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Pygmalion

A stuffy professor of phonetics takes a bet that in six months time he can turn a Cockney flower seller into a lady he could pass off as a duchess.

Gettysburg

Gods and Generals
Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container.

Friday night lights

Dramatizes the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players and the impact of the championship team on the small town.

Titanic

The story of a passionate romance aboard the Titanic's 1912 maiden voyage, framed by a present-day tale of a salvager who encounters a survivor of that ill-fated voyage.

Rumor has it

Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have answers the she has been looking for.

On the waterfront

An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss.

In the name of the father

A young Irish man is falsely imprisoned for a terrorist bombing in England along with his equally innocent father.

The red violin

Upon unearthing a one-of-a-kind, blood red violin, appraiser Charles Morritz uncovers the spectacular journey of the long-lost masterpiece - how it changed hands and the lives of all who touched it.

What's eating Gilbert Grape

Gilbert is a young man, trapped in an eccentric family in a small town, with a developmentally disabled teenaged brother, an incredibly overweight mother, and a house falling down around their ears.

Do the right thing

"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise"--Container.

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