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Comedy-Drama Titles (Choose Another Genre [1])Arms and the Man Series Title: Classics: The Shaw Collection Call Number: DVD 2007- 2 v.1 Description: An uproarious comedy that looks at the misconceptions of love and war; with Helena Bonham Carter, Patsy Kensit Keywords: Bernard Shaw Auberge Espagnole Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2004- 21 Description: Life of a French college student Keywords: French/ Spanish Belle Epoque [The Age of Beauty] Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2007- 39 Description: Fernando, a handsome, young Spanish Civil War deserter, faces a romantic dilemma when he must choose between a free-thinking artist and her four daughters Keywords: Spanish; Romance Black King Series Title: African-American Film Heritage Video Series Call Number: VCR 2000-246 Description: Satire about the Back-to-Africa movement (1935) Keywords: Satire; Back-to-Africa movement Breakfast at Tiffany's Series Title: Audrey Hepburn Collection Call Number: VCR 2007-191 Description: A romantic comedy featuring Holly Golightly, an eccentric New York City playgirl, and her neighbor; based on the novella by Truman Capote; starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard Keywords: Capote, Truman; Hepburn, Audrey Como era gostoso o meu france^s [How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman] Series Title: International Cinema Call Number: VCR 2004- 70 Description: French soldier captured by a tribe of man-eating Indians in the coastal wilds of Brazil Keywords: Portuguese/ French Cymbeline Series Title: Shakespeare Plays Call Number: DVD 2004- 62 Description: 1980s BBC series Keywords: Shakespeare Cymbeline Series Title: Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Call Number: VCR 84- 4 Description: BBC Television Production; two parts Keywords: Shakespeare Day for Night Series Title: Call Number: VCR 98- 71 Description: Truffaut's 1973 "homage to movie-making;" dubbed in English Keywords: French; Francois Truffaut Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2006-142 Description: Stanley Kubrick's satire about nuclear holocaust; special edition including two documentaries and new interviews Keywords: Satire; Peter Sellers Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2002- 22 Description: Stanley Kubrick's satire about nuclear holocaust Keywords: Satire; Peter Sellers Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda [Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Wo Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2005- 7 Description: Comedic history of a love replete with passion, aversion, machismo, and infidelity; based on the play by Sabina Berman Keywords: Spanish (Mexico); Sabina Berman Fargo Series Title: Call Number: VCR 98- 42 Description: Directed by Joel Cohen; starring Francis McDormand Keywords: Joel Cohen; Ethan Cohen Firemen's Ball Series Title: Call Number: VCR 86- 7 Description: Originally filmed in Czechoslovakia/Italy, 1967, with title"Hori, ma panenko" Keywords: Czech For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf Series Title: American Playhouse Call Number: DVD 2004- 41 Description: The journey of six African-American women in America Keywords: African-American Women Graduate Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2000- 37 Description: Stars Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft; based on Webb's novel Keywords: Charles Webb; Mike Nichols Guantanamera Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2004- 2 Description: Romantic comedy-drama Keywords: Spanish Harold and Maude Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2007-186 Description: A young man obsessed with death falls in love with a 79-year-old woman; starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort Keywords: Ruth Gordon; Bud Cort Heartbreak House Series Title: Classics: The Shaw Collection Call Number: DVD 2007- 2 v.5 Description: Starring John Gielgud as Captain Shotover in Shaw's romp through the minefields of romantic entanglement Keywords: Bernard Shaw Importance of Being Earnest Series Title: Call Number: VCR 93- 48 Description: Based on the play by Oscar Wilde Keywords: Oscar Wilde Impromptu Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2006-222 Description: 1991 film about the romance between feminist author George Sand and composer Frederic Chopin; starring Hugh Grant, Judy Davis Keywords: George Sand, Frederic Chopin Invasions barbares [The Barbarian Invasions] Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2004- 55 Description: A dying man tries to reconcile with family and friends Keywords: French Lage Raho Munna Bhai Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2008-3 Description: The story revolves around the character of Munnabhai, who learns more about the life of Mahatma Gandhi and tries to apply the latter's concept of Satyagraha to modern life. Keywords: India; Gandhi; Rajkumar Hirani Latter Days Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2007-127 Description: A promiscuous gay party animal develops a relationship with a young Mormon missionary Keywords: Gay men: Relationships; Mormons Marius and Jeannette Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2003- 19 Description: Life in a small port outside Marseilles Keywords: French; Romance Measure for Measure Series Title: Shakespeare Plays Call Number: DVD 2004- 73 Description: 1980s BBC series Keywords: Shakespeare Measure for Measure Series Title: Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Call Number: VCR 83- 18 Description: BBC Television Production; two parts Keywords: Shakespeare Memory of Two Mondays Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2004- 37 Description: Life during the Great Depression Keywords: Arthur Miller Memory of Two Mondays Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2005-119 Description: Miller's play about life during the Great Depression, starring Jack Warden, Harvey Keitel (1970) Keywords: Arthur Miller; Great Depression Merchant of Venice Series Title: Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Call Number: VCR 83- 5 Description: BBC Television Production; three parts Keywords: Shakespeare Millionairess Series Title: Classics: The Shaw Collection Call Number: DVD 2007- 2 v.6 Description: Maggie Smith stars in Shaw's farce that reveals the relations between class, capital, power and labor; with Tom Baker Keywords: Bernard Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession Series Title: Classics: The Shaw Collection Call Number: DVD 2007- 2 v.3 Description: A young woman discovers her mother's past careers as a prostitute and madam; starring Coral Browne and Penelope Wilton Keywords: Bernard Shaw Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2003- 18 Description: Story of a woman on verge of nervous breakdown; directed by Pedro Almodovar Keywords: Spanish; Almodovar Placard [The Closet] Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2004- 22 Description: Man worries about being fired Keywords: French Pygmalion Series Title: Classics: The Shaw Collection Call Number: DVD 2007- 2 v.4 Description: Lynn Redgrave stars as Eliza Dolittle in this story of the complexities of human relationships in a social world Keywords: Bernard Shaw Que he hecho yo para merecer esto? [What Have I Done??] Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2005- 17 Description: Black comedy about a housewife hooked on amphetamines; written and directed by Pedro Almodovar Keywords: Spanish; Pedro Almodovar Rules of the Game Series Title: Call Number: VCR 84- 25 Description: Renoir?s satire on the decadence of pre-World War II French aristocracy Keywords: French; Jean Renoir Shakespeare in Love Series Title: Call Number: VCR 2007-142 Description: Oscar winning story of a young Will Shakespeare, whose need to break a bad case of writer's block leads to romance with Lady Viola; starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes Keywords: William Shakespeare Taxi para 3 [A Cab for 3] Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2007-135 Description: Black comedy telling the story of Ulises, a traxi driver who thinks that joining the gang that holds him up may just be the way out Keywords: Spanish; Taxicab drivers Tempest Series Title: Shakespeare Plays Call Number: DVD 2004- 83 Description: 1980s BBC series Keywords: Shakespeare Tempest Series Title: Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Call Number: VCR 97- 11 Description: Reissue of the version released by Time-Life Video; originally broadcast by the BBC in 1979 Keywords: Shakespeare Tempest Series Title: Shakespeare: From Page to Stage Call Number: VCR 85- 3 Description: Helps to provide the student with a sense of the play as a script for performance Keywords: Shakespeare Tempest Series Title: Showcase Theater Call Number: VCR 90- 26 Description: Starring Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowell, and Lee Remick Keywords: Shakespeare True West Series Title: Call Number: VCR 90- 34 Description: Based on the play by Sam Shepard Keywords: Tune in Tomorrow Series Title: Call Number: DVD 2007- 94 Description: Pedro, an eccentric television writer, develops a number of schemes to help a fellow writer pursue a woman; too late they realize Pedro's using their affair to liven up the plot of his soap opera Keywords: Radio and Television Writers Winter's Tale Series Title: Shakespeare Plays Call Number: DVD 2004- 89 Description: 1980s BBC series Keywords: Shakespeare Winter's Tale Series Title: Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Call Number: VCR 83- 11 Description: BBC Television Production; three parts Keywords: Shakespeare Zero for Conduct Series Title: Call Number: VCR 84- 11 Description: A touching and telling look at the French educational system that was banned in France until 1946 Keywords: French
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