Neighborhood video club
Membership is free. The tour is how first-timers learn the club.
In the window
“Life's Greatest Adventure”
A cub, a stampede, and a circle of life. The animated tape that lived in the family VCR for a year.
A film by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
1994 · 1 HR 28 MIN · Color
Animation · Drama
RW-801 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Fear Can Hold You Prisoner. Hope Can Set You Free.”
A banker in a Maine prison, a Rita Hayworth poster, and a friendship measured in decades and rock hammers.
A film by Frank Darabont
1994 · 2 HR 22 MIN · Color
Drama
RW-604 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“You'll Never Go In The Water Again”
Amity Island wants its Fourth of July. A sheriff, a scientist, and a shark hunter take a boat out anyway.
A film by Steven Spielberg
1975 · 2 HR 4 MIN · Color
Thriller · Adventure
RW-108 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“All Work And No Play”
A winter caretaker, a hotel that remembers, and a boy who talks to his finger. Isolation rendered as a maze of carpets and axes.
A film by Stanley Kubrick
1980 · 2 HR 26 MIN · Color
Horror · Drama
RW-102 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“100% Pure Adrenaline”
An FBI agent goes undercover with bank-robbing surfers. Skydiving, waves, and a loyalty that outruns the badge.
A film by Kathryn Bigelow
1991 · 2 HR 2 MIN · Color
Action · Crime
RW-405 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“The Prince Of Zamunda”
An African prince looks for a queen in Queens. Barbershop chairs, McDowell's, and a very fine barber.
A film by John Landis
1988 · 1 HR 57 MIN · Color
Comedy · Romance
RW-507 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Seven Deadly Sins. Seven Ways To Die.”
A soon-to-retire detective and a transfer hunt a killer who works in deadly sins. The box is not empty.
A film by David Fincher
1995 · 2 HR 7 MIN · Color
Thriller · Crime
RW-114 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Three Decades Of Life In The Mafia”
As far back as he can remember, he always wanted to be a gangster. Copacabana tracking shot included.
A film by Martin Scorsese
1990 · 2 HR 26 MIN · Color
Crime · Drama
RW-602 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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On the wall
“If You've Got A Taste For Terror”
Prom night, a bucket, and a telekinetic girl who has had enough. High school cruelty with a split-screen finale.
A film by Brian De Palma
1976 · 1 HR 38 MIN · Color
Horror · Drama
RW-111 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.”
A scientist, a telepod, and a housefly. Love story as body horror, with a last act you will not unsee.
A film by David Cronenberg
1986 · 1 HR 36 MIN · Color
Horror · Sci-Fi
RW-113 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“A Long Time Ago”
A farm boy, a smuggler, a princess, and a war in the stars. The tape every store kept behind the counter in a battered clamshell.
A film by George Lucas
1977 · 2 HR 1 MIN · Color
Sci-Fi · Adventure
RW-202 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“This Time He's Fighting For His Life”
A drifter walks into a small town and a sheriff who wants him gone. The forest becomes a one-man war.
A film by Ted Kotcheff
1982 · 1 HR 33 MIN · Color
Action · Thriller
RW-408 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Up There With The Best Of The Best”
Maverick, volleyball, and a need for speed. Fighter school as a music video with extra afterburner.
A film by Tony Scott
1986 · 1 HR 50 MIN · Color
Action · Drama
RW-401 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“The Power Of Christ”
A Georgetown house, a child's voice that isn't hers, and two priests walking into a room they may not walk out of whole.
A film by William Friedkin
1973 · 2 HR 2 MIN · Color
Horror
RW-104 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.”
Three simple rules. A Kingston Falls Christmas, and a gift that multiplies when wet. Do not feed them after midnight.
A film by Joe Dante
1984 · 1 HR 46 MIN · Color
Horror · Comedy
RW-306 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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“An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making”
Spared no expense. A theme park of resurrected giants, and a weekend visit that does not go as the brochure promised.
A film by Steven Spielberg
1993 · 2 HR 7 MIN · Color
Sci-Fi · Adventure
RW-208 · Hi-Fi Stereo
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Log every tape, backdate a Saturday in 1994, heart the ones that stuck.
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The slot in the door after close. Swipe seen or skip, then file it on your card.
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Town hall by the counter. Who filed a tape, who hearted a review, who took one home.
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Walk every shelf. Search any title. Browse doesn't need a card.
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Ranked tapes, later bins, the ones you stand by.
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Your laminated ticket, club friends, points, prizes, the wall with your name on it.
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