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NOTE:  This list is currently under construction and undergoes periodic update for new titles added.

 

Talking Book Library Descriptive Video Collection

The Talking Book Library at the Worcester Public Library circulates a collection of home videos with audio description to borrowers who are registered, active users of the Talking Book Library. These videos have an additional sound track which is used to recount visual elements of the program without interfering with the program’s narration, dialogue or sound effects. The videos are used with a regular VHS video cassette player (VCR) and a television. The library does not provide or loan VCRs or television sets.

Audio description is intended to benefit people who are blind or visually impaired. Individuals who are physically disabled or learning disabled are advised that they would probably not benefit from audio description.

The TBL DVS® collection contains over 230 titles, including movie dramas, comedy, musicals, Disney productions, children’s films and popular Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television programs. Additional titles are added periodically. A list of DVS titles is available in large print, braille format and on the Talking Book Library’s home page (www.worcpublib.org/talkingbook) .

For further information about the TBL descriptive video collection, please call the Talking Book Library at 508-799-1730 or toll-free at 1-800-762-0085.

Descriptive Video Service (DVS®), is a non-profit organization begun in 1990 by the WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston), which produces public television programs. In addition to producing described home videos, DVS is also available on a select number of broadcast and cable television programs, e.g. Channel 2, Channel 44. The SAP channel must be selected on the viewer’s television set or video cassette recorder in order to activate the audio description feature for broadcast/cable programs.

There is no cost to use this service unless a video is lost or damaged. The videos are mailed to and from the library as "Free Matter for the Blind or Physically Handicapped."

The videos are available for loan to registered, active users of the Talking Book Library. Each customer may borrow one  DVS title at a time. The loan period is 14 days.

DVS home videos are also available for purchase. To request a Guide/Catalog of DVS Videos available for purchase, call toll free 1-888-818-1999 for a catalog in large print format, or 1-888-818-1181 for a catalog in braille format. To hear an audio version of the DVS Home Video Catalogue, or to obtain information about DVS, call toll free 1-800-333-1203.

Check out the latest DVS information on the DVS home page on the Internet at http://www.wgbh.org/dvs Internet users can contact DVS at dvs@wgbh.org

 

Loan Policy for Talking Book Library Descriptive Videos

Tips for Home Video Care

Videos will melt; please remember not to place them near heaters and radiators.

The heat of a closed car or direct sunlight is a major cause of video damage.

Magnetic or electro-magnetic fields may damage videos.

Please, do not place videos on top of TV sets or stereo speakers; or near electric motors.

Please, remember that dust, dirt, food particles, and liquids will all cause damage if they get inside the video cassette.

Condensation on the tape will keep it from playing. Allow videos to warm to room temperature before inserting in the video cassette player.

Descriptive Video Collection

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39 STEPS - 1935    Rated NR          83 MIN
Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is a Canadian rancher on vacation in London who sees a vaudeville act at the Palladium in which Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson) draws on his photographic memory to answer questions posed by the audience. When a shot rings out in the theater a frightened young woman approaches Hannay and asks for his help. The woman claims that foreign spies who plan to smuggle valuable military secrets out of the country are after her, and when she herself is later killed, Hannay finds himself both framed as the man responsible for her death as well as the next potential victim of the spy ring. Traversing through rural Scotland, on the run from both the police and the spies, Hannay finds himself attached to a cool but reluctant blonde, and together they have to figure out the meaning of the woman's last words and bring down the spy ring before the precious military secrets are smuggled abroad. THE THIRTY NINE STEPS is the film that established Hitchcock as the master of the mystery spy-thriller.
Stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Caroll.  Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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101 DALMATIANS - 1961    Rated G          79 MIN    ANIMATED VERSION
A lovable litter of puppies, an enchanting London setting and animation's most flamboyant vileness all add up to 101 Dalmatians, one of Disney's all-time greatest classics!   The fun starts the moment Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita settle into their owners' flat to become proud parents of 15 precocious pups.  It's one big happy dog family-until the outrageous Cruela De Vil kidnaps the puppies, along with every other Dalmatian in the city!  Now it's up to Pongo and Perdita, using the magic of "the twilight bark," to unite the entire animal population in a thrilling mission to help the courageous pups outsmart their evil captor.  Bring home all 101 Dalmatians and rediscover the excitement, the love and the laughter of this timeless Disney treasure!

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ADDAMS FAMILY - 1992    Rated PG13          102 MIN
When long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Angelica Huston) plan a celebration to wake the dead.  But Wednesday (Christina Ricci) barely has time to warm up her electric chair before Thing points out Fester's uncommonly "normal" behavior.   Could this Fester be a fake, part of an evil scheme to raid the Addams fortune?    Based on Charles Addams' beloved cartoons and following the success of the hit TV series, The Addams Family is a visual funhouse, packed with plenty of treats, trick and turns by director Barry Sonnenfeld.
Stars Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd.  Directed by Barry Sonnefeld.

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AFFAIRS OF THE HEART (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS - PBS) - 1990    Rated NR     60 MIN    Narrated by Alan Alda.  Viewers are taken into the operating room to witness amazing advances in the repair and replacement of the hard working heart.

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AFRICAN QUEEN - 1951    Rated - NR         104 MIN
Filmed in the African jungle John Huston's legendary World War I classic, which earned Humphrey Bogart a Best Actor Oscar is an entertaining mix of romance, comedy and adventure.  A gin-loving river trader (Bogart) rescues an abandoned missionary (Katherine Hepburn) on the war-torn "African Queen."  Their perilous escape turns into an outright battle against nature, the Germans and finally each other as the tempestuous pair realize they've fallen in love

Stars Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotel, Peter Swanwick, and Richard Marner.  Directed by John Huston

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AFRICANS IN AMERICA: Volume 1 - The Terrible Transformation - 1998    Rated G     90 MIN
This episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history.  After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system of racial slavery, which generates profits that ensure the colonies' growth and survival.  This series takes viewers on a journey through the birth of America-from Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Civil War in 1861-and shows the dramatic impact of the struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping the country.  Angela Bassett narrates the series.

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AFRICANS IN AMERICA: Volume 2  - Revolution - 1998      Rated G     90 MIN
While the American colonies challenge Britain for independence, American slavery is challenged from within as men and women fight to define what America will be.  When the War of Independence is won, black people, both enslaved and free, siege on the language of freedom even while the new nation's Constitution codifies slavery and oppression as a national way of life.    This series takes viewers on a journey through the birth of America-from Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Civil War in 1861-and shows the dramatic impact of the struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping the country.  Angela Bassett narrates the series.

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AFRICANS IN AMERICA:  Volume 3 - Brotherly Love - 1998     Rated G     90 MIN
In Philadelphia, during the first 50 years of the new nation, freedmen and fugitive slaves push the country to live up to the promises made in it Constitution.  But with the invention of the cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions through out the southern United Sates.   This series takes viewers on a journey through the birth of America-from Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Civil War in 1861-and shows the dramatic impact of the struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping the country.  Angela Bassett narrates the series.

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AFRICANS IN AMERICA:  Volume 4 - Judgement Day - 1998     Rated G     90 MIN
As the nation expands westward, slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life.   Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before.  When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage.  This series takes viewers on a journey through the birth of America-from Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Civil War in 1861-and shows the dramatic impact of the struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping the country.  Angela Bassett narrates the series.

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ALADDIN - 1992     Rated G     90 MIN     ANIMATED VERSION
Soar away on a magic carpet ride of nonstop enchantment in the most spectacular animated adventure of all time!  Embraced by critics and audiences of all ages, Disney's Aladdin became the #1 film of the year, winning 2 Academy Awards for Best Song, "A whole New World"(Alan Mennen, Tim Rice) and Best Score (Alan Menken).  Set in the mythical city of Agraabah, the story follows a street-smart peasant, Aladdin, and his mischievous pet monkey, Abu.  Aladdin, falls in love with the free-spirited Princess Jasmin - despite a law that say she can only wed a royal suitor!  His luck changes with one rub of the lamp, releasing the shape-shifting, fun-loving, wish-giving Genie who turns him into a Prince!  But the evil sorcerer, Jafar, and his wisecracking parrot, lago, also crave the lamp's power.  If Aladdin is to defeat them and win Jasmine's heart, he must learn to be himself and that's one wish the Genie can't grant!   With a magical mix of delightful Disney characters, breathtaking Disney artistry, and playful humor, "you couldn't wish for a more wonderful film!" (Joel Siegel, ABC-TV)  Now enjoy all the phenomenal fun of Aladdin..anytime you wish!

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ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP - 1952   Rated NR    62 MIN
When handsome young Aladdin meets the spoiled but spirited, and breathtakingly beautiful Princess Boudoir, it's love at first sight - for both of them.  But the Sultan of Baghdad has other marital plans for his highly eligible daughter than a mere commoner.   Enter a mysterious magician who promises to smooth the way of true love if Aladdin will retrieve an old lamp for him.  The youth obliges, and discovers there's more to the lamp than meets the eye - a lot more!  Aladdin And His Magic Lamp is a delightful, tongue-in-cheek rendering of scheherazade's classic fable from the Arabian Nights and offers fine family  entertainment.

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ALGIERS -  1938    Rated NR    95 MIN
Up in the Casbah, Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) reigns like a prince:  elegant boulevardier one moment, and efficient gang leader the next; warned in advance of any attempt by the police to arrest him.  He has everything... except his freedom.   Because below, the modern city of Algiers Pepe le Moko is a badly wanted criminal with no place to hide.  Confined to the Casbah, he dreams of returning to Paris.   Then he meets an alluring Parisienne (Hedy Lamarr) on her way home, and decides to go with her.  However, to reach the ship, he must cross the modern city.  And the police are watching for him.  A true classic.
Stars Charles Boyer, Peter Lorre and Hedy Lamar.  Directed by John Cromwell.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND - 1951    Rated G     75 MIN     ANIMATED VERSION
In the hands of Disney's extraordinary animation artists, Lewis Carroll's immortal literary classic comes to life like never before!  The surprises begin when a daydreaming Alice encounters a White Rabbit who is frantically running late.  She chases him and falls into the magical, madcap world of Wonderland with its kaleidoscope of off-the-wall characters including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Cheshire Cat, and the manic Mad Hatter and March Hare, who invite her to a memorable tea party!  The crowing confrontation begins when Alice meets the notorious Queen of Hearts and her enchanted desk of playing cards.  Tricked into a curious game of croquet, Alice, and her patience, end up on trial.  Is there no escape from this whimsical escapade?   Filled with fantasy and topsy-turvy fun, Alice in Wonderland is teeming with spectacular songs and astounding animation in the highest Disney tradition!

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ALIEN - 1979     Rated R    116 MIN
"Alien" is the first movie of one of the most popular sagas in science fiction history, and introduces Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the iron-willed woman destined to battle the galaxy's ultimate creature.  The terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet, and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind.  One by one, each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left, leading to an explosive conclusion that sets the stage for its stunning sequel, "Aliens."
Stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto.  Directed by Ridley Scott.

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ALONE ON THE ICE:  The Story of Admiral Richard Byrd -  1998    Rated NR    60 MIN
In June 1934, as temperatures dropped to 70 degrees below zero, Richard Byrd lay alone in a tiny hut near the South Pole, close to death.  No one had ever experienced winter in the interior of Antarctica.  Desperately ill, Byrd made a note in his diary:   Fully expect to die.  In an age of heroes, he was one of the world's greatest.   An explorer, aviation pioneer and scientist,  Byrd was also an egotist, risk-taker - and his critics claim, a self-promoter who took credit for the accomplishments of others.  Byrd became an international hero after he claimed to have made the first flight over the North Pole.  But some questioned whether he had really made it.  Undeterred, Byrd set out for Antarctica, where he would be the first to fly over the South Pole.  Then, with no poles left to conquer, he secretly planned a dramatic feat:  enduring the winter alone on the polar ice.  Drawing on compelling archival footage, interviews with family members, colleagues and historians, and a rich musical score, Alone on the Ice tells the remarkable story of America's most famous, and controversial polar explorer.

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AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER  - 1956    NR    103 MIN
To avoid potential problems, a U.S. Senator wants to make 1950s Paris off-limits to American servicemen posted in Europe.  But the U.S. Ambassador is opposed to the idea.  To settle the issue, they decide to test the true character of the American G.I.   The lucky soldier gets a date with a lovely Dior fashion model.  What he doesn't know is that she's also the ambassador's daughter.  Stars Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Arnold.  Directed by Norman Krasna.

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AMELIA EARHART (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS)  -  1993    Rated NR     60 MIN
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, and the first to cross the North American continent alone.  Her exploits as an aviator, her beauty an intelligence, her independence and charm made her a national heroine.  Seemingly invincible, Earhart tirelessly traveled and lectured, a champion of aviation and equal opportunity for women.  But her cheering public didn't know the cost of her courage. The record-breaking flights, the aerial exhibitions and races, and endless speeches and promotional commitments, together with household responsibilities, health problems, and financial worries, combined to push Earhart to the point of exhaustion.  In 1937, while attempting to circle the earth along the equator on an east-west flight, her plane disappeared without a trace, transforming the "First Lady of the Air" into an American legend.

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AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST:  DECEIT AND INDIFFERENCE  (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) -  1993    Rated NR    90 MIN
Beginning with the tragic events of Kristallnacht in 1938 and extending through the liberation of the death camps in 1945, "America and the Holocaust" explores the painful and difficult story of America's response to the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators.  Using interviews, archival photos and documents, and home movies and film from the time, the program traces the tragic story of America's inaction on two levels:  through the experiences of Kurt Klein, a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of the U.S. government's official policy.  As early as 1942, validated stories of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews surfaced in Washington.  Yet a "paper wall" of bureaucratic red tape and an isolationist and anti-Semitic political climate obstructed the emigration of Jewish refugees.  When a coalition of forces led by Robert Morganthau and Will Rogers, Jr. forced President Roosevelt to recognize the crisis and to act, the War Refugee Board was finally created in 1944.  While it was able to save 200,000 lives, it was too little, too late for many Jewish refugees including Kurt Klein's parents. 

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AMERICA 1900: Volume One  (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) -  1998    Rated G      75 MIN
It was the dawn of "the American century," a time of optimism, progress and tremendous confidence.  Yet the 19th century's final year - 1900 - would prove to be a dramatic turning point.   American troops are sent to fight overseas for the first time, a public debate rages over sex and morality, racial tensions threaten to explode, and the dizzying pace of technological change propels everyone into an unknown future.  Featuring remarkable archival film and photographs, a rich musical score, America 1900 traces the celebrations and climactic moments of this pivotal year in the life of a nation.  From a devastating hurricane in Texas to the birth of ragtime in the Midwest, from a tragic mine explosion in Utah to the start of a national wilderness craze, this chronicle of American examines the forces that would come to shape our own century.  America 1900 resonates today.  As we face a new century, the struggles and dreams of Americans one hundred year ago turn out to be a remarkably close to our own.

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AMERICAN  - 1998    Rated NR    90 MIN
Paris in the 1860s.  Christopher Newman is a wealthy self-made American who comes to Paris and meets and falls in love with a beautiful but troubled young widow:  Claire de Cintre.  Christopher is intrigued by her but is thwarted at every attempt to meet her by her protective and stifling family.  Through friendship with Claire's brother, Valentine, and the help of the family servant, Mrs. Bread. Christopher is eventually granted a few visits to the ancient and claustrophobic Bellegarde home.  The Bellgardes, however, disapprove of this brash parvenu and he stands no chance whatsoever of any union with Claire.  Claire's mother, Madame de Bellegarde, has a dark secret which Christopher discovers and he uses it as a tool to pry Claire out of her mother's clutches.  He has, however, underestimated the hold that Madame de Bellegarde has over Claire.
Stars Matthew Modine, Aisling O'Sullivan, Diana Rigg and Brenda Fricker.  Directed by Paul Unwin.

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AMERICAN EMPIRE  - 1942    Rated NR    82 MIN
On the Louisiana-Texas border shortly after the Civil War, two ambitious riverboat owners seize an opportunity to become cattlemen.  With seemingly unlimited range and growing demand for beef, their success is assured.  While one partner (Richard Dix) is happy to enjoy it, the other (Preston Foster) becomes obsessed with a dream:  to build a ranch so vast it will be an American Empire.  But the dream attracts the interest of a cheerful Cajun rustler (Leo Carillo) with grandiose ambitions of his own.   Colorful character, cowboys and gunfighters abound in this rousing frontier tale.
Stars Richard Dix, Preston Foster, and Leo Carillo.  Directed by William McGann.

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AMISTAD - 1998    Rated R    155 MIN
Steven Spielberg's debut film for Dream Works Pictures, "Amistad" stars a distinguished cast led by Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou and Matthew McConaughey.  Earning acclaim for its filmmaking and power Amistad was honored with four Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Hopkins), Best Music, Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography.  Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enclosed Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland.  When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison.  An enthralling battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice system.  But for the men and women on trial, it is simply a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom.
Stars Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, and Stellan Skarsgard.  Directed by Steven Spielberg.

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ANAMALAI INDIA'S ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN (LIVING EDENS - PBS)  - 2000  Rated NR   60 MIN
Anamalai:  India's Elephant Mountain. Rising up from the hot dusty plains of Southern India is a mountain range called Anamalai - which means The Elephant Mountain.   Through this Living Eden of lush tropical forests and high grasslands, elephant herds roam free and unmolested - the masters of all they survey.  Considered to be the  living incarnation of the Hindu God Ganesh, the Asian Elephant is revered as the Lord of Protection and all animals, from the mighty tiger to the humblest tree frog fall beneath its benevolent authority.  This intimate portrait of life in Anamalai begins with the birth of a baby elephant, following it through its first year of life - beneath the ever-watchful eye of its mother and its great extended family.  This is also the story of the other animals that share this mountain sanctuary and the role of the elephant in creating and maintaining their unique Eden.  Narrated by Anne Bancroft.

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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:  The Guitar Player (Episode 3)  Rated  NR 26 MIN --AVAILABLE BY MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.
Andy tries to get a local guitar player a job with a band.  Written by Jack Elinso and Charles Stewart.  Directed by Don Weis.  Stars:  Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor; Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor; Don Knotts as Barney Fife; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor; Jonathan Hole as Orille Monroe; Connie Van as waitress; Dub Taylor as Talbot, the postman; Henry Slate as Bobby Fleet; James Best as Jim Lindsey.

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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:  The Manhunt  (Episode 2).  Rated  NR 26 MIN --AVAILABLE BY MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.
An entire regiment of state police come to Mayberry on a manhunt.  Written by Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart.  Directed by Don Weis.  Stars:  Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor; Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor; Don Knotts as Barney Fife; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor; Cheerio Meredith as Emma Brand, Ken Lynch as Captain Barker, Mike Steen as Officer Morgan, Lillian Culver as Mrs. Fife, Norman Leavitt as Cal, Frank Gerstle as Dirkson.

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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:  The New Housekeeper (Episode 1)   Rated  NR 26 MIN --AVAILABLE BY MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.
The Taylor's housekeeper leaves and is replaced by Aunt Bee.   Written by Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart.  Directed by Sheldon Leonard.  Stars:  Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor; Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor; Don Knotts as Barney Fife; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor; Cheerio Meredith as Emma Brand, Frank Ferguson as Wilbur Pines, Mary Treen as Rose.

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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:  Opie's Charity  (Episode 5)    Rated  NR 26 MIN --AVAILABLE BY MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.
Andy tries to get Opie to give more generously to a local charity.  Written by Arthur Stander.  Directed by Don Weis.  Stars:  Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor; Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor; Don Knotts as Barney Fife; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor;  Stuart Erwin as Tom Silby, Lurene Tuttle as Annabelle Silby.

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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:  Runaway Kid  (Episode 4)    Rated  NR 26 MIN --AVAILABLE BY MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.
Opie invites a runaway boy to stay at the Taylor house.  Written by Arthur Stander.  Directed by Don Weis.  Stars:  Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor; Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor; Don Knotts as Barney Fife; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor;  Pat Rosson as George, Pat Losby as Tommy, Dennis Holmes as Steve.

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ANGEL AND THE BADMAN  - 1947    Rated NR    101 MIN
Wounded and on the run from a gang he's just double-crossed, desperado Quirt Evans (John Wayne) is taken in by a Quaker family.  Their comely daughter (Gail Russell) soon falls in love with him, and he can't help loving her back.  When she begs him to put away his sex-gun and marry her, he agrees.  But as Angel And the Badman prepare to settle down together, the leader of the gang (Bruce Cabot) turns up, bent on vengeance.   And a showdown becomes inevitable.  Russell shines as the idealistic Quaker girl.  And Wayne gives his best performance since Stagecoach.
Stars John Wayne, Gail Russell, Bruce Cabot and Harry Carey.  Directed by James Edward Grant.

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ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER - 1946    Rated NR    102 MIN
The first thing Eddie Kagel does when he's released from the pen is get bumped off by a member of his gang.  His new landlord soon makes him an offer he can't refuse:   an opportunity to go back and revenge himself on his killer.  All Eddie has to do is take over the body of a respected judge and ruin the good man's reputation.   Angel On My Shoulder is a humorous, heart-warming tale about the redemption of a gangster who gets a second chance at life and love.
Stars Paul Muni, Anne Baxter and Claude Rains.  Directed by Archie Mayo.

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ANIMAL FARM -  1955     Rated NR     75 MIN     ANIMATED
Ill-treated by a cruel master, the animals on Manor Farm rise up and revolt, expelling the farmer and turning the property into a communal utopia where the animals are free to work for themselves, and humans are not allowed.  But after the pigs assume control, the revolution sours and the other animals soon find themselves  even worst off than before on Animal Farm.  Exploited beyond their endurance they must choose either to submit to this new tyranny or revolt again to restore their utopian vision.  A superb animated adaptation of George Orwell's famous fable about the dream of socialism.

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ANNA KARENINA - 1948     Rated NR     111 MIN
In the Russia of Tolstoy and the Tsars, high society is highly sophisticated:   romantic liaisons are winked at - provided they remain properly discreet.  But when the beautiful wife of an important government official falls hopelessly in love with a handsome young cavalry officer, and he with her, discretion flies to the wind.  To be with the man she loves, Anna Karenina risks everything:  marriage, family, position, reputation.  This lavish production of Tolstoy's classic story.
Stars Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson. 

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ANNE OF AVONLEA  - 1988    Rated NR    224 MIN
In this award winning motion picture, actress Megan Follows delivers a captivating performance as Anne Shirley, the irrepressible high-spirited  redhead.  She's feisty, determined, enthusiastic and overwhelmingly romantic!  As an independent young woman with high hopes and dreams, Anne gains new insights about love, friendship and the ways of the world.  With a knack for trouble and misadventures, her irresistible spunk steals everyone's heart in this humorous, heartwarming tale!  Emmy Award  winner Colleen Dewhurst (TV's Murphy Brown, Annie Hall) and Academy Award winner Dame Wendy Hiller (Separate Tables, The Elephant Man) join an exceptional cast in the critically acclaimed sequel to the Emmy Award-winning Anne of Green Gables.
Stars Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst and Dame Wendy Hiller.  Directed by Kevin Sullivan.

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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES  - 1985    Rated NR    199 MIN
Family drama about Anne Shirley, following her struggles as a teenager through her triumphs as a young woman.
Stars Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst and Richard Farnsworth.  Directed by Kevin Sullivan.

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ANTZ -  1998     Rated PG     83 MIN     ANIMATED
With a superstar cast and breakthrough visual effects, DreamWorks' spectacular comedy adventure, Antz became "king of the hill" with audiences and movie critics alike.  Everyone digs Antz!  Life is no picnic for Z (Woody Allen), a small worker ant with some very big ideas whose chances of landing the beautiful Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) are literally one in a billion.  But when Z convinces his soldier ant buddy (Sylvester Stallone) to switch places with him, his simple life takes a wild turn.   From his battles in the termite war to his search for "Insectopia", Z's adventures land him in a final confrontation with the ruthless General Mandible (Gene Hackman) who has planned to liquidate the colony. Once the most insignificant of workers, Z may just turn out to be the biggest hero of the them all!
Stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone and Gene Hackman.  Directed by Erick Darnell and Tim Johnson.

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APOLLO 13 - 1995     Rated PG    140 MIN
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the Moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight - until these words pierced the immense void of space:  "Houston, we have a problem."  Ron Howard directs Academy Award winner Toms Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan in a riveting suspense-thriller from Imagine Entertainment.  Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovel (Hanks), Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive.  Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly (Sinise), flight director Gene Dranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home.   It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage, faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it is true!
Stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.   Directed by Ron Howard.

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APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ - 1974     Rated PG    120 MIN
Set in 1948 Montreal in a Jewish ghetto, a young Dreyfuss gives an excellent performance as the title character who suffers through years of self-abuse in an effort to become something of substance. Constantly reinforcing the low self-image created by his peers, Kravitz entertains thoughts of riches and glamour. His failed entrepreneurial efforts lead him not to success as he hopes but alienate him from those who can help. The book by Mordecai Richler was published in 1959 and caused a huge stir among the Jewish community who were angry at what they perceived to be negative depictions of Jewish people.stars in this comic tale of a young hustler filled with drive, dreams and determination to become a somebody.
Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Jack Warden, and Randy Quaid.   Directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 72 DAYS (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS)  - 1997    Rated NR    60 MIN
The American Experience: Around the World in 72 days is the story of a remarkably ambitious woman who, in an era of Victorian reserve, became a household name by doing things a woman wasn't supposed to do.  By the time Nellie Bly embarked on the trip that would make her famous, she had already made a  name for herself as on e of Joseph Pulitzer's top reporters, writing the stories that captured the imagination of the newspaper readers.   Her 1887 undercover expose of life in a madhouse put her on journalism's center stage.  Over the next two years Bly assumed a number of guises:  a domestic employee, a chorus girl, an unwed mother.  Her exploits titillated readers and earned her a reputation for fearlessness.  In the process, she changed the way news was gathered and reported.  But none of bly 's adventures prepared her for the most demanding stunt of all - an around the world trip in record time.  As she circled the globe, reader across the country followed her every move.  By the time the race was over, Nellie Bly was the most famous reporter in America.

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ARROW - 1957    Rated NR    94 MIN
In the late 1950s, as the Cold War got colder, a team of Canadian designers and engineers created a marvel:  a supersonic jet fighter with the potential to shatter all existing speed and altitude records, and make Canada a leader in the rapidly growing aviation industry.  In the Arrow as the delta-winged jet begins to demonstrate its awesome potential, its future is threatened by cost overruns, shifting military strategies, and political interests bent on shooting down the whole project.  The team fights to keep the dream alive even as Government-appointed "destroy and dispose" squads arrive to obliterate everything they've created.  Based on a true story.

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ARTHUR MAKES THE TEAM - 1998    Rated G    30 MIN     ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR MAKES THE TEAM.  It's baseball season, as Arthur and the gang all sign up to play.   Coach Frensky's challenge is to work with a team where everyone wants to pitch-and no one knows the meaning of the word "teamwork".  MEEK FOR A WEEK.   Muffy bet Francince that she can't be nice to everyone for a whole week.   Francine has to keep the bet a secret.  The trouble is, the gang begins to worry that Francine isn't herself.

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ARTHUR WRITES A STORY -  1997    Rated G     30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR WRITES A STORY.  Struggling with a school writing assignment, Arthur decides that all he needs is a little imagination to make his life sound more interesting than it really is.   But he crosses the line when the story of how he got his puppy starts to involve invisible elephants and trips to outer space.   LOCKED IN THE LIBRARY.  If only Arthur hadn't called Francine a marshmallow!  Now they are locked inside the Elmwood City Library together, and they either have to make up or face the long, scary night alone.

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ARTHUR’S BABY -  1997     Rated G     30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S BABY.   Arthur is not so sure he's ready for a new baby in the house.  As the months fly by, Arthur imagines how his life is about to change-and it isn't a pretty picture.   When the baby is finally does arrive, it seems as if she doesn't like Arthur very much either-or does she?  D.W.'S BABY.  Living with a baby is no picnic.   No one ever told D.W. that babies cry all the time, throw up on your clothes and get all the attention.  Just how long will Baby Kate hang around, anyway?

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ARTHUR’S CHICKEN POX - 1998    Rated  G      30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMS, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARHTUR'S CHICKEN POX.  The circus is in town and the whole family is excited.  Dad gets the tickets, Mom gets film for the camera, and Arthur gets chicken pox!  D.W. is jealous of all the attention he is getting.  But will Arthur recover in time for the circus?  ARTHUR AND THE TRUE FRANCINE.  Despite their differences, Muffy and Francine are absolute best friends.  it seems nothing can come between them - until Muffy cheats on a math test and lets Francine take the blame.

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ARTHUR’S EYES - 1997     Rated G     30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S EYES.   For some reason, Arthur isn't doing very well in school anymore.  Maybe he just needs glasses.  Problem is, he doesn't want to be seen wearing them.  Don't look now, but it appears as if Arthur's started a trend!  FRANCINE'S BAD HAIR DAY.   It's school picture day, and Muffy has been working some magic on her best friend.   is that really Francine in a dress?  Or is it some curly-haired look-alike?

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ARTHUR’S FIRST SLEEPOVER - 1997    Rated  G      30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!   ARHTUR'S FIRST SLEEPOVER.  When D.W. finds out she's not part of the sleepover, she gets angry and decides to have some fun of her own- with the help of some friendly aliens.  But who will have the last laugh-Arthur and his friends, D.W., or the "aliens"?   ARTHUR'S LOST DOG.  Arthur is the only one who believes in the superior intelligence of his dog.  Pal.  But even Arthur doesn't understand when Pal runs away.  Is Pal unhappy at home-or does his disappearance have something to do with Baby  Kate's hysterics?

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ARTHUR’S LOST LIBRARY BOOK -1997    Rated  G      30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S LOST LIBRARY BOOK.  Arthur was the first to take out the new Scare-Your-Pants-Off book from the library.  A week later, he can't seem to figure out where he put it.   Something's weird.  it couldn't have just walked off!  Or could it!   D.W.'S IMAGINARY FRIEND.  Someone only D.W. can see has moved in with the Reads.  Her name is Nadine, and she follows D.W. everywhere.  But when D.W. insists on bringing Nadine to the Amusement park, Arthur flips out.  Must he be embarrassed by D.W. in front of all of his friends?

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ARTHUR’S NEW PUPPY - 1998     Rated G     30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S NEW PUPPY.  Arthur's new puppy, Pal, is exactly what he wanted.  He's cute and he follows Arthur everywhere.  But training Pal is a log harder than Arthur thought.   Can he teach Pal to behave-or will he have to say good-bye to him forever?    BUSTER'S DINO DILEMMA.  Buster and Arthur are excited about the class fossil-hunting field trip.   On his own, Buster discovers a very interesting bone.  Is it the remains of a dinosaur-or someone's leftover dinner?

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ARTHUR’S PET BUSINESS - 1997     Rated G      30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S PET BUSINESS.   How can Arthur prove to his parents that he's ready to take care of a puppy of his own?  "get a job!" suggests D.W.  Within two days, Arthur's pet business has its first client.  meet Jaws-a.k.a. "Perky."   Can Arthur really care for a canine that comes with her own pet food recipes- and a long list of pet peeves, too?   D.W. THE COPYCAT.  D.W.'s going through yet another personality change.  This time she wants to be just like Arthur.  She walks like him, she talks like him, and she follows him wherever he goes.  How can Arthur persuade D.W. that the world is only big enough for one Arthur?

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ARTHUR’S TEACHER TROUBLE - 1997    Rated  G    30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S TEACHER TROUBLE.  It's the first day of third grade, and Arthur's biggest fear has come true.  His new teacher is the dreaded Mr. Ratburn-a man who is rumored to eat nails for breakfast, to turn into a  vampire at night, and to give homework everyday!     ARTHUR'S SPELLING TROUBLE.  It's that time again-the annual all-school Spell-a-thon.  Arthur, Prunella, and The Brain have been chosen to compete.  If that doesn't spell trouble, what does?

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ARTHUR’S TOOTH - 1998    Rated  G    30 MIN    ANIMATED
You know him as the star of books, CD-ROMs, and his very own TV show!  Now the lovable aardvark created by Marc Brown is the star of a fabulous home video series!   With two great adventures on one video and a cool intermission that features real-life Arthur fans, Arthur is twice as much fun as he's ever been!  ARTHUR'S TOOTH.   Everyone in the class has lost a tooth except Arthur.  When he finally has a loose tooth, he tries everything to get it out, but it won't budge.  And to make things worse, Francine just won't quit teasing him about it!  Will Arthur have to go through life with a mouthful of baby teeth?  SICK AS A DOG.  Arthur's dog, Pal, is sick and has to spend the night at the vet's.  Arthur is sure it's D.W.'s fault.   Or could it be the hot dogs and a Halloween candy Arthur's been feeding him?

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AS YOU LIKE IT  - 1936    Rated NR    96 MIN
In this fast-paced rollicking romp from the Bard of Avon, the fair Rosalind is forced to flee from her evil uncle, the Duke.  Disguised as a youth, she escapes to the forest with her devoted cousin and Touchstone, the court clown.  There she meet another fugitive from an unjust relative, the handsome and charming Orlando.  Complications multiply rapidly.  But all, in the end, turns out As You Like It.  This Shakespeare favorite features a fine ensemble cast.  "all the world's a stage," as Touchstone observes, "And all the men and women merely players."
Stars Laurence Oliver, Elisabeth Bergner and Sophie Stewart.  Directed by Paul Czinner.

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B-29 FROZEN IN TIME (NOVA - PBS) - 1996    Rated NR    60 MIN
Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refry a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.   Gleaming like a jewel, the is well preserved bomber from Word War II rests on the Arctic tundra where it was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947.  This plane has long been a legend, and now, facing incredible hardship, a team of adventurers struggle to bring the frozen warlord back to life.  Nova follows bold pilot Darryl Grenadier and his team on two expeditions to revive Eke Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and harshest environments on Earth.  Despite severe weather, illness and difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994, Grenadier returns in May 1995 with a larger crew, a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to bring Kee Bird back to life and back home.

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BABE - 1995    Rated G    92 MIN
This is the story of an unprejudiced heart and how it changed our valley forever.  So begins Babe, a movie with a barnyard full of unforgotten le characters.  There's Fly, the sheepdog; Ferdinand, the quacky duck: Maa, the elderly ewe; and a trio of singing mice.  In the world of Hoggett's farm, every creature has a preordained purpose until the orphaned piglet Babe arrives and turns everything upside down.  Care for by Fly, he soon thinks he, too, is a dog.  Farmer Hoggett senses something special in Babe and, though everyone thinks he's crazy, enters him in the National Sheepdog Championships.   Just when the world is laughing loudest, the tall farmer and the short pig step into the arena to compete, and everyone is in for a giant surprise.
Stars James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski.  Directed by Chris Noonan.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE - 1985    Rated PG    116 MIN
Steven Spielberg presents and irresistible comic fantasy that accelerates beyond the time barrier with wit, imagination and infectious, wide-eyed wonder.  Michael J. Fox stars as Marty Mcfly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered Delorean "time machine" invented by slightly mad scientists Christopher Lloyd.  During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must  make certain his teenage parents-to-be, Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson, meet and fall in love-so he can get back to the future.  Directed by Robert Zemeckis, this delightful comedy-adventure will make everyone want to get Back to the Future over and over again.
Stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover.  Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

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BAD MAN'S RIVER - 1972    Rated PG    92 MIN
An adventure comedy straight out of the Old West.  Lee Van Cleef plays Roy King, bank robber, explosives expert and all-round loveable rogue.  When he meddles in Mexican politics, he and his merry men must take a steamboat along Bad Man's River pursued by banditos, federales and revolutionaries.  Along for the ride are James Mason, as an urbane, witty, and dangerous double agent and Gina Lollabrigida as lovely Alicia, a seductress with a secret of her own.  The Prize?  A cool million in cash.  A witty western with an engaging musical score.
Stars Lee Van Cleef, James Mason and Gina Lollabrigida.  Directed by Eugenio Martin.

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BAMBI -1942    Rated G    69 MIN    ANIMATED
Reflecting and age of innocence and time of wonder, no film better captures the pure magic of Disney than Bambi-the world's most endearing animated tale about the beauty of nature and the miracle of life.  Nominated for three Academy Awards, this immortal blend of classic storytelling and unforgettable characters is most fondly remembered as Walt Disney's all-time favorite picture.  As morning light breaks across the meadow, a new prince of the forest is born.  Soon Bambi emerges from the thicket on wobbly legs, much to the delight of his new friends, Thumper, the playful rabbit, and Flower, the bashful yet lovable skunk.  But the fun of skating on "stiff water," nibbling fresh blossoms, and frolicking through the woods is only the beginning.   Exploring his new world, and guided by the wisdom of Friend Owl, Bambi learns valuable lessons with every adventure-experiencing love, loss, growth and renewal along the way.

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BASEBALL (Our Game)  Volume 1  - 1994    Rated  NR      64 MIN
In New York City, in the 1840's, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live.  They find it in a game of questionable origins.   On June 19, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well-dressed gentlemen, the Knickerbockers, play the first gam eof baseball.  By 1856, the game is already being called "the national pastime," or simply, "Our Game."  But the nation is about to be torn apart.  And, in the midst of the Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North and South have in common:   baseball.

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BASEBALL  (Something Like War) Volume 2 - 1994    Rated NR     105 MIN
It is a decade of revolution.  In China. In Central America.  At Kitty Hawk.   In Henry Ford's factory.  And on America's baseball fields.  In 1894, a sportswriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league-the Western League-and turns it into a financial success.  In 1900, he changes its name to the American League and begins talking about challenging the big city monopoly held by the National League.  The revolution takes only three years.  In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburgh Pirates.

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BASEBALL (The Faith of 50 Million People) Volume 3 - 1994    Rated NR     119 MIN
Before and after World War I, a steady stream of immigrants lands on the shores of America.  They want instantly to become American.  To pursue the American dream.   To play the American game.   But even as thousands of new Americans pick up a ball for the first time, even as the country endures a world war baseball is trying to endure a decade that includes the meanest, vilest, angriest player ever to step onto a field and a scandal that almost destroys the game.

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BASEBALL (A National Heirloom) Volume 4  - 1994    Rated NR      115 MIN
The 1920's begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.  America finds relief in the boom market and the Jazz Age.  Baseball finds its own boom market in a player with a Jazz Age personality:  a troubled youth from a Baltimore reformatory school who can hit the ball farther than anyone.  George Herman "Babe" Ruth is one of the best pitchers in baseball.  But he loves to hit even more.  In 1919, he hits 29 homers for the Red Sox, more than any player has ever hit in a single season.

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BASEBALL (Shadow Ball) Volume 5 - 1994    Rated NR    124 MIN
Throughout America, and even on the baseball diamonds in New York's Central Park, thousands of homeless people build shantytowns called "Hoovervilles."  More than ever, America needs heroes.  And even as it struggles to make it through the Depression, baseball provides them.  But the heroes do not come only from the Major Leagues.   The Negro Leagues bring baseball to towns the Major Leagues ignore...to people the Major Leagues spurn.  To delight the fans, they develop an elaborate war-up routine in pantomime, throwing and hitting an invisible ball so convincingly, spectators can't believe it's not real.  It's called "shadow ball."

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BASEBALL (The National Pastime) Volume 6 - 1994     Rated NR     149 MIN
In Europe, in the Pacific, on the home front, Americans fight the good fight, side by side, African-Americans with whites.  In Major League ballparks, the time has come for them to play baseball the same way .  Finally, Major League Baseball becomes what it has always claimed to be:  the national pastime.   But, at the beginning of the decade, Jackie Robinson' debut is still some years away.  Meanwhile, Joe DiMaggio sets a consecutive game hitting streak that still stands.   Ted Williams becomes the last man to hit .400.  The once-lowly Brooklyn Dodger win their first pennant.   And World War II take so much talent from the majors that the St. Louis Browns in a pennant.

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BASEBALL (The Capital of Baseball) Volume 7 - 1994    Rated NR     133 MIN
Americans are on the move.  Moving to the suburbs.  Moving across the country.   They are, it seems, restless.  Of course, if you're a baseball fan in New York, you don't want to move. You're in baseball heaven.  Year after year, the Yankees are on top of the American League.  Year after year, the Giants and Dodgers fight for the National League crown.  Starting in 1949, there is a New York team in the World Series for 10 straight years.  An din six of those years, both teams are from New York.

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BASEBALL (A Whole New Ball Game) Volume 8 - 1994    Rated NR     115 MIN
The 60's is a turbulent decade for America.  There are race riots, anti-war protests, hippies, Woodstock.  It is also a turbulent decade for baseball, as, one by one, its "sacred" institutions fall.  It starts with Bill Mazeroski bringing down the mighty Yankees with one dramatic home run, the first ever to end a World Series.    Then, in 1961, Roger Maris pursues Babe Ruth's "untouchable" record.  In 1962, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants are replaced by the New York Mets, who compile the worst single season record of the century.

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BASEBALL (The Modern Era) Volume 9 -1994    Rated NR    146 MIN
America and the world are seeing more changes than at any time in history.  And so is baseball.  Free agency, multi-million dollar salaries, designated hitters, a new All-Time home run champion, a Canadian World Champion.  And yet, today, we can still look at the game and see something not much different than what our fathers and grandfathers saw.

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BASIC INSTINCT - 1992    Rated R    123 MIN
Michael Douglas stars ad Nick Curran, a tough but vulnerable detective.  Sharon Stone costars as Catherine Tramell, a cold calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite.  Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered - a crime she had described in her latest novel.  But would she be so obvious as to write about a crime she was going to commit?  Or is she being set up by a jealous rival?  Obsessed with cracking the case, Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions mount, bodies fall, and he finds within himself an instinct more basic than survival.
Stars Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza and Jeanne Tripplehorn.  Directed by Paul Verhoven.

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) -1994    Rated NR     90 MIN
The month-long Battle of the Bulge was the single biggest and bloodiest battle American soldiers ever fought.  With attention focused on crossing the Rhine, the Allies were unprepared for the 30 German divisions that roared across an 85-mile Allied front on December 16, 1944.  The assault was a complete surprise.  In August of 1944, it looked as if the road to Berlin ran downhill.  Paris was liberated; Allied forces would easily overrun the Wehrmacht; the war in Europe was coming to an end.  Rumors started circulating that soldiers would be back home for Christmas.  Meanwhile, Hitler was mounting plans for his final gamble.  The American command did not immediately grasp that this was a major German counteroffensive.  By Christmas, the German Offensive had opened a bulge some 50 miles into the Allied lines, forcing the biggest mass surrender of American soldiers since Bataan.  Eisenhower decided this was the Allies' chance to lop off entire divisions of the German army and hasten the end of the war.  More than 80,000 American were killed, maimed or capture in the battle   It was an infernal test of courage and endurance.  The program looks at the fierce encounter through the eyes of the American soldiers and officers in the field.

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BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) - 1996    Rated NR   120 MIN
William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, was portrayed in Citizen Kane, an Orson Welles film.  Hearsts reaction upon learning about the film was to work to destroy Welles and suppress the film.  Pressured by Hearst, major movie chains refused to carry Citizen Kane and Welles' greatest masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years.  Never again would Orson Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production.

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BEACHES - 1988    Rated PG13    123 MIN
They met on a beach when they were very young , brassy C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and classy Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey).   Through good times and bad times, through broken marriages and budding careers, they still had each other.  And together they would face their greatest challenge..as only best friends could.    Hershey is splendid, and Midler will astound you all over again with her comedic and musical talents in this critically acclaimed box office smash.  Beaches glows with warmth, humor and tenderness..This is one friendship you'll enjoy every minute of.
Stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, James Read and Lainie Kazan.  Directed by Garry Marshall.

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BEAT THE DEVIL - 1954    Rated NR    91 MIN
Drawn by a half-baked scheme to corner the uranium market in British East Africa, a motley crew of con men and ne'er-do-wells assemble In a  small resort town on the southern coast of Italy.  The success of the scheme is threatened from the start by their mutual suspicions and their underhanded efforts to defraud, double-cross or do each other in.  And only the winner will Bear the Devil.  Relations deteriorate rapidly when transportation problems strand them in a hostile African country.
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollabridgida, Robert Morley, Jennifer Jones and Peter Lorre.  Directed by John Huston.

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -  1989    Rated G     84 MIN     ANIMATED
A modern movie masterpiece.  Disney's Beauty and the Beast waltzed away with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture-the first ever for an animated film.   Along with winning the prestigious Best Picture Golden Globe Award, it now ranks among history's most highly acclaimed cinematic achievements.   When the film's beautiful book-loving heroine, Belle, sings the first of an unprecedented three Oscar nominated songs, you will fall instantly under its spell.  However, it is the the spell of an enchantress that opens this classic fairy tale, turning a cruel prince into a hideous beast.   His stubborn pride compels him to remain in his bewitched castle-inhabited by Lumiere the love struck candelabra.  Cogsworth the pompous clock, the kindly Mrs. Potts and inquisitive little teacup named chip.  To break the spell, the Beast must win Belle's love before the last petal falls from and enchanted rose.   With a colorful cast of endearing Disney characters, Beauty and the Beast will enthrall both young and old, forever reminding us that true beauty comes from within.

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BEETHOVEN - 1991    Rated PG    87 MIN
Your entire family will fall in love with the big-hearted, wet-nosed star of this outrageously entertaining comedy hit from producer Ivan Reitman (Kindergarten Cop, Twins, Ghostbusters).  Barely escaping from nefarious dog-nappers, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping, drooling, disaster-prone St. Bernard!  Unfortunately, even after proving his canine credentials to mom and the kids, the heroic hound gets nowhere with uptight dad, George (Charles Grodin).  But when a beastly veterinarian (Dean Jones) makes Beethoven the target of an unspeakable animal experiment, George becomes the only hope for saving the Newton's furriest family member.  It's head-over-tails adventure in the most fetching canine comedy ever!
Stars Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Oliver Platt, and Stanley Tucci.   Directed by Brian Levant.

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BELLS OF ST. MARY - 1945    Rated NR    126 MIN
Father O'Malley finds himself "up to his neck in nuns" when he's assigned to decide if St. Mary's parish school is worth the extensive renovations it requires.   The nuns, led by Sister Benedict, believe the school must be saved; but the chairman of the town council insists it should be condemned.  Bing Crosby is delightfully down-to-earth and Ingrid Bergman has never been more radiant as they test each other's patience, poise, and personal values on their way to an abiding friendship.   In 1946...The Bells Of St. Mary's earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, its two stars and director.
Stars Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman and Henry Travers.   Directed by Leo McCarey.

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BEAUTIFUL MIND - 2001    Rated PG-13    136 MIN
Based on the life and experiences of schizophrenic, MIT mathematician and genius, John Nash, this movie won Academy Awards for "Best Picture" and "Best Director" for Ron Howard.  Russell Crowe is the enigmatic John Nash, while Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress" as his long-suffering wife, Alicia.  Beginning with Nash's early days as an MIT student, this film follow shis fascinating life to its ultimate triumph - winning the Nobel Prize for Economics.
Stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Ed Harris.  Directed by Ron Howard.

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THE BELLS OF ST. MARY - 1945    Rated NR    126 MIN
Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) finds himself "up to his neck in nuns" when he's assigned to decide if St. Mary's parish school is worth the extensive renovations it requires.  The nuns, led by Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman), believe the school must be saved; but the chairman of the town council (Henry Travers) insists it should be condemned.

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BEVERLY HILLS COP - 1984     Rated R    105 MIN
Eddie Murphy's hilarious portrayal of Detective Axle Foley has propelled Beverly Hills Cop into the ranks of the top ten biggest box office hits in history!  Foley's a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills.  And before Axle get his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.  It's a fast-paced adventure that proves the difference between a really good comedy and a great comedy is Eddie Murphy.
Stars Eddie Murphy.  Directed by Martin Brest.

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BIG - 1988    Rated PG    104 MIN
Tom Hanks won raves for his Oscar nominated performance (1988, Best Actor) as a twelve-year-old boy trapped inside a thirty-year-old body in director Penny Marshall's winning comedy.  At a carnival, young Josh Baskin (Hanks) wishes he was big-only to awake the next morning and discover he is!  With the help of his friend Billy (Jared Rushton), Josh lands a job at a toy company.  There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, naive Josh irresistible to a beautiful ladder-climbing colleague (Elizabeth Perkins).  But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood.
Stars Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, and John Heard.  Directed by Penny Marshall.

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BIG BEAR - 1998    Rated NR    93 MIN
In 1875, the great buffalo herds are dwindling.  And the Plains Cree find themselves at growing odds with the new nation-building Government of Canada.  Supported by the Mounted Police, Government officials are laying down new rules, pressuring Big Bear and the other chiefs to give up their traditional hunting grounds and accept life on a reserve.  In Big Bear the visionary chief tries to unite the Cree people so they can speak with one strong voice and obtain a peaceful settlement that protects their way of life. 
Stars Gordon Tootoosis, Tantoo Cardinal, Lorne Cardinal.  Directed by Gil Cardinal.

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BIG DREAM SMALL SCREEN: The Story Behind the Television  (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) -1997 Rated NR  60 MIN
IN 1921, a 14-year-old boy plowing a potato filed in Idaho had a remarkable vision.   Looking back at the furrows in the ground, he imagined the lines on a television screen, and the first seeds of an invention that would change the world were sown.   His developments in the field of broadcasting would lead to a bitter, consuming patent battle-a David-versus-Goliath fight with a corporate giant-that ultimately ruined his life.  Big Dreams, Small Screen tells the little known story of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventive genius who fulfilled his dream of harnessing the electron to transmit images.  Although he developed and exhibited his television well in advance of his chief competitor, Farnsworth is seldom credited for his contributions, and his name is all but absent from the pages of history.  Liev Schreiber narrates.

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BIG LIFT - 1950    Rated NR    120 MIN
The story of an American flyboy who meets a gorgeous German woman and falls in love amid the massive post-WWII airlift to save Berlin.  But some are not convinced that the couple's love affair is all it seems - especially an amiable German who works as a Russian spy.  Will true love survive the misery and deception left in the wake of war?   Fine out in the Big Lift.
Stars  Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas.  Directed by George Seaton.

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BIG TREES - 1952    Rated NR    89 MIN
In the early 1900s, maverick lumber baron James Fallon (Kirk Douglas) schemes to turn California's giant redwoods into his personal fortune.  But a congregation of Quakers, led by the lovely but straitlaced Sister Alicia (Eve Miller), are determined to save The Big Trees from destruction.  When Fallon finds himself the target of a lethal gang of claim jumpers, he forms an uneasy alliance with the Quakers - an alliance that soon sparks a spectacular showdown.  Douglas is  a natural as the smooth-talking, self-serving lumber baron in this action-packed, fist-flying, gun-battling Western.
Stars  Kirk Douglas, Eva Miller and Edgar Buchanan.  Directed by Felix Feist.

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BLACKBEARD, THE PIRATE - 1944     Rated NR    98 MIN
It's late in the 17th Century, and the Spanish Main is overrun with pirates.  The King of England has commissioned Sir Henry Morgan, himself a former privateer, to clear the Caribbean of the rogues he once commanded. Morgan has high ambitions of his own.   But his lust for gold and power is surpassed by one of the buccaneers:   Blackbeard, The Pirate.  Robert Newton is at his coarse, cunning, colorful best as the notorious Blackbeard in this sprawling, brawling, swashbuckling adventure on the high seas.
Stars Robert Newton, Linda Darnell and William Bendix.  Directed by Raoul Walsh.

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BLOOD ON THE SUN - 1945     Rated NR    94 MIN
Blood On The Sun stars James Cagney as Nick Condon, an American newspaper editor working in Japan between World War I and World War II. While investigating the double murder of a fellow reporter and his wife, Condon discovers the insidious Tanaka Plan, which plainly states the Japanese aims of world domination. If he is to warn the world about the Japanese plot, he must stay alive and out of the hands of the secret police with the help of Iris (Sylvia Sidney), a beautiful Chinese-American spy. From his tender scenes with Iris to his action-packed jujitsu fights with the Japanese secret service, Cagney's performance is a masterpiece. Theodore Sparkul's high-contrast film noir lighting is among the best of the 1940s, as is the quick-paced editing in this critically acclaimed thriller from veteran director and two-time Oscar winner Frank Lloyd.
Stars James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney.  Directed by Raoul Walsh.

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BLUE HAWAII - 1961    NR    101 MIN
Elvis Presley stars as Chad Gates, who returns home to Honolulu after a stint in the service.  He shows little interest in working on his overbearing parents' pineapple plantation, much to their dismay.  Instead, Chad finds a job as a tour guide and thereby gives h imself a chance to dance with, and sing to, a variety of Hawaii's most beautiful women. Includes musical numbers such as "Blue Hawaii," "Rock-A-Hula Baby," "Hawaiian Wedding song" and "Island of Love," as well as the immortal "Can't Help Falling in Love."  Also stars Angela Lansbury, Joan Blackman, Nancy Walters and Roland Winters.  Directed by Norman Taurog.

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BMX BANDITS - 1983     Rated NR    92 MIN
When three Australian BMX bikers stumble on a cache of two-way radios, they decide to sell them. Little do they know that the radios are tuned to the police frequency and belong to a gang of bank robbers.  While the kids and their customers inadvertently disrupt police radio traffic, two bumbling thieves scour the city, determined to recover their equipment.  But neither the cops, nor the robbers, are any match for these resourceful teens.  BMX Bandits is jam-packed with hi-jinks and audacious Aussie humor and features Nicole Kidman in her first major role.  Good entertainment for viewers of all ages.
Stars Nicole Kidman, David Argue.  Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.

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BOSCOME VALLEY MYSTERY (Casebook of Sherlock Holmes) - 1991Rated  NR 52 MIN
Holmes and Watson are back in all-new adventures from Granada Television.  Starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Doctor Watson, this critically acclaimed series will thrill mystery fans with its twists and turns as the Victorian era ends and the pair enter the new century.  Dr. Watson's fishing holiday is interrupted when a farmer is murdered and the suspect is hi sown son when it is revealed that the son quarreled with his father before his death.

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BOYS OF ST. VINCENT - 1994     Rated NR    94 MIN
On the surface, everything seems fine at St. Vincent's:  the orphans are happy enough, and the black-robed Brothers treat them decently.  But under the surface, hidden by a conspiracy of silence, boys are suffering physical and sexual abuse from several of the Brothers.  When the shameful secret reaches a St. Johns police detective, he vows to investigate and rescue The Boys of St. Vincent.  But he underestimates how far the Catholic Church will go to smother the scandal.  As wrenching as it is riveting,t he fact-based drama pulls no punches in its treatment of a deeply troubling subject.   Utterly convincing, with a chilling performance by Henry Czerny as the superintendent of the orphanage.
Stars Henry Czerny, Brian Dooley.  Directed by John Smith.

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BOYS OF ST. VINCENT 15 YEARS LATER - 1994     Rated NR    94 MIN
For Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny), no a devoted husband and father of two small boys, life veers abruptly toward disaster when two detectives show up at his Montreal home with a warrant for his arrest.  Charged with abusing young boys in his care as the former superintendent of a Catholic orphanage, he's returned to St. Johns. Nfld. to confront The Boys of St. Vincent 15 Years Later.  Most are eager to testify.  But for some, including Lavin's special boy, Kevin Reevey, the wounds are still too painful to expose.   As wrenching as it is riveting, this fact-based drama pulls no punches in its treatment of a deeply troubling subject.
Stars Henry Czerny, Brian Dooley.  Directed by John Smith.

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BRAIN POWER (TRIUMPH OF LIFE - PBS) - 2000     Rated NR    60 MIN
The growing study of animal intelligence - from the use of tools by chimps to the apparent ability of many species to communicate among themselves in ingenious ways -casts a vibrant new light on the role of the mind in evolution.  Brain power, in fact, has led to some of the most fascinating innovations in the evolutionary  arms race.  More than three years in the making, TRIUMPH OF LIFE combines dramatic storytelling with powerful, ground-breaking scientific ideas in a sweeping story about survival and the survivors - the winners, for the moment at least, in an eternal battle.  Narrated by Liev Schreiber. 

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BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S -  1961    Rated NR      114 MIN
The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella.   Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire.  George Peppard plays her next-door neighbor, a writer who is "sponsored" by a wealthy Patricia Neal.  Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy.  Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of this gem-like treat set to Henry Mancini's Oscar winning score and the Oscar winning Mancini-Johnny Mercer song "Moon River."
Stars Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney.  Directed by Blake Edwards.

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BREAKTHROUGH -  1979    Rated PG    96 MIN
Late in WWII, with the Allies advancing on all fronts, a war-weary German sergeant (Richard Burton) passes a secret message to a US Army officer (Robert Mitchum): an offer of surrender from his general (Curt Jurgens), who is part of a plot to kill Hitler and end the devastation.  When the plot fails, the sergeant faces an American tank assault aimed at achieving a Breakthrough in the town defended by his unit.  Meanwhile his own commanding officer is a fanatical major who intends to sacrifice the town's civilian population and fight to the last man.
Stars Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, and Rod Steiger.  Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

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BRIDGET JONES' DIARY - 2001    Rated R    94 MIN
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up on dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life.  She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her.  In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be  ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love. 
Stars Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, James Callis.  Directed by Sharon Maquire.

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BROADCAST NEWS -  1987    Rated R    132 MIN
In James L. Brooks' quirky, romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired.  Tom (William Hurt) is the modern anchorman, smooth, handsome and a bit dumb.  Jane (Holly Hunter) is his driven, brilliant producer, determined to turn Tom into a real newsman.  And Aaron (Albert Brooks) is a seasoned, totally uncharismatic reporter who can't stand Tom's instant success on-camera or with Jane.  It all adds up to one explosively funny romantic triangle.
Stars William Hurt, Albert Brooks, and Holly Hunter.  Directed by James L. Brooks.

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BRUCE PARTINGTON PLANS (The Return of Sherlock Holmes) - 1984 Rated NR 50 MIN
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.  Enjoy the spellbinding adventures of the world's greatest detective with this excellent series from Granada Television.  Dramatized from the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;  excellent English actor Jeremy Brett is superb as the eccentric investigator with a quick mind.  Don't miss a single clue in these deadly games of cat and mouse!  THE BRUCE PARTINGTON PLANS.  Who is the young man that is found murdered and savagely beaten on a railway line leading from the underground?  Why does he have plans for a secret submarine in his pocket?  Is he a hero, or a traitor?  Aided and abetted by brother Mycroft, Holmes and Watson follow a trail through fog-shrouded London to find the truth and a murderer.

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BURNING RAGE - 1984    Rated NR    97 MIN
Country singer Barbara Mandrell stars as Kate Bishop, a government geologist investigating a coal mine fire under the little town of Vashti, Tennessee.  There she finds a romance with wildlife manager Tom Silver, played by Tom Wopat.  Screen veteran Eddy Albert is at his nastiest as Will Larsen, the mining tycoon whose Burning Rage threatens to consume the town.  Shot in the rolling hills of eastern Tennessee, the film co-stars Carol Kane and John Pleshette.  Many supporting roles were taken by local people, creating an authentic feel of down-home livin'
Stars Barbara Mandrell, Tom Wopat and Eddy Albert. Directed by Gilbert Cates.

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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - 1969    Rated PG    111 MIN
A kinder, gentler take on the outlaw mythos common in the western genre. Based loosely on real-life western outlaws Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longbaugh, better known as Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Following a string of bank and train robberies in the early 1900's, the pair find themselves hotly pursued by the authorities. They escape to Bolivia with The Kid's lover, schoolteacher Etta Place, in the hopes of turning their luck around. Written by William Goldman. Includes among others, the hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Stars Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Katharine Ross , Strother Martin , Henry Jones . Directed by George Roy Hill and Conrad Hall.

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BYE BYE BLUES -  1990    Rated PG    116 MIN
Humorous, touching and brimming with real life, Bye Bye Blues is a wonderful Canadian story.  When her husband is captured early in the Second World War, Daisy Cooper is obliged to return home to small-town Alberta and somehow earn a living for herself and her two young children.  A talent for music leads her into a singing career and romance which challenge her deepest values.
Stars Rebecca Jenkins, Luke Reilly, Stuart Margolin, Michael Ontkean, Wayne Robson Robyn Stevan and Kate Reid.  Directed by Anne Wheeler.

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CALL IT MURDER- 1934    Rated NR    73 MIN
Edward Weldon is the foreman of a jury which finds a middle-aged wife guilty of murdering her husband for financial gain.  And because of her answer to a question posed by Weldon, the woman is sentenced to die.  As the eve of her execution approaches and a reprieve is denied, Weldon experiences increasing pressure from the media, the public and his own family.  Meanwhile, his innocent young daughter has fallen madly in love with an up-and-coming young hoodlum (Humphrey Bogart).  Call It Murder is a suspenseful psychodrama that builds to a stunning twist.
Star Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox and Henry Hull.  Directed by Chester Erskine.

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CALL OF THE WILD - 1972    Rated PG    106 MIN
In the midst of the Klondike gold rush, adventurer John Thornton (Charlton Heston) makes an acquaintance who will become his boon companion:  a German Shepard named Buck.   As they mush from Skagway to Dawson City carrying the mail, and helping each other endure and then triumph over adversity, they form a deep and lasting bond.   Irresistibly, Call Of The Wild leads the two of them into the thick of an exciting, boisterous, and unpredictable era which is vividly recreated in this adaptation of Jack London's classic wilderness saga.
Star Charlton Heston, Michelle Mercier, George Eastman and Maria Rohm.  Directed by Ken Annakin.

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CALLIE AND SON - 1981    Rated NR    142 MIN
Callie Lord (Lindsay Wagner) marries a Dallas newspaper magnet (Dabney Coleman) who proves his love for her by finding a son she was obliged to give up for adoption a few years earlier.  Callie loves the boy to distraction.  But he grows to resent her influence; and later, to escape it, he marries a girl (Michelle Pfeiffer) from the wrong side of the tracks.  When his wife's shady past threatens to destroy his promising political career, Callie steps in, determined to protect him at whatever cost.  A gripping drama about the lengths to which love can drive a woman and her son.
Star Lindsay Wagner, Dabney Coleman and Michelle Pfeiffer.  Directed by  Waris Hussein.

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CAPTIVE HEART- 1948    Rated NR    98 MIN
Capture by the Germans at the beginning of WWII, British soldiers must spend the duration of the war in a P.O.W. camp.  As the weeks turn into months and then years, only letter and parcels from home allow them to endure the hardships and isolation of The Captive Heart.  One of the prisoners (Michael Redgrave) has assumed the identity of a dead British officer to escape execution.  When he receives a letter from the dead officer's wife, he's obliged to write back.  And a relationship develops that ultimately transcends the barriers between them.
Star Michael Redgrave, Basil Radford, Rachel Kempson.  Directed by Basil Dearden.

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CASABLANCA - 1943    Rated PG      104 MIN
The time:  World War II.   The Place:  Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon.  The film:  Casablanca, "the best Hollywood movie of all time" (Leonard Maltin).  The legends loom larger as time goes by.  In the forty-fifth film of his career, tough guy Humphrey Bogart at last becomes a romantic leading man (in a role originally intended for Ronald Reagan).  Bogart and luminous Ingrid Bergman portray former lovers briefly reunited in the chaos of war.  They'll "always have Paris."  And we'll always have their incomparable on-screen magic.  Bogart is Rick, a world-weary nightclub owner who claims, "I stick my neck out  for nobody."  Bergman is Ilsa, fleeing the Nazis with her Resistance-hero husband.  Only Rick can help the pair escape, but he refuses..until Ilsa reawakens his idealism.  This restored and digitally remastered edition includes the original theatrical trailer and a special twenty minute 'making of' documentary narrated by Lauren Bacal.  Here's looking' at you.
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.  Directed by Michael Curtiz .

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CASPER -1995    Rated PG     101 MIN
Amblin Entertainment and executive producers Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Jeffrey A. Montgomery present a live-action fun house ride filled with laughter, excitement and ghostly surprises.  "Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvary (Bill Pullman) and his daughter Kat (Christina Ricci) arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor.  Its greedy owner, Cardigan Crittendon (Cathy Moriarty), has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions:  a friendly but lonely young ghost names Casper, who's just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso (The Ghostly  Trio).   If the plan works, she and Dibs (Eric Idle), her partner-in-slime, can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure.  Meanwhile, Casper has found a kindred spirit in Kat, but the Ghostly Trio will not tolerate "fleshies" in their house.   With hilarious antics and dazzling special effects from many of the creators of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Jurassic Park, Casper is a mile-a-minute adventure comedy for the whole family.
Stars Christinia Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, and Eric Idle.  Directed by Brad Silberling.

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CAST A DARK SHADOW - 1957    Rated NR    77 MIN
When charming, young Edward "Teddy" Bare (Dirk Bogarde) finds his wealthy middle-aged wife consulting with her lawyer, h e figures she intends to cut him out of her will.  So he quickly arranges her "accidental" death.  Too quickly:   turns out she was planning to leave him everything instead of a big house he can't afford to live in.  He soon succeeds in snaring another wealthy widow.  But his new bride (Margaret Lockwood) proves to be more of match then he bargained for.  Cast A Dark Shadow is an engaging and suspenseful thriller with excellent performances and a plateful of surprises.
Stars Dirk Boyardee, Margaret Locoweed, Kay Walsh and Mona Washbourne.  Directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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CHAPLIN - 1992    Rated PG13      135 MIN
Directed by Sir Richard Attenborough ("Gandhi") and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and an extraordinary cast CHAPLAIN is a loving, grand scale portrait of the Little Tramp's amazing life and times.  His poverty-stricken childhood in England comes to life, along with his friendships with Mack Senate (Dan Aykroyd) and Douglas Fairbanks (Kevin Kiln), his many wives and scandalous affairs, and his relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover.  CHAPLAIN is the larger-than-life story of the actor behind the icon and a stunning depiction of a bygone era when Hollywood was at its most glamorous.
Stars Robert Downey, Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplain, Devin Dun, Anthony Hopkins, Mill Jovovich, Moiré Kelly, Kevin Kiln, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rays, John Thaw, Marisa Tommie, Nancy Travis and James Woods.  Directed by Richard Attenborough.

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CHARADE - 1963    Rated NR      113 MIN
Cary Grant is the mystery man intent on helping Audrey Hepburn find the fortune hidden by her recently murdered husband - if she can survive the lethal competition from her husband's ex-partners.  Charade a romantic thriller set in Paris, features fine performances.
Stars Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy.  Directed by Stanely Donen.

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CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS -1965    Rated NR     25 MIN
'Tis the season to be jolly, but Charlie Brown, feeling that the Christmas message is lost amid all  the seasonal glitter, has the blues,  Psychiatrist Lucy suggests a cure:  Get involved with the Christmas play!  When our hapless hero sets out to find a Christmas tree to sue as a stage prop, he unknowingly takes a step toward discovering the holiday's true meaning.  The scraggly tree that thrives on a "little love" and a timely assist from Linus make the message of the season come shining through.  Winner of the Emmy and Peabody awards, A Charlie Brown Christmas has been digitally remastered for excellent sound  and picture quality.

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CHICAGO 1968 (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) - 1995     Rated  NR    60 MIN
On the eve of the 1968 Democratic Convention, Chicago was a city under siege, both inside and outside the convention hall.   The disorderly events were captured by television cameras.  As the convention degenerated into chaos, many people believed they were watching the end of the American political process as they'd known it.    Programs from THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series provide a unique opportunity to explore our history through the stories of people and events that have dramatically shaped who we are.

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CHRISTMAS CAROL -1984    Rated PG     100 MIN
George C. Scott stars in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic in which one many discovers the true meaning of Christmas.  Christmas elicits nothing more than "Bah, humbug!" from Ebenezer Scrooge (Scott), a miser whose sole pursuit of financial success has left him a bitter and lonely old man.  But a Christmas Eve visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Future ultimately teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas and to the joys of friends and family.  Filmed entirely on location in the historic English town of Shrewsbury, this lavish production vividly brings to life on eof the world's best-loved Christmas stories.
Stars George C. Scott.  Directed by Clive Donner.

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CINDERELLA    Rated  G     76 MIN    ANIMATED
The most celebrated of all the Disney classics, Cinderella is also known as one of Walt Disney's all-time favorite  films.  In the magnificent tradition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella has enchanted generations with its spellbinding story, charming music and endearing characters that live in your heart forever.  This beloved fairy tale becomes pure Disney magic as beautiful Cinderella shares her dreams of romance and a better life with the lovable mice Gus and Jaq.  When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball the delightful Fairy Godmother appears!  With a wave of her wondrous wand and bouncy "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,"  the Fairy Godmother transforms a simple pumpkin into a magical coach and  Cinderella's rags into a gorgeous gown.  At the ball, Cinderella falls in love with Prince Charming  but must flee before the stroke of midnight breaks the spell!  Fully restored and sparkling with heartfelt emotion, captivating comedy and delightful adventure, Cinderella's timeless tale of how dreams can come true is now "even better than you remembered it!"

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CIVIL WAR (1861 The Cause) Volume 1 - 1990     Rated NR     99 MIN
"No day ever dawns for the slave,"  a free black man once wrote.   "It is all night.  All night, forever."  The episode opens with an indictment of slavery and dramatically evokes the background of the war.  Here is the Cotton Kingdom of the South, the passion for states' rights and the fierce determination to preserve the Union.  We meet the abolitionist Frederick Douglas, South Carolina's unyielding John C. Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln, whose election in 1860 drove six Southern states to secede. 
The Nation witnesses the inauguration of two rival presidents in 1861:  the opening guns at Fort Sumter;  the Union debacle at Bull Run.  The commanders and ordinary soldiers march on state - along with the diarists who will put it in perspective.   It is Mary Boykin Chesnut, of Charleston, who writes, "We are divorced now, North from South, because we hated each other so."
The Civil War, is the first full-scale documentary of the conflict that cost 620,000 lives and redefined the meaning of freedom in America.

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CIVIL WAR (1862 A Very Blood Affair) Volume 2  - 1990    Rated NR     65 MIN
It is eight months after Bull Run, and 1,000,000 men are massing along a 1,000-mile front.   Washington is a madhouse with hordes of opportunists jostling for advantage - "too many pigs for the teats," Lincoln observes dryly.
General George McClellan, an able organizer but hesitant warrior, slowly leads his huge Army of the Potomac up the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond.   But when he encounters only a tiny Confederate force he doesn't fight, he halts and digs in; even Lincoln cannot budge him.  To the West, however, a different sort of general, Ulysses S. Grant, meets the South's Albert S. Johnston in a battle called Shiloh:   a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace".  For two days 100,000 men slam viciously into each other.  At the end, the Union holds the field, and 23,000 soldiers have fallen:  the same losses was Waterloo.  And there are another 20 Waterloos to come.

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CIVIL WAR (1862 Forever Free)  Volume 3  - 1990    Rated NR     75 MIN
The Union giant appears helpless.  McClellan abandons his attempt to capture Richmond.  The talk in Washington is that the North may lose the war.
But Lincoln grimly pursues his course, and slowly, the character of the conflict is changing.  What started as a struggle to preserve the Union is now becoming a crusade against slavery.  The evil itself is crumbling wherever Northern armies gain a foothold, and in July, the president decides to declare all Southern black people free forever.  yet to give force to his edict, Lincoln must have a victory.  But now Lee invades Maryland, boldly seeking to "conquer a peace".  At a small creek called Antietam, Union forces stop him.  In the bloodiest day of the war, 23,000 men fall on both sides.  At the end, Lee retreats and Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation.  It is, says Ralph Waldo Emerson, " a demand of civilization."

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CIVIL WAR (1863 Simply Murder) Volume 4   - 1990    Rated NR     62 MIN
The war is in its third year, and enthusiasm for the fighting has fled.  In their awful camps, men are dying of disease at the rate of two for every one slain in combat, and at morning call, the sound of coughing drowns out the roll of drums.
Yet the struggle goes on.  Robert E. Lee, at his most brilliant, devastates a vastly more numerous Union Army at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia;  but the price of these victories is costly to the South as well.  Thousands of men are dead, and resources are strained.  At Vicksburg on the Mississippi, Ulysses S. Grant and his troops lay siege to the rebel stronghold, slowly throttling the South's lifeline.   Meanwhile, General Lee prepares to invade Maryland and Pennsylvania, thereby setting the stage for the war's greatest battle."

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CIVIL WAR (1863 The Universe of Battle) Volume 5  - 1990    Rated NR     95 MIN
Summer, 1863.  After the spring's great victories and feeling his Army invincible, Lee drives north again with 73,000 men.  He meets 90,000 Federals at the small Pennsylvania farming town of Gettysburg.  And for three of the most crucial days of the war, the two armies are locked in what one Massachusetts private terms "a perfect hell on earth;"  51,000 men fall, one in every three, and when the firing dies, Lee is in retreat, never again to threaten the North.
Meanwhile, in the West, Grant seizes Vicksburg and the Rebels are soundly defeated in Tennessee.  The first military draft provokes a series of bloody anti-war, anti-black riots, and the politicians in New York City Talk loudly of their own secession.   Scarcely notice in all the hub-bub is Lincoln's visit to Gettysburg, and the address in which in two minutes and 269 words, he defines the Union and the War.

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CIVIL WAR (1864 Valley of the Shadow of Death) Volume 6 - 1990    Rated NR      70 MIN
For three years, Robert E. Lee has met, measured, and defeated a string of Union generals.   "Some day," he worries, "they may send me a general I do not understand."  Now, Lincoln elevates U.S. Grant to commander of all Union Armies and brings him east to face the brilliant Lee.
In a month-long series of battle commencing in May- the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor-Grant's Army of the Potomac loses an appalling 50,000 men.  But Grant, heedless of the carnage, drives his superior numbers forced toward Richmond until lee halts him before the barricades of Petersburg.  Meanwhile, General Sherman is relentlessly making his way to Atlanta.   The union advance is a masterpiece of flanking tactics, but Sherman, too, is halted within sight of his goal.  Time is running out for Lincoln.

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CIVIL WAR (1864 Most Hallowed Ground) Volume 7 - 1990    Rated NR     72 MIN
The summer of 1864 is the north's darkest hour.  Washington is panic-stricken when Jubal Early boldly attacks the outskirts of the city.  To the south, Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest, the "wizard of the saddle," slashes at William Tecumseh Sherman's supply lines, slowing his approach to Atlanta.  Meanwhile at Petersburg, U.S. Grant's siege drags on with no end in sight.
In the North, public opinion turns strongly against Lincoln and the war.  That fall the presidential campaign sets Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan, now the Democrat's "peace" candidate.  Even Lincoln believes his reelection unlikely but dramatic eleventh hour Union victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta, and the Shenandoah Valley changed the odds.  Lincoln wins in a land-slide and the Confederacy's last hope for the independence dies.

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CIVIL WAR (1865 War is All Hell) - Volume 8  - 1990    Rated  NR     70 MIN
The Confederacy is crumbling.  Sherman and his army burn Atlanta and march eastward through Georgia into the Carolinas, wreaking devastation everywhere.  At Petersburg, Grant's 125,000 Federals press in on Lee's 35,000 ragged Confederates.
Within a month, Grant breaks through these defenses at Petersburg and advances on Richmond.  Confederate forces set fire tot he capital city and abandon it.  With Jefferson Davis vowing to fight on, Lee flees westward.  At Appomattox Court House, out numbered five-to-one, he is finally surround by Union Forces.  At last the supreme hour has arrived:  Robert E. Lee surrenders what is left of his army to Ulysses S. Grant.  The Union terms are generous; reunification of the nation has begun.

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CIVIL WAR (1865 The Better Angels of Our Nature) Volume 9  - 1990   Rated   NR 70 MIN
At Lee's surrender, church bells peal throughout the North.  The South is in ruin and despair.  Unable to accept that the war is over, the actor John Wilkes Booth steals into a Washington theater and puts a bullet into the brain of Abraham Lincoln.  The nation's grief knows no bounds; even Southerners are appalled, and gradually the isolated fighting stutters to and end.  The war is over.  It is time to rebuild, "to listen," as Lincoln implored the nation four years before, "to the better angels of our nature."
The episode recounts the fates of Jefferson Davis and Robert E.Lee, of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, of the many players, great and small, in the enormous drama.   It includes a poignant scene.  In 1913, on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, during a reenactment of Pickett's Charge, the survivors in blue and gray burst from their ranks to embrace one another.  It was, says Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a Union hero of Gettysburg, " a transcendental experience.  A radiant fellowship of the fallen.

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CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER - 1994    Rated PG13    141 MIN
Harrison Ford returns as intrepid CIA agent Jack Ryan in this critically acclaimed box-office smash from the producers of Patriot Games.  When his mentor Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) becomes gravely ill, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence.  His first assignment:  investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. Businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels.  Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Willem Defoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords.   Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in - the truth.
Stars Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer and James Earl Jones.  Directed by Phillip Noyce.

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COCOON - 1985    Rated PG13    117 MIN
This time, youth isn't wasted on the young!  An all-star cast of veteran actors including Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy and Gwen Verdon, light up the screen in this smash hit about a group of senior citizens given a second chance at being young.  Still quite active though a bit stiff with age, they've been relegated to an old age home in Florida.  Here they will live out their remaining days with bingo, shuffleboard and assorted aches and pains, until he arrival of the Antereans, advanced beings from another planet who have returned to Earth to co9mplete a mission begun centuries ago.  The aliens' presence bring adolescent vigor to the aging earthlings, but both groups are faced with crucial decisions that will mean the difference between life and death for themselves and those they love... An insightful, sparking story of youth, old age, and how people choose to live their lives, COCOON is a moving tribute to the human spirit.
Stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware and Tahnee Welch.   Directed by Ron Howard.

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COLD SWEAT - 1971    Rated PG    96 MIN
When a desperate band of cutthroats show up to collect a debt from his checkered past, the happy, laid-back life of fishing charter captain Joe Martin takes a swift turn toward disaster.  To ensure his compliance, the gang, led by the worldly and ruthless Captain Ross, hold Joe's lovely wife and their young daughter hostage.  With his loved ones' lifes hanging in the balance, the mayhem escalates to a fiery conclusion.  Starring Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland.  Directed by Terence Young.

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COLOR PURPLE - 1985    Rated - PG-13        154 MIN
Steven Spielberg, gifted creator of Jaws, the Indian Jones saga, E.T. The Color Purple into one of his most remarkable success - a film that won the National Board of Review's Best Picture award, appeared on 10 Best lists everywhere, garnered 11 Academy Award nominations and earned Spielberg the Best Director citation from the Directors Guild of America.  Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple is the richly-textured , decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in t he rural American south.  Forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mr.," Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God.   But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth...and the strength to forgive.  Winner of the Best Actress Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination, Whoopi Goldberg makes a triumphant screen debut as the radiant, indomitable Celie.  her impressive portrayal is complemented by a memorable cast.

Stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong and Akosua Busia.    Directed by Steven Speilberg.

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CONEY ISLAND (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - PBS) - 1991    Rated NR    60 MIN
An "Electric Eden" - "Fabulous beyond conceiving" - "ineffably beautiful" - "Sodom by the Sea."  To the millions who poured into the mesmerizing seaside amusement empire as the twentieth century dawned, Coney Island was all this and more.  The birthplace of the hot dog and the roller coaster - and the most dazzling laboratory of mass culture the world has ever seen - Coney Island and its three extraordinary amusement parks, Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland, delighted visitors with the largest herd of show elephants in the world, a spectacular trip to the moon, an infant incubator, and Lilliputia, a miniature town inhabited by 300 midgets.  This elegant and absorbing documentary film chronicles the greatest amusement empire the world has ever seen from its emergence in the mid-1800s through its demise after World War II.
Voices by Andrei Codrescu, Vincent Gardenia, Judd Hirsh, Nathan Lane, John Mahoney, Jerry Orbach, George Plimpton, Lois Smith, Frances sternhagen, Eli Wallch.  Directed by Ric Burns.

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CORA UNASHAMED  - 2000    Rated NR    95 MIN
Adapted from the powerful short story by Harlem poet Langston Hughes, Cora Unashamed stars Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winning actress Regina Taylor as Cora Jenkins, a domestic who works in the stifling household of the socially driven Lizabeth Studevant, played by Tony Award winner Cherry Jones.  Set in the 1930s, the story takes place in the tiny town of Melton, Iowa, where the Jenkinses live in isolation as the community's only African Americans.  Their precarious existence is supported solely by Cora's earning as housekeeper to the Studevants.  Tested early in life by the death of her daughter, Cora transfers her maternal love tot he Studevants' daughter, Jessie, whose own mother is unable to demonstrate affection for her child.  When tragedy strikes Jessie as the result of a lapse in judgment by her mother, Cora's devotion to the girl empowers her to speak the truth to the town - regardless of the cost.
Stars Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones and CCH Pounder.  Directed by Deborah M. Pratt.

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CREATIVE REVOLUTION (In Search of Human Origins - NOVA - PBS) Episode 3 - 1994    Rated NR     60 MIN
Fifty thousand generations ago, a dramatic change swept through the hunter-gatherers then living in Africa. They began to paint, carve, talk, bury their dead, travel and trade.   What accounts for this sudden transformation?  The question continues to be at the heart of heated debates.  Some scientists feel it can be explained only by a mass genocide in which a group of superior human beings spread out of Africa, replacing more primitive ancestors along the way.  Johanson retraces their voyage to get to the bottom of the mystery.   Presented by Don Johanson.

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CREEPING MAN (Casebook of Sherlock Holmes) - 1991    Rated NR     50 MIN
Holmes and Watson are back in all-new adventures from Granada Television.  St