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From romantically challenged cabbage heads to serial head crushing, five men from Canada turned sketch comedy into a bizarre, irreverent, and always hilarious weekly showcase of side-splitting unpredictability. The fact that they often did it wearing women's clothes made it even funnier.
504) Confirmation
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Look behind the curtain of Washington politics, depicting the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings where Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. The hearings brought the country to a standstill and became a pivotal moment in American culture forever changing how people perceive and experience workplace equality and gender politics.
505) Olly olly oxen free
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A junkyard owner and two boys fix up a hot air balloon and are off on adventures.
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Tony Soprano is a middle-aged, Italian-American businessman in New Jersey with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's got a psychiatrist to tell all his secrets to, except the one she already knows. He's also a mob boss facing several crises. Rival boss Johnny Sack is in prison and the always tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained through the unpredictable behavior of Sack's surrogates.
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Kenny Powers is a former Major League pitcher who used to have it all: fame, endorsements, and a lucrative contract. Now, after hard living has taken its toll on his fastball, Kenny finds himself crashing with his brother's family and teaching gym class at the same North Carolina middle school where he once attended. Wherever he goes, Kenny wreaks havoc with his boorish behavior, all while plotting his triumphant return to the big leagues.
508) The celluloid closet
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Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
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An authentic account of the Vietnam War from the actual letters of the men and women who served there. The harsh realities of life and death, friendships made and lost - these letters home tell it all, with newsreel and home-movie footage shot by the servicemen themselves. These are the authentic voices of war, some who survived, many who never made it home.
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Presents timeless treasures from the world of poetry, including classics by William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Langston Hughes and William Carlos Williams. Let the rhymes and rhythms transport you and encourage your child to develop a lifelong love of the music of words.
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"In this follow-up to the NAACP Image Award-winning The Black List: Volume One, interviewer Elvis Mitchell and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders explore 15 new African-American lives on the cusp of this historic moment. Now more than ever, The Black List continues a riveting and singular work of video portraiture."-Container.
512) The case against 8
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A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage.
513) Generation kill
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Baghdad, Iraq 2003. It was impossible for the Marines of the First Recon Battalion to anticipate what would occur during those first 40 days of the Iraq War. The battalion found themselves struggling with shoddy supplies, frustrated by the chain of command and questioning the mission at every turn. A gritty, raw and brutally honest insider's look at what has become of our contemporary American war.
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When a young Greek-American woman falls in love with a non-Greek man she must learn to come to terms with her heritage while attempting to get her family to accept her fiancé; while Toula and Ian struggle to deal with their seventeen-year-old daughter, they uncover a secret that leads to another family wedding; join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns.
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Reflect on the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Relive the unprecedented "We are one" pre-inaugural celebration, revisit the first-ever neighborhood ball featuring the President and First Lady's first dance, and renew the stirring call to unity and hope of President Obama's historic swearing-in and inaugural address.
516) Project Greenlight
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Documentary series about the making of a feature film. An Internet competition was held to determine which script would get produced. Out of more than 10,000 entries, former insurance salesman Pete Jones was selected as the winner for his script "Stolen Summer." Jones not only got to direct the film, but was also given a $1 million budget from Miramax Films and a guaranteed theatrical release. The series chronicled how Jones, a first-time director,...
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Contains the two mini-series, "Band of Brothers," which chronicles the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne as it prepares and lands on D-Day, and fights its way through Europe to the end of World War II; and "The Pacific," which tracks three U.S. Marines and their fellow soldiers across the Pacific theater during World War II; as well as the bonus documentary "He Has Seen War," that examines the postwar lives of veterans of both Band of brothers...
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"As a new chapter begins in this country, The Black List offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of color. This series of inspired - and inspiring - observations on African American life in the 21st century forms a roll call of some of the most compelling politicians, writers, thinkers and performers ever to tackle their fields of endeavor." - Container.