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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: The story of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to an outspoken artist and activist.
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Cast: Appearances by John Lennon, Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Yoko Ono Lennon, Gore Vidal. Directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Musical |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: To receive his inheritance from his wealthy grandfather, a young man must accomplish twelve tasks that reveal the true meaning of wealth.
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Cast: Drew Fuller, Bill Cobbs, Abigail Breslin, Ali Hillis. Directed by Michael O. Sajbel.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Trusts |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 171 min.
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Plot: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy just as the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
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Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint. Directed by Philip Kaufman.
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Categories: Romance ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: Provides a look into the secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Stephen Fell and Will Thompson.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Women ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: The final days of Somoza's Nicaragua as witnessed and experienced by three American journalists.
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Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Masur, Ed Harris. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
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Categories: Media ∙ International ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: When a womanizing private investigator's wife and client are murdered, he becomes the prime suspect.
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Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura San Giacomo, Kenneth Craham, Maggie O'Neil. Directed by Simon Moore.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Fraud ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder when he discovers he is actually the prime suspect.
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman. Directed by Stephen Hopkins.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: During WWII era Los Angeles, a hotel manager's nephew gets left in charge for a weekend.
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Cast: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Joseph Maher, Robert Donner. Directed by Steve Rash.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ War ∙ Welfare |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 40 min.
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Plot: An underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans.
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Cast: Narration by Jim Carrey. Directed by Howard Hall.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Environmental ∙ Animal |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland.
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Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Adam Pearson, Kryštof Hádek. Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
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Categories: Drama ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A couple living in the New York city suburbs whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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Cast: Diane Lane, Erik Per Sullivan, Richard Gere, Oliver Martinez. Directed by Adrian Lyne.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: A retired gunslinger agrees to avenge a brutalized prostitute and has to take on a corrupt sheriff. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: Western ∙ Action ∙ Justice |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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Cast: Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alladin, Gary Commock, Nancy McDoniel, David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert. Directed by Paul Greengrass.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his controversial marriage to a British white woman put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
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Cast: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton. Directed by Amma Asante.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Politics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 190 min.
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Plot: Two of the most radical student groups come together to form the United Red Army. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sakai Maki, Arata, Namiki Akie. Directed by Koj Wakamatsu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Military ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: When a seemingly ordinary 15-year-old is sentenced to a juvenille hall for a stunning crime, a teacher and aspiring writer dream of making his story into a book.
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Cast: Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Willliams. Directed by Matthew Ryan Hodge.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: Follows animal rights lawyer in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans.
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Cast: Steven M. Wise. Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Documentary ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A wealthy woman struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband leaves her for a younger woman.
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Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Pat Quinn. Directed by Paul Mazursky.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 122 min.
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Plot: A look at the career of consumer advocate Ralph Nader from wannabe presidential candidate to public pariah.
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Cast: Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, Howard Zinn. Directed by Henriette Manel and Steve Skrovan.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Politics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: A fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down.
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Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery. Directed by Brian DePalma.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Drama ∙ Tax |
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Up (2009)
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: By tying thousands of balloon to his home, a 78-year-old sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America, inadvertently taking an 8-year-old stowaway with him.
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Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson. Directed by Pete Doctor.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Children ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: The absurd true story of the legal battle over the "Million-Dollar Baseball."
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Michael Wranovics.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Comedy ∙ Property |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A contractor who travels around the country firing employees at other companies discovers there might be more to life than living out of a suitcase.
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Cast: George Clooney, Sam Elliott, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman. Directed by Jason Reitman.
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Categories: Corporations ∙ Romance ∙ Employment |
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Us (2019)
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Rated: Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 116 min.
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Plot: A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgangers appear and begin to terrorize them.
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Cast: Lupita Nyong', Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon. Directed by Jordan Peele.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Family ∙ Children |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: Dragged in by the police, five professional thieves team up and uncover the identity of a criminal mastermind.
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Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis. Directed by Bryan Singer.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Law Enforcement |
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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.
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