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- Lessons of darkness [videorecording] : Fata morgana / by Berriff, Paul,producer.; Cohen, Leonard,1934-composer.; Herzog, Werner,1942-narrator,screenwriter,producer,director.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340087; Canal+ España (Firm); ITEL (Firm); Popol Vuh (Musical group); Studio Canal+.; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.;
Lessons of darkness (c1992) (54 min.) / a co-production by Canal+ France with Canal+ Spain in cooperation with ITEL ; produced by Paul Berriff and Werner Herzog -- Fata morgana (c1969) (76 min.) / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ; written, produced, and directed by Werner Herzog ; narrated by Lotte Eisner.Lessons of darkness: A documentary of 1992 post-Gulf War Kuwait, focusing on the oil well fires ignited by retreating Iraqi soldiers. Fata Morgana: Herzog brings his cameras to the Sahara desert in order to film mirages. He combines the apocalyptic, often hallucinatory images of the desert with passages from the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh, set to songs of Leonard Cohen.DVD; Dolby Digital mono.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Persian Gulf War, 1991;
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- An unsuitable job for a woman. [videorecording] / by Baxendale, Helen,1969-; Crosbie, Annette,1934-; James, P. D.(CARDINAL)149104; Bolt, Ben,1952-(CARDINAL)848006; Humble, William.; Strickland, John.; Ludlow, Colin.; Evans, David.(CARDINAL)734589; Russell, Christopher.(CARDINAL)427864; Shewell, Debbie.; McMurray, Mary,1949-; Machin, Barbara.; Ecosse Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)845888; Granada Media (Firm); Harvest Entertainment (Firm); ITEL (Firm); ITV (Firm)(CARDINAL)784727; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)268015;
Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie.Cordelia Gray is a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job with only Mrs. Sparshott, the agency's longtime secretary and Cordelia's new assistant on her team. Sacrifice: A prominent scientist hires Cordelia to investigate why his son suddenly gave up a life of privilege for one of passion, only to kill himself weeks later. A last embrace: A jilted wife needs a female detective to lure her philandering husband and reveal his misdeeds, but Cordelia finds herself trapped when she begins to fall in love. Living on risk: Cordelia accepts what she thinks is a routine surveillance job, only to discover she may have been hired to help commit a crime, not to prevent one. Playing God: Superintendent Fergussen hires Cordelia to investigate his daughter's boyfriend, but is the evidence Cordelia turns over really all that the Superintendent was after?Not rated.DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
- Subjects: Mystery television programs.; Mystery television programs.; James, P. D.; James, P. D.; Gray, Cordelia (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Criminal investigation; Television programs.; Television adaptations.;
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- The country teacher [videorecording] Venkovksý učitel / by Šedivý, Ladislav.; Bydžovská, Zuzana.; Daniel, Marek.; Drozda, Cyril.; Grylls, Pinny.; Krobot, Miroslav,1951-; Kronerova, Zuzana.; Liška, Pavel.; Ludvikova, Marie.; Olkropec, Petr.; Sláma, Bohdan.; Strnad, Pavel,1970-; Voriskova, Tereza.; Ceska televize (Prague, Czech Republic); Negativ (Firm); Pallas Editora e Distribuidora (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Why Not Productions Inc.;
Special bonus material: This month's short film: Peter and Ben (10 min.), directed by Pinny Grylls.Cinematography by Divis Marek; editing by Jan Danhel; music by Vladimir Godár.Pavel Liška, Zuzana Bydzovska, Ladislav Šedivý, Tereza Voriskova, Marek Daniel, Zuzana Kronerova, Miroslav Krobot, Marie Ludvikova, Cyril Drozda.Petr travels from Prague. The "gifted young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. . When the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay nand harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy."--Container. The companion movie, "Petr and Ben," is a "touchy and quirky story of how two dropouts found friendship in a hostile world."MPAA rating: NR.DVD ; Dolby digital ; NTSC ; Region 1, widescreen (16.9:1).Official selection, 2008 Venice and 2008 Toronto International Film Festivals ; Winner, Audience Award, Film Festival Cottbus, Winner, Best cinematography, Divis Marek and Best actress, Zuzana Bydžovská, Stockholm International Film Festival.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Foreign films; Friendship; Gay men; Gay teachers; Teacher-student relationships;
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- An unsuitable job for a woman. [videorecording] / by Baxendale, Helen,1969-actor.; Crosbie, Annette,1934-actor.; James, P. D.,creator.(CARDINAL)149104; Ecosse Films (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)845888; Granada Media (Firm),production company.; Harvest Entertainment (Firm),production company.; ITV Productions,production company.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Video (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)268015;
Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie.Cordelia Gray is a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job with only Mrs. Sparshott, the agency's longtime secretary and Cordelia's new assistant on her team. Sacrifice: A prominent scientist hires Cordelia to investigate why his son suddenly gave up a life of privilege for one of passion, only to kill himself weeks later. A last embrace: A jilted wife needs a female detective to lure her philandering husband and reveal his misdeeds, but Cordelia finds herself trapped when she begins to fall in love. Living on risk: Cordelia accepts what she thinks is a routine surveillance job, only to discover she may have been hired to help commit a crime, not to prevent one. Playing God: Superintendent Fergussen hires Cordelia to investigate his daughter's boyfriend, but is the evidence Cordelia turns over really all that the Superintendent was after?Not rated.DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television series.; Television adaptations.; Fiction television programs.; James, P. D.; Gray, Cordelia (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Criminal investigation;
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- Terry Pratchett's Discworld : Wyrd sisters [videorecording] / by Flynn, Jean.(CARDINAL)520781; Horrocks, Jane,1964-(CARDINAL)528829; Lee, Christopher,1922-; Pratchett, Terry.(CARDINAL)355473; Whitfield, June.; Acorn Media (Firm)(CARDINAL)340133; Channel Four (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)190938; Cosgrove Hall Productions.;
MARCIVE 5/02/11Voices: Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield.A sci-fi fantasy tale of sorcery and spells, witches and warts, and a fool who's smarter than he looks.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD ; fullscreen (4:3) presentation ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: Animated films.; Film adaptations.; Science fiction films.; Discworld (Imaginary place); Witchcraft;
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- An unsuitable job for a woman [videorecording] / by Baxendale, Helen,1969-; Bolt, Ben.; Crosbie, Annette,1934-; James, P. D.(CARDINAL)149104; Rigg, Diana.(CARDINAL)348244; Rodger, Struan.; Strickland, John.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340087; Video Treasures (Firm);
Sacrifice -- A last embrace.Director of photography, Dick Dodd ; editor, Jerry Leon ; music, Colin Towns.Host: Diana Rigg.Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Phyllis Logan, Ian McDiarmid, Rosemary Leach, Leigh Lawson, Gemma Jones, Julian Rhind-Tutt.After inheriting a ramshackle detective agency, Cordelia is thrown into a world of excitement and danger as she embarks on a career as a private detective.VHS.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Murder; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- For private home use only.
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