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Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.

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All about Eve (1950)

DVD
2002
In Transit. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .M2572 2002
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Ba wang bie ji : Farewell my concubine / = Ba wang bie ji (1993)

DVD
1999
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PL2877.P48 B392 1999
Story that spans more than 50 years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since childhood, and the woman who comes between them. Also an absorbing drama of the period in Chinese history from the warlord era through the Cultural Revolution.
Bend it like Beckham (2002)

DVD
2003
Withdrawn. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.C55 B44 2003
A young girl is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field.
Bend it like Beckham (2002)

DVD
2003
Available. Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.C55 B44 2003
A young girl is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field.
Blue crush (2002)

DVD
2002
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.M27 B58 2003
Ann-Marie, a big-wave surfer on the North Shore of Oahu, drives to make a comeback after nearly drowning in a surfing competition. Her life becomes more complicated by her romance with a handsome football player. Ann-Marie and her surfer buddies work as maids at a posh resort and share a beach shack with Anne-Marie's wayward young sister. Ann-Marie struggles between her need to prove herself and her desire to take the easy way out.
Bring it on (2000)

DVD
2000
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.C55 B75 2000
The Toro cheerleading squad has spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, Torrance, the Toros' road to cheer glory stumbles when she discovers their perfectly choreographed routines were stolen from a hot hip-hop squad across town. Now the squad must scramble to find a new routine to compete in this year's competition.
Chicago (2002)

DVD
2002
Withdrawn. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PS3545.A828 C52 2002
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
Chicago (2002)

DVD
2002
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PS3545.A828 C52 2002
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
The killing of Sister George (1969)

VHS
1998
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. VHS PR6063.A63 K52 1998
George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful nurse in a BBC soap opera. When she finds out that her character is about to be killed off, George realizes that the only other job she can get is the voice of a cow in a children's television program. Her life begins to fall apart when Childie has an affair with a predatory tv producer.
Pat and Mike (1952)

DVD
2000
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.S67 P38 2000
A woman athlete of enormous promise in the worlds of both tennis and golf is pursued by a shady promoter, who hopes to make her famous and make some money in the process.
Personal best (1982)

VHS
1982
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. VHS PN1995.9.S67 P47 1982
Two female track stars meet during the 1976 Olympic trials and become lovers, one day to meet as competitors in a grueling contest of mind, body and will.
Stage beauty (2004)

DVD
2005
Withdrawn. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PS3558.A7349 S732 2005
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performace of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.
Stage beauty (2004)

DVD
2005
Withdrawn. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PS3558.A7349 S732 2005
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performace of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.
Stage beauty (2004)

DVD
2005
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PS3558.A7349 S732 2005
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performace of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.
The women (1939)

DVD
2002
Missing. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PS3523.U275 W62 2002
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another.

Selected Recent Acquisition:

Secret of the wild child = Revealing story of Genie (1994)

DVD
2006

Available. Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve Desk.
Call No. DVD RJ506.D47 S52 2006
Examines the case of 'Genie,' a girl whose parents kept her locked in a bedroom in total isolation, until she was discovered in 1970 at age 13. At first, her rehabilitation seemed to be an opportunity to test hypotheses of language acquisition, but disputes about the nature of her disabilities, the intensity of her therapy, and the progress of government funded research turned Genie's case into a sad example of the ethical quandaries of research on human subjects. Genie's case is compared to that of the 'Wild boy of Aveyron,' a sensation of 19th century France.
Added: 11-SEP-09

Zoom : back to the 70s / = Zoom : (1972)

DVD
2008

Available. Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1992.77 .Z66 2008 'discs 1-2'
From Ubbi-Dubbi to Fannee Doolee, relive your favorite bits from ZOOM, the original PBS kids' show from the 70s. Includes footage of every original ZOOMer from all six seasons, as well as four full-length episodes.
Added: 11-SEP-09

Made in Britain (1982)

DVD
2004

Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.J87 M34 2004
Trevor (Roth) is a temperamental 16-year-old skinhead complete with a swastika etched into his forehead. Thrown back into the penal system after smashing open a shop window, he refuses help from his social worker and retreats so deeply into his own sense of hatred that he seems impossible to reach. Easily provoked and prone to screaming and irrational behavior, Trevor comes to represent a truly terrifying vision of things to come.
Added: 15-SEP-09

The world is watching (1988)

DVD
1998

Available. Annenberg Library Reserve.
Call No. DVD PN4888.F69 W67 1998
Explores the ways that print and broadcast media coverage of the conflict in Nicaragua affects the public's perceptions and policy development in the United States and other countries.
Added: 24-SEP-09

La dame aux camélias : ballet in a prologue and three acts (2009)

2009

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 1239

Added: 30-SEP-09

Un' ora sola ti vorrei = Un'ora sola ti vorrei (2002)

DVD
2005

Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD/PAL PN1998.3.M338843 O73 2005
An intimate and introspective journey in which the filmaker tries to piece together the life of her suicidal mother, who died when she was 7 years old. Through a patchwork of home movies, recordings and diary entries, Alina Marazzi crafts a moving and emotional tribute to the universal power of love.
Added: 02-OCT-09

Chants encounter (1995)

VHS
1995

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 1265
Examines the development of chanting in Greek, Chinese, Hopi, Mayan, Tibetan, and Benedictine societies. A chanting workshop demonstrates techniques and qualities of different chants and the healing and meditative qualities of ritual chanting and overtone harmonics.
Added: 23-OCT-09

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