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Dwayne Hoover, a successful automobile dealer in Midland City, suddenly decides that he is a machine and begins to act accordingly. Science fiction writer Kilgore Trout is on his way to the Midland City Festival of the Arts. When they meet, the result is catastrophe.
63) The time machine
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This science fiction classic, one of the earliest works of the genre, remains fresh and exciting. The Time Traveler steps into his machine to embark upon an astonishing journey beyond the frontiers of time, space, and the human imagination. The movie stars Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons as the man who falls in love with a woman far in the future.
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The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the...
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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,...
68) Jane Eyre
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p1997
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Unabridged; library ed.
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When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.
70) Dracula
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c1999
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After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Coun t, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.
71) Hercules
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[1999?]
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Limited issue.
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Animated, musical adaptation of the story of Hercules.
73) Mulan
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Mulan is a young Chinese woman who doesn't quite fit into her tradition-bound society. When the invading Huns charge over the Great Wall and her aging father is ordered into battle, Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and secretly takes her father's place in the Imperial army.
76) Patton
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Film biography of America's charismatic and controversial general during World War II (1943-1945). Covers both his confrontations with Eisenhower and his successes.
77) Rashōmon
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c2001
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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.
78) The Sand Pebbles
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A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution.
79) All about Eve
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From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
80) Pulp fiction
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[2002]
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Collector's ed., widescreen.
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Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
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