Sweet Briar College Movie Catalog
Movies and videos with a feminist edge: located in the Sweet Briar College library according to number.

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Aladdin
Set in the mythical city of Agrabah, the story follows a street-smart peasant, Aladdin, and his mischievous pet monkey, Abu, through magical adventures.

Video Cassette No.PZ 8 .A85 Ala2 1993

Babe
A lovable talking piglet makes friends with all the animals in the barnyard, proving to everyone on the farm that different types can get along.

Video Cassette No.2318 & 2535 (Spanish version)

Bambi

Video Cassette No. 481

Batteries not Included
An unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to a tenement to get rid of the last five tenants. The five are visited by tiny visitors from outer space who turn the tide with magical powers.

Video Cassette No.1057

The Brave Little Toaster
Five electrical appliances find that their young owner has disappeared. The toaster takes charge, rounding up the vacuum cleaner, the electric blanket, bedside lamp and radio. Together they take off for the big city in search of their master.

Video Cassette No.1451

The Breakfast Club
They were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At seven a.m. they had nothing to say, but by four p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. Starring Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy.

Video Cassette No. 497

The Bride of Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein is blackmailed by Dr. Praetorious into reviving his monster and building a mate for it.

Video Cassette No.1232

Cape Fear
Fourteen years after being imprisoned, psychopath Max Cady emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden by hurting those closest to him: his wife, daughter, and female friend.

Video Cassette No.1436

The Cat in the Hat; Dr. Suess on the Loose
Two children face the sad prospect of rainy day boredom until the "Cat in the Hat" comes by and won't leave before he finds his moss-covered, three handled gredunza. "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" features "The Sneetches," ostrich-like beings who live on beaches. "The Zax" are two stubborn creatures who refuse to step aside for each other when they cross paths. "Green Eggs and Ham" is about the wily Sam-I-am whose favorite dish is an abomination until it's tasted and savored.

Video Cassette No.483

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Fox in Socks; There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
The Cat in the Hat comes back: Sally and her brother soon learn that C-A-T spells trouble! This favorite story about the mischevious cat has delighted generations of children. 2) Fox in socks: Presents a rubber-tongue collection of brain-numbing tongue twisters for kids of all ages. 3) There's a wocket in my pocket!: Do you suspect that there's a nureau in your bureau? Find out what other fantastic creatures could be lurking in your home!

Video Cassette No.1746

City Slickers
Comedy about three men friends who are going through mid-life crises. They decide that the answer to their malaise is a fantasy vacation out West where they can play cowboy on a cattle drive.

Video Cassette No.1230

Clash of the Titans
Perseus, mortal son of Zeus, faces the monsters of Greek mythology as he battles to save Andromeda from a primeval sea beast.

Video Cassette No.1852

Clerks

Video Cassette No.2463

A Clockwork Orange
Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime.

Video Cassette No.812

Cocktail
Tom Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young confident and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro, becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist, their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life. Starring Elisabeth Shue and Tom Cruise.

Video Cassette No.1006

Color Adjustment
Analyzes the evolution of television's earlier, unflattering portrayal of blacks from 1948 until 1988 where they are depicted as prosperous, having achieved the American dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reality.

Video Cassette No.969

Coming to America
Eddie Murphy plays a wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America to find a bride. He and his close companion find jobs, friends, housing-and lots of trouble!

Video Cassette No.656

Disclosure
When an executive in a large company resists the advances of his new boss who is also a former love, she charges him with sexual harassment. Suddenly his marriage and his career are at risk, and his struggle to extricate himself leads to the exposure of an executive conspiracy. Starring Demi Moore.

Video Cassette No.2432

Father of the Bride II
Having just married off his cherished daughter, George Banks is ready to get footloose - but instead finds himself about to become a father and grandfather at the same time. Starring Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

Video Cassette No.2951

Forrest Gump
Through three turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide of events that whisks him from physical disablility to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love. Starring Tom Hanks.

Video Cassette No.1943

Frankenstein
An adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel about the scientist who creates a terrifying monster.

Video Cassette No.3229

Higher Learning
First-term freshmen get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality.

Video Cassette No.2534

Jurassic Park
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Starring Laura Dern

Video Cassette No.2437

Jurassic Park II: The Lost World
Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free, but now there is a more ominous threat--a plan to capture and bring the dinosaurs to the mainland. John Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition led by Ian Malcolm to reach the island before the mercenary team gets there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their own survival in a race against time.

Video Cassette No.3185

Malcolm X
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader. Starring Angela Bassett.

Video Cassette No.1670

The Mask
"A mild-mannered bank clerk discovers a mysterious ancient mask that brings his innermost desires to wild, screaming life!"... [container] Starring Cameron Diaz.

Video Cassette No.1870

Mrs. Doubtfire
Desperate father attempting to spend time with his kids after a divorce diguises himself as a friendly older woman to take care of his kids while his ex-wife is at work. Starring Sally Field.

Video Cassette No.2449

Paris Is Burning
Story of the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream.

Video Cassette No.1598

28 Up
Follows a group of British youngsters from a variety of economic and social backgrounds as they grow up, interviewing them at the ages of seven, fourteen, twenty-one, and twenty-eight. Provides a sociological and cultural history of postwar Britain as well as an examination of the process of growing up.

Video Cassette No.864

The Wedding Feast

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The Witches
Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.

Video Cassette No.1832

Young Frankenstein
A comedy in which young Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the man who gave his name to the monster, inherits the estate as well as something of the Frankenstein spirit. Starring Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn.

Video Cassette No.126


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