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Angels' Share, The (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  101 min. 
Plot: A new father vows to turn over a new leaf, and he and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Cast: Paul Brannigan, John Hershaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, Roger Allam, Siobhan Reilly, Charlie MacLean.. Directed by Ken Loach.
Categories:  Business  Corporations  Foreign

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Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The (1974)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: An exploration of the rise to power of a Jewish working class son.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctot, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman. Directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Categories:  Comedy  Family  Business

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Arrested Development: Season One (2003)
Rated:  NR  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD (3 disc set) 8 hours, 11 min. 
Plot: Ongoing saga of a level-headed son that takes over the family affairs of his dysfunctional family, after his father is imprisoned.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter. Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz.
Categories:  Comedy  Family  Business

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Arrested Development: Season Three (2005)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 4 hours, 46 min. 
Plot: Ongoing saga of a level-headed son that takes over the family affairs of his dysfunctional family, after his father is imprisoned.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter. Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz.
Categories:  Comedy  Family  Business

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Arrested Development: Season Two (2004)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (3 disc set) 6 hours, 36 min. 
Plot: Level-headed son takes over the family affairs of his dysfunctional family after his father is imprisoned.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter. Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz.
Categories:  Comedy  Family  Business

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August (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  88 min. 
Plot: Two brothers fight to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001.
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney. Directed by Austin Chick.
Categories:  Business  Drama  Family

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Back to School (1986)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: When college student Jason Melon decides to drop out of school, his dad drops in.
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Ned Beatty, Sally Kellerman, Robert Downey, Jr. Directed by Alan Metter.
Categories:  Comedy  Education  Business

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Betting on Zero (2016)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: Follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history.
Cast: William Ackman as himself. Directed by Ted Brown.
Categories:  Documentary  Business  Banking

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Chef (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  114 min. 
Plot: A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Cast: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt. Directed by Jon Favreau.
Categories:  Business  Family  Comedy

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Chocolat (2000)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  122 min. 
Plot: A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom.
Categories:  Romance  Business

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Detropia (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  90 min. 
Plot: A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
Cast: Noah Stewart, Rachel Gilmnore. Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
Categories:  Documentary  Economics  Business

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Duplicity (2009)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  125 min. 
Plot: A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.
Cast: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti. Directed by Tony Gilroy.
Categories:  Corporations  Romance  Business

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Entourage: The Movie (2015)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: Movie star Vince and his boys aer back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head in a risky project that will serve as Vince's directorial debut.
Cast: Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara. Directed by Doug Ellin.
Categories:  Comedy  Business  Entertainment

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Giant (1956)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 201 min. 
Plot: Three generations of land-rich Texans clash in a drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper. Directed by George Stevens.
Categories:  Western  Business  Family

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Heartbeat Detector (2007)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  141 min. 
Plot: A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Lou Castel. Directed by Nicolas Klotz.
Categories:  Drama  Business  Ethics

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Informant!, The (2009)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  108 min. 
Plot: A company vice president secretly records evidence of price-fixing by agri-business executives.
Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Categories:  Comedy  Business  Economics

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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 105 min. 
Plot: A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Cast: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Categories:  Animation  Business  SciFi/Fantasy

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Killing Them Safely (2015)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Two brothers found tremendous success with their company, but as their company grew, they made decisions that would have lasting impact on both the public and their increasingly skeptical customer base.
Cast: Rich Smith, Tom Smith. Directed by Nick Berardini.
Categories:  Documentary  Drama  Business

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Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  72 min. B&W
Plot: A young man nurtures a plant only to discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson. Directed by Roger Corman.
Categories:  Business  Employment  Comedy

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Mad Men: Season Five (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 10 hours, 11 min. 
Plot: In this ongoing ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser. Directed by Directed by various directors for individual episo.
Categories:  Television  Business  Drama

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Mad Men: Season Four (2010)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 10 hours, 11 min. 
Plot: In this ongoing ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Maggie Siff. Directed by various directors for individual episodes.
Categories:  Drama  Television  Business

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Mad Men: Season One (2007)
Rated:  NR  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 5 hours, 58 min. 
Plot: In this ongoing ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Maggie Siff. Directed by various directors for individual episodes.
Categories:  Drama  Television  Business

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Mad Men: Season Three (2009)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 10 hours, 11 min. 
Plot: In this ongoing ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Maggie Siff. Directed by various directors for individual episodes.
Categories:  Drama  Television  Business

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Mad Men: Season Two (2008)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 9 hours, 58 min. 
Plot: In this ongoing ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Cast: Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Maggie Siff. Directed by various directors for individual episodes.
Categories:  Drama  Television  Business

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Man In the Glass Booth, The (1975)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: Seemingly at the edge of sanity, a Jewish millionaire entrepreneur benevolently rules his financial empire from his Manhattan penthouse.
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler. Directed by Arthur Hiller.
Categories:  Business  Trial  War

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A gambler and bordello madam set up a tavern in a small mining town in the Pacific Northwest and business flourishes until a large corporation attempts to buy out the entire town.
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auber Jonois. Directed by Robert Altman.
Categories:  Corporations  Business  Western

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New in Town (2009)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  97 min. 
Plot: A Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town.
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Henry Connick Jr. Siobhan Fallon, J.K. Simmons, Mike O'Brien. Directed by Jonas Elmer.
Categories:  Comedy  Business  Employment

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Putzel (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  88 min. 
Plot: Story of a young man's life which literally doesn't go beyond his family's fish store on the upper west side of Manhattan.
Cast: Jack T. Carpenter, Melanie Lynskey, Susie Essman, Jarlath Conroy, John Pankow. Directed by Jason Chaet.
Categories:  Domestic Relations  Business  Comedy

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Quantum of Solace (2008)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: Seeking revenge for the death of his lover, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's natural resources.
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Gianni. Directed by Marc Foster.
Categories:  Action  Environmental  Business

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Risky Business (1983)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay. Directed by Paul Brickman.
Categories:  Comedy  Business  Ethics

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Rushmore (1999)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  93 min. 
Plot: The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation.
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray. Directed by Wes Anderson.
Categories:  Comedy  Business  Education

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Silent Movie (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  87 min. 
Plot: A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Cast: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Categories:  Comedy  Entertainment  Business

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Spinning Plates (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  93 min. 
Plot: The story of three extraordinary restaurants and the incredible people who make them what they are.
Cast: Grant Achatz, Thomas Keller. Directed by Joseph Levy.
Categories:  Documentary  Business  Family

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Startup.com (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaine.
Categories:  Documentary  Business  Government

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Steve Jobs (2015)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  122 min. 
Plot: Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston. Directed by Danny Boyle.
Categories:  Banking  Drama  Business

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Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  91 min. 
Plot: In order to raise the tuition to send her son to private school, a mom starts a crime scene clean-up service with her unreliable sister.
Cast: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Jason Spevack, Alan Arkin. Directed by Christine Jeffs.
Categories:  Business  Family  Comedy

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There Will Be Blood (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 158 min. 
Plot: Family, greed, religion, and oil are the center of a turn-of-the-century prospector's life in the early days of his business.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Stringer, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jacob Stringer. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Categories:  Business  Drama  Family

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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Robert Greenwald.
Categories:  Documentary  Business  Ethics

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Zero Effect (1998)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  116 min. 
Plot: A private investigator and his front man start work on a case involving the blackmail of a shady tycoon.
Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Ryan O'Neal. Directed by Jake Kasdan.
Categories:  Comedy  Business

The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.

You can view a list of all law library movies in the online catalog.