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21) The other
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman--meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...
22) Il sorpasso
Series
Criterion collection volume 707
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Italiano
Description
A freewheeling bachelor takes a bookish law student on an unpredictable journey from Rome to Tuscany.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Olivier—an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville—is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected by an enigmatic one-armed marquis. When Olivier sets sail for the nascent United States—ostensibly to make a study of the penal system, but more precisely to save his...
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From writer-director Martin McDonagh comes a unique film staring Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson. Although Padraic (Farrell) and Colm (Gleeson) have been lifelong friends, they find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, bringing alarming consequences for both of them.
25) Ulysses
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
James Joyce pays homage to Homer's Odyssey, drawing on many of the Greek poet's themes with this eighteen-part novel. Set in 1922 Ireland, when the city of Dublin was rife with social unrest and radical nationalism, Ulysses chronicles a day in the life of Leopold Bloom as he navigates the city on his usual routine. However, his disdain for violence, indifference for Irish independence, and his embitterment for his adulterous wife leave Bloom in a...
26) Bellflower
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Woodrow and Aiden spend their time preparing for global apocalypse by building muscle cars and flamethrowers, but when Woodrow falls in love with Milly and the romance ends suddenly, Woodrow erupts in an explosion of violence.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realises that his new friend has a secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of ex-pilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogotá billiard hall and grows until the day Ricardo receives a cassette tape in an unmarked envelope. Asking Antonio to find him somewhere private to play it, they go to a...
29) 3 idiots
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three students at India's most prestious university cause chaos on their campus with pranks, to the displeasure of the dean.
30) Eldorado
Series
Film movement volume year 6, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When Yvan, a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer, catches young burglar and ex-junkie Elie trying to rob him, Yvan becomes strangely attached to Elie and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet, leading to a bizarre journey through Belgium for the two loners.
33) Grumpy old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca.104 min.) : sd., col.
Language
English
Description
Two old men, rivals for fifty years, put new energy into their squabbles when a beautiful widow, and then another beautiful woman comes to town.
34) 25th hour
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Monty Brogan is facing a seven year prison sentence for dealing drugs. On the night before he has to go to prison, he decides to go out with his friends one last time, and re-examines his life in the process. With time running out, there are choices to be made as he struggles to redeem himself in the 25th hour.
35) On the road
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As two friends head out on a cross-country trip, their lives are changed by the people they meet and the circumstances they encounter.
36) Chances are
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[A] story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college circa the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today--Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two lifelong friends, a bartender and a pastor, decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along the way in this delightful novel from the queen of holiday stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Peter Rhinehart and Hank Meyer are best friends, but their lives couldn't be more different. Peter is a local pastor who is dedicated to his community. He spends his time visiting the flock, attending...
Publisher
Independent Cinema Restoration Archive
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a prison cell somewhere in Latin America, Molina and Valentin have only one thing in common--they are both victims of society. This is the complex story of the relationship that develops between two men with radically different perspectives on life.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
24 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In high school, these men were in a band. One of them, Jimmy, left Oakpine for New York City after the tragic death of his brother. A successful novelist, he has returned thirty years later, in 1999 — because he is dying. With Carlson’s characteristic grace, we learn what has become of these friends and the different directions of their lives. Craig and Frank never left; Mason, a top lawyer in Denver, is back in town to fix up and sell his parents’...
40) Biosphere
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"White House science advisor Ray and lifelong pal and old boss Billy were becoming accustomed to possibly being the last people remaining on Earth. As the reality of their situation sinks in and relationships become strained, Billy finds himself adapting to the new reality in an unexpected fashion"--
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