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A genuinely funny book is one of life's simplest pleasures, but finding the real stand-outs is never as easy.
1) Heartburn
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English
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Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson are wonderful together in this lighthearted look at modern romance headed for failure, based on Nora Ephron's best-selling novel. She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship HEARTBURN, nothing will!
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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
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Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar®-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays...
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English
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The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
4) Paper Moon
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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
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English
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Ryan O’Neal teams up with his daughter Tatum in this bright, warm, and funny period film for which Tatum won an **Oscar** for her first film role, making her the youngest actress to ever receive this honor. O’Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth behind a convincing smile, and a list of newly widowed prospects for his line. Addie (Tatum O’Neal) is...
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English
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
6) Sabrina
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English
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Sabrina, the naive daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family, is obsessed with David, the family's younger son. When Sabrina returns to Long Island from Paris as a sophisticated young woman, she begins a romance with David, who has meanwhile become engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family. This new romance threatens the business interests of Linus, the older son, so he pretends to court Sabrina in order to woo her away from David,...
8) Mean girls
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English
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From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic. New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called "The Plastics," ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina's crosshairs. As Cady sets out to...
9) I.Q
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Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
All the world knows about Einstein the scientific genius. But what about Einstein the matchmaker? I.Q. puts this fanciful notion to the test and comes up with winning results in this fun, warm-hearted romantic comedy.
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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Hairdresser Joy Miller thinks she's been hired as a beautician in the land of Slovetzia, but gruff, widowed dictator Boris Pochenko thinks she's been hired to tutor his three children.
11) Clue
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English
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A murderously funny film based on the world-famous board game.Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things.
12) The longest yard
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English
Description
Albert plays a sadistic warden who would make any sacrifice to push his prison guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Reynolds plays a one time pro quarterback behind bars for "borrrowing" a car.
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Publisher
Paramount
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English
Description
Andi is the "How to" girl at an up-and-coming women's magazine who needs to prove she can pick up any guy and dump him in 10 days. And in order for Ben to win an advertising presentation he needs to prove he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Now that they are a "couple" and the clock is ticking, anything goes ...
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English
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Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene.
15) Better off dead
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + scene selection guide.
Language
English
Description
After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts only bring him more agony and embarrassment.
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English
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It's love at first fright when Gomez and Morticia welcome a new addition to the Addams household: Pubert, their cuddly, mustachioed baby boy. As Fester falls hard for nanny Debbie Jilnsky, Wednesday and Pugsley discover she's a black-widow murderess who plans to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
17) Grease 2
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
It's 1961 at Rydell High and the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds are still the epitome of cool. But over the summer something has happened to Stephanie, the leader of the Pink Ladies. She feels she has outgrown Johnny, the head T-Bird, and is looking for new love - one who's even cooler and whose bike is even hotter. Newcomer Michael is smitten with Stephanie, so a conflict between Johnny and Michael begin.
18) What women want
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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cocky, chauvinistic ad agency exec (Gibson) magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking. He puts this to especially good use with his new superior (Hunt), whose job he was in line to get. Then competition turns into romance.
19) Orange County
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by acclaimed author Martin Skinner, Shaun Brumber realizes his life ambition and through a host of hilarious circumstances attempts to realize his dream.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
This sequel presents further adventures of Axel Foley, a brash, street smart Detroit detective, as he comes up against a gang of munitions smugglers in Southern California.
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