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For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the...
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Alice is a bored schoolgirl who yearns for a more exciting life. Things get "curiouser and curiouser" after she follows the frantic White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and has a series of surreal misadventures in the madcap world of Wonderland, where "nothing's impossible." In Wonderland, Alice meets extraordinary characters such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat.
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Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
4) Walkabout
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Stranded in the Australian desert, an English girl and her small brother are rescued by an aborigine boy who has journeyed into the outback on his "walkabout"--A tribal initiation into manhood. This is the original director's cut.
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The Puritans thought Hester Prynne's crime was unforgiveable. She was convicted, imprisoned -- and then forced to wear, forever, a public reminder of her sin. The Scarlet Letter. The Letter was unending punishment: it set Hester apart from society, it tormented her days and haunted her soul. But the Letter haunted others, as well. Its mystery turned Roger Chillingworth from a gentle healer into a man driven by revenge. Its meaning burned into Rev....
8) Robin Hood
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Join Robin Hood, his trusted companion Little John, and his hilarious band of Merry Men as they outfox greedy Prince John to save the good people of Nottingham. Dashing from one daring deed to the next, Robin won't rest until he wins the hand of Maid Marian and restores King Richard to the throne.
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Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Entertainment legends are presented in this anthology of the funniest routines by some of the greatest comedians of stage and screen. All star cast includes Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Princess Diana, George Bush, Richard Nixon, Carol Burnett, Abbott & Costello, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle and many more.
100 FUNNIEST MOMENTS, "FAVORITE MOMENTS OF THE STARS": Whether it's...
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998.
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日本語
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This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
11) The night porter
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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The chance meeting of a woman and a former Nazi SS officer brings back memories of their sado-masochistic relationship in a concentration camp years before.
12) The thin man
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The thin man: "The start of it all! Nick and Nora Charles invite you to bring your own alibi to Dashiell Hammett's jaunty whodunit about a missing inventor that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing"--Container.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin. Round up the usual suspects, including James Stewart in an early screen role."--Container.
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13) Stage door
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Turner Entertainment Co
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[2005]
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English
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The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.
14) Easter parade
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Warner Home Video
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[2005]
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English
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Astaire is trying to forget ex-dance partner Miller while rising to stardom with Garland. Too good to watch just at Easter time.
15) Orpheus: Orphée
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Français
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Jean Cocteau turns the Orpheus legend into a story of a poet and his encounter with death and the middle world.
16) Finian's rainbow
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Warner Home Video
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[2005]
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English
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A leprechaun tries to retrieve a crock of gold from an old wanderer who has taken it to America.
17) Kiss me Kate
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Warner Home Video
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[2003]
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English
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Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
18) Melody time
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Walt Disney Home Video
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[2000?]
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English
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Seven classic cartoons originally released in 1948.
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Little women: The March sisters in an Academy Award winning version of the cherished Louisa May Alcott novel. Pride and prejudice: Mr. Darcy sets maiden hearts aflutter, except that of Elizabeth Bennett. Madame Bovary: All she wanted was everything. Anna Karenina: Garbo risks all for the perfect love in Tolstoy's tale of romance and Imperial Russia.
20) The longest day
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Complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy through the eyes of all its participants. D-Day was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in France during Operation Overlord, beginning the 6th of June, 1944, and was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It began with overnight parachute and glider landings, air attacks, naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious landing.
