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Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
94 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Play About the Baby is an absurdist black comedy, reminiscent of burlesque in its high spirits and banter, that grapples with such issues as reality and the games we play to define it, the ambiguity of existence, and the agonizing bonds between parents and children. A fresh young couple-Boy and Girl-have a new baby, whom an older couple-Man and Woman-have come to steal. Why? Because, as Man says, 'If you don't have the wound of a broken heart,...
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
59 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Theresa is estranged from her family and working as a cleaning woman when she is surprised by the desire to learn how to pray. Matthew, the priest whose rectory she cleans, is stunned and heartbroken by the realization that he no longer knows how to talk to God. When Matthew disappears one day, Theresa feels compelled to track him down, and her search changes both of their lives."--Page [4] of cover.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
5) Joe Egg
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Description
A deeply moving play about the problems of a young couple struggling to cope with and raise their only child--a severely handicapped young girl. Although they try to maintain a sense of humor the difficulty and seeming futility of their efforts takes an emotional toll that eventually threatens to destroy their marriage.
6) Mom and Dad
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a childless couple buries a box with all of their wishes for an infant in their backyard, their wishes are granted. However, their child, Timothy Green, is not all that he appears.
8) Matilda
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full Screen. Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little girl with a special talent challenges the cruel headmistress of a gloomy grade school. This is an all-new special edition DVD filled with bonus materials for families to enjoy. Featurettes include: Matilda's Movie Magic - Interactive, Matilda's Guide to Good Manners, Escape to the Library, Fun Set-Top Games, and Read Along with Matilda - Read-Along Feature.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the year 1963 in Yokohama, an innocent romance blossoms between two high school students, Umi and Shun. As Japan recovers from World War II and prepares to host the 1964 Olympics, the mood contains both optimism and conflict as the younger generation struggles to escape the shackles of the past. While trying to save a dilapidated Meiji-era club house from demolition, the relationship flourishes. But a buried secret from their past emerges to cast...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (516 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the ninth and final season, Frankie and Mike had hoped to find themselves with an emptier nest, but with Axl now back at home, they find that hope quickly fading. Meanwhile, Sue and Sean Donahue will have to work out their unrequited feelings. And Brick makes a play to be more popular in high school.
11) Waves
Publisher
Blue Eyed Studios
Pub. Date
[201?]
Physical Desc
1 video disc : col. sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Waves chronicles a few days in the life of Norah, an only child who continually strives to make her parents proud without success. Now a college grad, Norah moves in with her aunt who lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She returns to a part-time job, a self-centered aunt, and a cheating boyfriend. Will Norah ever realize that it is not what her parents expect but what she chooses to do with her life that defines who she is? -- Container.
13) Descendants
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the trouble making offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
A darkly surreal look at three teenagers confined to an isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen by their parents - an alternately hilarious and nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression.
Publisher
distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Phoebe is an imaginative but troubled girl with a desperate longing to be in her school's production of Alice in Wonderland. When she is cast in the lead role her parents believe her unusual behavior is due to her creativity, but soon realize that she is on the brink of falling through the looking glass herself.
16) Opposite day
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A science experiment gone wrong makes everyone in a small town suddenly swap identities. Parents act like kids. Their kids behave like adults. The oldest cop is 11 years old and grown-ups are playing hopscotch! But can a bickering young brother and sister find a way to save their upside-down town before this reverse spell can take over the globe?
17) Crooked hearts
Publisher
Distributed Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edward and Jill Warren have always done what they thought was best for their four children. However, their good intentions result in emotionally repressed children who find it difficult to break away and grow up. A family secret is revealed and results in tragedy, which forces them to face each other and life with new independence and maturity.
18) Blockers
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After discovering that their daughters intend to lose their virginity on prom night, three parents make it their mission to stop them.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 721 min.) : sound, color + 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bluey is a loveable, inexhaustible little six-year-old Blue Heeler dog, who lives with her Mum, Dad and her four year old little sister, Bingo. Like every kid her age, the thing Bluey likes to do best is play games that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family and the whole neighborhood into her world of fun"--container.
20) Transamerica
Publisher
distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bree Osborne, a pre-operative transsexual, learns she fathered a child back when she was Stanley Osborne. The wheels of fortune take Bree and her teenaged son on a cross-country trip that will change both their lives.
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