Kiss of the spider woman

March 23, 2011
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Call Number: VHS01559
by: William Hurt; Raul Julia; Sonia Braga; Hector Babenco; Manuel Puig; HB Filmes.; Charter Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Charter Entertainment, ©1986.
Notes: Released in 1985. Based on the novel of the same title by Manuel Puig, originally published in Spanish as: El beso de la mujer araña. Running Time Aprox 119 mins. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards in 1986.
Summary: In a prison cell somewhere in Latin America, Molina and Valentin have only one thing in common– they are both victims of society. This is the complex story of the relationship that develops between two men with radically different perspectives on life.
OCLC #: 13407395
Added: March 23, 2011
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Like water for chocolate = Como agua para chocolate

Like water for chocolate or “Como agua para chocolate”
Call Number: VHS01557
by: Alfonso Arau; Marco Leonardi; Lumi Cavazos; Regina Torne; Laura Esquivel;
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish with English subtitles.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Touchstone Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Buena Vista Home Video (Demo Tape), 1994, ©1992
Notes: Released in 1992. Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel. Running Time Aprox 105 mins. Demo Tape – Not For Rent or Sale Copy.
Summary: Romantic fantasy set in the early 20th century about a young couple blocked from marrying by the demands of her cold and selfish mother. To be near his love the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
OCLC #: [?] Demo tape
Added: March 23, 2011
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The Bishop’s Wife

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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A Dry white season

March 22, 2011
A Dry White Season
Call Number: VHS01550
by: Donald Sutherland; Janet Suzman; Jürgen Prochnow; Zakes Mokae; Susan Sarandon; Marlon Brando; André Philippus Brink;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : CBS FOX Video, 1990.
Notes: Released as motion picture in 1989. Based on the book by Andre Brink.  Running Time Aprox 107 mins. Nominated for an Oscar in 1990.
Summary: The politics of apartheid are put into meaningful, human terms in this critically acclaimed film about a prominent white schoolteacher who is awakened to the reality of South African justice.
OCLC #: 21454638
Added: March 22, 2011
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The ninth configuration

The Ninth Configuration
Call Number: VHS01548
by: William Peter Blatty; Stacy Keach; Scott Wilson; Jason Miller; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, ©1996.
Notes: Released as motion picture in 1979. Based on the novel by W.P. Blatty: Twinkle, twinkle, “Killer” Kane!
Running Time Aprox 118 mins.
Summary: Colonel Hudson Kane, a psychiatrist, has to break through the madness of a group of high-ranking officers who have had unnerving and ominous breakdowns.
OCLC #: 35446143
Added: March 22, 2011
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Turtle diary

March 21, 2011
Turtle Diary
Call Number: VHS01546
by: John Irvin; Harold Pinter; Glenda Jackson; Ben Kingsley; Turtle Diary, Ltd.; Vestron Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, ©1986.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1985 motion picture. Based on the novel of the same title by Russell Hoban.
Running Time Aprox 96 mins.
Summary: A children’s author and a bookstore assistant have little in common aside from their interest in the aquarium’s sea turtles, but their common desire to free the captive turtles creates a bond that gives a new outlook to their lives in this romantic comedy by Harold Pinter.
OCLC #: 14288632
Added: March 21, 2011
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The gingerbread man

The Gingerbread Man
Call Number: VHS01542
by: Al Hayes; Jeremy Tannenbaum; Robert Altman; Kenneth Branagh; Embeth Davidtz; Robert Downey; Daryl Hannah; Robert Duvall; Tom Berenger; Famke Janssen; Mae Whitman; Jesse James; Changwei Gu; Geraldine Peronie; Mark Isham; John Grisham; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm); Island Pictures.; Enchanter Entertainment (Firm); PolyGram Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  New York : PolyGram Video, [1998]
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Based on an original story of the same title by John Grisham, Running Time Aprox 115 mins.
Summary: Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
OCLC #: 39608846
Added: March 21, 2011
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Oliver!

Oliver!
Call Number: VHS01540
by: Lionel Bart; Carol Reed; Ron Moody; Shani Wallis; Oliver Reed; Harry Secombe; Charles Dickens; Mark Lester; Jack Wild; Columbia Pictures.; Romulus Productions.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1998.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. Running Time Aprox 145 min. Based on the book by Lionel Bart, which in turn was based on” Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. Academy Award for Best Picture, 1968.
Summary: A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
OCLC #: 39703126 
Added: March 20, 2011
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Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
Call Number: DVD00835
by: Gary Winick; Alexis Alexanian; Lemore Syvan; Rebecca Miller; Kyra Sedgwick; Parker Posey; Fairuza Balk; David Warshofsky; Leo Fitzpatrick; Tim Guinee; Patti D’Arbanville; Wallace Shawn; Ron Leibman; Ellen Kuras; Sabine Hoffman; Michael Rohatyn; IFC Productions (Firm); InDigEnt (Firm); Goldheart Pictures (Firm); Blue Magic Pictures.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2003;
Notes:  Film Released 2002 , (85 mins.); Based on the short story collection: Personal velocity / by Rebecca Miller;
Summary: Delia (Sedgwick) escapes from an abusive husband. Greta (Posey) risks everything on a new career. And Paula (Balk) takes flight after a tragic accident. These women must overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles that confine them. But are they really on their way to new lives, or are they just making new versions of old mistakes?
OCLC #: 51857162
Added: March 21, 2011
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Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone
Call Number: DVD01208
by: Debra Granik; Anne Rosellini; Alix Madigan-Yorkin; Jennifer Lawrence; John Hawkes; Kevin Breznahan; Dale Dickey; Garret Dillahunt; Sheryl Lee; Lauren Sweetser; Tate Taylor; Michael McDonough; Affonso Gonçalves; Dickon Hinchliffe; Daniel Woodrell; Roadside Attractions (Firm); Anonymous Content (Firm); Winter’s Bone Productions.; Lions Gate Films;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2010];
Notes:  Film Released 2010, (100 mins.); Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell; Nominated for four 2011 academy awards;
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin’s code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
OCLC #: 651715778
Added: March 21, 2011
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Tortilla Flat

March 20, 2011
Tortilla Flat
Call Number: VHS01512
by:  Spencer Tracy; Hedy Lamarr; John Garfield; Victor Fleming; John Steinbeck; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Culver City, CA : Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, [1992].
Notes: Released in 1942 (100 mins.)Black and White. Nominated for one 1943 Academy Award. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.
Summary: Story of a group of Paisanos, descendants of early Mexican settlers in Northern California. They live in the tiny town of Tortilla Flat and spend their days eating, drinking and relaxing in the sun. When one of them inherits 2 houses the rest are soon living in the houses without paying rent! The situation is further complicated when the house owner falls for a beautiful woman.
OCLC #: 25571956
Added: March 20, 2011
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Greatest Classic Films Collection – Best Picture Winners

March 18, 2011
Turner Classic Movies Greatest Classic Films Collection – Best Picture Winners
Call Number: DVD00886
by: Humphrey Bogart; Ingrid Bergman; Paul Henreid; Claude Rains; Conrad Veidt; Sydney Greenstreet; Peter Lorre; Greer Garson; Walter Pidgeon; Teresa Wright; May Whitty, Dame; Reginald Owen; Henry Travers; Richard Ney; Henry Wilcoxon; Leslie Caron; Maurice Chevalier; Louis Jourdan; Hermione Gingold; Eva Gábor; Jacques Bergerac; Isabel Jeans; Gene Kelly; Oscar Levant; Georges Guétary; Nina Foch; Murray Burnett; Joan Alison; Jan Struther; Colette; Hal B Wallis; Julius J Epstein; Philip G Epstein; Howard Koch; Michael Curtiz; Sidney A Franklin; Arthur Wimperis; George Froeschel; James Hilton; Claudine West; William Wyler; Arthur Freed; Alan Jay Lerner; Vincente Minnelli; Max Steiner; Herbert Stothart; Frederick Loewe; Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); First National Pictures, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Loew’s Incorporated.; Arthur Freed Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©2009.
Notes: Films Released between 1942 and 1958, (462 mins. Black and White & Color); Casablanca is based on the play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, Mrs. Miniver is based on the book by Jan Struther, Gigi is based on the novel by Colette; Special features: Disc 1, Side A: 2 commentaries with critic Roger Ebert and historian Rudy Behlmer; introduction by Lauren Bacall. Side B: Greer Garson Academy Awards footage; photo gallery; 2 World War II-era shorts: “Mr. Blabbermouth” and “For the common defense.” Special features: Disc 2, Side A: Commentary by historian Jeanine Basinger with Leslie Caron; vintage short “The million dollar nickel;” classic CinemaScope cartoon “The vanishing duck;” theatrial trailer. Side B: Commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly and featuring rare interviews with Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Arthur Freed, Alan Jay Lerner, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Michael Feinstein, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff, and new observations by Leslie Caron and Nina Foch; vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks short “Paris on parade;” classic cartoon “Symphony in slang;” theatrical trailer
Summary: [Disc 1]: Casablanca: Casablanca, WWII. Rick Blaine is an exiled American who owns the most popular nightclub in town, Rick’s cafe. He comes to have possession of two valuable letters that German couriers were killed trying to deliver to the German high command. Ilsa Lund re-enters Rick’s life to purchase the letters he has obtained. Mrs. Miniver: The Miniver’s are an English ‘middle-class’ family who, together, experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs. The Miniver’s son beings courting Lady Beldon’s granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and it is entered into a competition where her rose will go up against Lady Beldon’s rose.
[Disc 2]: Gigi: Gaston is the scion of a wealthy Parisian family who finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt, who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man’s mistress, request he become her provider. An American in Paris: Jerry Mulligan is a struggling American painter in Paris who is ‘discovered’ by an influential heiress. She just happens to an interested in more than Jerry’s art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. His relationshp with Lise is filled with romantic complications.
OCLC #: 312174857
Added: March 18, 2011
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Because of Winn-Dixie

March 16, 2011
Because of Winn-Dixie
Call Number: DVD00666
by:  Jeff Daniels; Cicely Tyson; Dave Matthews; Eva Marie Saint; AnnaSophia Robb; Trevor Albert; Joan Singleton; Wayne Wang; Rachel Portman; Kate DiCamillo; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Walden Media.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Home Entertainment, ©2005.
Notes: Originally released in 2005 (106 mins.); Based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo; Special features: audio commentary by Jeff Daniels and producer Travor Albert; scene-specific audio commentary by AnnaSophia Robb; gag reel; behind-the-scenes featurette; Diamond in the rough dog training featurette;
Summary: The story of how a little girl’s dog helps her acclimate to a new community.
OCLC #: 521946380
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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A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far
Call Number: DVD00693
by: Richard Attenborough; Joseph E Levine; Richard P Levine; William Goldman; Dirk Bogarde; James Caan; Michael Caine; Sean Connery; Edward Fox; Elliott Gould; Gene Hackman; Anthony Hopkins; Hardy Krüger; Laurence Olivier; Ryan O’Neal; Robert Redford; Maximilian Schell; Liv Ullmann; Cornelius Ryan; United Artists Corporation.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment (1166), [2005], ©1977.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Running Time Aprox 176 min. Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
Summary: An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.
OCLC #: 40842922
Added: March 15, 2011
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

March 14, 2011
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Call Number: DVD01191 Copy 1
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DVD01191 Copy 3
by: John Huston; Henry Blanke; Humphrey Bogart; Walter Huston; Tim Holt; Bruce Bennett; Barton MacLane; Alfonso Bedoya; Ted McCord; Owen Marks; Max Steiner; B Traven; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, 2010.
Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1948. Running Time Aprox 126 min. Based on the novel by B. Traven. DVD release date: Nov. 16, 2010. Special features: feature-length commentary by Eric Lax, co-author of Bogart; Warner night at the movies 1948, introduced by Leonard Maltin; Key Largo theatrical trailer, newsreel, comedy short “So you want to be a detective”, Merrie Melodies cartoon “Hot cross bunny”; Humphrey Bogart trailer gallery. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1949.
Summary: Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune.
OCLC #: 681925425, 54505537
Added: March 14, 2011
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Metropolis

The Complete Metropolis
Call Number: DVD01036
by: Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou; Gottfried Huppertz; Alfred Abel; Brigitte Helm; Gustav Fröhlich; Rudolf Klein-Rogge; UFA (Firm); Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.; Arte (Firm); Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.; Kino International Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English (Silent)
Publisher: New York : Kino International, 2010.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou. DVD release date: Nov. 16, 2010. Special features: original 1927 score by Gottfried Huppertz, performed by the Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Berlin conducted by Frank Strobel, and presented in 5.1 stereo surround (disc 2): “Voyage to Metropolis,” a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; interview with Paula Felix-Didier, curator of the Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was discovered ; 2010 re-release trailer.
Summary: In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete 16mm copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the film’s premiere in 1927. In restoration, the text of the intertitles was taken from German censorship records and translated into English. Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in co-operation with ZDF and ARTE supported the restoration, and the sci-fi epic was re-released in 2010.
 
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OCLC #: 676836409
Added: March 14, 2011
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Bullitt

“Bullitt”
Call Number: DVD00702
by: Steve McQueen; Robert Vaughn; Jacqueline Bisset; Don Gordon; Robert Duvall; Simon Oakland; Norman Fell; Georg Stanford Brown; Alan Trustman; Harry Kleiner; Philip D’Antoni; Peter Yates; Lalo Schifrin; Robert L Pike; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010].
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.  Based on the novel, Mute witness by Robert L. Pike; Special features: Commentary by director Peter Yates; theatrical trailer. Running Time Aprox 114 min; Nominated for 2 Academy Awards (1969)
Summary: An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.
OCLC #: 694367777
Added: March 14, 2011
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Pelican brief

The Pelican Brief
Call Number: DVD01096
by: Alan J Pakula; Pieter Jan Brugge; Julia Roberts; Denzel Washington; Sam Shepard; John Heard; Tony Goldwyn; James Sikking; William Atherton; Robert Culp; Stanley Tucci; Hume Cronyn; John Lithgow; James Horner; John Grisham; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1993; Running Time Aprox 141 min. Based on the book of the same name by John Grisham;
Summary: Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered. A lone law student turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government. She writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate. With the help of Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, they suspect a good friend of the president is trying to manipulate the outcome of a trial that is now before the Supreme Court.OCLC #: 466429992
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Love and Other Drugs

Love and Other Drugs
Call Number: DVD01016
by: Edward Zwick; Jake Gyllenhaal; Anne Hathaway; Oliver Platt; Hank Azaria; Josh Gad; Judy Greer; Scott Stuber; Charles Randolph; Marshall Herskovitz; Jamie Reidy; Fox 2000 Pictures.; Regency Enterprises.; New Regency (Firm); Stuber Pictures (Firm); Bedford Falls Company.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2011.
Notes: Originally released in 2010 (112 mins.); Based on the book Hard sell: the evolution of a Viagra salesman by Jamie Reidy; Special features:deleted scenes ; featurettes ; theatrical trailer;
Summary: Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things ‘casual,’ they can’t help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
OCLC #: 659579691
Added: March 14, 2011
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