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Sparkling repartee enlivens this witty comedy in which a model of social rectitude learns from an unexpected source the difference between true morality and its appearance. Centering around the arrival of a mysterious woman hoping to break into London's society, this was Wilde's first great stage success. Lady Windermere learns from a friend that Lord Windermere is spending a great deal of time with a Mrs. Erlynne, and fearing that he is being unfaithful...
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (594 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim is the macho 'everyman' who challenges his gorgeous and feisty wife, Cheryl, with his stubborn manliness but contagious charm. Tagging along with this duo of happily married opposites are their three precocious kids.
4) Othello
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Series
Language
English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (264 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim is the macho 'everyman' who challenges his gorgeous and feisty wife, Cheryl, with his stubborn manliness but contagious charm. Tagging along with this duo of happily married opposites are their three precocious kids.
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English
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"Victoria Barnett has it all. A great career. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect -- or so it seems. Then she's in a terrible accident... and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can't feed or dress herself. She can't even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with twenty-four-hour care. Sylvia Robinson is hired by Victoria's husband...
8) Hope springs
Language
English
Description
Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple who have been married for 30 years and now are sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the doctor's intense week-long marriage counseling session. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart...
9) Plus one
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Long-time friends Alice and Ben find themselves in that inevitable year that all late twenty-somethings experience, in which seemingly every person they know gets married, and agree to be one another's plus ones as they power through an endless parade of insufferable weddings.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bryan, an unassuming pet photographer, finds himself caught in a Croatian crime lord's path when a photo shoot gone awry almost kills the boss's cat. The angry mobster offers an alternative to death: marry his daughter Masha so she can get her green card. Bryan's mother is so desperate for her son to marry she is unfazed by the circumstances. Complicating matters is Bryan's sexy but delusional assistant Tonya, who thinks Bryan is hers. The high jinx...
12) Boulevard
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A subtle and moving drama following a devoted husband and dutiful bank employee who begins to confront his own secrets. What starts as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering decision for the curious Nolan Mack. For many years, Nolan and his wife Joy have embraced their marriage as a convenient distraction from facing reality. When he meets a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home, Nolan finds himself breaking...
13) This Is 40
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up, the 2007 comedy. After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of retirement, a judgmental middle-class snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (559 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and novelist who is happily married, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds when Alison and Noah meet in Montauk at the end of Long Island.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative...
18) The Danish girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
19) Hedda Gabler
Author
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hedda Gabler marries dull George Tesman and looks forward to a life of middle class tedium. Judge Brack, who admires Hedda, wants to establish a ménage à trois. Then, a former admirer comes to vie for George's academic post.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness....
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