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41) Flawless
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
An ex-cop suffers a stroke and is paralyzed and unable to speak clearly. On the advice of his doctor, he seeks voice lessons from a musically inclined neighbor-- whom he vehemently dislikes.
42) Foyle's war
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
English Detective Christopher Foyle solves crimes on the home front while he reluctantly sits out on World War II.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The wait is over, Larry David is back. In Season 7, Larry contemplates his future with an ailing Loretta, and decides on a novel approach to winning back Cheryl. In addition to Larry finding himself embroiled in usual cauldron of self-made crises, he orchestrates a reunion with the entire cast of Seinfeld. Special features included.
"I didn't think they could top last year's finale...but they did."--GQ
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003]
Language
English
Description
The hapless Roger Rabbit is framed for the murder of Marvin Acme, who was photographed "playing patticake" with Roger's wife Jessica. The mixed live and animated action takes place in Hollywood and next-door "Toontown," where humans and "Toons" co-exist.
47) Double jeopardy
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Judd plays Libby Parsons, who discovers that the husband she's convicted of murdering staged his own "death" and framed her for the crime. Released on parole, she skips town to find him--and that puts parole officer Travis Lehman on her trail.
48) Amish grace
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When a tragedy takes the lives of five Amish schoolgirls in Pennsylvania, Ida, the mother of one of the girls, faces a profound test of faith. As she begins to feel like an outsider within her own community, Ida must decide whether or not to stay with the Amish, and her beloved husband.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an Orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer falls in love and strikes out on his own.
52) The goonies
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1985
Language
English
Description
The film follows a group of misfit kids as they search for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of lady criminal Mama Fratelli and her outlaw brood. Fortunately, the kids manage to befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son, who comes to their rescue.
53) Saving Grace
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A recent widow joins with the caretaker of her estate on the Cornish coast to use her green thumb for fun and profit. All goes well until the business starts booming.
54) Topsy-Turvy
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Tensions abound and the music swells in the story about the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two men who were extremely different in size and stature were even more different in temperament and style. Yet, they still managed to create memorable theater. This is the story of the making of one of their most famous collaborations, The Mikado.
55) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A cowboy wins his girl despite the intervention of a sinister hired hand.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes its better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back the playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
58) Persuasion
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, 1995
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot will do anything to get Captain Wentworth now that he is interested in Louisa Musgrove.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A driver and mechanic join a drag racing from L.A. east in a souped up '55 Chevy, where they challenge another driver to a cross country race, with their pink slips as the prize. Includes commentaries; interviews; rare screen test outtakes; and more.
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