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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is a candid look inside the agony and ecstasy of making people laugh for a living. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director, and the star performer. There is no rehearsal, no practice, and no safety net when they are in front of a live audience. For most people, baring their soul on stage and having an audience "boo" at them would become a life-long trauma, but for stand-up comedians, it's a nightly challenge.
Publisher
Barn Owl Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two-disc set containing the documentary film about collector Michael Zahs' discovery in an Iowa farmhouse of nitrate reels and other artifacts from the estate of William Franklin Brinton and the adventurous life of Brinton himself, including Brinton's presentation of the nitrate reel films throughout America's Heartland in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and containing over 100 minutes of the Brinton silent films themselves.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Hard partying brothers Mike and Dave place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out partied by the uncontrollable duo.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise....
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