W.

W. [videorecording] / Lionsgate, Omilab Media, QED International and Block/Hanson present in association with Emperor Motion Pictures, Millbrook Pictures and Global Entertainment Group; produced by Bill Block, Moritz Borman, Paul Hanson, Eric Kopeloff; written by Stanley Weiser; directed by Oliver Stone.

A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States. Rising from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How he used Christianity to turn his life around, met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq are featured.

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W.C. Fields

6 short films

W.C. Fields [videorecording]: 6 short films.

This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W.C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona.

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Waging a living

Waging a living [videorecording] / a production of Public Policy Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET New York; produced and directed by Roger Weisberg.

"Over three years, the film follows four hard-working individuals as they strive for their piece of the American Dream but find only low wages, dead end jobs, and a tattered safety net in their way."--Container.

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Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot [videorecording] / by Samuel Beckett with Zero Mostel & Burgess Meredith; directed by Alan Schneider.

A key work in modern theater and acknowledged throughout the world as a classic, Beckett's most famous play is shown here in a definitive film version starring Zero Mostel and Burgess Meredith. They play two remarkable tramps who wait for the perhaps mythical personage, Godot, and through their suffering, patience and often hilarious wit, transcend themselves to become a portrait of the suffering of mankind itself.

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Waiting for the moon

Waiting for the moon [videorecording] / American Playhouse Theatrical Films in association with Skouras Pictures presents a film by Jill Godmilow and Mark Magill; a production of New Front Films, A.B. Films, the Laboratory for Icon & Idiom; co-produced by La Soci

An engrossing and fascinating exploration of the complex relationship of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas during a three-month period in 1936.

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Waiting to inhale

Waiting to inhale [videorecording] / producer and director, Jed Riffe; co-producer and writer, Katherine Covell.

Examines the current debate over legalizing medical marijuana in the United States and abroad by taking viewers inside the lives of individuals whose lives have been uniquely affected by terminal illness and drug use.

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Waitress

Waitress [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight pictures presents; a Night and Day Pictures production; produced by Michael Roiff; written and directed by Adrienne Shelly.

Jenna, a waitress at a small-town cafe, has a gift for making great pies. Seeking to make a better life for herself, she decides to compete for a $25,000 baking prize. An obnoxious husband, a potential pregnancy, and a handsome stranger provide further challenges.

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Wake up and smell the coffee

Wake up and smell the coffee [videorecording] / Docurama; IFC; producers, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian and Michael Rauch; written by Eric Bogosian; director, Michael Rauch; directed for the stage and developed by Jo Bonney.

Taking us on a ferocious ride through a cavalcade of colorful characters in his mind, Bogosian skewers pop culture, conformity, religious hypocrisy and human nature itself with razor-sharp wit. Whether he's playing Satan as a moder-day salesman, a Hollywood producer capitalizing on an airplane disaster, a spiritual guru with questionable motives or mocking himself as an obsequious actor auditioning for a part, Bogosian tackles today's relevant, post 9/11 themes with uncompromising honesty.

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Waking life

Waking life [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents The Independent Film Channel and Thousand Words presents a Flat Black Films/Detour Filmproduction; producers, Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith; written & directed by Richard Linklater.

Join Wiley Wiggins as he searches for answers to the question of whether we are sleepwalking through our waking state or wake-walking through our dreams.

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Waking life

Waking life [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents The Independent Film Channel and Thousand Words presents a Flat Black Films/Detour Filmproduction; producers, Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith; written & directed by Richard Linklater.

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