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2) The sandlot
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Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...
3) Rabbit hole
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Becca and Howie Corbett are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. The journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted...
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George Allen, a deaf man without work, suddely finds himself haphazardly caught up in an older deaf man's quest for his family's long-lost treasure--gold! This adventure is replete with double-crosses, booby traps, secret passages and old bookshelves that move. Millions of dollars appear to be within their grasp, but who would you trust; could you confide in family and friends; and, how well does anyone keep a secret? It appears that the Golden...
6) Sneakers
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A thriller about five computer hackers with questionable pasts and an equally questionable government job.
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It's about an indie movie called "Home for Purim," a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director, additional cast members,...
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Andrew Davies' multi-award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Regency romance. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle lead a fabulous cast in this definitive 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." Pulsating with energy, the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet charms smouldering, haughty Darcy against a backdrop of a picture postcard countryside, small-town assembly rooms and English stately homes.
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A newlywed couple proves their crime-solving prowess when their political ties and successful private-eye business suddenly puts them in grave danger. When their parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother, the duo must work together to uncover the clues that will save their parents' lives, and put their own on the line.
13) Philadelphia
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Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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In See What I Mean, 2nd Edition, host Thomas Holcomb presents all the classic scenes of cultural misunderstanding between Deaf and hearing cultures discussed in the original version of See What I Mean plus he presents four (4) new scenes featuring the latest innovations in technology that have a profound effect on the Deaf Community including: Text pagers; Videophones; Video relay service; and E-mail. This DVD is recommended for ASL students, interpreters,...
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Presented from a deaf consumer's viewpoint, this DVD presents basic guidelines to which interpreters in various field should adhere. Points of emphasis are information on RID/NAD certification, physical arrangements in various situations, solutions to terminology issues, suggestions for appropriate dress, expectations for adherence to the Code of Ethics, and the importance of working together as a team.
18) My man Godfrey
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An eccentric society girl with an equally eccentric family hires a tramp as a butler, who then teaches her that money isn't everything.
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Hearing loss is the most common communication problem that one faces as they get older. The person with hearing loss suffers along with family members and friends who feel frustrated and angry because of their increased efforts to be heard and understood. This focuses on that issues and covers topics such as the causes of hearing loss, symptoms of sensorineural hearing loss, audiological evaluation, effective communication techniques, listening,...