Carrie Fisher
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In 1976, Carrie Fisher was a teenager filming a movie, with an all-consuming crush on her costar. And it just happened to become one of the most famous films of all time -- the first Star wars movie. When she recently discovered the journals she had kept, she found them full of plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. In revisiting her diaries, Fisher ponders the joys and insanity...
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When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she had kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved--plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1976, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar. With these...
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Suzanne Vale, the Hollywood actress, whose drug addiction and rehab rigors were so brilliantly dissected by Carrie Fisher in Postcards From the Edge, is back. And this time she has a new problem: She's had a child with someone who forgot to tell her he was gay. He forgot to tell her and she forgot to notice. Suzanne's not sure she has what it takes to be the best mother to her daughter, Honey. She can't seem to shake the blues from losing Honey's...
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Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
12) The women
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Clothing designer Mary Haines lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the editor at a prominent fashion magazine. The women dictate the latest trends in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with perfume salesgirl Crystal Allen at Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. Everyone in their...
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Collection includes : Star Wars - Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999) (PG) ; Star Wars - Episode II Attack Of The Clones (2002) (PG) ; and Star Wars - Episode III Revenge Of The Sith (2005) (PG-13) ; Star Wars - A New Hope (1977) ; Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ; and Star Wars - Return Of The Jedi (1983).
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Go behind the scenes and experience the epic and dramatic story of the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, from the earliest versions of the script to the release of "Return of the Jedi" in 1983. In "Empire of Dreams", the most comprehensive documentary ever created on the making of the movies, explore the creation of the trilogy. Three new featurettes explore the unique contributions of the Star Wars films, from the characters to the lightsaber...
16) Thumbelina
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Tiny Thumbelina--so small she sleeps in a match box--is almost forced to marry a toad or a crotchety mole, before she finds her true love.
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After the destruction of the Death Star, Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion's defeat on the ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin.
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"The town Christmas forgot: An urban family that can not seem to get along gets stranded in a remote, impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas. When they become involved in the town's home-grown Christmas pageant, they not only help solve the town's problems but learn to connect with each other just in time for the holidays. Naughty or nice: After she is suddenly fired from her job, Krissy Kringle is in no mood for all of the misdirected...
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Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
20) Sorority row
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When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.