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The address

Ken Burns · PBS Distribution,
Format: DVD video

"At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from...
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Veggietales: Veggies in Space

~ Bob the Tomato · Big Idea
Format: DVD

In a distant corner of the galaxy, Luntar the Looter is menacing passing ships and stealing their power sources. When a dark shadow falls on the sunny, beach-filled planet of Tootanny, the USS Applepies fleet is deployed to put a stop to this space pirate. Captain Cuke (Larry) and first...
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Capital

Toby Jones · ACORN MEDIA

The residents of a London street are baffled when they all receive anonymous postcards stating, "we want what you have." Is it a marketing campaign? An art project? Or something more ominous? As the mystery of the postcards deepens, interweaving stories reveal lives filled with...
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Wallander: Season Four

Kenneth Branagh · BBC Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

Kenneth Branagh stars as the gifted but all-too-human detective Kurt Wallander in the three final, thrilling episodes of the BAFTA Award-winning series. Follow Wallander to South Africa s beautiful open country and crushingly poor townships, where he tracks a missing Swedish national. Return...
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Director's Cut

Gene Roddenberry · Paramount
Format: DVD

More than simply a "director's cut," this new edition features enhanced, and in some cases completely redone, special effects as well as (for a change of pace) cuts to tighten the dawdling story. It may not fly with purists, but director Robert Wise makes his case in the documentary...
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Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War DVD

Tom Hanks · PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS WAR tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over...
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Lethal Weapon: Season 1

Damon Wayans · WarnerBrothers
Format: DVD

Based on the hit movie franchise, LETHAL WEAPON tells the story of classic cop duo Riggs and Murtaugh, as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles. Grief-stricken after the loss of his family, Martin Riggs moves to California to "start over" at the LAPD. He's...
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This Fragile Planet

Not Applicable · Anchor Media Group
Format: DVD

This Fragile Planet follows a group of school-aged children as they learn about the balance between people and the environment. Spectacular fish and sharks, awesome snakes, adorable otters and dozens of other amazing creatures are the stars of this fun and educational program. This Fragile...
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Columbo (Television program)

Peter Falk · Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Format: DVD video

Everyone's favorite Police Lieutenant is back in his famous trench coat. Join Columbo as he asks all the right questions in some of the most deceptive and deadly cases. No murderer can hide for long with Columbo on the beat.
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Bee movie (Motion picture)

Jerry Seinfeld · Paramount Home Entertainment]
Format: DVD video

Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist...
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Weather and climate.

Wonderscape Entertainment · Wonderscape Entertainment
Format: VHS]

Viewers take a trip above the Earth's atmosphere to learn about weather around the world. Kids will come to understand the relationship between water, air and heat and how they interact to make weather happen. Atmosphere, condensation, evaporation and precipitation are explained through...
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The Big Short

Adam McKay · Paramount

This adaptation of Michael Lewis' nonfiction book The Big Short explores the 2008 financial crisis through the lens of four unorthodox moneymen, who foresaw the consequences of the fraudulent mortgage-lending practices of large banks on Wall Street. Christian Bale plays Michael Burry, a former...
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Dinosaur train. Classic in the jurassic.

. · PBS (DIRECT)
Format: DVD

The Pteranodon family is super excited to be traveling to the 'Classic in the Jurassic,' an Olympics type competition in which different dinosaur teams representing the three Mesozoic time periods will compete in various contests.
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Second chance kids

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) · PBS

A fight over the fate of juveniles in prison for murder, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
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