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Cover image for Wayside School Feature
Author 
Najimy, Kathy
Publication Date 
2014
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Cover image for Hey Arnold! The Movie
Author 
Smith, Francesca Marie
Publication Date 
2014
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Electronic Resources
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hoopla
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Based on Ring Lardner's short story of the same name, THE GOLDEN HONEYMOON is perfect example of Lardner's iconic light humor and his hopeful view of human nature.. Charley Tate (Oscar Nominee and Tony Award Winner James Whitmore) is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy (Academy Oscar Winner Teresa Wright), the two of them are on their Golden Honeymoon in Florida.. Everything goes perfectly until Lucy meets her former fiancee who's also vacationing with his wife. Suddenly there's a comic competition between Charley and the old boyfriend for Lucy's attention. After fifty years, cantankerous Charley has to win his girl all over again!
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Adam and Lamia are a Christian Arab couple from Nazareth - members of a vanishing minority in the Holy Land. When Lamia gets pregnant, Adam decides it's time to make it big and provide for his family by entering the biggest local business - religion. He begins to sell... Holy Air.. Nominated for Best International Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.. "The humor in Holy Air is inseparable from its poignancy, and every element of the film expresses that interconnection, from the performances to the spirited, melancholy-laced score by Habib Shehadeh Hanna." - Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter. "With a masterful sense of framing, Srour and cinematographer Daniel Miller turn beautifully composed shots into absurdist delights with a simple twist." - Serena Donadoni, The Village Voice
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Only the off-beat humor of literary great, James Thurber could bring to life a "hero" like Jack Smurch, played by Brad Davis (Midnight Express). Fortified with only a gallon of gin and a salami, Smurch bests even Lindberg with the first non-stop, around the world flight. During the four days he's airborne, this unknown kid becomes a world hero.. But, on the ground a young reporter, anxious to tell the world about their new idol, learns Smurch is bad news. An arrogant, illiterate lout with a police record, Smurch's only interests are "parties, broads and dough." But, the reporter is silenced and Smurch is locked up until the press and politicians can make him into their kind of American hero at any cost.
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An amateur ghost hunter (Jon Heder) recruits his best friend (David Krumholtz), his misfit nephew (Paul W. Downs), a beautician (Melonie Diaz), a security guard (Justin Long) and a medium to investigate suspicious activity at a creepy farm.
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Don Alfonso plays the marimba for a living. When he meets an old underground heavy-metal legend, they decide to do something radical and fuse both sounds. A fresh and hilarious documentary-fiction hybrid about the fusion between tradition and modernity that conveys a moving and authentic sense of Guatemalan life.. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.. "This largely comic look at one determined marimba player's struggles is a clear allegory on the dangers Guatemalan artists face when thinking outside the box." - Robert Koehler , Variety
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In this Academy-Award (Oscar) nominated short film, Rocks are having conversations all around us, but they talk very, very slowly ...
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A neurotic pregnant woman attempts to reunite her estranged, colorful family before giving birth. Can a road trip to Simi Valley bring her, an impossible mother with dementia, an aging Porn Star sister and an intense aunt together again?
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In this animated short from Bill Plympton, a plucky canine fends off an obese dog, evil oysters, and a wayward killer violin bow, while trying to win the love of his hearts desire.
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A dark and funny tale of an ambitious young woman and her relationship with her bi-polar mother. Louise (Julia Garcia Combs) is living in Los Angeles with her mother, May (Karen Black), who has recently been evicted from her Section 8 apartment.
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Mr. Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. But when a very invasive companion, Robot Pet, arrives in his home, Mr. Hubolt's world is turned upside down.. Winner of Best Short Film, Animated at the Academy Awards.
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