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Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a timeless comedic masterpiece that combines witty satire, social commentary, and farcical humor in a delightful theatrical concoction.
Set in the elegant drawing rooms of Victorian-era London, the play revolves around the hilarious deceptions of its characters, particularly Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing. These dashing young men each maintain a fictitious persona-Algernon has invented a friend...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In present day Los Angeles, Daphne (Shailene Woodley), a thirty something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Jamie Dornan) and Frank (Sebastian Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
5) About a boy
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you are never too cool to grow up
6) Notting Hill
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The world's most famous movie star falls in love with a small-time bookstore owner
7) Original sin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], ©2001
Language
English
Description
A mysterious woman from Boston whose insatiable lust for her new wealthy, plantation owner husband is exceded only by her desire for his fortune.
9) Moonstruck
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 42 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
An "unlucky in love" Italian-American widow just weeks away from her wedding falls for her fiance's younger brother
10) In the bedroom
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The Fowlers are a normal family in Maine. Matt is the town doctor and loves to fish, his wife, Ruth, is the school's choir leader, and their son, Frank, is home from his first year of college. Frank is in love with Natalie, a young mother who isn't quite divorced yet from her ex-husband, Richard Strout, whose family runs the local cannery. It makes Richard's blood run cold to see his wife running around with another man. And soon, an unthinkable tragedy...
11) Along came Polly
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor, is not one to ever take chances in any aspect of his life. But when his new bride Lisa leaves him for French scuba instructor Claude on their honeymoon, he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly, whom he remembers from the seventh grade. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (775 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centered on characters who share the same birthday, the story follows several decades in the lives of Jack and Rebecca Pearson. As the plot unfolds, it traverses numerous timelines, and intertwines the stories of people whose lives connect in unexpected ways. Filled with memorable performances from its acclaimed cast, it is a smart, poignant dramedy.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness-- along with waitress Carol Connelly-- helps put Melvin back in the human race
15) Tin cup
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©1996, ©1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A golf pro whose ego and wild ways have kept him from achieving true greatness finally decides to get serious, about a woman and about winning a tournament.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rose, a literature professor who lives with her mother, is in search of passion. Gregory, a mathematics professor who has been hurt in the past, is afraid to start a new relationship. Fate brings the two together and they soon agree to a marriage of convenience, built on intellectual passion instead of sexual heat. Then they fall in love.
17) What women want
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cocky, chauvinistic ad agency exec (Gibson) magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking. He puts this to especially good use with his new superior (Hunt), whose job he was in line to get. Then competition turns into romance
18) Shallow Hal
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only physically beautiful women. One day, he runs into a self-help guru who hypnotises him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal then meets Rosemary, a grossly obese woman who Hal sees as a vision of loveliness. Will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis and Hal sees the real Rosemary?
19) Mamma mia!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
20 year old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes according to plan. Now, old loves are re-kindled, new loves...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Terry Wolfmeyer is a sharp-witted suburban wife who is left alone to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic around their house when Terry falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned local radio D.J. This leaves her daughters out on a limb because now they have to juggle their own romantic ups and downs as well as having to deal with the dilemmas of their mom
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