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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
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Cast: Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring. Directed by Francois Truffaut.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Politics ∙ Free Speech |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: Rebellious youth in 1955 Moscow wage a cultural battle against Soviet conformity. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Eugenia Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveyev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin, Olga Smirnova, Yanina Buiko. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Free Speech ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 84 min.
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Plot: As Alan Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
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Cast: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary Louise Parker, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels. Directed by Rob Epstein.
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Categories: Domestic Relations ∙ Censorship ∙ Free Speech |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech.
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Cast: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson, Donna Hanover. Directed by Milos Forman.
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Categories: Free Speech ∙ Censorship ∙ Biography |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 81 min.
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Plot: When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring a Canadian comedy pair, they are pronounced corrupted, and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
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Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mary Kay Bergman. Directed by Trey Parker.
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Categories: Censorship ∙ Free Speech ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 85 min. B&W
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Plot: A small town librarian stands up to local pressure to remove a controversial book from the shelves.
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Cast: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly, Joe Mantell, Kevin Coughlin. Directed by Daniel Taradash.
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Categories: Free Speech ∙ Censorship ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 66 min.
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Plot: Highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.
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Cast: . Directed by Robert Greenwald.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Free Speech ∙ National Security |
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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.
