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2013., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Argo Edition: [Rental ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
![Argo [DVD] (2012). Directed by Ben Affleck](/Library/images/~imageCT75203.JPG "Argo [DVD] (2012). Directed by Ben Affleck")
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By DeFelitta, Raymond Garcia, Andy Arkin, Alan Mortimer, Emily Margulies, Julianna, 1966- Strait, Steven, 1986- Garcia-Lorido, Dominik Miller, Ezra Cernjul, Vanja Leonard, David Kaczmarek, Jan A. P Anchor Bay Films CineSon Productions Medici Entertainment Lucky Monkey Pictures Gremi Film Production Filmsmith (Firm) Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc[2010], Anchor Bay Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic City I Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down.
![City Island [DVD] (2010) Directed by Raymond De Felitta.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "City Island [DVD] (2010) Directed by Raymond De Felitta.")
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c2006., Adult, Warner Brothers Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Firewall Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bank security expert Jack Stanfield specializes in designing infallible theft-proof financial computer systems. But there is a hidden vulnerability in the system he didn't account for - himself. When a ruthless criminal mastermind kidnaps his family, Jack is forced to find a flaw in his system and steal $100 million. With the lives of his wife and children at stake and under constant surveillance, he has only hours to find a loophole in the thief's own impenetrable system of subterfuge and false identities to beat him at his own game.
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1998, p1997., General, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Gattaca Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel.
![Gattaca [DVD] (1997). Directed by Andrew Niccol.](/Library/images/~imageCT67526.JPG "Gattaca [DVD] (1997). Directed by Andrew Niccol.")
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-- Glengarry GlenRoss2002., Lionsgate Call No: DVD Fic Glengarry Edition: 10 year anniversary special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A powerful story of desperation and betrayal set in the world of real estate. Times are tough in a New York real-estate office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. The prizes? First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado, second prize is a set of steak knives, third prize is the sack! There is no room for losers in this dramatically masculine world; only "closers" will get the good sales leads. There is a lot of pressure to succeed, so a robbery is committed which has unforeseen consequences for all the characters.
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1998,p1997., General, Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Grosse Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A hit man attends his 10-year high school reunion with hopes of rekindling a romance, but things heat up when his arch rival appears.
![Grosse Pointe blank [DVD] (1998) Directed by George Armitage](/Library/images/~imageCT72788.JPG "Grosse Pointe blank [DVD] (1998) Directed by George Armitage")
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2007, p1982., General, Lions Gate Entertainment : Lionsgate [distributor] Call No: DVD Fic LastU Edition: 25th anniversary ed. ; widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A lonely unicorn, believing herself to be the last, searches for any others of her kind, while avoiding the malevolent Red Bull, the agent believed to have destroyed the rest of her herd. She finally finds help from a magician named Schmendrick and a knight named Prince Lir.
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c2006., Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Little Edition: Full screen and widescreen eds. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in California.
![Little Miss Sunshine [DVD] (2006). Directed by Jonathan Dayton.](/Library/images/~imageCT70629.JPG "Little Miss Sunshine [DVD] (2006). Directed by Jonathan Dayton.")
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2009., Anchor Bay Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Sunshine C Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a private education. She brings Norah on to help in her steadily growing business. As the sisters work to clean up the messes left behind by the chaotic lives of others, they must learn to reconcile their own differences and overcome a troubled past if they hope to prosper in their newfound venture.
![Sunshine cleaning [DVD] (2008). Directed by Christine Jeffs.](/Library/images/~imageCT70864.JPG "Sunshine cleaning [DVD] (2008). Directed by Christine Jeffs.")