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Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Dr. Robert Shushan, an overworked clinic director and absent father to his son, Brian. After suffering a heart attack, his life is saved by a patient. An unlikely hero is made and a friendship is born that proves to be life-altering.
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
La muerte y la doncella, la obra latinoamericana mas representada en la historia del mundo, ha llegado a constituirse en un clasico sobre la justicia y el perdon, la memoria y el olvido. Dorfman se ha propuesto a explorar preguntas pocas veces hechas en voz alta: "¿Como pueden los represores y los oprimidos cohabitar una misma tierra, compartir una misma mesa?" preguntas que hoy dîa siguen tan vigentes como cuando Dorfman escribia esta obra....
5) Hope
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Norwegian
Description
"Based on filmmaker's Maria Sødahl's own experiences, this is the story of Anja and Tomas, longtime romantic partners whose large, blended family is upended when Anja receives a grave medical diagnosis. Anja and Tomas are forced to recalibrate their long-term relationship in ways that only a profound crisis can inspire." --
Publisher
Monarch Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A doctor discovers that he only has 6 months to live. He decides to make a list of 6 friends whose lives he will improve by effecting some match-making and career and personality changes before he is gone. The more he realizes that his match-making is futile and his friends are worse off, the harder he tries to help, resulting in disaster.
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Short-money hustler Joe May always believed he had a glorious future ahead of him, despite all evidence to the contrary. Released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia, Joe is forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: Everyone he knew had assumed he was dead, and life had gone on around him without missing a beat. Even as Joe doggedly pursues his comeback, he finds the odds stacked against him. Bonus features included.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Marcus Welby is a kind family practitioner who tackles many sensitive and controversial health and social issues that are still topical today. He is helped by his young assistant Dr. Steven Kiley, and secretary/nurse Consuelo Lopez. Includes A Matter of Humanities two hour TV movie pilot.
12) Dolittle
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is joined on his quest by a young, self-appointed apprentice...
13) Faust
Author
Language
English
Description
"Presents Geothe's classic play in which Mephistopheles and God make a bet that Faust cannot be tempted, but Faust is more than happy to exchange his soul after he dies for the myriad of pleasures the devil can provide him while he is alive."--
15) Epidemic
Publisher
Public Media Inc
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Danish
Description
Tells the bizarre story of a director (played by von Trier himself) and a writer who create a script about a mysterious plague that engulfs Europe, only to find their horrific scenario coming true in real life.
16) The Tingler
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A doctor discovers that fear is a parasitic creature that grows on the spinal cords of terrified people. He captures it (the Tingler), but it escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. The film is introduced by William Castle.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Star resident Dr. Conrad Hawkins continues to make difficult calls in the best interests of his patients. But, having rekindled a romantic relationship with nurse Nicolette "Nic" Nevin, the two must face unresolved issues from their past. Conrad's father, Marshall Winthrop, has taken over as head of Chastain, and comes into direct conflict with the hospital's newly minted CEO, Dr. Randolph Bell. Meanwhile, Dr. Mina Okafor continues to work with her...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Rex is a cab driver who has never left the mining town of Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn't have long to live, he decides to drive through the heart of the country to Darwin, where he's heard he will be able to die on his own terms; but along the way he discovers that before you can end your life you've got to live it, and to live it you've got to learn to share it." --
19) Dawn Anna
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Dawn Anna is a single mom who finds romance and an ideal job. Then illness strikes, threatening life itself. Dawn triumphs with the devoted support of an around-the-clock family. But Dawn must summon the courage to overcome one more heartbreak.