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About Schmidt (2002)  |
DVD 124 min. |
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A man in his 60s realizes he has wasted his life while trying to run his daughter's. |
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Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates. Directed by Alexander Payne. |
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Comedy Elder Family
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| Adaptation (2002) |
DVD 114 min. |
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A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere. |
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Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton. Directed by Spike Jonze. |
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Entertainment Comedy Environmental
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| Bourne Identity, The (2002) |
DVD 119 min. |
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An amnesia victim wakes up to find he has the skills of a secret agent, and races to discover the truth about his past. |
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Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adwalw Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Directed by Doug Liman. |
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Action International
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Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)  |
DVD 109 min. |
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When Jason Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation he is forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin to survive. |
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Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Babriel Mann, Joan Allen. Directed by Paul Greengrass. |
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Action International Drama
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| Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
DVD 120 min. |
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A documentary probe of America's predilection for gun violence, including an examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. |
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Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore. |
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Constitutional Documentary
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| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) |
DVD 108 min. |
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The British diarist returns, beset by petty jealousies and a choice between two suitors. |
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Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones. Directed by Beeban Kidron. |
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Comedy Romance Human Rights
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| Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) |
DVD 97 min. |
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A busy career woman decides to turn over a new page in her life by channeling her thoughts, opinions and insecurities into a journal that becomes a hilarious chronicle of her adventures. |
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Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth. Directed by Sharon Macguire. |
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Comedy Romance Human Rights
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| Capote (2005) |
DVD 114 min. |
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Truman Capote travels to Kansas to research what will become his most celebrated book, In Cold Blood. |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr. Directed by Bennett Miller. |
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Biography Entertainment Death Penalty
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| Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
(2 disc set) DVD 141 min. |
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Based on the true story of a successful con-artist and the FBI agent on his trail. |
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye. Directed by Steven Spielberg. |
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Drama Fraud Family
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| City of God (2002) |
DVD 130 min. |
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Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. In Portuguese with English subtitles. |
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Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Johnathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. |
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Foreign Drama Poverty
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| Civil Action, A (1999) |
VHS/DVD 112 min. |
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True story of a personal injury lawyer who risks everything to represent the families of children that died of leukemia as a result of the toxic waste dumped by a nearby corporation. |
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John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan. Directed by Steven Zaillian. |
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Environmental Civil Procedure Advocacy
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| Closer (2004) |
DVD 104 min. |
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Four strangers and their chance meetings, instant attractions and casual betrayals. |
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Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen. Directed by Mike Nichols. |
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Romance Ethics
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| Cold Mountain (2003) |
DVD 154 min. |
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In the waning days of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to North Carolina to reunite with his lover. |
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Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland. Directed by Anthony Minghella. |
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War Romance History
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| Crash (2004) |
DVD 122 min. |
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The volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast as they careen in and out of each other's lives. |
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Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Eposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate. Directed by Paul Haggis. |
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Discrimination Racism Law Enforcement
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Entourage: The Complete First Season (2004)  |
(2 disc set) DVD 240 min. |
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A young film star navigates the absurdities and pitfalls of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent. |
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Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar, Jeremy Piven. Directed by Adam Bernstein and Daniel Attias. |
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Entertainment Contracts Television
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| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
DVD 108 min. |
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A couple undergoes a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. |
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Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Michel Gondry. |
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Privacy Entertainment SciFi/Fantasy
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| Few Good Men, A (1992) |
VHS/DVD 138 min. |
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Naval lawyers must defend two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier. |
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Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore. Directed by Rob Reiner. |
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Military Drama Criminal Procedure
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| Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (1999) |
(6 disc set) DVD 18 hours, 0 min. |
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Two groups of teenagers, all outsiders and misfits, struggle with high school in 1980s Michigan. |
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Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daly, James France, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty, Busy Phillips. Directed by Jake Kasdan, Bryan Gordon, Lesli Linka Glatter. |
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Family Television Education
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| Gangs of New York (2002) |
DVD 166 min. |
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In 1863, a man returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against his father's killer. |
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly. Directed by Martin Scorsese. |
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Immigration Drama
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| Gideon's Trumpet (1980) |
VHS 110 min. |
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True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants. |
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Henry Fonda, Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray, Sam Jaffe, Dean Jagger, Nicholas Pryor, William Prince. Directed by Robert E. Collins. |
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Biography Constitutional Television
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| Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
DVD 121 min. |
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A humble hotel manager shelters more than a thousand "guests" from tribal genocide. |
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Xolani Mali, Don Cheadle, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Rosie Motene, Neil McCarthy, Kid Sitholo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Jeremiah Ndlovu, Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Terry George. |
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International Human Rights Discrimination
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| I, Robot (2004) |
DVD 114 min. |
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In the year 2035 a techno-phobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. |
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Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruse Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk. Directed by Alex Proyas. |
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SciFi/Fantasy Human Rights Ethics
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Incredibles, The (2004)  |
(2 disc set) DVD 115 min. |
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A family of former superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world. |
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Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Dominique Louis, Eli Fucile, Maeve Andrews, Wallace Shawn. Directed by Brad Bird. |
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| Italian Job, The (2003) |
DVD 111 min. |
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After being betrayed by one of their own, a band of professional thieves plots to steal back their loot. |
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Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Croker, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Seth Green. Directed by F. Gary Gray. |
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| Law & Order: The First Year (2002) |
6 disc set DVD 17 hours, 40 min. |
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Television drama depicting both halves of the criminal justice system: the investigating police detectives, and the prosectuting district attorneys. |
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Jerry Orbach, Paul Sorvino, George Dzundza, Jesse L. Martin, Benjamin Bratt, Chris Noth. Directed by John P. Whitesell II, E.W. Swackhamer, Vern Gillum. |
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Television Evidence Criminal Procedure
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| Legally Blonde (2001) |
VHS/DVD 96 min. |
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When a blonde sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to follow him to law school to get him back. Once there, she discovers she has more legal savvy than she ever imagined. |
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Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Raquel Welch. Directed by Robert Luketik. |
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Comedy Education Criminal Law
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| Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004) |
(2 disc set) DVD 119 min. |
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A famed oceanographer sets out to take revenge on the mythical shark that killed his partner. |
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Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort. Directed by Wes Anderson. |
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| Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
DVD 101 min. |
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A young Colombian girl enters the ruthless world of drug trafficking to escape her country for the United States. In Spanish with English subtitles. |
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Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Jhon Alexander Toro. Directed by Joshua Marston. |
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| Motorcycle Diaries, The (2004) |
DVD 128 min. |
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara circumnavigates South America on a thrilling and dangerous road trip. |
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Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Jean Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer, Sofia Bertolotto, Ricardo Díaz Mourelle. Directed by Walter Salles. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) |
DVD 120 min. |
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A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. |
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington. Directed by Doug Liman. |
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| My Cousin Vinny (1992) |
VHS/DVD 120 min. |
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Two youths accused of murder in a small Alabama town are represented by a relative who has never won a case. |
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Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne. Directed by Jonathon Lynn. |
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| National Treasure (2004) |
DVD 131 min. |
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A treasure hunter in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure originally secreted away by the nation's Founding Fathers. |
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Nicolas Cage, Jon Voigt, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. |
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| Paper Chase, The (1973) |
VHS/DVD 111 min. |
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A first-year Harvard law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of his stern professor. |
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Timothy Bottoms, John Houseman, Lindsay Wagner. Directed by James Bridges. |
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| Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
2 disc set DVD 143 min. |
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A bloodthirsty band of pirates seeking a lost treasure of cursed gold find themselves beset by a rogue captain intent on thwarting their plans. |
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Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley. Directed by Gore Verbinski. |
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| Runaway Jury (2003) |
DVD 127 min. |
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A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer. |
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John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison. Directed by Gary Fleder. |
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Jury Drama Civil Procedure
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| Super Size Me (2004) |
DVD 100 min. |
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Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and subjecting himself to a "McDonald's only" diet. |
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Morgan Spurlock, Bridget Bennett, Dr. Lisa Ganjhu, Don Gorske. Directed by Morgan Spurlock. |
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| This is Spinal Tap (1984) |
DVD 82 min. |
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Spinal Tap, the world's loudest heavy metal band, has their fateful tour chronicled in this "mock-umentary." |
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Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer. Directed by Rob Reiner. |
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| Usual Suspects, The (1995) |
VHS/DVD 106 min. |
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Dragged in by the police, five professional thieves team up and uncover the identity of a criminal mastermind. |
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Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis. Directed by Bryan Singer. |
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| Vanity Fair (2004) |
DVD 141 min. |
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Growing up poor, a nanny defies her poverty-stricken background and is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle. |
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Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Directed by Mira Nair. |
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| Wedding Crashers (2005) |
DVD 128 min. |
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A pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when one of them falls in love. |
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Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour. Directed by David Dobkin. |
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The College of William & Mary Law Library maintains
a Feature Film Collection which consists of films portraying
lawyers, or have themes relating to legal subjects. These videos,
in VHS or DVD format, may be checked out for two days from
the circulation desk
(map)
with a current W&M ID or Law Library card. Overdue fines
of $1.00 per day for each movie will be assessed on late returns.
Would you like to learn more about the law and lawyers as portrayed in film?
The Law Library has copies of
Changing Images of Law in Film & Television Crime Stories
(PN1995.9 .J8 L46 2003),
Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies
(PN1995.9 .J8 B47 2006), and
The Celluloid Courtroom: A History of Legal Cinema
(PN1995.9 .J8 L48 2005), as well as several titles in the
BFI Film Classics series.
We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Feature Film Collection!
If there is a legal-themed movie you think the library should own, please submit
a suggestion form at the circulation desk, or send us an e-mail at
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