Oliver Platt
1) JFK
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DVD B KENNEDY J
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2013 | 2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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Westover - Recently Returned DVD B KENNEDY J |
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This film explores Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history.
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DVD DRAMA PROFE
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DVD DRAMA PROFE
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DVD DRAMA PROFE
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Widescreen edition. | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, the polyamorous relationship between his wife and his mistress, the creation of his beloved comic book character Wonder Woman, and the controversy the comic generated.
"A sly and thoroughly charming Trojan horse of a movie, "Professor Marston" tells the story of the man who created Wonder Woman and the women who inspired him, both in and out of bed."--New York Times.
"It's a lively and absorbing...
3) Lucky them
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DVD DRAMA LUCKY
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DVD DRAMA LUCKY
Westover - Adult DVD
DVD DRAMA LUCKY
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[2014] | IFC Films | 1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD DVD DRAMA LUCKY Shirlington - Adult DVD has 2 DVD DRAMA LUCKY Westover - Adult DVD DVD DRAMA LUCKY |
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More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god Matthew Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers, but what she finds along the way may instead...
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Aurora Hills - Adult DVD
DVD 797.12 BOYSOF
Central - Adult DVD
DVD 797.12 BOYSOF
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[2016] | Widescreen ed. | PBS | 1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Aurora Hills - Adult DVD DVD 797.12 BOYSOF Central - Adult DVD DVD 797.12 BOYSOF |
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In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
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DVD THRILLER TIMET
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DVD THRILLER TIMET
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[2009] | Widescreen version. | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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A small-town lawyer is hired to defend an African American man who is accused of killing the white men who raped his young daughter.
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[2018] | Widescreen ed. | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Shirlington - Adult DVD DVD DOCS GILDE |
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A compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national wealth expanded, and two classes rose simultaneously, separated by a gulf of experience and circumstance that was unprecedented in American life.
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Central - Adult DVD has 4
DVD TV FARGO SEASON 1
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[2014] | Widescreen ed. | [Publisher not identified] | 4 videodiscs (ca. 551 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD has 4 DVD TV FARGO SEASON 1 |
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The Coen Brothers Best Picture Oscar Nominee transforms into the season's most talked about TV debut. It features a new "true crime" story and new characters, all chilled in the trademark dry wit, murderous mayhem and "Minnesota nice" of the original classic film. Lorne Malvo, is a manipulative master criminal who changes the life of insurance salesmen Lester Nygaard. Gus Grimly and Molly Solverson are the small-town police officers who join forces...
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DVD 322.402973 KLANS
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DVD 322.402973 KLANS
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[2015] | Widescreen ed. | [Publisher not identified] | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
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DVD COMEDY ICEHA
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DVD COMEDY ICEHA
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[2006] | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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It's Christmas Eve in icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie is an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, along with his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh, the two have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard. But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata, who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town...
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DVD DRAMA KILLT
Glencarlyn - Adult DVD
DVD DRAMA KILLT
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[2015] | Widescreen ed. | [Publisher not identified] | 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD has 3 DVD DRAMA KILLT Glencarlyn - Adult DVD DVD DRAMA KILLT |
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Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.
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[2014] | Widescreen ed. | PBS | 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Plaza - Adult DVD DVD 641.12 POISO |
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Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.
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[2018] | Widescreen ed. | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD DVD DOCS BOMBI |
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On Sept. 16, 1920, a cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank, leaving 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured in the nation's financial center. The Bombing of Wall Street tells the story of an early act of terror that remains unsolved today and sparked a bitter national debate about how far the government should go to protect the nation from acts of political violence.
13) The Great War
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DVD 940.373 GREAT
Westover - Adult DVD
DVD 940.373 GREAT
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2017. | Widescreen ed. | PBS Distribution | 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the war on April 6, 1917, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, including unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, it tells the rich and complex story of the conflict through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as 'doughboys.'...
14) Rachel Carson
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DVD B CARSON R
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DVD B CARSON R
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[2017] | Widescreen ed. | PBS | 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
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Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the natural world and passion for writing with personal strife....
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c2013 | WGBH Educational Foundation | 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD has 2 DVD 326 ABOLI |
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"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.
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©2012 | Widescreen ed. | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD DVD 973.71 DEATH |
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Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
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