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Shrek 2

Right after Shrek and Princess Fiona's honeymoon, the newly wed couple goes to Princess Fiona's parents for dinner. When a Fairy Godmother discovers Fiona and Shrek are married she reminds the king about a deal they areed on years ago, that Fiona should have married her son, who happens to be Prince Charming. The King then hires a cat named Puss-in-Boots, a sword fighting cat and ogre slayer, to kill Shrek.

Fahrenheit 451

In a not too distant future, humans live a seemingly care-free existence where they're happy and productive. There is a "price" though for this life: They must place special drops in their eyes daily and follow the rules perfectly, including the rule that they never own or read books. Guy Montag is a firefighter. He doesn't fight fires though, but instead hunts down those people who refuse to follow the law and burns their books. Like everyone else, Guy has been taught that books are filled with inaccuracies and insane ideas. He continues to believe this lie until a meets someone who teaches him that the dreams in his mind can only be explained through the knowledge found in books. He also learns that rebels have come up with a new way to save books from the firefighters. When Guy's mentor, Captain Beatty, comes to realize that Guy has joined the rebellion, Guy must make a difficult decision to save the collective thoughts of the human race.

First position

Profiles six contestants in the Youth America Grand Prix, a prestigious competition for aspiring young ballet dancers.

The hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of Charles Baskerville and rumors of a hound that haunts the moors around the family's ancestral home. Includes special features.

Casablanca

A nightclub owner in World War II Morocco remains aloof from the intrigue going on around him until a former lover shows up to ask that he help her husband escape from the Nazis.

The human experience

Follows a group of young men as they travel the world to explore what it means to be a human being by visiting the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans and disabled children of Peru, and the abandoned lepers in the forests of Ghana, Africa.

Damnation

Looks at the influence of dams on the environment and the changing attitude of Americans towards dams.

Macbeth

Each step in Macbeth's bloody ascent to the throne of Scotland brings him closer to his doom.

Defiant requiem

Describes how the Czech opera-choral conducter Raphael Scha?chtter taught Verdi's "Requiem" to 150 fellow prisoners in Theresienstadt and chronicles conductor Murry Sidlin's journey to bring "Requiem" back to Terezi?n six decades later.

How Sherlock changed the world

Looks at how the popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes influenced the use of forensic science in criminal investigation.

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