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Woody Allen is Isaac Davis, a successful comedy writer whose wife, having left him for another woman, is now embarking on a book about their failed marriage.
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Leaders, Rulers, & Kings
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Selected Recent Acquisition:
DVD
1991
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD D769.8.A6 H59 1991
After the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941, 100,000 Japanese living in the United States were forced to move to concentration camps. With family stories and some documentaries, videomaker Tajiri describes the haunting impacts of this ordeal on American Japanese for generations thereafter.
Added: 14-OCT-09
DVD
2005
Available. Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve Desk.
Call No. DVD F2510 .R47862 2005 'discs 1-2'
Discusses the history, social and artistic aspects of the multiethnic character of Brazil. Based on Darcy Ribeiro's book of the same title.
Added: 08-OCT-09
DVD
2004
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PG7158.L39 A852 2005
When an unusual rock with a cylinder inside is found in the Gobi Desert, scientists determine its origin as the planet Venus. A crew of astronauts is sent there to learn more. Meanwhile experts attempt to decode the message that was encoded on the spool within and determine why Venus is utterly silent.
Added: 02-NOV-09
DVD
1999
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PT2662.E294 J322 1999
Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob suddenly becomes a hero as old friends and neighbors flock to him, pressing for information about the latest reports. Jacob feels compelled to make up stories to keep up the spirits of his comrades.
Added: 02-NOV-09
DVD
2009
Checked Out. Due Jan 04, 2010. Van Pelt Video Collection. Click here to place on hold.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.M27 Z322 2009
An epic portrait of late sixties America as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot.
Added: 10-NOV-09
DVD
2009
Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 1288
In this collection of DVDs Alfred Brendel not only plays all Schubert's major keyboard works, he also introduces each piece, throwing light on its compositional substance and at the same time revealing his own highly personal relationship with these masterpieces of Romantic music.
Added: 03-DEC-09