Jeffrey Jones
1) BeetleJuice
Language
English
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After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peaceful 'existence' is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetz's, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetz's away are unsuccessful. They decide to call to Beetlejuice, a people-exorcizing ghost, for help.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The cultural and political history of the Pledge of Allegiance, how it came to be, what it means to Americans, and why we have battled over it for generations
For more than a century, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance has been a central part of the American Experience. And perhaps because of its ubiquity, this simple flag salute has served not only as a unifying ritual but also as a lightning rod for bitter controversy.
Congress's 1954 decision...
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English
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky a number of times. But this time he has the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to join him in his day of fun. Ferris talks Cameron into borrowing his father's precious Ferrari for the day's transportation. All the while, Principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness. Jeanie is Ferris's...
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English
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SELLING THE INVISIBLE is a succinct and often entertaining look at the unique characteristics of services and their prospects, and how any service, from a home-based consultancy to a multinational brokerage, can turn more prospects into clients and keep them. SELLING THE INVISIBLE covers service marketing from start to finish. Filled with wonderful insights and written in a roll-up-your-sleeves, jargon-free, accessible style, such as: Greatness May...
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English
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" ... Dr. Dolittle plays Cupid to a bumbling circus bear to help a group of forest creatures save their habitat. With the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dolittle must teach this overgrown teddy the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home!"--Container.
8) Ed Wood
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed worst movie director of all time. Wood was the auteur behind Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9 from outer space, and it is during the making of these two no-budget flicks that Wood is profiled.
9) Amadeus
Language
English
Description
When Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II, court composer Antonio Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires himself have been bestowed on a bawdy joker. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
For better or worse, times are changing in Deadwood, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. In an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders, they learn the hard way that fortune comes with a price.
Language
English
Description
When Harry, the last of the great sleuthing Crumbs and the last person in the firm to ever get an assignment, finally gets a shot at a big name kidnapping, it's only because his beady-eyed boss Eliot Draisen doesn't want the case solved. Using a multitude of disguises, Harry tries to find the daughter of a multi-millionaire being held for $10 million.
12) Howard the Duck
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The outrageous film about a highly-evolved offbeat duck from outer space. Based on the popular Marvel Comics. Follow the exploits of a wise-cracking, cigar-chomping duck as he tries to return to his home planet.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...
14) Heartbreakers
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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Description
A sexy mother-daughter con team steals their way into wealthy men's hearts ... and their bank accounts. Page wants to be on her own, but her mom pleads one more big con. But before they can complete their last big score, Page breaks the rules and falls in love. Can Page hang on to her heart and the fortune?
16) Without a clue
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. John Watson (Kingsley) is secretly a crime-solving genius. But to protect his reputation as a physician, he hires bumbling, boozy, out-of-work actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part of his fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes. The charade works until Watson mysteriously disappears, forcing the baffled, seriously inept 'Holmes' to crack the biggest case of Watson's career on his own"--Container.
17) Devil's advocate
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Hotshot attorney Kevin Lomax's 64-0 case record has brought him a tempting offer from an elite New York firm. But the job Lomax accepts isn't what it seems. The Devil is in the details. In this gleeful, modern gothic fable, the charismatic firm founder [knows] there are cases to be won -- and souls to be lost. Lomax's life, wife and soul are on the line. He's landed a job that's Heaven on Earth which can lead him straight to Hell"--Container.
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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The first story introduces the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of course) death. In the second story, a rising star of the...
20) Valmont
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats, and the havoc they wreck when they decide to play sexual games with people's lives.