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De Niro : a life / by Levy, Shawn.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: De Niro, Robert.; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In on the joke : the original queens of standup comedy / by Levy, Shawn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Today, women are ascendant in standup comedy, even preeminent. They make headlines, fill arenas, spawn blockbuster movies. But before Amy Schumer slayed, Tiffany Haddish killed, and Ali Wong drew roars, the very idea of a female comedian seemed, to most of America, like a punchline. And it took a special sort of woman-indeed, a parade of them-to break and remake the mold. In on the Joke is the story of a group of unforgettable women who knocked down the doors of standup comedy so other women could get a shot. It spans decades, from Moms Mabley's rise in Black vaudeville between the World Wars, to the roadhouse ribaldry of Belle Barth and Rusty Warren in the '50s and '60s, to Elaine May's co-invention of improv comedy, to Joan Rivers' and Phyllis Diller's ferocious ascent to mainstream stardom. These women refused to be defined by type and tradition, facing down indifference, puzzlement, nay-saying, and unvarnished hostility. They were discouraged by agents, managers, audiences, critics, fellow performers-even their families. And yet they persevered against the tired notion that women couldn't be funny, making space not only for themselves but for the women who followed them. Meticulously researched and irresistibly drawn, Shawn Levy's group portrait forms a new pantheon of comedy excellence. In on the Joke shows how women broke into the boys' club, offered new ideas of womanhood, and had some laughs along the way"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Stand-up comedy; Women comedians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Clint : the man and the movies / by Levy, Shawn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."C-L-I-N-T. That single short, sharp syllable has stood as an emblem of American manhood and morality and sheer bloody-minded will, on-screen and off-screen, for more than sixty years. Whether he's facing down bad guys on a Western street (Old West or new, no matter), staring through the lens of a camera, or accepting one of his movies' thirteen Oscars (including two for Best Picture), he is as blunt, curt, and solid as his name, a star of the old-school stripe and one of the most accomplished directors of his time, a man of rock and iron and brute force: Clint. To read the story of Clint Eastwood is to understand nearly a century of American culture. No Hollywood figure has so completely and complexly stood inside the changing climates of post-World War II America. At age ninety-five, he has lived a tumultuous century and embodied much of his time and many of its contradictions. We picture Clint squinting through cigarillo smoke in A Fistful of Dol-lars or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; imposing rough justice at the point of a .44 Magnum in Dirty Harry; sowing vengeance in The Outlaw Josey Wales or Pale Rider or Unforgiven; grudgingly training a woman boxer in Million Dollar Baby; and standing up for his neighbors despite his racism in Gran Torino. Or we feel him present, powerfully, behind the camera, creating complex tales of violence, morality, and humanity, such as Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, and American Sniper. But his roles and his films, however well cast and convincing, are two-dimensional in comparison to his whole life. As Shawn Levy reveals in this masterful biography -- the most com-plete portrait yet of Eastwood -- the reality is richer, knottier, and more absorbing. Clint: The Man and the Movies is a saga of cunning, determi-nation, and conquest, a story about a man ascending to the Hollywood pantheon while keeping one foot firmly planted outside its door."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Eastwood, Clint, 1930-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; Motion pictures;
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Clint The Man and the Movies [electronic resource] : by Levy, Shawn.aut; CloudLibrary;
A Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book for Summer" "This is the biography of Clint Eastwood we've been waiting for." — Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Sergio Leone From the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, a revelatory portrait of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in movie history and an imposing icon of American culture for six decades. C-L-I-N-T. That single short, sharp syllable has stood as an emblem of American manhood and morality and sheer bloody-minded will, on-screen and off-screen, for more than sixty years. Whether he’s facing down bad guys on a Western street (Old West or new, no matter), staring through the lens of a camera, or accepting one of his movies' thirteen Oscars (including two for Best Picture), he is as blunt, curt, and solid as his name, a star of the old-school stripe and one of the most accomplished directors of his time, a man of rock and iron and brute force: Clint. To read the story of Clint Eastwood is to understand nearly a century of American culture. No Hollywood figure has so completely and complexly stood inside the changing climates of post–World War II America. At age ninety-five, he has lived a tumultuous century and embodied much of his time and many of its contradictions. We picture Clint squinting through cigarillo smoke in A Fistful of Dol­lars or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; imposing rough justice at the point of a .44 Magnum in Dirty Harry; sowing vengeance in The Outlaw Josey Wales or Pale Rider or Unforgiven; grudgingly training a woman boxer in Million Dollar Baby; and standing up for his neighbors despite his racism in Gran Torino. Or we feel him present, powerfully, behind the camera, creating complex tales of violence, morality, and humanity, such as Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, and American Sniper. But his roles and his films, however well cast and convincing, are two-dimensional in comparison to his whole life. As Shawn Levy reveals in this masterful biography—the most com­plete portrait yet of Eastwood—the reality is richer, knottier, and more absorbing. Clint: The Man and the Movies is a saga of cunning, determi­nation, and conquest, a story about a man ascending to the Hollywood pantheon while keeping one foot firmly planted outside its door.
Subjects: Electronic books.; History & Criticism; Rich & Famous; Individual Director; Entertainment & Performing Arts;
© 2025., HarperCollins,
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Resident evil. [videorecording] / by Anderson, Paul,1965-film producer,film director.; Bolt, Jeremy,film producer.; Glen, Iain,1961-actor.; Hadida, Samuel,film producer.; Jovovich, Milla,actor.; Kulzer, Robert(Motion picture producer),film producer.; Larter, Ali,1976-actor.; Roberts, Shawn,1984-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin MacKen, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy.Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began, The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for sequences of violence throughout.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Biological warfare; Zombies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Date night [videorecording (DVD)] / by Common(Musician); Carell, Steve,1963-; Fey, Tina,1970-; Kunis, Mila,1983-; Levy, Shawn.; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Music by Christophe Beck ; Edited by Dean Zimmerman.Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Common.An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation, Dolby digital.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Criminal behavior; Feature films.; Marital dating; Married people; Mistaken identity; Police corruption; Suburban life; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., 20th Century Fox,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Deadpool & Wolverine [videorecording] / by Corrin, Emma,1995-actor.; Feige, Kevin,film producer.; Jackman, Hugh,actor.; Levy, Shawn,1968-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Macfadyen, Matthew,1974-actor.; Reese, Rhett,screenwriter.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor,film producer,screenwriter.; Richmond, George,director of photography.; Shuler-Donner, Lauren,film producer.; Simonsen, Rob,1978-composer (expression); Wells, Zeb,screenwriter.; Wernick, Paul,screenwriter.; Marvel Entertainment, LLC,presenter.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; 20th Century Studios,publisher.;
Director of photography, George Richmond ; music by Rob Simonsen.Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew MacFadyen.Deadpool's peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Deadpool (Fictitious character); Wolverine (Fictitious character); Antiheroes; Mercenary troops; Multiverse; Superheroes; Supervillains;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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This is where I leave you [videorecording] / by Bateman, Jason,actor.; Britton, Connie.; Byrne, Rose.; Driver, Adam.; Fey, Tina,1970-; Fonda, Jane,1937-; Hahn, Kathryn,1974-; Levy, Shawn,1968-; Monk, Debra,1949-; Olyphant, Timothy.; Schwartz, Ben.; Shepard, Dax,1975-; Spencer, Abigail.; Stoll, Corey,1976-; Tropper, Jonathan.This is where I leave you.Videorecording.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Camera, Terry Stacey ; production design, Ford Wheeler ; editor, Dean Zimmerman ; music, Michael Giacchino.Adam Driver, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Tina Fey, Debra Monk, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Bateman, Dax Shepard, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Abigail Spencer.When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Comedy films.; Families; Fathers; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Wills;
© 2014., Warner Bros.,
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What happens in Vegas [videorecording (DVD)] / by Aguilar, Michael.; Corddry, Rob; Diaz, Cameron; Fox, Dana.; Kutcher, Ashton,1978-; Vaughan, Tom,1969-; 21 Laps Entertainment (Firm); Mosaic Media (Firm); Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox.;
Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Treat Williams, Dennis Farina.After two strangers get married in Las Vegas they win three million dollars, and when a court forces them to stay married for six months they try to cheat each other out of the money.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Comedy films; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© 2008., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Real steel [videorecording] / by Davis, Hope,1967-; Durand, Kevin.; Goyo, Dakota.; Jackman, Hugh.; Levy, Shawn.; Lilly, Evangeline,1979-; Mackie, Anthony,1979-; Ruggeri, Marco.; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by Danny Elfman ; cinematography, Mauro Fiore ; edited by Dean Zimmerman.Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Hope Davis, Marco Ruggeri.Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation (2.35:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Boxing; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Robots;
© c2012., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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