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1) Pygmalion
Author
Language
English
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Description
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion is based on ancient Greek mythology. Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.
Shaw's updated and revised version of this ancient Greek legend was first presented in England in 1914. Poking fun of the antiquated British class system, it introduces Henry Higgins, a professor...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
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Description
Jim Gannon (Clark Gable) is a school-of-hard-knocks newspaperman who despises journalism schools, until he sees who's doing the teaching. Attracted to lovely professor Erica Stone (Doris Day), he masquerades as a novice in her class. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Gig Young) and Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actor (Clark Gable) and Best Supporting Actor at the **Golden Globes.** *"...a light comedy with a surprising...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 105 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Korean
Description
Life is what you'd expect for young teenagers in this seemingly normal private all-girls school, until a past alumni returns as a teacher. She strikes up a new friendship with two very different students and a horrific course of events ensues. A teacher is found dead, apparently having committed suicide, and circumstances that inextricably link both the past and the present are unveiled. As the body count rises, the memories of the deaths unleash...
Author
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Lopez stars as Claire Peterson, a high school literature teacher struggling to get back in the dating game after separating from her cheating husband. When handsome and charismatic nineteen year old Noah moves in next door, Claire has a moment of weakness that leads to an extremely intense and intimate night together. Noah's attraction quickly turns into a dangerous, violent obsession, forcing Claire to her limits as she protects her world...
7) Whiplash
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
8) Luce
Language
English
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Description
Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Homecoming is the first film to explore the rural roots of African American life. It chronicles the generations-old struggle of African Americans for land of their own which pitted them against both the Southern white power structure and the federal agencies responsible for helping them. Director Charlene Gilbert weaves this history together with a fond portrait of her own Georgia farming family into what she calls, "A story of land and love." Like...
Language
English
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Description
After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei, and hardcore brown belt Anna, Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time in his life. But when he attends Sensei’s mysterious night classes, he discovers a sinister world of fraternity, brutality...
11) Around the block
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 104 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Christina Ricci stars in director Sarah Spillane’s inspirational drama, a world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. With encouragement from a drama teacher (Christina Ricci), a teen in Sydney, Australia (Hunter Page-Lochard) confronts his past and eventually takes control of his future. AROUND THE BLOCK is about breaking cycles and building dreams. Set in a contemporary, tough, inner-city precinct, this is a story of revenge and triumph,...
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tennessee Williams' classic drama studies the emotional disintegration of a Southern woman whose last chance for happiness is destroyed by her vindictive brother-in-law.
13) The Sea of Trees
Publisher
A24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matthew McConaughey stars as a professor with a troubled past traveling to a Japanese forest with a dark history. There he meets a mysterious stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love, discovery and redemption. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*A sumptuous, rewarding experience. "The Sea of Trees" is quietly mesmerizing and exceedingly wise, understanding there is profundity in every direction one gazes.*"...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 638 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
48 hrs. : An experienced cop teams up with a convict in order to capture an escaped murderer.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley is a tough Detroit cop that must go to Beverly Hills when one of his closest friends is gunned down.
Coming to America: Pampered African prince Akeem rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful...
15) The predator
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter, and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
16) Lolita
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (132 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An iconic adaptation of the Vladimir Nabokov Classic, starring Oscar Winner Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith and Dominique Swain, LOLITA tells a disturbing tale of tortured and forbidden love. Humber Humbert, a professor of French literature, travels to a small New England Town to take a teaching position, searching for lodging he visits the home of a single mother Charlotte and her 14 year old daughter Dolores (Lolita). Upon seeing Dolores, Humbert...
17) Mona Lisa smile
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Thatcher is a young teacher accustomed to high society, so she experiences culture shock when she gets her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley. However, she finds her work fulfilling as she makes her home in Coal Valley. She even finds herself falling for the handsome Constable Jack Thornton. But when circumstances call back to her family's home in the city, she must decide if she wants to remain with them or return to Coal Valley....
19) Bad Teacher
Author
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is a foul-mouthed, ruthless junior high teacher who can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance, she begins to woo a rich, handsome substitute. Competing for his affections is overly energetic colleague, Amy. Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic gym teacher. The consequences of her outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers and herself an...
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