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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 132 min.
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Plot: An assistant D.A. is assigned to investigate the shooting of a drug dealer by a veteran street cop.
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Cast: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 5 hours, 20 min.
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Plot: Twenty years after a man escaped from a Nazi death camp, a book is published that names him as a willing participant to Nazi medical experiments on Jews in the camps. He sues the novelist for defamation.
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Leslie Caron, Lee Remick, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins, Juliet Mills, John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Anthony Andrews. Directed by Tom Gries.
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Categories: War ∙ Racism ∙ Torts |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 117 min.
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Plot: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division.
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Cast: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, Raymond Winstone. Directed by Franc Roddam.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Musical ∙ Children |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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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.
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Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Gianni. Directed by Marc Foster.
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Categories: Action ∙ Environmental ∙ Business |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 283 min.
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Plot: Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner, during the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
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Cast: Ann-Margaret, Patricia Clarkson, Tim Daly, Danny Glover, Raven-Simone, Martin Sheen, Halle Berry, Ossie Davis. Directed by John Erman.
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Categories: Racism ∙ Discrimination ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc) 300 min.
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Plot: Live concert.
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Cast: Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Spike Edney. Directed by Garvin Taylor.
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Categories: Musical |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
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Cast: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyongo. Directed by Mira Nair.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Sports |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A billionaire couple begins construction on a Versailles inspired mansion just prior to their empire faltering due to an economic crisis.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Lauren Greenfield.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, struggles with Britain's demand for public mourning after the death of Princess Diana.
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Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell. Directed by Stephen Frears.
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Categories: Government ∙ Gender ∙ Privacy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: Non-romantic true love story between a child in crises and a humble teacher who believes there is no such thing as a bad kid, only a bad situation.
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Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Lou Diamond Phillips, Betsy Brandt. Directed by Santiago Rizzo.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Education |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: VHS 92 min.
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Plot: Three women, all strangers, beat a man to death in a dress boutique while other shoppers ignore the situation. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Cox Habbema, Nelly Frijda, Henriette Tol, Edda Barenda. Directed by Marlene Gorris.
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Categories: Women ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A British reporter, resentful of American colonialism in southeast Asia in the 1950s, vies against a young American for the affections of a Vietnamese beauty.
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Cast: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser. Directed by Phillip Noyce.
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Categories: War ∙ International ∙ Drama |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace.
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Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond. Directed by John Ford.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Sports |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: Story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
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Cast: Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Rose Williams. Directed by Terence Davies.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Art |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 90 min.
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Plot: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
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Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward. Directed by John Krasinski.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Horror ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 52 min.
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Plot: Discusses a prison simulation experiment conducted in 1971 with students at Stanford University and considers the causes and effects that make prisons such an emotional issue.
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Cast: Narrated by Philip G. Zimbardo. Directed by Ken Musen.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed.
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Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, Christopher McDonald, Johann Carlo, Elizabeth Wilson, Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson. Directed by Robert Redford.
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Categories: Entertainment ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 174 min.
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Plot: During the reign of Emperor Nero, a Roman general falls in love with a Christian woman.
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Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Religion |
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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
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