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1) Milk
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Based on the inspiring true story of the first openly gay man elected to major public office. Follow Harvey Milk's powerful journey to inspire hope for equal rights during one of the least tolerant times in our nation's history.
"...an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Harvey Milk was an intriguing, inspiring figure....
Publisher
Starz Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
As Phil Walden wanders the streets of his deserted hometown, the memories of a fateful childhood summer return. The summer he grew up. The summer that turned this one idyllic paradise upside down. The summer the stranger came to town.
"One of the best cutting edge movies to probe the human condition."--Movieguide
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When a newlywed couple becomes the target of their neighbor, a police officer who is harassing them, they decide to fight back. Includes commentary; deleted scenes; and featurettes.
"...a suspenseful film...which makes us fear the worst at every turn of the plot."--New York Observer
"...delivers fairly tense and engrossing drama..."--Variety
"I find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every...
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
14-year-old Lily Owens is haunted by the memory of her late mother. Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
"Enchanting...Heartwarming."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Soars on the strength of strong acting and a script that stubbornly refuses to go all sappy and preachy."--Baltimore Sun
"The filmmakers...
6) Two lovers
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After moving back into the home he grew up in to mend a broken heart, Leonard must decide between the woman his parents think would be perfect for him and the gorgeous neighbor he can't get out of his mind.
"The whole movie is so well-cast and performed that we watch it unfolding without any particular awareness of 'acting.'"--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...wells with sights and sounds that are guaranteed to lift, not sink, the spirits."--New...
7) Hawaii
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants. Includes The Making of Hawaii.
"A large-scale production which lives up to all expectations!"--Boxoffice.
", majestic, gorgeously framed epic is adventuresome picture-making, a credit to the industry."--Film Daily.
8) Seven pounds
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give "pounds of flesh" that will give new life to 7 deserving individuals to make up for the 7 lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself and to bestow gifts to 7 worthy people, which includes...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero. Rising from the humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis overcame impossible odds to become the first African American to win college football's greatest honor, the Heisman Trophy.
"Involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...provide a strong dose of simple, rousing emotion."--A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Many inspirational...
10) Pride and glory
Publisher
New Line Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The moral codes of a multi-generational family of New York City police officers are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law.
"A top-notch cast...performances that rank among their best work."--Hollywood Reporter
"Intelligently directed, beautifully shot..."--Newsday
"Well-paced, well-acted..."--Denver Post
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
As part of his new play, a theater director constructs a replica of New York in an old warehouse. As his city grows, his personal life falls apart. A celebrated actress may be just what he needs to change the direction his life is headed in. Includes featurette.
"I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it. The second time because I needed to. The third time because I will want to."--Roger Ebert, Chicago...
12) Staying alive
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Tony Monero from 'Saturday Night Fever' tries to make it as a dancer on broadway.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated. Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with...
14) Crossing over
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An immigration officer must protect the U.S. border in Los Angeles from those trying to pursue the American Dream, as those around him try to break the rules by fraud, blackmail, and work-site enforcement.
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 476
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus...
16) Judgment
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
It is the imminent future. The world follows one government and one man. It is a world of peace, yet some still fight the authorities. To crush the dessent, the ruler arranges a trial of unprecedented proportion. A trial in the world court to be televised to a global audience. A trial that would see Helen Hannah, a Christian and a champion of the resistance, convicted and executed for hatred of the human race. ... There is only one way to truly uncover...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Charlie is a troubled, hot-headed teen who is offered an ultimatum by his school principal, Mr. Dewitt - either be suspended from school or work for the town "crazy lady". Charlie decides to work for Mrs. Ritchie and he spends the harvest season in her backyard. The troubled teen learns about love and forgiveness from the eccentric, elderly widow and from his high school principal."
18) Heavens fall
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A tragic true story of nine black men who were pulled off an Alabama freight train and accused of raping two young white women, quickly tried, and sentenced to the electric chair. Forcing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lone man defends them.
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Rudy is a young lawyer fresh out of college who takes the case of his life. He is the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. Rudy takes on this client in his first case after the head of his law office has to hide because he's wanted by the feds. He must overcome many obstacles inside and outside the courtroom as he attempts to find out what it means to be a lawyer and...
20) The piano
Publisher
Live Home Video
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer there. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Only one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
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