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Christmas in wonderland [videorecording] / by Birdsong Shope, Wanda.; Bourassa, Laurette.; Cruickshank, Jim.; Curry, Tim.; Electra, Carmen.; Kattan, Chris,1970-; Orr, James,1952-; Shaw, Kirk.; Steeden, Doug.; Swayze, Patrick.; Insight Film Studios.; KaBOOM! Entertainment.; Phase 4 Films (Firm); Yari Film Group.;
Director of photography, DC Manwiller ; editor, Jana Fritsch ; music, Terry Frewer.Chris Kattan, Carmen Electra, Tim Curry, Patrick Swayze.After finding a large sum of money in a mall that they hope will make their holiday brighter, two kids find themselves on the run from the counterfeiters who made the money and want it back!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital surround stereo.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Christmas; Comedy films.; Counterfeiters; Feature films.; Santa Claus;
© c2008., Insight Film Studios ; Distributed by Phase 4 Films,
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Helen [videorecording (DVD)] / by Fast, Alexia.; Judd, Ashley.; Nettelbeck, Sandra.; Nykl, David.; Smith, Lauren Lee.; Visnjic, Goran.; Watson, Alberta.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films (Firm);
Music by David Darling.Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Alberta Watson, David Nykl.Helen is a beautiful and successful music professor and mother. She seems to have it all, yet there is a hidden truth she has managed to keep at bay for many years, something even her husband doesn't know. Helen suffers from a deep, debilitating depression. Although her family tries to help her, no one can relate to her pain other than a young female student who knows depression all too well.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Family secrets; Feature films.; Manic-depressive illness; Music teachers; Teacher-student relationships; Women with mental disabilities;
© c2010., Alliance Films : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm,
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American mermaid : a novel / by Langbein, Julia(Art historian),author.;
"A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a consistently broke Connecticut high school teacher, is as surprised as anyone when her sensitive debut novel, "American Mermaid"--the story of a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers that her withered legs are the vestiges of a powerful tail--becomes a bestseller. Penelope soon finds herself lured to LA by promises of easy money to co-write the "American Mermaid" screenplay for a major studio with a pair of male hacks. As the studio pressures Penelope to change "American Mermaid" from the story of a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clam bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay draft; siren calls lure people into danger. When Penelope's screenwriting partners try to kill Sylvia off entirely in a bitterly false but cinematic end, matters off the page escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia among us? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction--a creature she'll do anything to protect. By turns both a comic and fabulously insightful tale of two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they move between worlds without giving up their voices"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; High school teachers; Motion picture industry; Screenwriters; Women novelists;
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A light in the dark : a history of movie directors / by Thomson, David,1941-author.;
"Directors operate behind the scenes managing actors, establishing a cohesive creative vision, at times literally guiding our eyes with the eye of the camera. But we are often so dazzled by the visions onscreen that it is easy to forget the individual who is off-screen orchestrating the entire production--to say nothing of their having marshalled a script, a studio, and other people's money. David Thomson, in his usual brilliantly insightful way, shines a light on the visionary directors who have shaped modern cinema and, through their work, studies the very nature of film direction. With his customary candor about his own delights and disappointments, Thomson analyzes both landmark works and forgotten films from classic directors such as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir and Jean-Luc Godard, as well as contemporary powerhouses such as Jane Campion, Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino. He shrewdly interrogates their professional legacies and influence in the industry, while simultaneously assessing the critical impact of an artist's personal life on his or her work. He explores the male directors' dominance of the past, and describes how diversity can change the landscape. Judicious, vivid and witty, A Light in the Dark is yet another required Thomson text for every movie lover's shelf"--
Subjects: Motion pictures; Motion picture producers and directors;
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Murdoch mysteries. [videorecording] / by Bisson, Yannick,1969-; Craig, Tom,1962-; Harris, Jonny.; Jennings, Maureen.Detective Murdoch mystery.Videorecording.; Joy, Helene.; Montgomery, Stephen.; Reilly, Georgina.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Global Entertainment.; ITV Studios.; RLJ Entertainment.;
Disc 1. Murdoch ahoy -- Tour de Murdoch -- The filmed adventures of Detective William Murdoch -- Return of Sherlock Holmes.Disc 2. Murdoch of the living dead -- Murdochophobia -- Loch Ness Murdoch -- Republic of Murdoch.Disc 3. Midnight train to Kingston -- Murdoch in ragtime -- Journey to the center of Toronto -- Unfinished business.Disc 4. The Murdoch sting -- Friday the 13th, 1901 -- The spy who came up to the cold.Disc 5. Kung fu crabtree -- Blast of silence -- The death of Dr. Ogden.A Shaftesbury production ; produced by Stephen Montgomery ; written by Paul Aitken, Jordan Christianson, Peter Mitchell, Carol Hay, Michelle Ricci, Maureen Jennings, Simon McNabb, Lori Spring, Peter Mohan, Jackie May, Adam Barken ; directed by Laurie Lynd, Gail Harvey, Cal Coons, Yannick Bisson, Don McCutcheon, Harvey Crossland, Michael DeCarlo, Dawn Wilkinson, Sudz Sutherland, Michael McGowan, Peter Mitchell.Yannick Bisson, Jonny Harris, Thomas Craig, Georgina Reilly, Helene Joy.Detective William Murdoch solves the most perplexing mysteries of Edwardian-era Toronto with scientific insight and revolutionary techniques.PG.DVD; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Forensic sciences; Forensic sciences; Murder; Murdoch, William (Fictitious character); Police;
For private home use only.
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