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Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 6
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
A once-heroic knight becomes the darkest of villains. The Jedi suffer slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. The Republic falls, an Empire rises, and so begins the long wait for a New Hope.
Series
Criterion collection volume 806
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 1
Publisher
Quirk Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers,...
44) Summer of '42
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three teenage friends convey the hilarity of their awkward sexual quest and the genuine pain of growing up. Hermie is finally united with an "older woman" of 22.
45) Home alone
Language
English
Description
"Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are tyring to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!"--Container.
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 3
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Han Solo entombed in carbonite, the princess taken captive, the Rebel Alliance besieged, and Jabba the Hutt engorged. Now Luke Skywalker and his Rebel band must seek fresh allies in their quest to thwart construction of a new Imperial Death Star. But whom can they trust to fight by their side in the great battle to come? Cry “Ewok” and let slip the dogs of war!
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 2
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of The Empire strikes back in iambic pentameter, the style of Shakespeare.Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star. Young Luke Skywalker and his friends have taken refuge on the ice planet of Hoth, where the evil Darth Vader has hatched a cold-blooded plan to capture them. Only with the help of a little green Jedi Master -- and a swaggering rascal named Lando Calrissian -- can our heroes escape the Empire's...
49) Li'l Quinquin
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (206 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
This absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin, as he proceeds to investigate the case.
Publisher
Nostalgia Ventures
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
20 sound discs (20 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A series consisting of three radio dramas. "I love a mystery" is the tale of three soldiers of fortune, Jack Packard, Doc Long and Reggie Yorke, who form the A-1 detective agency. They are adventurers who travel the world in search of action, thrills and mystery, battling the evils of the natural and the supernatural world and rescuing women in distress. Their exploits continue in the "I love adventure" radio drama series. "Adventures by "Morse" is...
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A Montreal shrine seeks to inspire its congregants by modernizing its staging of the Passion play. A promising cast of vibrant young actors are signed on -- one fresh from perfume commercials, another from the pornographic film industry, and another who had an affair with the basilica's priest -- quickly drive the production on to become a smash hit. But as the play enjoys the success, the actors become more and more challenged to separate their real...
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 4
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Join us, good gentles, for a merry re-imagining of Star Wars: Episode 1 as only Shakespeare could have written it. The entire saga starts here, with a thrilling tale featuring a disguised queen, a young hero, and two fearless knights facing a hidden, vengeful enemy. ’Tis a true Shakespearean drama, filled with sword fights, soliloquies, and doomed romance . . . all in glorious iambic pentameter and coupled with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations....
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 5
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
To Shmi or not to Shmi? Torn between duty to the Jedi, attraction to Padmé, and concern for his beloved mother, yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker struggles to be master of his fate. The path he chooses will determine not just his own destiny, but that of the entire Republic. And thereby hangs a tale.
54) The island
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hrs., 16 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a utopian facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island." But Lincoln soon realizes that everything about his existence is a lie. He discovers that all of the inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the evil...
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
p1993
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (ca. 7 hrs.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When this series was first broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, it generated the largest response in the network's history: 50,000 letters and phone calls in a single week, an audience of 750,000 per episode, and a subsequent 40-percent jump in NPR listenership.This landmark production, perhaps the most ambitious radio project ever attempted, began when Star Wars creator George Lucas donated the story rights to an NPR affiliate. Writer Brian...
57) Gaslight
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
58) The family Stone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Everett brings his fianc©♭ Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, DCS Christopher Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
60) Once
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A poor Czech immigrant and a down-on-his-luck Irish musician meet by chance on the streets of Dublin and start writing music together.
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