Steve Martin
1) Pure Drivel
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English
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Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: an actor who's kept us riveted for over 25 years, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright. In this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Martin's gifts were confined to the screen will discover what readers of The New Yorker magazine already know: that Martin is a master of the written word. Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic...
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Publisher
Flying Dolphin Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents a rhyming couplet featuring each letter of the alphabet, with such characters as David the dog-faced boy, who dons a derby despite being dirty, and Victor, whose frequent victories have made him vainglorious.
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Publisher
Celadon Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
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English
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A hilarious look at marriage, divorce, and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakery, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's... complicated!
11) The pink panther
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Series
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English
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A bumbling, disaster-prone inspector invades a Swiss ski resort and becomes obsessed with capturing a jewel thief hoping to lift the legendary 'Pink Panther' diamond.
13) The big year
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate 'birder' by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year. But the friendly rivalry soon turns into a hilariously complicated cross-country adventure as each man begins to realize that the quest for success comes at a price, and that's not chicken feed!
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
20th anniversary edition; widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A befuddled father has a hard time letting go of his young daughter as she plans her wedding; just when a father is getting used to his daughter being married, he finds out that he will become a grandfather for the first time as well as a father again.
16) Housesitter
Publisher
MCA/Universal Home Video
Language
English
Description
Shortly after an architect's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, he encounters a woman who decides on her own to move into his empty dream house and pass herself off as his new wife--with hilarious and romantic consequences.
17) Shopgirl
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Ray Porter is a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away into a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Second-disc special edition.
Language
English
Description
A special DVD edition featuring both the original Fantasia (1940), Walt Disney's daring experiment combining animation and classical music, and the new Fantasia 2000. Includes music by Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, and George Gershwin. Classic scenes as dancing hippos, flying whales, and Mickey Mouse appearing as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
19) Edward Hopper
Publisher
Microcinema International
Language
English
Description
Edward Hopper created iconic images of American life that present us with the possibillity of narrative, but ultimately remain rather enigmatic. This film traces Hopper's varied influences, from French Impressionism to the the gangster films of the 1930s. The documentary uses archival photos and film, with specially shot footage of locations painted by Hopper in New York and the New England coast. From container.
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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Two con men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a naive soap heiress first. The winner can keep the Riviera and its unsuspecting tourists to himself.