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Mr. Jones [videorecording] / by Cranham, Kenneth,1944-actor.; Holland, Agnieszka,1948-film director.; Kirby, Vanessa,actor.; Mawle, Joseph,1974-actor.; Norton, James,1985-actor.; Sarsgaard, Peter,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, Tomasz Naumiuk; original music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz; edited by Michał Czarnecki.James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham.Set on the eve of world WWII, Hitler is rising to power and Stalin's Soviet propaganda machine is pushing their "utopia" to the West. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth that inspired George Orwell's seminal book Animal Farm.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Jones, Gareth, 1905-1935; Journalism; Survival; Conspiracies;
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Papillon [videorecording] / by Flanagan, Tommy,1965-actor.; Guzikowski, Aaron,screenwriter.; Hewson, Eve,actor.; Hunnam, Charlie,1980-actor.; Koplan, David,film producer.; Malek, Rami,actor.; McFarland, Joey,film producer.; Noer, Michael,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Charrière, Henri,1906-1973.Banco.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Charrière, Henri,1906-1973.Papillon.; Bleecker Street (Firm),production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Ian Beattie.The epic story of Henri Charriere, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Crime films.; Charrière, Henri, 1906-1973; Escapes; Prisons; Prisons;
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The woman with the cure / by Cullen, Lynn,author.;
"She gave up everything - and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. In 1940s and '50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one's life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world's best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god. But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just wants the world to have a cure. Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor--often the only woman in the room--she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood. This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine--and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Horstmann, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Millicent), 1911-; Poliomyelitis; Virologists;
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Letters from Baghdad [videorecording] / by Krayenbühl, Sabine,film director.; Oelbaum, Zeva,film producer,film director.; Quaintance, Rob,film producer.; Swinton, Tilda,voice actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
Tilda Swinton (voice ot Gertrude Bell).Gertrude Bell is sometimes called the female Lawrence of Arabia. Bell was an explorer, spy, archaeologist, and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after World War I. Advisor to Winston Churchill and critic of colonial policies in Iraq, Bell was considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. The film takes viewers into a past that is eerily current.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926.; Arabists; Archaeologists; Colonial administrators; Travel writers; Women Arabists; Women spies; Women archaeologists; Women colonial administrators;
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Hickok [videorecording] / by Adkins, Trace,actor.; Dern, Bruce,actor.; Hemsworth, Luke,actor.; Kristofferson, Kris,actor.; Lyman, Kaiwi,actor.; Richardson, Cameron,actor.; Woodward, Timothy,Jr.,film director.; Lanahan, Michael,screenwriter.; Status Media & Entertainment,production company.; Avery Productions,production company.; Vision Tree Media,production company.; Cinedigm (Firm),publisher.;
Editor, Ned Thorne ; director of photography, Pablo Diez ; producers, Timothy Woodward Jr., Lauren de Normandie, Henry Penzi, Chris Nicoletti.Luke Hemsworth, Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern, Kaiwi Lyman-mersereau, Cameron Richardson.Wild Bill attempts to escape his past by settling in the small town of Abilene, Kansas. The mayor, captivated by Wild Bill's unparalleled gun skills, offers him a job as the town marshal. Wild Bill is soon challenged when a band of outlaws threaten him. Among the outlaws are powerful saloon owner Phil Poe, whose relationship with Bill2s ex-lover stirs tension. Poe puts a bounty on Wild Bill2s head but with the help of lawman Little Arkansas, Wild Bill sets out to fight the villainous bandits.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Western films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876; Outlaws;
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The Paris bookseller / by Maher, Kerri,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the most prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth century are forged--none more so than the one between Irish writer James Joyce and Sylvia herself. When Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company. But the success and notoriety of publishing the most infamous and influential book of the century comes with steep costs. The future of her beloved store itself is threatened when Ulysses' success brings other publishers to woo Joyce away. Her most cherished relationships are put to the test as Paris is plunged deeper into the Depression and many expatriate friends return to America. As she faces painful personal and financial crises, Sylvia--a woman who has made it her mission to honor the life-changing impact of books--must decide what Shakespeare and Company truly means to her"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Beach, Sylvia; Joyce, James, 1882-1941; Shakespeare and Company (Paris, France); Booksellers and bookselling; Bookstores; Prohibited books;
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David Bowie. [videorecording] : from Konrad to Starman 1962-1972 / by Bowie, David.; Smokin',publisher.;
David Bowie.Best known of course for his startling imagery and multiple characters, David Bowie had, for the best part of a decade prior to getting his first big break, been sitting on the margins of the music industry trying everything he could come up with in an attempt to get noticed. This film investigates what happened between the birth of one David Jones in Brixton, London in 1947 and the dawn of his career in music - which began when, at the age of 16, he formed local group The Konrads as saxophonist - and the day when the same young man, by now re-christened David Bowie, first came to the attention of the world at large under his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust in 1972. Featuring rare and exclusive interviews, contributions from those who worked with David during this time, rare film footage, archive material plus news reports, location shoots, rare photographs and much more besides, this intriguing documentary is the finest film yet to emerge on this often forgotten period of Bowie's incredible career.E.DVD ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Biographies.; Bowie, David.; Rock music; Rock musicians;
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Blaze [videorecording] / by Dickey, Ben,1977-actor.; Hamilton, Josh,actor.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-film director,screenwriter.; Kristofferson, Kris,actor.; Linklater, Richard,1960-actor.; Rockwell, Sam,actor.; Sexton, Charlie,actor.; Shawkat, Alia,1989-actor.; Zahn, Steve,1968-actor.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;
Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Linklater, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn.Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze's past, present, and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some sexual content and drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Foley, Blaze, 1949-1989; Country musicians; Lyricists; Country music;
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The disaster artist [videorecording] / by Bissell, Tom,1974-Disaster artist.; Franco, David,1985-actor.; Franco, James,1978-film director,film producer,actor.; Hutcherson, Josh,actor.; Porter, Dave(Composer),composer (expression); Rogen, Seth,1982-actor.; Sestero, Greg,1978-Disaster artist.; A24 (Firm),production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Cinematographer, Brandon Trost ; production designer, Chris L. Spellman ; editor, Stacey Schroeder ; music, Dave Porter.James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron.The story of the mysteriously wealthy misfit, Tommy Wiseau, the producer, director, and star of "The room," which later became an international cult film despite making no money at the box office.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Wiseau, Tommy; Room (Motion picture); Motion picture producers and directors;
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All our ordinary stories [graphic novel] : a multigenerational family odyssey / by Wong, Teresa,1976-author,illustrator.;
"Beginning with her mother's stroke in 2014, Teresa Wong takes us on a moving journey through time and place to locate the beginnings of the disconnection she feels from her parents. Through a series of stories--some epic, like her mother and father's daring escapes from communes during China's Cultural Revolution, and some banal, like her quitting Chinese school to watch Saturday morning cartoons--Wong carefully examines the cultural, historical, language, and personality barriers to intimacy in her family, seeking answers to the questions "Where did I come from?" and "Where are we going?" At the same time, she discovers how storytelling can bridge distances and help make sense of a life. A book for children of immigrants trying to honour their parents' pasts while also making a different kind of future for themselves, All Our Ordinary Stories is poignant in its understated yet nuanced depictions of complicated family dynamics. Wong's memoir is a heartfelt exploration of identity and inheritance, as well as a testament to the transformative power of stories both told and untold."--
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Wong, Teresa, 1976-; Women cartoonists; Chinese; Chinese; Chinese Canadians; Chinese Canadians;
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