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1) Babylon
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
2) Sound City
Publisher
RCA Records
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 2012 Dave Grohl purchased the legendary Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios. The board, built in 1972, is considered to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Guns and Roses, Metallica, and many other musical legends. This tells the story of real rock history, and celebrates the music, as Grohl gathers some of rock's greatest artists to collaborate...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2014.,c2014
Language
English
Description
"Thom Andersen's landmark documentary explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown, as seen entirely through the films themselves. From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Mask of Zorro: When a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros--the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor, Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero--to defeat the tyrant's unscrupulous plans. But can their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve de la Vega's ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped...
Publisher
Village Roadshow Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, guns, and if he has his way, every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop, except for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders who come...
Series
Studio classic volume 12
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Disguised as Zorro, a sword-wielding mystery man dressed in black, Don Diego Vega works to restore his father, the deposed Alcalde, back to power and return tax money stolen by the villanous tyrant--while finding time to romance the tyrant's beautiful niece.
8) Yosemite
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Join scientists, experts, and adventurers as they trudge through mountains of snow, climb trees as tall as buildings, and soar high in the air to spy just how these global changes are affecting one of America's greatest wildernesses.
9) Changeling
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Working-class suburb Los Angeles, 1928. Christine says goodbye to her son, Walter, and departs for work. Arriving home, Christine discovers that Walter is nowhere to be found. Christine launches a desperate search for her son. Then, a boy claiming to be Christine's son appears out of thin air. Knowing the boy is not hers, Christine invites the child to stay in her home. Christine cannot accept the injustice being pushed upon her and continues to challenge...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Documentary celebrating the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-'60s as folk went electric and the Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and the Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film includes conversations and performances with Brian Wilson (the Beach Boys), Michelle Phillips (the Mamas & the Papas), Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield), David Crosby, Roger...
12) Yosemite
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed to schools and libraries in the U.S. by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes a trip to Yosemite National Park and introduces the area's natural history, biology, and geology.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
The Eiger sanction: A professional assassin is forced out of retirement in order to avenge a friend's murder in the Swiss Alps.
Coogan's bluff: An Arizona lawman's unorthodox methods of capturing an escaped murderer angers a tough NYC police lieutenant.
The beguiled: A wounded soldier finds shelter in an all-girls...