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61) King of Kings
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Portrays the life of Jesus Christ from his birth to his crucifixion.
62) Lillian Russell
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Alice Faye stars in the life story of turn-of-the-century musical star Lillian Russell.
65) Sheriff
Series
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"This segment is the first of the series and chronicles the everyday work world of Sheriff Ronald E. Hewitt in the rural Southern community of Brunswick County, North Carolina. Heading up what used to be a backwards, backwoods department, Hewett strives to maintain order and civility in a region fraught with murder, robbery, and the occasional theft of ceramic lawn ornaments. To accomplish this impossible task, Hewett uses the only tools at his...
67) Mary Cassatt
Publisher
Kultur International
Pub. Date
[2006], c2001
Language
English
Description
Children and naturalism are the hallmarks of Mary Cassatt's work during the 1880's and 1890's.
Publisher
View Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of one of Jazz's all-time great pianists, Oscar Peterson; a technical virtuoso and master of swing whose life has been shaped by his own extraordinary talent and driving ambition. Includes vintage and contemporary performances, archival footage and interviews with Oscar Peterson and a cast of jazz greats.
70) Buck
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
73) Dalí in New York
Publisher
Sunrise Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Filmmaker Jack Bond and Salvador Dalí got together at Christmas 1965 to make Dalí in New York, a highly entertaining film. Dalí devoted two weeks of his life to creating extraordinary scenes for the film, performing "manifestations" with a plaster cast, a thousand ants and one million dollars in cash..." --container.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Program 5. This was the most turbulent period in American history, a time of extremes: the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. As the 20's came to a dreadful close and the country struggled through the 30's, America's greatest collection of writers, known collectively as "the lost generation," set a new standard for American literature.
Program 6. Through the dark years of WWII and in its aftermath, America entered the technological age. The...
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Program 3. After the Civil War the modern American novel took shape ... It was led by Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain and Henry James. It was also the time that the American literary voice came from everyone and from everywhere.
Program 4. During this time frame America lost its innocence. Its writers now began to struggle with the problems that accompanied modernization and industrialization. It was also the beginning of the lost generation of American...
77) Capote
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, explores the events behind the creation of Truman Capote's book "In cold blood" when he went to a small Kansas town to write an article for the New Yorker on a multiple murder.
80) Vernon, Florida
Language
English
Formats
Description
Errol Morris' second feature reveals just how interesting and eccentric the residents of a small town can be. Featured are a turtle keeper, a worm farmer, and most memorably, an extremely enthusiastic turkey hunter.
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