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Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Diversion Books edition.
Physical Desc
x, 417 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap, and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS, and "Axel F"; of outsiders, lost boys, and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields, and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's flicks, two Coreys, and one summer when "Baby" refused to be put in a corner. -- amazon.com
3) Ballet shoes
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
4) You couldn't ignore me if you tried: the Brat Pack, John Hughes, and their impact on a generation
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 367 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spoiled Philadelphia pre-teen is a fish out of water when she and her parents move to the country as the result of economic hard times. After befriending an amazing horse and making a misguided journey back to her old life, she discovers that her family is her true home.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Verging on adolescence, Joe finds himself more and more aggravated by his dad's attempts to control his life. Declaring freedom, Joe and his best buddy Patrick, along with an odd kid called Biaggio, escape to the woods, where they construct a house, just for them, with no parents or responsibility. There they discover that they are in control of their destinies, all alone out in the forest.
Author
Publisher
a Vireo Book, an imprint of Rare Bird Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First trade paperback original editon.
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From the fictional towns of Mill Valley, CA, and Shermer, IL, to the beautiful landscapes of Astoria and Brownsville, OR, from the iconic suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to the seemingly scary inner cities of Chicago, '80s teen movies had one thing in common: locations mattered. Perhaps more so than in any other decade, the locations of the '80s teen movies were monumentally important. In Brat Pack America, Kevin Smokler gives virtual tours of...
8) Ice princess
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. Since Casey is an ice skater she decides on a project that will show the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject. She decides that she wants to skate on the Nationals circuit, but has some...
Publisher
Rhino Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 370 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joel, Mike, and their robot friends poke some fun at B-movies. The giant gila monster: A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community with a heroic teenager attempting to destroy the creature. Swamp diamonds: An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp. Teen-age strangler: A troubled teen with an undeserved criminal past is the suspect when young...
10) She's all that
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most popular guy in school bets a classmate that he can turn the school's biggest geek into the prom queen. The fun starts when he unexpectedly falls madly in love with her.
Series
Criterion collection volume 920
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Description
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Growing up is hard, and life is no easier for Nadine, who is already at peak awkwardness when her best friend Krista begins dating her all-star brother Darian. All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever. With the help of her reluctant sounding-board, she soon discovers that what feels like the end of the world may just be the beginning of growing up.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Edition
Bueller ... Bueller ... edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ferris Bueller has played hooky a number of times. But this time he has the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to join him in his day of fun. Ferris talks Cameron into borrowing his father's precious Ferrari for the day's transportation. All the while, Principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness. Jeanie is Ferris's...
15) Weird science
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gary and Wyatt, two unpopular teens, create the 'perfect' woman with their computer. Their creation tries to help them get even in life and meet some nice girls.
16) Tuff turf
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The new kid in school tangles with a local gang and becomes the lone target of revenge. When he falls for the leader's girlfriend, the situation turns from dangerous to deadly.
17) The motel
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chinese-American adolescent Ernest works after school cleaning rooms at the dingy motel owned by his bossy mother. A Korean-American playboy drifter helps Ernest come out of his shell, encouraging him to pursue an older girl he has a crush on. Ernest absorbes life lessons about girls, bullies, baseball and success.
18) Jasper Jones
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting and moving Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishheart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the true killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1969, Charlie defeats the local racists,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 336
Language
English
Description
This critically acclaimed cult favorite, written and directed by Richard Linklater, explores the last day of school, and one wild night, in the lives of high school students in 1976.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick knows exactly how long it has been since Tris broke up with him - three weeks, two days, and 23 hours. Now she is at his gig, with a new guy. Nick can't understand how she could have moved on so fast. But that night, Nick meets Norah. They have nothing in common except their taste in music. This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. Now, this chance meeting turned into a crusade to find a legendary rock band's secret show, ends up being...
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