The ladykillers

March 29, 2011
The Ladykillers
Call Number: VHS01602
by William Rose; Alexander Mackendrick; Michael Balcon;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Republic Pictures, 1994.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1955 (87 min.); Nominated for an Academy Award in 1956
Summary: A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their “digs,” proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her… a task they find easier said than done.
OCLC #: 154271470
Added: March 29, 2011
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Dog Day Afternoon

March 28, 2011
Dog Day Afternoon
Call Number: DVD00792
by Sidney Lumet; Martin Bregman; Martin Elfand; Frank R Pierson; Al Pacino; John Cazale; James Broderick; Charles Durning; Chris Sarandon; Victor J Kemper; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm); Artists Entertainment Complex (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Notes: Originally released in 1975 (124 mins); Nominated for six 1976 Academy awards;
Summary: The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
OCLC #: 668415670
Added: March 28, 2011
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A Few Good Men

March 27, 2011

A Few Good Men
Call Number: DVD00846
Director/Distributor: by Rob Reiner; David Brown; Andrew Scheinman; Aaron Sorkin; Tom Cruise;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©2001.
Notes: Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin. Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. Special features include: audio commentary from director Rob Reiner; documentary, Code of conduct featuring interviews with Rob Reiner, Aaron Sorkin, and cast; From stage to screen with Aaron Sorkin and Rob Reiner; bonus trailers; filmographies; production notes. Running Time Approx 138 mins. Nominated for one academy award in 1993.
Summary: Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.
OCLC #: 47247051
Added: March 27, 2011

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Heat

Heat
Call Number: DVD00254
by Michael Mann; Art Linson; Al Pacino; Robert De Niro; Val Kilmer; Tom Sizemore; Diane Venora; Amy Brenneman; Ashley Judd; Mykelti Williamson; Wes Studi; Ted Levine; Jon Voight; Monarchy Enterprises B.V.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Regency Enterprises.; Forward Pass Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Special features: Theatrical trailers.; Running Time Approx 172 min.
Summary: A Los Angeles crime saga, “Heat” focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law – one a detective; the other a thief. Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauley’s expertise is at least equal to Hanna’s.
OCLC #: 144558519
Added: March 27, 2011
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The Sherlock Holmes Feature Films Collection (Jeremy Brett)

The Sherlock Holmes Feature Films Collection
Call Number: DVD00472
by Michael Cox; June Wyndham-Davies; Trevor Bowen; Jeremy Paul; John Hawkesworth; Brian Mills; Tim Sullivan; Peter Hammond; Jeremy Brett; Edward Hardwicke; David Odd; Kim Horton; P Gowers; Esther Dean; Christopher Bradshaw; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Granada Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); MPI Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : MPI Home Video, ©2003.
Notes: Originally produced as television motion pictures in 1987-1993. Based on the novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Running Time Approx (5 videodiscs) 525 min.
Summary: Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid companion, Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client, and a creeping man. Holmes and Dr. Watson must use all their cunning and detective skills in some risky operations to foil the criminal element in each of these 5 mysteries:
[Disc 1] The Hound of Baskerville (1988, c1984) / director, Brian Mills; developed for television by John Hawkesworth; dramatized by Trevor Bowen —
[Disc 2] The Last Vampyre (1993, c1992) / director, Tim Sullivan; screenplay, Jeremy Paul —
[Disc 3] The Sign of Four (1987, c1984) / director, Peter Hammond; dramatized by John Hawkesworth —
[Disc 4] The Eligible Bachelor (1993, c1992) / director, Peter Hammond; screenplay, T.R. Bowen —
[Disc 5] The master blackmailer (1993,1992) / director, Peter Hammond; screenplay, Jeremy Paul.
OCLC #: 51934335
Also See: Jeremy Brett play Sherlock Holmes in “The Eligible Bachelor” DVD00471
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Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum
Call Number: DVD00970
by: Niall Johnson; Richard Russo; Rowan Atkinson; Kristin Scott-Thomas; Maggie Smith; Patrick Swayze; Tamsin Egerton; Toby Parkes; Liz Smith; Emilia Fox; Thinkfilm (Firm); Summit Entertainment.; Isle of Man Film Commission.; Azure Films.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [New York] : Thinkfilm, 2006, ©2005.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2005; Special Features: “Big Trouble in Little Wallop” – behind the scenes of Keeping Mum, Bonus Scenes with Commentary, Outtakes and Bloopers, Extended scene: “Walter in Goal”, “Original Rosie Jones Beginning” with commentary, Filmaker Commentary, Trailer Gallery. Running Time Approx 104 min.
Summary: An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife’s dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter’s parade of new boyfriends, and his young son’s regular trouncing by the school’s bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family’s prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving every day problems.
OCLC #:76877989
Added: March 27, 2011
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Mrs. Doubtfire

March 24, 2011

Mrs. Doubtfire
Call Number: VHS01579
by: Robin Williams; Sally Field; Pierce Brosnan; Harvey Fierstein; Polly Holliday;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : FoxVideo, ©1994.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Running Time Approx 125 min.Based on “Alias Madame Doubtfire” by Anne Fine.
Summary: After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his Ex.
OCLC #:330524119
Added: March 24, 2011
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Playing God

Playing God
Call Number: VHS01575
by: Aaron Eckhart; Stacy Edwards; Neil LaBute;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video, 1998.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.; Running Time Approx 94 min. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary: Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter.
OCLC #:39205809
Added: March 24, 2011
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The net

The Net
Call Number: VHS01574
by: Irwin Winkler; Sandra Bullock; Jeremy Northam; Dennis Miller; Diane Baker; Columbia Pictures.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995; Running Time Approx 114 min.
Summary: Angela Bennett’s a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
OCLC #:34034327
Added: March 24, 2011
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Ricochet

March 22, 2011
Ricochet
Call Number: VHS01551
by: Denzel Washington; John Lithgow; Ice T; Russell Mulcahy; Warner Bros.; Home Box Office (Firm); Cinema Plus, L.P.; Silver Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : HBO Video, [1992]
Notes: Released as motion picture in 1991. Running Time Aprox 104 mins.
Summary: Rookie cop Nick Styles’ arrest of a ruthless psychotic killer, Blake, makes him a deadly enemy. Blake escapes from jail, faking his own death, and starts an intricate plan of revenge involving intimidation, public humiliation and murder. Nick is forced to return to the tough streets of his childhood and call on his old friend Odessa, a hustler and drug dealer, for help. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a confrontation that will leave only one man alive and victorious.
OCLC #: 25624890
Added: March 22, 2011
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The Cotton Club

March 21, 2011
The Cotton Club
Call Number: VHS01545
by: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola; William Kennedy; Richard Gere; Diane Lane; Lonette McKee; Gregory Hines; Nelson Entertainment (Firm); Orion Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Beverly Hills, Calif. : Nelson Entertainment, ©1987.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture by Orion Pictures. Running Time Aprox 128 mins. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1985.
Summary: Francis Ford Coppala’s recreation of the passion and violence of the “jazz age” through the character of a trumpet player, Dixie Dwyer. Dwyer (Gere) was one of the few men who could walk the violent line between music and the mob. Then one night, in the Cotton Club, he discovers Vera Cicero (Lane) and suddenly his life becomes even hotter than his music.
OCLC #: 25193171
Added: March 21, 2011
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Assassins

Assassins
Call Number: VHS01543
by: Sylvester Stallone; Antonio Banderas; Julianne Moore; Richard Donner; Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski; Brian Helgeland; Silver Pictures.; Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions.; Evansgideon/Lazar (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm); et al
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1996.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1995 motion picture. Running Time Aprox 133 mins.
Summary: An info-highway thief is swept into a battle between two hitmen, in a world where what counts is not who makes the first move, but who survives the last.
OCLC #: 34596020
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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Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown
Call Number: DVD00857
by: Buzz Feitshans; Jack Hill; Pam Grier; Peter Brown; Terry Carter; Kathryn Loder; Harry Holcombe; Antonio Fargas; Sid Haig; Juanita Brown; Brick Marquard; Chuck McClelland; Willie Hutch; Ruthie West; American International Pictures (Firm); MGM Home Entertainment Inc;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica : MGM Home Entertainment, 2001;
Notes:  Film Released 1974 , (91 mins.);
Summary: Foxy Brown (Grier) finally has found the love of her life. He is an undercover narcotics investigator who is later murdered in cold blood. In order to find the killers, she goes undercover as a call girl.
OCLC #: 45702826
Added: March 21, 2011
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Taken

Taken
Call Number: DVD01178
by: Luc Besson; Robert Mark Kamen; Pierre Morel; Liam Neeson; Maggie Grace; Leland Orser; Jon Gries; David Warshofsky; Katie Cassidy; Holly Valance; Famke Janssen; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; EuropaCorp.; M6 films (Firm); Grive Productions (Firm); Studio Canal+.; TPS Star (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2009;
Notes:  Film Released 2008, (91 mins.) Includes both the theatrical version and unrated extended cut of the film.
Summary: Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan is on the phone with Kim, Albanian gang members break into the apartment where the girls are staying. Bryan has Kim give him a detailed description of what she sees and hears. He tells her she is about to be kidnapped. Bryan promises Kim that he will come and get her. He immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and Amanda. He has four days to find her and he uses his special skills and contacts to get her back and seek his revenge.
OCLC #: 320355349
Added: March 21, 2011
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Catch Me If You Can

March 20, 2011

Catch Me If You Can
Call Number: VHS01538
by: Steven Spielberg; Walter F Parkes; Jeff Nathanson; Leonardo DiCaprio; Tom Hanks;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2002.
Notes: Based on the book by Frank W. Abagnale, with Stan Redding. Running Time Aprox 141 min.
Summary: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.
OCLC #: 51854573
Added: March 20, 2011
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Spy Game

Spy Game
Call Number: VHS01537
by: Douglas Wick; Marc Abraham; Michael Frost Beckner; David Arata; Tony Scott;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal, [2002], ©2001.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Running Time Aprox 126 min.
Summary: Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
OCLC #: 49030415
Added: March 20, 2011
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25th Hour

25th Hour
Call Number: VHS01536
by: Spike Lee, Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2002.
Notes: Based on the book by David Benioff. Running Time Aprox 134 min.
Summary: Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
OCLC #: 51854405
Added: March 20, 2011
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After The Thin Man

After The Thin Man
Call Number: VHS 00005
by: W.S. Van Dyke,William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1936 motion picture. Running Time Aprox 1 hr. 53 min. Nominated for 1 acedemy award in 1947.
Summary: Selma asks Nick to find her missing husband. He had been seeing a bit on the side, and blackmailing a local criminal. David Graham claims he paid the missing husband to get rid of a former girlfriend. Will Nick locate him?
OCLC #: 503204612
Added: March 20, 2011
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Throw Momma From The Train

Throw Momma From The Train
Call Number: VHS01534
by: Danny DeVito; Billy Crystal; Orion Pictures.; Orion Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: NY, NY : Orion Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1987 motion picture. Running Time Aprox 88 min. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary: A bitter ex-husband. A put upon Momma’s boy. Both want their respective spouse and mother dead, but who will pull it off?
OCLC #: 44756929
Added: March 20, 2011
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