"

    turning the two town misfits into local celebrities.

 

 DVD BIRDS                                2008

    Birds of America [videorecording] / Plum Pictures presents in association

    with Hart-Lunsford Pictures, an Ideal Partners production in association

    with Hanson-Allen Films and Accomplice Films, a film by Craig Lucas ;

    producer, Jana Edelbaum ; producers, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Galt

    Neiderhoffer, Celine Rattray ; written by Elyse Friedman ; directed by

    Craig Lucas.

    Morrie is an uptight university professor who is anxiously seeking tenure.

    This requires the approval of his department head, who lives next door.

    Morrie and his wife Betty live in the house he inherited at 18, after his

    mother died and his father committed suicide. Morrie has raised his

    brother Jay and sister Ida, both have problems of their own. Ida is a

    substance abuser, as well as being promiscuous. Jay is a deeply gentle and

    sensitive soul whose actions are almost completely unfettered by advanced

    thought. When Jay gets run over by a car, Morrie asks him to move in for a

    while. Without asking permission, Jay invites Ida to join them, stressing

    Morrie and Betty's relationship and jeopardizing his career with their

    outrageous behavior.

 

 DVD BLUE                                 2003

    Trois couleurs. Bleu [videorecording]= Three colors. Blue / Miramax Films

    presents a Marin Karmitz/MK2 Productions SA production ; screenplay by

    Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz ; directed by Krzysztof

    Kieslowski.

    The first film of Kieslowski's trilogy on France 's national motto:

    Liberty , Equality, and Fraternity. A young woman is left devastated by the

    unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world

    around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of

    lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to

    unravel.

 

 DVD BORDER                               2008

    Border lost [videorecording] / an Allumination FilmWorks release, Instinct              

    Productions and Picture Suite Films present a film by David Murphy and

    Scott Peck ; written, produced and directed by David Murphy and Scott

    Peck.

    An elite task force is put together in order to help stop some of the

    violence and bloodshed at the border. When the operation is shut down by

    the government, all hell breaks loose. Now it's up to three agents to take

    matters into their own hands.

 

 DVD BOY                                  2008

    Boy A [videorecording] / The Weinstein Company and Filmfour present a Cuba

    Pictures production ; screenplay by Mark O'Rowe ; produced by Nick

    Marston, Tally Garne, Lynn Horsford ; directed by John Crowley.

    Fresh out of a 14-year prison sentence, 24-year-old Jack is looking for a

    new start. Guided by his caseworker, he attempts to start a new life. But

    what happiness he finds is challenged when his true identity seeps through

    the cracks of his new facade.

 

 DVD BUTTERFLY                            2004

    Le papillon [videorecording] = The butterfly / une coproduction Alic*eleo,

    France 2 Cinema, Rh*one-Alpes Cinema, Gimages Films ; produit par Patrick

    Godeau ; une film de Philippe Muyl.

    Julien, an ornery butterfly collector, is adopted as a surrogate

    grandfather by eight-year-old Elsa, who moves into the next-door apartment

    with her often-absent mother. When Julien hikes into the Alps in search of

    the exotic and elusive "Isabella" butterfly, he finds that Elsa has come

    along as an uninvited companion.

 

  DVD CAVE                                  2007

    The cave of the yellow dog [videorecording] / Tartan Films presents a

    Schesch Filmproduktion ; produced by Byambasuren Davaa ; writer,

    Byambasuren Davaa ; directed by Byambasuren Davaa.

    A little girl in a family of nomads in Mongolia finds herself at odds with

    her family when she brings home a dog her father is certain killed their

    sheep, and he will not allow her to keep it.

 

 DVD CHAPLIN                              2008

    Chaplin [videorecording] / Mario Kassar presents a Carolco/Le Studio

    Canal+/RCS Video production ; story by Diana Hawkins ; screenplay by

    William Boyd and Bryan Forbes and William Goldman ; produced by Richard

    Attenborough and Mario Kassar ; directed by Richard Attenborough.

    Portrays the amazing life and times of the "Little Tramp" from his

    poverty-stricken childhood in England , to his friendships, his many wives

    and scandalous affairs, his acting career, and his relentless pursuit by

    J. Edgar Hoover.

 

 DVD CHILDREN                             1999

    Children of heaven [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a film by

    Majid Majidi ; produced by Institute for the Intellectual Development of

    Children and Young Adults ; written and directed by Majid Majidi.

    A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra's school shoes. In order to stay

    out of trouble, the two come up with a plan to share Ali's shoes, but they

    must keep it a secret from their parents.

 

  DVD CITY                                  2003

    Cidade de Deus [videorecording] = City of god / Miramax Films, Walter

    Salles and Donald K. Ranvaud present an O2 Filmes and Videofilmes

    production ; producers Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Maur*icio Andrade Ramos ;

    scriptwriter Braulio Mantovani ; directed by Fernando Meirelles.

    A tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro . Though

    the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who

    formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bene, become

    crime lords over the course of a decade. When Bene is killed before he can                

    retire, Little Ze attempts to take out his arch enemy, Sando Cenoura. But

    Sando and a young gangster named Manu form an alliance and begin a gang

    war with Little Ze. Amateur photographer Buscape, a good-natured boy who

    comically learns that he's not cut out to be a hoodlum, takes pictures of

    the brutal crime war, making their story famous.

 

 DVD COUNTRY DISC 1-2                     2008

    Country matters [videorecording] / Granada Television ; producer, Derek

    Granger ; written by A.E. Coppard & H.E. Bates ; adapted by Hugh Leonard,

    James Saunders, Julian Mitchell ; directed by Donald McWhinnie, Barry

    Davis, John McKenzie, Richard Martin, Silvio Narizzano.

    Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against

    the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the

    timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people.

 

 DVD DECEPTION                            2008

    Deception [videorecording] / A RIIIE production in association with Seed

    Productions ; produced by Robbie Brenner, David Bushell, Christopher

    Eberts, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Arnold Rifkin, Marjorie Shik ; written

    by Mark Bomback ; directed by Marcel Langenegger.

    Jonathan McQuarry is an accountant who meets Wyatt Bose, a charismatic

    corporate lawyer. Bose introduces Jonathan to a decadent playground called

    The List, which is a mysterious sex club for Manhattan 's executives. It's

    a world of 'intimacy without intricacy,' one of betrayal, treachery and

    murder. But in this new world, Jonathan soon becomes the prime suspect in

    a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.

 

 DVD DEFENDING                            2001

    Defending your life [videorecording] / Geffen Pictures presents ; produced

    by Michael Grillo ; written and directed by Albert Brooks.

    Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles boulevard listening to

    Barbra Streisand sing "Something's Coming" when something came - a bus.

    One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his troubles are

    just beginning; you're saddled with Defending Your Life. If you can't make

    a case for having lived a full and fearless one, you must go back to Earth

    and try again. Daniel's life was far from fearless. But after he meets

    Julia, he's determined not to go back.

 

 DVD DESPERATE SEASON ONE DISC 1-2        2005

    Desperate housewives. The complete first season [videorecording] /

    Touchstone Television ; created by Marc Cherry.

    In this television drama secrets and truths unfold through the lives of

    female friends in one suburban neighborhood.

 

 DVD FORBIDDEN                            2008

    The forbidden kingdom [videorecording] / Lionsgate and Casey Silver

    present a Casey Silver production in association with Relativity Media, a

    film by Rob Minkoff ; produced by Casey Silver ; written by John Fusco ;

    directed by Rob Minkoff.

    Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and

    kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown

    pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the

    Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself

    traveling back to ancient China . He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu

    Yan; an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk; and the vengeance-bent Golden

    Sparrow. Jason is lead on a quest to return the staff to its rightful

    owner, the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade

    Warlord for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to

    outmaneuver scores of killers, Jason learns about honor, loyalty and

    friendship and the true meaning of kungfu.

 

 DVD FORGETTING                           2008                

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents

    an Apatow production ; produced by Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson ; written

    by Jason Segel ; directed by Nicholas Stoller.

    Peter has his heart broken by Sarah Marshall, his girlfriend of five

    years. Sarah is an actress on a television crime series. After breaking up

    with Peter, she moves on with her life and her new boyfriend, Aldous, a

    British rock star. Peter is devastated, and after trying unsuccessfully to

    put her out of his mind, he decides to take a vacation to Hawaii to

    unwind. Unfortunately for Peter , Hawaii is also the chosen destination of

    Sarah and Aldous. Of course, they end up at the same hotel, and in

    adjoining rooms. The hotel staff is sympathetic to Peter's problem,

    especially Rachel, and they encourage him to forget Sarah.

 

 DVD FOYLE'S SET FIVE DISC 1              2008

    Foyle's war. Set 5 [videorecording] / Greenlit Productions, Ltd. ;

    produced by Lars MacFarlane ; written Anthony Horowitz and Michael Chaplin

    ; directed by Tristram Powell and Simon Langton.

    With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and

    his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will

    transform their lives in unexpected ways.

 

 DVD FOYLE'S SET FOUR DISC 1              2007

    Foyle's war. Set 4 [videorecording] / Greenlit Productions, Ltd. ;

    produced by Keith Thompson ; written and created by Anthony Horowitz ;

    directed by Gavin Miller, Jeremy Silberston and Tristram Powell.

    War has torn the social fabric of this once-quiet coastal community, and

    Foyle's investigations explore the violence and opportunism that the

    conflict has fostered on the home front.

 

 DVD FOYLE'S SET THREE DISC 1             2005

    Foyle's war. Set 3 [videorecording] / Greenlit Productions, Ltd. ;

    produced by Keith Thompson ; written Anthony Horowitz and Rob Heyland ;

    directed by Gavin Millar and Jeremy Silberston.

    Michael Kitchen plays a veteran detective whose job on the home front in

    southern England is complicated by WWII raging over Europe . DVD includes

    behind the scenes documentary and cast reflections.

 

 DVD FOYLE'S SET TWO DISC 1               2004

    Foyle's war. Set 2 [videorecording] / Greenlit Productions Ltd. ; produced

    by Simon Passmore and Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz, Matthew

    Hall and Michael Russell ; directed by Giles Foster and Jeremy Silberston.

    Foyle, a veteran detective is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather

    than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on

    the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality

    of war seep into everyday events.

 

 DVD GEORGIA                              2007

    Georgia rule [videorecording] / James G. Robinson presents a Morgan Creek

    production ; produced by James G. Robinson ; written by Mark Andrus ;

    directed by Garry Marshall.

    Rachel is a rebellious teenager who is uncontrollable. With her latest car

    crash, Rachel has broken the final rule in mom Lily's San Francisco home.

    Lily hauls her daughter to the one place she swore she'd never return, her

    mother's Idaho farm. Georgia is not your typical sweet and doting

    grandmother. She lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules,

    demanding anyone who shares her home do the same. Now Georgia is saddled

    with raising the young woman and it will require each patient breath she

    takes to understand Rachel's fury. But as Rachel succumbs to her summer of

    misery, Georgia notices something is changing within her granddaughter.

    Given structure and responsibilities, Rachel is letting her guard down and

    learning compassion. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations

    of buried family secrets and an understanding that, regardless what               

    happens, the ties that bind can never be broken.

 

 DVD GRACE                                2008

    Grace is gone [videorecording] / The Weinstein Company presents a Plum

    Pictures/New Crime production in association with Hart-Lunsford Pictures

    and Benedek Films, a James C. Strouse film ; produced by John Cusack ...

    [et al.] ; written and directed by James C. Strouse.

    Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young

    daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq . Instead, he

    takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him

    rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.

 

 DVD GREYS SEASON FOUR DISC 1             2008

    Grey's anatomy. Season four [videorecording] / ABC Studios, Mark Gordon

    Company, Touchstone Television.

    Centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns

    and their supervisors. Love, lies, and family ties are revealed as the

    surgeons of Seattle Grace discover that their choices have major

    unintended consequences.

 

 DVD HAPPENING                            2008

    The happening [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents in

    association with UTV Motion Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, a

    Blinding Edge Pictures production, a film by M. Night Shyamalan ; produced

    by Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel ; written, produced and directed by M. Night

    Shyamalan.

    An unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the

    most basic human instinct of all: survival. Elliot Moore is an ordinary

    man who is trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer.

    As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening, it

    becomes very clear that no one is safe.

 

 DVD HELLBOY                              2008

    Hellboy [videorecording] / Revolution Studios presents a Lawrence

    Gordon/Lloyd Levin production in association with Dark Horse

    Entertainment, a film by Guillermo del Toro ; produced by Lawrence Gordon,

    Mike Richardson, Lloyd Levin ; screenplay by Guillermo del Toro ; directed

    by Guillermo del Toro.

    In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori

    Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the

    depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American

    forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care,

    Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action

    as part of an elite secret defense team alongside Liz Sherman, and Abe

    Sapian, an aquatic humanoid with the power of telepathy. Hellboy finds

    himself facing the powerful Rasputin determined to bring the demon back to

    the forces of darkness.

 

 DVD INDIANA                              2008

    Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull [videorecording] /

    Paramount Pictures present a Lucasfilm Ltd  production, a  Steven

    Spielberg film ; produced by Frank Marshall ; story by George Lucas and

    Jeff Nathanson ; screenplay by David Koepp ; directed by Steven Spielberg.

    Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical,

    all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young

    biker and his spirited love Marion , Indy takes you on a breathtaking,

    action-packed adventure.

 

 DVD IRON                                 2008

    Iron Man [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment

    present a Marvel Studios production in association with Fairview