APRIL DVDS

The Green Free Library has added two more popular DVD titles to its collection.

Doubt

Miramax Films 2008 release. Running time 104 minutes.
Rated PG-13 for thematic material. Parent's click here for details.

Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley.

Starring:

Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams as Sister James
Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller
Joseph Foster II as Donald Miller
Alice Drummond as Sister Veronica

Summary from the Webpac: 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without any proof, besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn. This threatens to tear apart the community with it's irrevocable consequence.


And for the kids

The tale of Despereaux

Framestore Animation in association with Larger Than Life Productions ; Relativity Media; Universal Animation Studios; Universal Pictures

Running time 94 minutes. Rated G

Directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen

Based on the book of the same title, written by Kate DiCamillo. The library also has this title available for your reading pleasure.

Screen story written by Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi and Gary Ross.

Voices:

Matthew Broderick as Despereaux
Dustin Hoffman as Roscuro
Emma Watson as Princess Pea
Tracey Ullman as Miggery Sow
Kevin Kline as Andre
William H. Macy as Lester
Stanley Tucci as Boldo
Ciar`n Hinds as Botticelli
Robbie Coltrane as Gregory
Christopher Lloyd as Hovis
Sigourney Weaver as the Narrator
Bronson Pinchot as Town Crier

Summary from Webpac: Once upon a time in the far away kingdom of Dor lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro. The two go on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.