Ray

Ray (Motion picture: 2004)

Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.

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Ray Bradbury's the Martian chronicles

Ray Bradbury's the Martian chronicles [videorecording] / Fries Enterprises; produced by Andrew Donnally and Milton Subotsky; teleplay by Richard Matheson; directed by Michael Anderson.

The first settlers on Mars discover the shocking secrets of the Red Planet.

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Ray Harryhausen

the early years collection

Ray Harryhausen [videorecording]: the early years collection.

A celebration of the career of special effects animator Ray Harryhausen. Includes his amateur experiments, elaborate dinosaur clips and later attempts to find commercial work.

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Raymond Bernard

Raymond Bernard [videorecording].

Wooden crosses: Film adaptation of an anti-war novel that follows a French regiment in World War I as it trudges from patriotism to disillusionment.

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Raymond Bernard

Raymond Bernard [videorecording].

Wooden crosses: Film adaptation of an anti-war novel that follows a French regiment in World War I as it trudges from patriotism to disillusionment.

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The reader

The reader [videorecording] / The Weinstein Company presents; a Mirage Enterprises production; a Neunte Babelsberg Film GmBH production; directed by Stephen Daldry; screenplay by David Hare; produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris.

What have we learned (and what might we have forgotten) from history's bloody backwash? Guilt, love, and history are three skeins, woven together to create human beings or, alternately, human monsters. The question of wartime culpability undergirds the May-December romance in postwar Berlin between Hanna, a weary-looking, sexually rapacious streetcar ticket-taker and Michael, a young schoolboy whom she seduces, ravenously and to his great delight. One day, Hanna is gone, with no explanation, and Michael grows into a promising young law student. His class attends a trial, where the new Germany judges the past and, by default, the lovers as well.

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Readings from Voices of a people's history of the United States

Readings from Voices of a people's history of the United States [videorecording] / Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove; with Howard Zinn, Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles, Leslie Silva, Wallace Shawn, Anthony Arnove; producer, Brian Drolet.

Historian Howard Zinn and writer Anthony Arnove are joined by artists and actors to present dramatic readings of selections from their book, Voices of a People's History of the United States, published by Seven Stories Press.

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The Reagans

The Reagans [videorecording] / a presentation of Showtime Networks Inc.; produced by Lynn Raynor; written by Jane Marchwood, Tom Rickman and Elizabeth Egloff; directed by Robert Allan Ackerman.

As one of America's most beloved Presidents, Reagan led the nation to astounding highs and lows, escaped scandals and assassination attempts and created a new form of economics. First Lady, Nancy made her own mark on America.

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The real dirt on farmer John

The real dirt on farmer John [videorecording] / produced by Collective Eye, Inc.; in association with Independent Television Service (ITVS); directed and produced by Taggart Siegel; produced by Teri Lang; written by John Peterson.

"The epic tale of a maverick Mid western farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a resurrection of farming in America"--Container.

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The real Dr. Evil

The real Dr. Evil [videorecording] / Old Street Films for BBC; BBC Education & Training; BBCW production; producer & director, Rob Lemkin.

This program uses extensive newsreel footage, archival materials, and exclusive interviews to create a biographical and psychological profile of KimJong Il in order to understand what motivates his sometimes bizarre and often tragic deeds. Interviews include former bodyguards, a former central committee member, a former North Korean spy, CIA profilers, Pentagon advisers, former US Ambassador or South Korea Donald Gregg, and Selig Harrison, author of Korean endgame.

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