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Rumi [videorecording] : bturning ecstatic
a Visionary Media Inc. in association with Radiant Media Inc. and Vision TV ; executive producer, Alberta Nokes ; co-executive producer, Eric Binberg ; producers, Tina Petrova and Stephen Roloff ; directed by Stephen Roloff and Tina Petrova.0
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1 videodisc (ca. 48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The film retraces Tina Petrova's spiritual journey over the past five years -- an experience that began with a near-fatal car crash, and ended with the wondrous discovery of Rumi and the many scholars around the world who illuminate his words and his works today.
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Sadie McKee [videorecording]
Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Lawrence Weingarten ; screenplay by John Meehan ; directed by Clarence Brown.
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
In this rags-to-riches story, Sadie wins the affections of the singer she loves, the tycoon she marries and the lawyer she grew up with.
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Savages [videorecording]
Fox Searchlight Pictures in association with Lone Star Film Group present This Is That production in association with Ad Hominem Enterprises and Cooper's Town Productions ; produced by Anne Carey, Ted Hope, Erica Westheimer ; written by Tamara Jenkins ; directed by Tamara Jenkins.
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father. The siblings are forced to face the struggle with their now personal demons.
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Sense & sensibility [videorecording]
a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production ; written by Andrew Davies ; directed by John Alexander ; produced by Anne Pivcevic.
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2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love?
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The servant [videorecording]
Elstree Distribution Limited presents a Springbok Production ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; produced by Joseph Losey, Norman Priggen ; directed by Joseph Losey.
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
"A pampered playboy acquires an elegant townhouse complete with a dedicated man servant. But when the young man's fiancè becomes suspicious of the servant's intentions, he and his 'sister' thrust the household into a sinister game where seduction is corruption and power becomes the most shocking desire of all."--Container.
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Strange cargo [videorecording]
Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screenplay by Lawrence Hazard ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by Frank Borzage.
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Gritty drama of escaped cons and a dame confronting the elements and each other after a daring prison break.
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Strike up the band [videorecording]
[presented by] MGM ; screenplay by John Monks, Jr. and Fred Finklehoffe ; directed by Busby Berkeley ; produced by Arthur Freed.
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Jimmy and Mary are two talented high school students ready and eager to climb the ladder of success. He's a band leader and she's his lovelorn singer. Together they sing and dance their way to the top, with a few bumps along the way.
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Sweeney Todd [videorecording] : the demon barber of Fleet Street
DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Parkes/MacDonald production ; a Zanuck Company production ; produced by John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter Parkes, Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay by John Logan ; directed by Tim Burton.
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's amorous accomplice who creates diabolical meat pies out of the remains of Mr. Todd's victims.
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There will be blood [videorecording]
Ghoulardi Film Company ; Paramount Vantage ; Miramax Films ; produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar ; screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson ; directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, and the ongoing involvement of Plainview's poker-faced adoptive son. Plainview's rivalry with Eli Sunday, the local preacher.
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Torch song [videorecording]
Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screen play by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig ; produced by Henry Berman and Sidney Franklin ; directed by Charles Walters.
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A hard as nails Broadway musical star who chews up people for lunch learns humility and finds love in the arms of a blind pianist.
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Torchwood. The complete first season [videorecording]
British Broadcasting Corporation ; executive producers, Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner ; producer, Richard Stokes ; written by Russell T. Davies ... [et al.] ; directed by Brian Kelly ... [et al.].
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7 videodiscs (ca. 637 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Led by Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, the team responds to any alien threat-- a meteorite crash landing, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, an unusual autopsy report, the spread of a deadly alien virus. Everyone who works for Torchwood is under 35. Some day that's because it's a new science-- others say it's because they die young.
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The trial [videorecording]
Alexander Salkind presents ; a co-production with Paris-Europa Productions (Paris), HISA-Films (Munich), Fl. C. IT (Rome) ; [written and directed by Orson Welles].
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
A man awakens one morning to find himself arrested for undisclosed charges. To uncover the reasons behind his charges and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the facade of the judicial systems, all to no avail.
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