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"When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first...
23) Pinocchio
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English
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Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
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The story of the impact of the abused waif, Heathcliff, on two Yorkshire families, the Earnshaws and Lintons, at the close of the 18th century. When Heathcliff loses Cathy Earnshaw, the woman he obsessively loves, to the wealthy but inferior Edgar Linton, he plans a savage retaliation upon both families, extending into the second generation.
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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
28) Dracula
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[1999]
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English
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After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.
29) Hercules
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[1999?]
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English
Description
Animated, musical adaptation of the story of Hercules.
30) Peeping Tom
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[1999]
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English
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A study of a voyeuristic maniac who obsessively murders beautiful women while filming the fear in their faces at the moment of death.
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2000.
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English
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In the upper reaches of the Amazon River, a scientific team discovers an amphibious creature, a living missing link. The creature is captured and falls in love with the female assistant of the leader of the research team. The lonely creature kidnaps her, and the scientist mounts an effort to reclaim his sweetheart and return the creature to his watery home.
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Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
35) Make mine music
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[2000]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 9 musical animated shorts. Includes two bonus cartoons (The band concert, Farmyard symphony, Music land) following the feature.
36) Rashōmon
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
日本語
Description
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
37) Hopscotch
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[2002]
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English
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One of the CIA's top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate--because he's having to much fun!
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[2003]
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English
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With Mama and Papa too busy setting up Brother's birthday party, Sister reluctantly decides to do her 'Tell us about a family member' assignment on Brother. While working on the project, Sister sees a side of Brother she never noticed before and she realizes just how much he means to her.
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2003
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English
Description
Discover the six islands of Kauai, Hawaii, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, and Oahu (program 1). Go back hundreds of years to a time when Polynesian explorers and their families left in search of a land free of strife, hunger, and persecution to find Hawaii (program 2). Shows how the 19th and 20th centuries introduced disease, greed, and violence to the islands. Post World War II Hawaii becomes a popular vacation destination, as the state struggles to protect...
40) Kiss me Kate
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[2003]
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English
Description
Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
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