Lawrence Roberts
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A vivid account of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington
They surged into Washington by the tens of thousands in the spring of 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. And the White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined...
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"The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply, more truthfully, more charitably."
Taking his inspiration from the teaching of the first Quaker, George Fox, and from his own nine generations of Quaker forebears, Smith speaks to all of us who are seeking a way to make our lives...
5) Rock star
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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A rags to riches story of a wannabe musician who gets his break and becomes a rock star overnight, only to discover that being a superstar isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
Pub. Date
[2002]
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Widescreen version.
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English
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General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
10) Clueless
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[2005]
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"Whatever" edition.
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English
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15-year-old Cher, the matchmaking Beverly Hills High schooler, has shopping and boys on her mind. She leads a hectic lifestyle but keeps it all together until she starts to fall in love and finds she's 'clueless'. A loose adaptation of Jane Austen's 19th-century comedy of manners Emma.
Special features: Class of '95: a look at the cast, then and now -- Creative writing: Writer/Director Amy Heckerling talks about creating the world of "Clueless"...
11) Clueless
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2012.
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English
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Rich, popluar, high school girl, Cher, decides it's time to help out the less fortunate new girl in her school, by making her popular. All is going well until the girl starts to become more popular than her. Includes trailers.
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2006.
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English
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Donald and Isabelle have a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. Donald, a good-natured but hapless cab driver has a knack for numbers. He falls head over heals in love with the beautiful but complex Isabelle when she joins the autism support group he leads.
13) The last castle
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2013
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English
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A wrongly court-martialed General is at odds with the corrupt Colonel acting as prison warden. Eventually, the General rallies the prisoners into an army to do battle with the Colonel and his troops for control of the prison, and their lives. Includes deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes, trailers, and more.
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