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Series
Criterion collection volume 61
Language
English
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Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera."--
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Onion News anchorman Norm Archer is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor, he doesn't just get made, he gets-- angry. A movie of skits that mock cultural fads, commercials, and people of all races.
Language
English
Description
Aspiring artist Janey Briggs is an outcast because of her plain, bespectacled looks and paint-splattered overalls. Football hero Jake Wyler makes a bet that he can transform Janey into a gorgeous prom queen, a wager he may come to regret as he discovers Janey's true inner beauty. As their relationship blossoms, several other teen characters are figured in to the picture, including a Nasty Cheerleader, a Token Black Guy, a Stupid Fat Guy, an Obsessed...
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English
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After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
11) Scary movie
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
10 film reels of 10 on 5 (ca. 88 min., 7,920 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
Language
English
Description
After the murder of a beautiful classmate, a group of misguided teens discover there is a killer among them. Cindy Campbell and her clique of clueless friends, including Buffy, Brenda, Bobby, Greg, Shorty and Ray, must all protect themselves from danger... and that pesky reporter Gail Hailstom will just not leave them alone!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bugs and gang give their take on classic blockbusters, pop culture, and a few celebrities along the way. Included are twenty of the funniest toons in this A-list collection. Enjoy intrigue and romance, rabbit style, with Bugs as Bogey in Carrotblanca. Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote tangle for Southwestern supremacy in Chariots of Fur, Daffy investigates some paranormal activity in The Duxorcist, and more! Also included is what many consider the greatest...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy spoof of the Zorro legend focusing on the twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after dashing Don Diego Vega inherits his father's famous sword and blade, a broken ankle forces him to step aside and his flamboyantly fashion-conscious twin brother must assume the secret identity of Zorro in the ongoing fight for justice.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this comedy spoof of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Loxley, aided by his band of merry men, wrests power from the evil Prince John, humiliates the despicable Sheriff of Rottingham, and finds the key to the fair Maid Marian's heart--and her chastity belt.
Language
English
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into the abode of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.
16) Epic Movie
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This latest satirical comedy from the directors of Date Movie and Scary Movie has no shame as it parodies some of today's most popular films.
Centers on four not-so-young orphans: one who was raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks); another was a refugee from Mexican "libre" wrestling; the third was a recent victim of snakes on her plane; and the fourth a "normal" resident of a mutant "X"-community. Together, the hapless...
19) Airplane!
Language
English
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Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
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