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Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (LaserVision) (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Description
Jen, a Gelfling (one of the last survivors of the elfin-like race), is told of a prophecy by his master, a wise and gentle mystic. Jen sets to the task of returning the crystal shard to the all powerful Dark Crystal, making it whole again, and restoring light to the world.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 64 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Produced in Berlin in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch's the Doll (Die Puppe) is a charming romantic fantasy that shows the director already in full command of the now-legendary "Lubitsch touch."
3) The Fountain
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
One man. One love. One destiny. One thousand years . . . Hugh Jackman anchors acclaimed visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's epic sci-fi adventure chronicling a man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz). Searching for the secrets of eternal life, he embarks on three parallel quests, in three lives, in three millennia, to unlock the mysteries of life that have consumed him for centuries.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 67 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Somewhere between a modern-day nightmare and a techno-fetishist's ultimate fantasy, this extraordinary film from Shinya Tsukamoto (Vital, A Snake of June) caused a cult sensation when first released. A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he...
Pub. Date
1989, 2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When young Bastian borrows a mysterious, ornately-bound book, he never dreamed a page would draw him to a shimmering fantasy world of racing snails, hag-glider bats, soaring luck dragons, puckish elves, a childlike empress, the brave warrior Atreyu and slab-faced walking quarry called a Rock Biter.
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
One evening, soon after the death of her mother and a move to a new town, 14-year-old Millie sees her next-door neighbor, Eric, sitting precariously on his second-floor windowsill, arms outstretched as though in flight. Since the age of five, when his parents died in a plane crash, Eric has been mute, withdrawn from reality and absorbed in the belief that he can fly.As an awkward, magical first love grows between the two, Millie (Lucy Deakins) encourages...
8) P.S
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
An unfulfilled divorced woman gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who appears to be her high school sweetheart who died many years before.
9) Unicorn Boy
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The story follows Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, who is magically sucked into a unicorn-run alternate dimension. Forced to confront their issues, Matty must bring peace to the kingdom and emotional stability to their bleak Silver Lake life.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
After the death of his wife, Ben Grady (Grant Rosenmeyer) stumbles upon a self-help book by an enigmatic guru named “Mealworm” (Paul Raci), who claims to have harnessed the power to fly. The book arrives…and so does Mealworm, forcing Ben to navigate his family life, accusations of foul play, and the bizarre rituals laid before him in the hopes of healing and, just maybe, achieving flight.
11) Magical movies
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 19 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Five early fantasy and trick films--including a previously-unseen trick film by Georges Méliès, hand-colored films from Segundo de Chomon and Gaston Velle, and astonishing stop-motion animation from 1911.
12) Petrov's Flu
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (146 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A deadpan, hallucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia. With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a booze-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where – beneath the layers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Based on the novel The Petrovs In and Around the Flu by Alexey Salnikov.
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this outrageous musical comedy adventure, aspiring rockers JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) form the band Tenacious D and embark on an epic quest to find the Pick of Destiny, a legendary guitar pick that grants its wielder unparalleled musical talent. Featuring cameos from rock legends and a soundtrack that rocks as hard as the story, the film blends humor, music, and fantasy in a way that only Tenacious D can.
16) Labyrinth
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A teenage girl's baby brother is kidnapped by the King of the Goblins; in order to rescue him she must navigate a devilish labyrinth.
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
From director Robert Redford comes a film that celebrates the power and potential of the human spirit. Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron star in this highly-acclaimed tale of a local hero with a promising future whose hopes are shattered on the battlefields of war. The disillusioned young man turns his back on the world – until a fateful visit from a mysterious stranger turns his life around. Visually stunning and emotionally compelling, THE...
19) The Dark Crystal
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Description
In this groundbreaking fantasy epic from Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the peaceful world of Thra is threatened by the evil Skeksis, who rule through the power of the shattered Dark Crystal. A young Gelfling named Jen (voiced by Stephen Garlick) embarks on a quest to restore the crystal and fulfill an ancient prophecy. Along the way, he encounters mystical creatures and allies, including the brave Kira (voiced by Lisa Maxwell). Featuring stunning puppetry...
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