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1) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1941]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (119 min., 113 min.) : sound, black and white, color with b & w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Feature film: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. Documentary: Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
16 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 portable plastic container
Language
English
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A collection of the American Film Institutes top ten movies of all time in one convenient box for binge watching. Titles included: Schindler's List (Rated R), the Graduate (Rated PG), Lawrence of Arabia (PG), the Godfather (Rated R), On the Waterfront (Not Rated), Casablanca (Rated PG), the Wizard of Oz (Rated G), Singin' in the Rain (Rated G), Citizen Kane (Rated PG), Gone With the Wind (Rated G)
Author
Language
English
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Description
In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, in a book that doubles as a shocking, unedited examination of our healthcare system.
4) Snowden
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (665 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Detroit": Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
"The hurt locker": During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
"Point break": An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
"The...
Publisher
Skipstone Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A retired police officer, despondent over a tragic loss, and being estranged from his son, contemplates a dramatic decision of which will change his life forever, until he meets a mysterious woman who, through her personal stories, gives him a reason to examine what is most important to him. --Back cover.
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English
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"Bob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explain it here, because that is what memoirs are for. Charting a "Homeric" decades-long "Odyssey" from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago all the way to a dramatic career that is baffling to his friends, it's almost like there are two or three Bob Odenkirks...but there is just one and one is enough, frankly. Bob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the 'American Revolution': former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...
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Language
English
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"The Great Depression was a time of incomparable financial desperation in America. Thugs with submachine guns and square-jawed G-men have long dominated the vernacular images of fear, lawlessness, and corruption set against the decimating poverty of that decade. But little known-until now-are the many serial dramas that played out in homes and hideouts, courtrooms and cold cases across the country. In a time of panic, legal lethargy, corruption, and...
Publisher
[Binge Box]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (532 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ; in 1 multi-disc DVD case
Language
English
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A collection of four DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The deer hunter: Cimino's epic film about friendship chronicles the lives of three steelworkers and their friends, whose lives are irrevocably changed by a tour of duty in Vietnam.
The bridges of Madison County: World-traveling "National Geographic" photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren't looking to turn their lives upside down....
12) American dirt
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Language
English
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"Tambiň de este lado hay sueǫs. On this side, too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite...
13) Roots
Language
English
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The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
15) Flip the script
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Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: The first rule of watching K-dramas: Never fall in love with the second lead. As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star boyfriend, heartthrob Bryan Yoon, who might be falling in love with her. After all, she promised the TV producers a contract romance, and that's all they're going to get from her....
Publisher
Midwest Tape
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (742 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Enjoy six Academy Award winners. Titles included Argo, Birdman, Green Book, The Shape of Water, Slumdog Millionaire and Spotlight.
"Argo": Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
"Birdman": A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing,...
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Language
English
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"Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson opens up about his ... comeback--from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable's highest-paid executive--in this unique self-help guide ... In his early twenties [he'd risen] to the heights of fame and power in the cutthroat music business. A decade ago the multi-platinum selling rap artist decided to pivot. His ability to adapt to change was demonstrated when he became the executive producer and star of Power,...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (830 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Enjoy 6 popular movies about music biopics.
Bohemian rhapsody: The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
The Doors: The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Ray: The...
19) Broken arrow
Language
English
Description
Two military pilots engage in a no-holds-barred battle against time and each other in a race to recover two stolen nuclear warheads. When a B-2 Stealth Bomber crashes in the Utah desert during a top-secret test run, the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two "broken arrows." But the situation spins out of control after one of the pilots reveals the crash to be part of an incredible nuclear extortion plot.
20) God's not dead 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Christian teacher is forced before a judge for honestly answering a question about Jesus in the classroom. With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom.
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