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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: A small-time gangster's life is turned upside-down by a young croupier.
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Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Moses Znaimer, Robert Goulet, Al Waxman, Kate Reid. Directed by Louis Malle.
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Categories: Organized Crime ∙ Economics ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 86 min.
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Plot: The story of saving Detroit through the eyes of firefighters charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead.
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Cast: Firefighters portray themselves.. Directed by Tom Putnam.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans.
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Cast: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wallace Shawn, George W. Bush, Martin Luther King, Jr., Helmut Kohl, Bela Lugosi, Barack Obama. Directed by Michael Moore.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Corporations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD/Blu-ray 87 min. B&W
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Plot: A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. Silent film.
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Cast: Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia, Hank Mann, Charlie Chaplin . Directed by Charles Chaplin.
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Categories: Trusts ∙ Unemployment ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil's popularity.
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Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto. Directed by Amy Heckerling.
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Categories: Economics ∙ Comedy ∙ Children |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 84 min.
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Plot: Investigates how oil companies are shortchanging American taxpayers out of billions of dollars in royalties for drilling rights on public property.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Basil Gelpke and Raymond McCormick.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Natural Resources ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: A history of Tyranny in the Heart of America; for decades Detroit has been an emblem of Urban decay.
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Cast: Nelson Jones. Directed by Daniel Falconer.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
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Cast: Noah Stewart, Rachel Gilmnore. Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Business |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 78 min.
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Plot: The modern suburbs have ultimately become an unsustainable way of living.
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Cast: Hosted by Barrie Zwicker. Directed by Gregory Greene.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
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Cast: . Directed by Heidi Ewing and Alex Gibney.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Consumer |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: The rags to riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria.
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Cast: Dan Akroyd, Robert Cromeans, Eloise DeJoria. Directed by Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Documentary ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD min.
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Plot: Suggests corrupt practices by financial and government institutions are fostering citizens' dependence on credit while creating a ballooning debt towards fiscal disaster.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Danny Schechter.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Banking ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: Examines economics professor and Clinton Administration cabinet member Robert Reich's crusade to expose the problem of income inequality.
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Cast: Robert B. Reich. Directed by Jacon Kornbluth.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A company vice president secretly records evidence of price-fixing by agri-business executives.
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Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Business ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A group of 50's high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both economically and culturally.
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Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Cybil Shepherd. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 2006 min.
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Plot: An all-American tale about an all-American garment produced in the bowels of the Los Angeles garment industry. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Amie Williams.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Employment |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 133 min.
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Plot: Story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
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Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J. K. Simmons. Directed by Peter Berg.
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Categories: History ∙ Economics ∙ Safety |
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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: Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 73 min.
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Plot: The definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time - the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few.
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Cast: Peter Hutchinsn, Kelly Nyks. Directed by Noam Chomsky.
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Categories: Discrimination ∙ Biography ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: The story of a construction worker and his girlfriend serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class.
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Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Richard Belgrave, Jimmy Coleman. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Economics ∙ Employment |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 117 min.
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Plot: A young English woman finds herself at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires when she is attracted to someone socially unsuitable.
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Cast: Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliot, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by James Ivory.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Women ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Shiang-Chyi Chen, Kang-Sheng Lee. Directed by Ming-liang Tsai.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
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Cast: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell. Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Even though wealthy nations have sent vast amounts of assistance to Africa much of the continent remains mired in poverty, famine, and bloodshed.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Brandon Kline and Daniel Kline.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 4 hours, 15 min.
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Plot: Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans.
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Cast: . Directed by Darleen Asevedo and Jay Asevedo.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
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Cast: Narration by Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Education ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
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Cast: Narration by Martin Sheen. Directed by Chris Paine.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Energy ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War.
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Cast: Interviews with Senator John McCain, Gore Vidal, John S.D. Eisenhower, and Dan Rather. Directed by Eugene Jarecki.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Military ∙ Economics |
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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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