North Plains Library
In the little town of North Plains near where I live, a library is being built - not with public funds, but through community spirit. Wayne Holm, a local business man, has graciously donated a large portion of the proceeds, not to mention all the lumber - to build the library. Lots of other people throughout the North Plains area are donating their time and money for this worthy cause. This is NOT publicly funded. You can read more about the library through a recent article in the Oregonian here. You can also get more information on the library at the North Plains Library web site here.
Myself, I have decided to donate DVD and VHS versions of 100 movies. I believe that movies are a great way to get our circulation up and at the same time expose people to a variety of movies. I've went through my reviews and selected what I think are "off-the-beaten track" movies that are very good. I'm purposely staying away from the big blockbusters, or those movies that run on cable every week.
My feeling is that when people visit the library, they should be able to pick any movie out & be guaranteed a good time (as long it's age appropriate).
This is still a work in progress as I work with the librarian...but here they are:
| Family | Most are appropriate for ages 7 & above |
| Second Hand Lions, 2003 Fly Away Home SeaBiscuit, also PBS Seabiscuit special Freaky Friday, 2002 Holes October Sky Wallace and Grommit Galaxy Quest The Straight Story Nightmare before Christmas Titan AE School of Rock, 2003 Chicken Run The Rookie The Last Starfighter The Iron Giant Anne of Green Gables (series) |
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| Teens | Teens & Above |
| Bend it like Beckham Powder Frequency Lost Boys Evolution Eight Legged Freaks |
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| Adult | Action / Violent |
| Dusk Till Dawn True Romance Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Snatch Freeway We were soldiers Full Metal Jacket, 1987 American History X ManHunter |
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| Adult | Date |
| Gosford Park Run Lola Run Tortilla Soup Love Actually, 2003 The Last Seduction, 1994 Amelie Elizabeth Shipping News Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 50 First Dates Shakespeare in Love Sea of Love |
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| Adult | Left Brain |
| Fight Club Repo Man 21 Grams Angel Heart Clerks Dark City Twelve Monkeys Eyes Wide Shut Social Intercourse AI: Artificial Intellegence Waking Life Short Cuts, 1993 Fresh Hedwig & the Angry Inch |
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| Adult | Comedy |
| An Evening with Kevin Smith Dogma Super Troopers Undercover Brother, 2002 A simple plan Barbershop |
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| Just Plain Good | Teens & above OK in most cases |
| 12 Angry Men Band of Brothers Shawshank Redemption Smoke Citizen Kane Touching the Void Cookies Fortune Red Rock West Lone Star Oh Brother Where Art Thou Lantana The Station Agent, 2003 Whale Rider Blood In, Blood Out (Bound by Honor), 1993 Down by Law, 1986 Adaptation, 2002 Life as a House 61* Waking Ned Devine |
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| Documentary | Teens & above OK in most cases |
| Fog of War, 2003 Bowling for Columbine, 2002 Fast Cheap and Out of Control Brothers Keeper, 1992 Control Room, 2004 Outfoxed, 2004 SuperSize Me, 2004 Spellbound, 2000 The Endurance, 2000 |
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| Anime | Teens & above OK in most cases |
| Tokyo Godfathers, 2003 Ghost in the Shell Metropolis, 2001 Spirited Away, 2002 Castle in the Sky, 1986 Perfect Blue, 1997 Ninja Scroll, 1993 Grave of the Fireflies, 1988 Jin Roh, 1998 |
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| Foreign | Teens & above OK in most cases |
| No Man’s Land Eat Man, Drink Woman Abres Los Ojos, 1997 Ran Rashomon Bread & Tulips Princess and the Warrior, 2000 Jean De Florette, 1986 Manon des Sources, 1986 Hero, 2002 City of God, 2004 |
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If you would like to join me in donating movies or have other movies you'd recommend be "on the list", drop me a line at
t-bmiller@easy-street.com (remove BOTH dashes ... they are in there to foil web-crawlers that pick up emails from web sites - it helps cut down on SPAM)
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