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- Nativity! [videorecording] / by Isitt, Debbie; Freeman, Martin,1971-; Jensen, Ashley(CARDINAL)786991;
This Christmas, elementary school teacher Paul Maddens decides to take on the biggest challenge of his life - staging his school's musical production of the Nativity. Competing against his archrival at the local private school for the coveted best-reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when a potential visit from Paul's ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, sends everyone involved into a festive frenzy.DVD ; 16:9 Widescreen ; Dolby Digital ; Closed Captioning ; English with Spanish subtitles.Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen.- Subjects: Christmas plays;
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- Closure [videorecording] by Anderson, Gillian,1968-(CARDINAL)339913; Brown, Ralph,1960-; Calf, Anthony.; Dyer, Danny.; Jones, Damian,1964-; Loader, Kevin.; Reed, Dan.(CARDINAL)748660; DJ Films (Firm); FilmFour (Firm)(CARDINAL)346669; Free Range Films (Firm); Screen West Midlands (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399; Straightheads Limited.; UK Film Council.(CARDINAL)544875; Verve Pictures (Firm);
Director of photography, Chris Seager ; editor, Ewa J. Lind ; music composer, Ilan Eshkeri ; costume designer, Justine Luxton ; production designer, Simon Bowles.Gillian Anderson, Danny Dyer, Anthony Calf, Ralph Brown.Driving back from a posh party at a country estate, Alice and Adam find themselves brutally assaulted by a group of hunters. Physically and emotionally devasted by the attack, the tables suddenly turn when Alice and Adam discover the identity of their attackers. Now it's time to exact the ultimate revenge.MPAA rating: R; for strong brutal violence including rape, sexual content, language, and some drug use.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, mastered in High Definition.- Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Suspense films.; Assault and battery; Criminal behavior; Gang rape; Revenge; Asalto y agresión; Delitos; Assault and battery; Criminal psychology; Gang rape; Revenge;
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- Do you speak American? [videorecording] by Buchanan, Christopher.; Cran, William.(CARDINAL)185744; MacNeil, Robert,1931-(CARDINAL)159113; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)(CARDINAL)280602; KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.); MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.(CARDINAL)206887; Paladin InVision, Ltd.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Cameraman, Allan Palmer ; editor, Joe Frost ; composer, Paul Foss.Reporter: Robert MacNeil.Examines sociolinguistic questions and the dynamic state of American English, a language rich in regional variety, strong in global impact, and steeped in cultural controversy. Episode one discusses linguistic dialect zones, the tension between prescriptivism and descriptivism, the impact of dialect on grapholect, the northern cities vowel shift, the roots of African-American English, minority linguistic profiling, biases against nonstandard speech, and the general perception of the U.S. Midland dialect as "normal American." Looks at hip-hop street talk, IM slang, Pittsburghese, and Gullah and Geechee. Episode two reviews Southern dialects and accents and the influences of French and Spanish on American English. Examines regional differences in vernacular, the steady displacement of Southern coastal dialect by inland dialect, the accents of JFK and LBJ, and the Texas border town of El Cenizo, where Spanish is the official language. Episode three looks at Spanglish, Chicano, Ebonics, and "Surfer Dude." Discusses the implications of voice-activation technology, opinions on the role of Spanish in the U.S., why teens create their own language, gay self-empowerment by redefining discriminatory terms, the oo-fronting sound shift, and whether technology will reinforce or weaken racial and regional stereotypes.DVD-R.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; English language; English language; English language; English language; English language;
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