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(0)Elliott Gould
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English
Description
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy Pasadena widow to find a priceless gold coin that she suspects has been stolen by a member of her family, but Marlowe's investigation soon uncovers evidence of blackmail, rape, exploitation, and murder.
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English
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"Philip Marlowe navigates the underworld of the Los Angeles gambling circuit while investigating the disappearance of a beautiful nightclub girl ... this novel, with its crooked cops, ex-cons and deadly, seductive women, is a masterpiece of the genre Chandler is credited with creating"--Publisher info.
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English
Description
Marlowe takes on an assignment from the Sternwood family: the child-woman Carmen, the sultry Frances, and the ancient General too far past his prime to cope with his daughters' brand of trouble. Stepping in to deal with a case of blackmail, Marlowe follows a trail that leads him into a landscape littered with murder and deception.
5) Red wind
Author
Publisher
New Millennium Audio
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Private eye John Dalmas witnesses a murder, helps a beautiful blackmail victim, and solves a case as convoluted as a Los Angeles freeway map.
7) M*A*S*H
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Language
English
Description
Explores the day-to-day lives of three army surgeons who live and work at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) stationed three miles from the front during the Korean War.
8) Frog
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In this delightfully funny modern fairytale, a teenage girl teams up with a goodhearted but nerdy teenage boy to do a science project. Things get crazy when the boy asks her to kiss a talking pet frog, which he believes is a 400-year-old prince.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's astute Belgian detective is on the case in these four feature-length mysteries from the hit series. Beautifully remastered, these definitive adaptations capture the unrivalled elegance of the Art Deco era.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents lived for close to fifty years shortly after they moved out, the film's semi-autobiographical story is memorably acted by a small ensemble cast led by Elliot Gould.
12) California split
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim.
14) Ruby Sparks
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Struggling with writer's block and a lackluster love life, once-famous novelist Calvin creates a beautiful fictitious character named Ruby who inspires him. But not only does this bring his work to life, it also brings Ruby to life, literally. Face-to-face with an actual relationship with his once virtual girlfriend, Calvin must now decide whether to pen this love story or let it write itself.
15) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
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Language
English
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Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
17) The automat
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Automat recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable food to millions of New Yorkers and Philadelphians for more than a century. Founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart in 1888, it revolutionized the nationb2ss restaurant scene with technology that captured the public's imagination like nothing else the customer put nickels into slots, and little windows opened to reveal the customer's pick,...
18) Ocean's thirteen
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Bank in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Bank. Bank even goes so far as to find 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 Bank and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Hotshot, young attorney Bobby Kelly is on the fast track at the prestigious, Los Angeles law firm and seems to have it all. However, Bobby is increasingly disenchanted. Unfocused and frustrated, he is frequently under fire for his mistakes, both personally and professionally. When he abruptly quits to be the house singer at a rundown cocktail lounge, he discovers sometimes getting lost is the only way back.
20) Getting straight
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When violence breaks out on campus, a graduate student and former Vietnam vet must decide between saving his academic career or returning to his former activism.
