Orpheus

November 10, 2011
Orpheus
Call Number: VHS01544
by:  Jean Cocteau; André Paulvé; Jean Marais; Georges Auric; Video Images (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French
Publisher: Monroe, Ct. : Video Images, ©1980.
Notes: 1 videocassette (total running time: 95 min.) French dialogue, English subtitles. Originally produced as motion picture in 1949.
Summary: A modern version of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice.
OCLC #: 14078956
Added: November 10, 2011
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Lost Horizon

October 14, 2011
Lost Horizon
Call Number: VHS01501
by: Robert Colman; Jane Wyatt; Frank Capra; James Hilton; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Columbia TriStar, 1989, ©1937.
Notes: Academy Award winner (1937), Art-direction-Set direction, Film editing.
Summary: Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
OCLC #: 68746810
Added: October 14, 2011
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Somewhere in Time

October 7, 2011
Somewhere in Time
Call Number: VHS01492
by: Christopher Reeve; Jane Seymour; Christopher Plummer; Jeannot Szwarc; Stephen Deutsch; Richard Matheson; Universal City Studios.; Rastar (Firm); 
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, 1991. 
Notes: Based on the novel Bid time return by Richard Matheson.Originally released as motion picture in 1980. Hi-fi, Dolby processed. Rated PG.“Some music rescored.”–Box. Running Time: 104 min.
Based on the novel, A stone for Danny Fisher, by Harold Robbins. Running Time: 116 min
Summary: A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.
OCLC #: 29551694
Added: October 7, 2011
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

April 21, 2011
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Call Number: DVD01207
by Stan Margulies; David L Wolper; Mel Stuart; Roald Dahl; Anthony Newley; Leslie Bricusse; Gene Wilder; Jack Albertson; Roy Kinnear; Peter Ostrum; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2001]
Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1971 (100 min). Based on the book “Charlie and the chocolate factory” by Roald Dahl. Widescreen Format. Special features: the making of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate factory; feature length audio commentary with the Wonka kids; 4 sing-along songs; behind-the-scenes 1971 featurette; photo gallery; interactive menus; theatrical trailer; scene access. Nominated for a 1972 Academy Award.
Summary: Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
OCLC #: 48512326
Also Available on VHS1708
Added: April 21, 2011
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

April 20, 2011
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Call Number: DVD01155
by Walt Disney; David Hand; Adriana Caselotti; Harry Stockwell; Lucille La Verne; Moroni Olsen; Ted Sears; Billy Gilbert; Pinto Colvig; Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Enterprises.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); et al
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Enterprises : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001]
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. 2 videodiscs (Disc 1. Feature film (84 min.) and some special features; Disc 2. Supplemental materials (ca. 190 min.) Based on the fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Special features: Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the seven dwarfs ; The goddess of Spring animated short ; audio commentary with Walt Disney, guided tours, “Dopey’s wild mine ride” adventure game ; Heigh-Ho karaoke sing along ; supplemental material on disc 2 “The legacy of Snow White” includes timelines with celebrity hosts, storyboard to film comparisons, layouts and backgrounds gallery, character design galleries, deleted scenes, vintage black and white short subjects and supplemental audio. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards.
Summary: Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss.
OCLC #: 48102912
Added: April 20, 2011
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Yeelen

April 3, 2011
Yeelan or Brightness.
Call Number: VHS01635
by Souleymane Cissé; Balla Moussa Keita; Issiaka Kane; Soumba Traore; Aoua Sangare; Niamanto Sanogo; Ismaila Sarr; Koke Sangare; Youssouf Tenin Cissé; Sidi Diallo; Salif Keïta; Michel Portal; Dounamba Coulibaly; Jean-Noël Ferragut; Jean-Michel Humeau; Filimu Sise.; Kino International Corporation;
Format: VHS
Language:  Bambara, English subtitles
Publisher: [?].
Notes: Originally released in 1987 (105 mins.);
Summary: Film adaptation of one of the great oral epics of West African folklore and of the Bambara people. Set in the 13th century, time of the powerful Mali Empire, the story tells of young Nianankoro, destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, with it his father, and, finally, himself. The flash of light which ends the film ushers in a new, purified world order and captures the Bambara belief in time as circular, not linear–always returning to that initial brightness which created the world.
OCLC #: 53294830.
dded: April 3, 2011
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Hereafter

March 27, 2011

Hereafter
Call Number: DVD00913 Copy 1, DVD00913 Copy 2
by: Clint Eastwood; Kathleen Kennedy; Robert Lorenz; Peter Morgan; Matt Damon; Cécile De France; Bryce Dallas Howard; Frankie McLaren; George McLaren; Derek Jacobi; Jay Mohr; Marthe Keller; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Malpaso (Company); Kennedy/Marshall Company.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language:English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2011]
Notes: DVD release of the 2010 motion picture. Special features: Tsunami: creating a disaster; Hereafter’s locations: casting the silent characters; The Eastwood experience; Running time Aprox 129 min. Nominated for 1 Academy Award in 2011.
Summary: George is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When London schoolboy Marcus loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.
OCLC #: 695560641
Added: March 27, 2011
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Brigadoon

March 24, 2011

Brigadoon
Call Number: VHS01578
by: Vincente Minnelli; Frederick Loewe; Alan Jay Lerner; Gene Kelly; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1954 motion picture. Copyright 1954 Loew’s Inc., renewed 1982 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Running Time Approx 109 min.
Summary: Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
OCLC #:330524119
Added: March 24, 2011
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Videodrome

Videodrome
Call Number: VHS01567
by: Claude Héroux; David Cronenberg; James Woods; Filmplan International (Firm); MCA Videocassette Inc.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Videocassette Inc. : MCA Universal Home Video, ©1983.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1982 motion picture. Release Dates vary: c1983 on this cassette label. “Complete uncut version including footage never shown in movie theaters”.
Running Time Approx 87 min.
Summary: A sleezy cable-TV programmer Max Renn seeks out the ultimate in bizarre shows for his channel. He meets a mysterious supplier named Harlan who gives him access to an underground sex and violence network called “Videodrome.”
OCLC #:35002713
Added: March 24, 2011
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The Bishop’s Wife

March 23, 2011

The Bishop’s Wife
Call Number: DVD00683
by: Samuel Goldwyn; Robert E Sherwood; Leonardo Bercovici; Henry Koster; Cary Grant; Loretta Young; David Niven; Monty Woolley; James Gleason; Gladys Cooper; Elsa Lanchester; Gregg Toland; Perry Ferguson; Monica Collingwood; Hugo Friedhofer; Robert Nathan; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Samuel Goldwyn Co.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., ©2001
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (109 mins. Black & White); edition contains the original theatrical trailer; From the novel by Robert Nathan; Nominated for five 1948 Academy Awards;
Summary: Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop, David Niven. Niven’s efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage to beautiful Loretta Young. Grant enters the bishop’s household hoping to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishop’s negelected wife becomes infatuated with him.
OCLC #: 46417557
Added: March 23, 2011
Also: Available on VHs at VHS000716
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Down to Earth

March 17, 2011

Down to Earth
Call Number: VHS01508
by: Chris Rock; Paramount Pictures
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Paramount Pictures ©2001.
Notes: Released in 2001 (87 mins.);Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
Summary: After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life…by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman.
OCLC #: 317820256
Added: March 17, 2011
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The Lake House

March 16, 2011
The Lake House
Call Number: DVD00985
by: Keanu Reeves; Sandra Bullock; Dylan Walsh; Shohreh Aghdashloo; Christopher Plummer; Doug Davison; Roy Lee; David Auburn; Alejandro Agresti; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Village Roadshow Pictures.; Vertigo Entertainment (Firm).;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2006.
Notes: Originally released in 2006 (98 mins.);
Summary: A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they’re living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it’s too late.
OCLC #: 70826881
Added: March 16, 2011
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Nosferatu

March 15, 2011
Nosferatu
Call Number: DVD01072
by:  F W Murnau; Henrik Galeen; Max Schreck; Gustav von Wangenheim; Alexander Granach; Greta Schroeder-Matrey; Ruth Yorck; Fritz Arno Wagner; Albin Grau; Hans Erdmann; Berndt Heller; Luciano Berriatúa; Bram Stoker; Kino International Corporation.; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.; Saarländischer Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester.;
Format: DVD
Language: English (Silent)
Publisher:  Wiesbaden : Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; New York, NY : [Distributed by] Kino International, ©2007.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922. Running Time Aprox 111 min. Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted by Henrik Galeen. “Reconstruction of Hans Erdmann’s original 1921 score by Berndt Heller. Performed by the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra”–Container. Special features (disc 1): Die Sprache der Schatten = The language of shadows (52-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa); Nosferatu : an historic film meets digital restoration (3-minute documentary); lengthy excerpts from other films by F.W. Murnau: Journey into the night (1920), The haunted castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The finances of the grand duke (1924), The last laugh (1924), Tartuffe (1925), Faust (1926) and Tabu (1931); scene comparisons; photo gallery.
Summary: The first film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Count Orlok leaves his castle in the Carpathians and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague rats. Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau’s Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws.
OCLC #: 181912539
Added: March 15, 2011
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Tales from Gimli Hospital

February 15, 2011
Tales from Gimli Hospital
Call Number: VHS01476
by: Guy Maddin; Michael Gottli; D P Snidal; Angela Heck; Kyle McCulloch; Kino on Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language:  English
Publisher: New York : Kino on Video, ©1993]
Notes: Approx 72 min. Not Rated. Original motion picture released by Extra Large Productions in 1988.
Also featured is Maddin’s early short film, The dead father.
Recording system: NTSC.
Summary: Title 1. Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Mantiboba near the turn of the century, this film explores the jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room. The two men are are friends at first, until they reveal their darkest secrets to each other. Title 2. An offbeat entry wherein a young man in mourning eats his recently deceased father.
OCLC #: 221928993
Added: February 15, 2011
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Being John Malkovich

February 9, 2011
Being John Malkovich
Call Number: VHS01462
by :  Spike Jonze; Charlie Kaufman; Michael Stipe; John Cusack; Cameron Diaz; Catherine Keener; John Malkovich; Orson Bean; Mary Kay Place; Charlie Sheen; Gramercy Pictures.; Propaganda Films (Firm); Single Cell Pictures.; Universal Pictures (Firm); USA Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Polygram Holding, Inc. [1999]
Notes: Originally released in 1999 (112 mins.); Nominated for three 2000 Academy Awards; Special Awards Screener Copy;
Summary: A struggling street puppeteer takes a job to make some money. One day he accidentally discovers a door, a portal into the brain of John Malkovich (played by John Malkovich). For 15 minutes he experiences the ultimate head trip–he is being John Malkovich.
OCLC #: 43960446
Added: February 9, 2011
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The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Call Number: DVD01071
by: Tim Burton; Henry Selick; Danny Elfman; Chris Sarandon; Catherine O’Hara; William Hickey; Glenn Shadix; Paul Reubens; Ken Page; Touchstone Pictures.; Touchstone Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000]
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (76 mins.); Nominated for one 1994 Academy Award; Special features: deleted scenes and animated sequences; the making of the film; storyboard to film comparison; still frame gallery of concept art and character designs (over 450 images); audio commentary by director Henry Selick; original theatrical trailers and posters; and Tim Burton’s early films: Vincent [and] Frankenweenie, the uncut version;
Summary: The story of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king, who decides to bring the magic of Christmas back to Halloween Town.
OCLC #: 45174644
Added: February 9, 2011
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Rocaterrania

February 4, 2011
Rocaterrania
Call Number: IND00006
byBrett Ingram; Bright Eye Pictures.; Shark Quest (Musical group);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  [North Carolina] : Bright Eye Pictures, ©2008.
Notes:
Summary: A feature length documentary exploring the secret world of scientific illustrator and visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler. Kuhler has created hundreds of plates for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, illustrating diverse flora and fauna for obscure scientific journals and reference books. Kuhler also shows his illustrations of his imaginary world Rocaterrania and the people who live there.
OCLC #:437972080
Added: February 4, 2011
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Just Like Heaven

February 3, 2011
Just Like Heaven
Call Number: DVD00968
by Mark Waters; Jon Heder; Reese Witherspoon; Mark Ruffalo; Donal Logue; Dina Spybey; Ben Shenkman; Daryn Okada; Rolfe Kent; Marc Levy; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]
Notes: Approx. 95 min. Rated PG-13. Title from container. Based on the novel “If only it were true” by Marc Levy. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: Deleted scenes; outtakes & bloopers; director commentary.
Summary: Elizabeth is a dedicated, workaholic doctor who is much to busy to have a life. One night, she gets into a terrible car accident and dies. She becomes a spirit stuck between heaven and earth. She doesn’t realize that she is dead and thinks nothing has happened. That is until she meets David, a lonely architect, who has rented her old apartment. David thinks he is going crazy when he sees Elizabeth’s spirit and tries everyway he can think of to get rid of her, but she just won’t go away. Although the two are complete opposites, they somehow manage to form a relationship.
OCLC #:62460046
Added: February 3, 2011
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Serendipity

February 2, 2011
Serendipity
Call Number: DVD01137
by Peter Abrams; Robert L Levy; Simon Fields; Peter Chelsom; John Cusack; Kate Beckinsale; Molly Shannon; Jeremy Piven; John Corbett; Bridget Moynahan; Eugene Levy; John De Borman; Christopher Greenbury; Alan Silvestri; Marie-Sylvie Deveau; Mary Claire Hannon; Caroline Hanania; Miramax Films.; Tapestry Films.; Simon Fields Productions (Firm); Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002], ©2001.
Notes: Approx. 91 min. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Special features: 4 hours of bonus material including: commentary; documentary; director’s diary; deleted scenes; still gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailer.
Summary: Is there really such a thing as a benevolent destiny that will eventually reunite true soul mates separated by time and distance? It begins at Christmastime in a New York department store, where two people meet by chance — while shopping for their “significant others”–And are immediately attracted to each other. After spending a romantic evening together, they reluctantly part, secretly hoping that fate will reunite them some day.
OCLC #: 49529799
Added: February 2, 2011
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The Stepford Wives

January 21, 2011
The Stepford Wives
Call Number: DVD01171
by  Scott Rudin; Donald De Line; Edgar J Scherick; Gabriel Grunfeld; Frank Oz; Paul Rudnick; Nicole Kidman; Matthew Broderick; Bette Midler; Christopher Walken; Roger Bart; Jon Lovitz; Faith Hill; Glenn Close; Ira Levin; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Dreamworks Pictures.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©2004
Notes: Based upon the book by Ira Levin. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. (92 min). Summary: After moving with her husband and children to the well-manicured community of Stepford, Connecticut, former New York television executive Joanna Eberhart is beginning to realize that Stepford is more than just the “perfect” place to live … it’s a little to perfect. All the wives in town are models who cater to their husband’s every desire. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men’s Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Can Joanna figure out the problem before it’s too late?
OCLC #: 56220857
Added: January 21, 2011
Also: See the VHS version at VHS01041
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