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Oscar Winners at your
Library
Most of the 2008 winners will be available soon for loan....reserve one
today!
Oscar turned 80 this year, we hope you had an opportunity to
catch the show. The establishment of the Academy
has had a major effect and influence upon the film industry, due to the enormous
boost a nomination or award creates, by giving prestige and bottom-line profits
to a studio or performer. Pricewaterhouse has managed the Academy
Awards balloting process since 1935 - all but the first six years of the Oscars.
Ever since 1941, when their now-famous confidential envelope system was
introduced, "the Envelope Please" has become a familiar phrase that evokes the
thought of the Academy Awards® ceremony.
Why not check out a video from
the library this weekend and see what you may have missed.
And the winner is.......
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No Country For Old Men
By
Coen, Joel
Coen, Ethan
2008/04
- Paramount
BL05082DVD
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A hunter stumbles upon a dead body, $2 million and a stash of
heroin in the woods. He absconds with the cash, but brutal thief Anton
Chigurh comes looking for it, with a local sheriff on his trail.
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Academy award winners and nominees new to our collection.
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Atonement
By
Wright, Joe
2008/04
- Universal
BL04086DVD
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In this drama based on the critically acclaimed novel by Ian
McEwan, a childhood lie irrevocably changes the lives of several people
forever. When 13-year-old Briony Tallis misinterprets a moment of flirtation
between her older sister Cecilia and a servant's son, Robbie Turner, her
confusion causes her to finger Robbie as the perpetrator of a crime.
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Michael Clayton
By
Gilroy, Tony
2008/04
- Warner
BL04084DVD
View Windows Media-formatted Preview
Dramatic thriller about burned-out corporate lawyer Michael
Clayton, who's built a career on cleaning up his clients' messes. When a
guilt-ridden colleague threatens the settlement of a multi million-dollar
case, Clayton faces his biggest challenge ever.
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Ratatouille
By
Bird, Brad
2007/11
- Walt Disney Video
BL11070DVD
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A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef
despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a
decidedly rodent-phobic profession.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
By
Kapur, Shekhar
2008/02
- Universal
BL03087DVD
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Reprising her Oscar-nominated role from 1998's Elizabeth,
Cate Blanchett is once again at the head of the cast as the Virgin Queen.
Focusing on the queen's tempestuous relationship with the adventurer Sir
Walter Raleigh.
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Past winners you may have missed.
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The Departed
By
Scorsese, Martin
2007/03
- Warner Home Video
BL06953DVD
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To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in
one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate
has done likewise. While undercover cop Billy Costigan curries favor with
mob kingpin Frank Costello, career criminal Colin Sullivan rises through the
police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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Crash
By
Haggis, Paul
2005/09
- Lions Gate
BL12019DVD
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A 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-Sept. 11
Los Angeles is the theme of this unflinching drama that challenges audiences
to confront their prejudices. Lives combust when a Brentwood housewife and
her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of
carjackers and a Korean couple all converge.
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Million Dollar Baby
By
Eastwood, Clint
2005/06
- Warner Brothers
BL06057DVD
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Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter,
trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for female boxer Maggie Fitzgerald.
Winner of the Oscar awards for best picture, best director, best actress,
and best supporting actor.
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A Beautiful Mind
By
Howard, Ron
2002/10
- Universal Studios
BL11038DVD
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The biography of John Nash, an arrogant and handsome
mathematical genius, whose early success in his life comes crashing down
around him in a struggle against schizophrenia. After years, Nash finally
overcomes his demons and receives the Nobel Prize.
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Gladiator
By
Scott, Ridley
2000/11
- Universal Studios
BL02059DVD
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When general Maximus is choosen by Emperor Aurelius, a jelous
Commodus (Aurelius' heir) kills Maximus' family. Maximus is enslaved to
fight in the gladiatorial areanas, while he plots his revenge against
Commodus.
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Don't forget we have hundreds of DVDs you can check out for
free! Visit the video collection at the library today--maybe you can find a
winner!
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