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2) Mystery men
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A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.
3) Ragtime
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From the E.L. Doctorow novel of 1906 America, a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of an important time in America's history. It is now an award winning Broadway musical.
4) Antitrust
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A young computer whiz gets caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy after his best friend is murdered.
5) Bananas
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Allen stars as a Manhattan product tester who quits his job and goes to South America where he becomes leader of a mythical banana republic.
7) "10"
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Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards' spicy adult comedy of manners, morals, and mid-life crises. The man who has everything, Moore nearly loses it all in an obsessive quest for a beautiful woman he spies from his Rolls-Royce.
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A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs," proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.
10) Fletch
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While working on a drug expose, investigative reporter Irwin Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman. The wily Fletch senses a scam and soon he's up to his byline in frameups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet his deadline.
12) Planets
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Journey through space and time, witnessing the birth of the sun and traveling to the outer limits of the solar system.
13) Far from heaven
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Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it....
14) Rope
Description
"Two thrill-seeking friends (Granger and Dall) strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of the 'perfect murder,' their former teacher (Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious that his students have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality."--Container.
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Attempts to address the increased demand and need for ASL literature. These orignial stories, based ont he Deaf experience, are the first in a set to be produced. Ben Bahan's fable, "Birds of a Different Feather," explores the differences of a bird within a family of eagles. Rather than accepting the bird's differences, the eagle family tries to apply a pathological approach to raising the unusual bird. In Sam Supalla's, "For a Decent Living,"...
17) Holiday Inn
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A song-and-dance man leaves show business and opens up a Connecticut inn with his former partner.
18) Thunderball
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Sean Connery brings his characteristic style, humour, and magnetism to Agent 007 as he travels to Nassau to track down villainous criminal Emilio Largo, who is threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.
19) Two for the road
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On their third identical voyage from London to the Riviera, a couple explore their 12-year marriage in a series of wry and illuminating flashbacks. They reminisce about the glorious beginning of their love affair, the early years of marriage and the events that led to their subsequent infidelities. As they try to understand their relationship, they realize they must accept how they have changed if they are to rekindle their original love.
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"Beginning with the Crucifixion to the coming of the Crusades, traces the rise of one of the world's great religions. Scholars explore the intertwined fates of the Roman Empire and the faith it persecuted, then later adopted. Theologians reveal how the New Testament was shaped, how pagan festivals were transformed into Christian holidays, and how modern discoveries shed new light on the dawn of Christianity."--Container.
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