Elliott Gould
4) Switchmas
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Language
English
Description
A Christmas obsessed Jewish boy on his way to sunny Florida figures out how to get the Christmas of his dreams by trading airline tickets and places with another boy on his way to snowy Christmastown, WA.
5) Frog
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Language
English
Description
When Arlo, a young scientist and reptilian fanatic, introduces Suzie to his reptile world in preparation for their high school's science fair, she learns that trusting only what you can see will not take you as far as following your heart.
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a case of blackmail involving the daughter of a California millionaire leads to murder, the inimitable Philip Marlowe is stirred into action as he becomes embroiled in a troublesome case of extortion complicated by kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder.
9) The automat
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart that revolutionized the restaurant scene with vending machines that served affordable foods to those who had been ignored by regular restaurants, such as immigrants, the working class, and blacks.
10) Ocean's eleven
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Three prestigious Las Vegas casinos. More than $160 million. Danny Ocean and his 10-man handpicked team of grifters and conmen are ready to carry out the most elaborate casino heist in history, and they just might get away with it.
11) Ocean's thirteen
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Banks. Banks' even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ,with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century....
13) Red cat
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Language
English
Description
PI John March has always been a thorn in his well-to-do family's side, which makes the identity of his latest client doubly surprising: his older brother, David. Even more surprising is the nature of David's request: he wants John to locate, and warn off, a woman he knows only as Wren, who is stalking him and threatening to reveal his indiscretion with her to his wife and boss. When Wren's body is pulled from the river, John wonders if his brother...
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Language
English
Description
The Sternwood family, immortalized in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, is in trouble again.
Lovely Vivian's psychotic sister, Carmen, has disappeared from the sanitarium, and Vivian herself has once again fallen into the clutches of the shady underworld character Eddie Mars. Enter Philip Marlowe, the original tough-but-tender private eye. He saved the Sternwoods once before. The question is: Can he do it again?
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Language
English
Description
Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest moment of our recent history in space was a disaster that was covered up? Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest hero since Christopher Columbus, a cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin, turns out to be a lie and that he was not the first man in space, contrary to what the millions of history books claim? Would you be shocked to find out that Yuri Gagarin could not handle his life of a lie, and...
17) Poodle Springs
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Language
English
Description
Hardboiled, cynical detective Philip Marlowe is back. Though married to a wealthy heiress, he is not content to lounge around the pool. It isn't long before Marlowe is mired in a gambling case involving bigamy, pornography, and murder in the posh desert community of Poodle Springs.
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Language
English
Description
Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations, and rural imagery, Robert Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. His language is simple, clear, and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. This brilliant collection features some of Frost's greatest works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Asking for Roses," "The Death of the Hired Man," "In the Home Stretch," "Into My Own," "Meeting and Passing,"...
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Language
English
Description
Known as a "poet of the people," Carl Sandburg wrote verses infused with soulfulness and lyric grace, and his work was characterized with a love and compassion for the common man. Here is a collection of nearly 100 of his best poems, including "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Masses," and "The Great Hunt," as well as other verses featuring themes like love, war, death, loneliness, immigrant life, and the beauty of nature. These...