Hector Elizondo
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Language
English
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In the mid-1950's, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were persuaded to "name names," and the steep price paid by those who refused. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: René Auberjonois, Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Jack Coleman, Bud Cort, Richard Dreyfuss,...
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As future queen of Genovia, Princess Mia has everything a girl could want -- except the enchanting romance she's always dreamed of. Comic complications rule the day in these stories about finding out who you really are and discovering what it takes to make your dreams come true.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2001
Language
English
Description
For teenager Mia Thermopolis, just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then she receives the shocking news from her grandmother that she is a real-life princess. So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
5) Pretty woman
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English
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Description
A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills--and then falls for her.
Author
Language
English
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Description
The Cherry Orchard (1903) is Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov's final play. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Leonid Gayev, the bizarre and uninspired brother of Madame Ranevskaya. It has since become one of twentieth century theater's most important-and most frequently staged-dramatic works.
After five years of living in...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010], c2010
Language
English
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Description
Follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.
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Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
Princess Mia has just graduated college. She is soon going to take over as Queen of Genovia from her grandmother, Queen Clarisse. However, Mia learns that she must marry in 30 days or forfeit the crown of Genovia to another rightful heir, Nicholas Devereaux. His uncle, Vicount Mabrey is really the one who wants Nicholas to be King. Not trusting Nicholas, Mia picks a decent guy who's sweet and charming and likeable, but can she go through with the...
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Language
English
Description
When comedian Benny Silverman revives his career after years of Hollywood blacklisting, he finds himself eager to forget that 1950s McCarthyism that almost destroyed him. However, when his daughter, Norma, lands a role in a play directed by Leo Greshen (the man who put Benny on the blacklist following his testimony to the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities), Benny once again finds himself facing a moral crisis and sets out to confront Leo.
10) Sonia Flew
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Language
English
Description
Sonia, a Cuban-American, is strongly devoted to her family. She is supported through her husband, Daniel, and her college-age children, Zak and Jen. Being separated from her Cuban parents at a young age, Sonia has yet to reveal her sad past to her family. However, when Zak enlists after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, secrets are revealed, and the bond of a close-knit family threaten to unravel.
11) The Crucible
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Language
English
Description
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft - and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.
About this author: Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright...
12) Safe House
Author
Language
English
Description
Mace Sowell (Patrick Stewart), a retired civil servant, deliberately isolates himself in his home where he is surrounded by state-of-the-art weaponry and hi-tech surveillance equipment. Once an elegant, refined gentleman, Mace now suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Believing Thomas Michael more, a retired Admiral turned presidential candidate, is threatening his life, Mace insists he secretively worked for him as part of an elite,...
14) Frankie & Johnny
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Frankie, a waitress at a N.Y.C. coffee shop, has had a series of hurtful relationships and the last thing she's looking for is a new man. Johnny, an outgoing ex-con hired as the new short-order cook, falls head-over-heels for Frankie, who wants nothing to do with him.
15) Music
Author
Language
English
Description
MUSIC is a wholly original cinematic experience from multiple Grammy®-nominee SIA, exploring the healing power of love and the importance of community.
16) Being Human
Author
Language
English
Description
Robin Williams stars in five unique and intimate tales linked by a common theme: a man's need to find his place in the world. In each tale, a man is set on a journey. Collectively, they experience an odyssey that crosses thousands of years, from Bronze Age wilderness to contemporary metropolis. Each taking a few more steps towards whatever it is that men search for: the sense of belonging that we call home, and the closeness of relationships that...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Language
English
Description
John Woodson is disillusioned and temporarily without direction. Through a mysterious set of coincidences, he finds himself on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls, known as the Celestine Prophecy. The prophecy and its nine key insights, predict a new awakening that will redefine human life and provide a glimpse into a completely spiritual culture on earth. Resistant at first, John finds that with each step he takes and person he meets...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A street-wise detective pursues his friend's murderer to Beverly Hills where he gets involved in a network of smugglers and drug peddlers; undercover agent Foley leaves Detroit to help out his Beverly Hills police friends when one of them is attacked by a vicious killer; Axel is back pursuing killers at LA's Wonder World theme park where he becomes their newest attraction, rescuing children or becoming Okey Dokey, a blue elephant.
20) Runaway bride
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
An unlikely love story developes when a cynical, big-city columnist comes to a small town to cover the story of Maggie Carpenter, a bride who's left men at the altar several times.