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Tolkien [videorecording] / by Beresford, Stephen,screenwriter.; Boyle, Anthony,1994-actor.; Chernin, Peter,1951-film producer.; Collins, Lily,1989-actor.; Donnelly, Laura,1982-actor.; Ferris, Pam,actor.; Gibson, Patrick,1995-actor.; Gleeson, David,1966-screenwriter.; Glynn-Carney, Tom,1995-actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Jacobi, Derek,actor.; Karukoski, Dome,film director.; Meaney, Colm,1953-actor.; O'Reilly, Genevieve,1977-actor.; Ready, David,1979-film producer.; Roberts, Craig,1991-actor.; Thykier, Kris,1972-film producer.; Topping, Jenno,film producer.; Chernin Entertainment,production company.; Fox Searchlight Pictures,presenter.; TSG Entertainment,presenter.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,publisher.;
Director of photography, Lasse Frank ; editor, Harri Ylönen ; music, Thomas Newman.Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O'Reilly, Pam Ferris.Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire him to write his famous Middle-earth novels.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; War films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Male friendship; Male authors, English; World War, 1914-1918;
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Anomalisa [videorecording] / by Johnson, Duke.; Kaufman, Charlie,1958-; Leigh, Jennifer Jason,1962-; Noonan, Tom.; Thewlis, David,1963-; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan.Michael Stone, husband, father and noted author, travels to Cincinnati to speak at a customer service conference. But once he's separated from the routine of his daily life, a chance encounter helps him to realize just what, and whom, he's been missing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Stop-motion animation films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Love; Male authors; Man-woman relationships;
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Roadrunner [videorecording] : a film about Anthony Bourdain / by Bourdain, Ottavia,on-screen participant.; Chang, David,1977-on-screen participant.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Anthony Bourdain, Ottavia Bourdain, David Chang.Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Director Morgan Neville offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bourdain, Anthony.; No reservations (Television program); Cooks; Male authors, American; Television personalities; Travel writers;
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The beach bum [videorecording] / by McConaughey, Matthew,1969-actor.; Snoop Dogg,1972-actor.; Fisher, Isla,1976-actor.; Owen, Stefania LaVie,1997-actor.; Lawrence, Martin,actor.; Efron, Zac,actor.; Hill, Jonah,1983-actor.; Korine, Harmony,screenwriter,film director.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill.The adventures of rebellious stoner Moondog, a fun-loving, pot-smoking, beer-drinking writer who lives life on his own terms in Florida. If he can put down the drugs for just one minute, he may finally be able to put his talent to good use and finish the next great American novel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:0 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Male authors; Drug addicts; Man-woman relationships; Slackers;
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Magpie murders. [videorecording] / by Anderson, Ian Lloyd,actor.; Cattaneo, Peter,television director.; Hill, Conleth,1964-actor.; Horowitz, Anthony,1955-screenwriter.; Manville, Lesley,actor.; McAuley, Suzanne,television producer.; McMullan, Tim,actor.; Brit Box (Firm),production company.; Eleventh Hour Films (2010- ),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Salt Films (Firm),production company.;
Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Conleth Hill, Michael Maloney, Alexandros Logothetis, Claire Rushbrook, Daniel Mays, Matthew Beard.A beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers, the plot revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Male authors; Manuscripts; Murder; Women editors;
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The lost city [videorecording] / by Anibal, Hector,actor.; Bullock, Sandra,actor.; Forbes-Johnson, Thomas,actor.; Harrison, Patti,1990-actor.; Lee, Raymond,1987-actor.; Nee, Aaron,film director,screenwriter.; Nee, Adam,film director,screenwriter.; Nuñez, Oscar,actor.; Pitt, Brad,1963-actor.; Radcliffe, Daniel,1989-actor.; Randolph, Da'Vine Joy,actor.; Tatum, Channing,actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Patti Harrison, Oscar Nunez, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Raymond Lee, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Hector Anibal.Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Billionaires; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Jungle survival; Kidnapping victims; Male models; Man-woman relationships; Recluses as authors; Rescues; Women authors;
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Wild nights with Emily [videorecording] / by Gelman, Brett,1976-actor.; Seimetz, Amy,actor.; Olnek, Madeleine,film director.; Shannon, Molly,1964-actor.; Ziegler, Susan,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Amy Seimetz, Brett Gelman.In the mid-nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically and enjoying a passionate, romantic relationship with her friend and sister-in-law Susan. While seeking publication of some of her poems, Emily finds herself facing male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead, her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in buttoned-up Amherst's most bizarre love triangle.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886; Dickinson, Susan Huntington, 1830-1913; Women authors; Lesbians; Closeted gays; Female friendship; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Kapaemahu / by Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana,author,narrator.; Hamer, Dean H.,author.; Wilson, Joe,1964-author.; Sousa, Daniel(Film director),illustrator.; Container of (expression):Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana.Kapaemahu.Spoken word (Wong-Kalu);
Read by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award-contending short film. In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing. As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once-sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of the Mahu still calls out to those who pass by them at Waikiki Beach today.Ages 4-8.P-3.
Subjects: Picture books.; Folk tales.; Children's audiobooks.; Folklore; Waikiki Beach (Hawaii); Hawaiian language materials;
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The prince of the skies / by Iturbe, Antonio,1967-author.; Thwaites, Lilit Žekulin,translator.; translation of:Iturbe, Antonio,1967-A cielo abierto.English.;
A gripping narrative of friendship and exploration, and an homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an unforgettable writer who touched the lives of millions of readers, and who was able to see the world through the eyes of a child. In the 1920s, long before he wrote The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an accomplished pilot. Along with Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, he was chosen to pioneer new mail routes across the globe. No distance was too far and no mountain too high-each letter had to reach its destination. The three friends soared through the air, while back on solid ground, they dealt with a world torn apart by wars and political factions.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944; Air pilots; Male friendship;
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Kill your darlings [videorecording] / by Cross, David,1964-; DeHaan, Dane,1987-; Hall, Michael C.,1971-; Krokidas, John.; Leigh, Jennifer Jason,1962-; Radcliffe, Daniel,1989-; Sedgwick, Kyra.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyra Sedgwick, David Cross.Daniel Radcliffe stars as Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg in this biopic set during the famed poet's early years at Columbia University, and centering on a murder investigation involving Ginsberg, his handsome classmate Lucien Carr, and fellow Beat author William S. Burroughs. The year is 1944. Ginsberg (Radcliffe) is a young student at Columbia University when he falls hopelessly under the spell of charismatic classmate Carr (Dane DeHaan). Alongside Carr, Ginsberg manages to strike up friendships with aspiring writers William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) that would cast conformity to the wind, and serve as the foundation of the Beat movement. Meanwhile, an older outsider named David Kammerer falls deeply and madly in love with the impossibly cool Carr. Later, when Kammerer dies under mysterious circumstances, police arrest Kerouac, Burroughs, and Carr as potential suspects, paving the way for an investigation that would have a major impact on the lives of the three emerging artists.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997; Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005; Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969; Authors, American; Biographical films.; Bohemianism; Feature films.; Historical films.; Male friendship;
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