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1) Tea for two
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wealthy stage-struck Nan Carter strikes a bet that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she gets the $25,000 she needs to back a Broadway musical vehicle for herself. She's determined, even if it means saying "no" when the fellow she loves pops the question.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Transformed by Dorothea Röschmann into a "hippie musical," this opera buffa debates women's constancy: Don Alfonso is determined to prove to his two young friends, Guglielmo and Ferrando, that their fiancées, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, are not to be trusted like any other woman so he bets them that if they give him one day and do everything he asks, he will prove the sisters are like all other women--fickle.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being dumped by his girlfriend, Matt sleeps with every girl he meets. Finally, Matt decides the only way to stop his sex obsession is to go 40 days and 40 nights living in a world of total abstinence. Then Matt meets Erica and the betting begins to see how long Matt can hold out.
Pub. Date
[2015], ©2014.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New England's most successful divorce attorney applies a love 'em and leave 'em approach to his dating life, and when he meets a woman just as successful and driven as he is, the two enter into a series of entertaining wagers where the winner gets to decide the fate of the loser.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young pilot makes a bet with the nephew of a notorious gangster, and is afraid he will lose the bet when his plane is forced to land in a small Irish village. With the help of a beautiful young woman he meets, will the pilot win his wager?
6) Uncut gems
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
An arrogant British Army captain forces a bet on a group of farmers. If they can win a cricket match against the army team, they will not have to pay the tax called lagaan for three years.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (approximately 420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down.
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