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The Monkey People

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Monkey People
Call Number: VHS00212
by Lee Ritenour; Raul Julia;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Westport, CT : Rabbit Ears Productions, 1991.
Notes: Originally aired in 1991? (30 mins.); Nominated for nine Grammy Awards;
Summary: Features Raul Julia telling a folktale about Tepe, a little boy from a prosperous but lazy Amazonian village, who discovers an old man who carves monkeys out of leaves. Eventually, the leaf-monkeys are able to do everything the villagers wish.
OCLC #: 25609836
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Manchurian Candidate

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
 
The Manchurian Candidate
Call Number: VHS00210
by Frank Sinatra; Laurence Harvey; Janet Leigh; Angela Lansbury; Henry Silva; James Gregory; John Frankenheimer; George Axelrod; Richard Condon; United Artists Corporation.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (129 mins.); Based on the novel by Richard Condon; Edition includes original theatrical trailer; Nominated for two 1963 Academy Awards;
Summary: A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning that transform Harvey into a human time bomb.
Also: See the Jonathan Demme-directed The Manchurian Candidate (DVD00139);
OCLC #: 36169542
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Strawberry & Chocolate

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Fresa y chocolate
Call Number: VHS00207
by Robert Redford; Tomás Gutiérrez Alea; Juan Carlos Tabío; Jorge Perugorria; Vladimir Cruz; Mirta Ibarra; Francisco Gatorno; Senel Paz; Miramax Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm); Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.;
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (104 mins.); Based on the story by Senel Paz: El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo; Nominated for one 1995 Academy Award;  
Summary: A young college kid meets a writer and a passionate woman who teach him the things that aren’t taught in school.
OCLC #: 33486149
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Farinelli

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Farinelli
Call Number: VHS00206
by Stefano Dionisi; Enrico Lo Verso; Elsa Zylberstein; Gerard Corbiau; Stephan Films.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Italian and French with English subtitles
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (110 mins.); Nominated for one 1995 Academy Award;
Summary: The true story of a world famous castrato in the 18th century is told. With charisma, talent, drive and success, Farinelli had everything: money, talent, fame, women, and the voice of an angel. He becomes obsessed with earning the respect of his brother’s rival, the composer Handel.
OCLC #: 36205818
Added: October 27, 2008
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Mondo Cane

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Mondo Cane
Call Number: VHS00202
by Gualtiero Jacopetti; Paolo Cavara; Franco Prosperi; Cineriz (Firm); Video Images (Firm); Video Yesteryear (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, ©1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (107 mins.); Nominated for one 1964 Academy Award; Edition contains program card;
Summary: A cinematic compilation of believe-it-or-not vignettes ; the social paradoxes turn mostly upon food and sex. It travels from the “civilized” world to the primitive;
OCLC #: 36817682
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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A Chef in Love

Monday, October 27th, 2008
 
Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti or Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux
Call Number: VHS00194
by Nana Djordjadze; Marc Ruscart; Pierre Richard; Micheline Presle; Nino Kirtadze; Jean-Yves Gautier; Timour Kamkhadze; Irakli Kvirikadze; André Grall; Guiorgui Beridze; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Films du Rivage.; Sept Cinéma (Firm); Studio Adam et Eve.; Studio Babelsberg.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French, Georgian and Russian with English subtitles
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (99 mins.); Nominated for one 1997 Academy Award
Summary: A free-spirited Frenchman’s romantic idyll with a princess in pre-Soviet Georgia is threatened by the barbarism of the Russian revolution.
OCLC #: 55852408
Added: October 27, 2008
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Erin Brockovich

Monday, October 27th, 2008
 
Erin Brockovich
Call Number: VHS00186
by Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher; Steven Soderbergh; Julia Roberts; Albert Finney; Aaron Eckhart; Anne V Coates; Thomas Newman; Susannah Grant; Universal Pictures (Firm); Columbia Pictures.; Jersey Films.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm); DVS Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video ; [Boston] : DVS Home Video, ©2000.
Notes: Originally released in 2000 (132 mins.); Nominated for five 2001 Academy Awards;
Summary: Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a law case against a giant corporation for water pollution. Erin’s determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin a legal fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
OCLC #: 48475754
Added: October 27, 2008
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The King and I

Monday, October 27th, 2008
 
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I
Call Number: VHS00184
by Darryl Francis Zanuck; Deborah Kerr; Yul Brynner; Oscar Hammerstein; Richard Rodgers; Margaret Landon; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Fox Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1956 (133 mins.); Adapted from Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s musical play based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon; Nominated for nine 1957 Academy Awards; Edition is included in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Golden Anniversary series;
Summary: Tells the story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens, who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s.
OCLC #: 43749503
Also: See Anna and the King of Siam (VHS00090);
Added: October 27, 2008
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Z

Monday, October 27th, 2008
 
Z
Call Number: VHS00183 Copy 1
VHS00183 Copy 2
by Yves Montand; Irene Papas; Jean Louis Trintignant;  Costa-Gavras; Vasilēs Vasilikos; Reggane Films.; Axon Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : Axon Video Corp., 1989.; Copy 2: New York, NY : Fox Lorber Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1969 (128 mins.); Nominated for five 1970 Academy Awards; Based on a novel by Vasilēs Vasilikos;
Summary: A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist’s persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
OCLC #: Copy 1: 20405410; Copy 2: 44605126
Added: October 27, 2008
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La Dolce Vita

Monday, October 27th, 2008
The Sweet Life
Call Number: VHS00182 Copy 1
VHS00182 Copy 2
by Federico Fellini; Marcello Mastroianni; Anita Ekberg;
Format: VHS
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: [New York] : Goodtimes Home Video, ©1992.; Copy 2: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1989],
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (174 mins.); Nominated for four 1962 Academy Awards;
Summary: This controversial and award-winning film tells of the decadent life on Rome’s Via Veneto through the eyes a cynical journalist.
OCLC #: 27204547
Added: October 27, 2008
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