Sunday, November 21, 2010

New Items in the Multimedia Collection

Bunny and the bull [videorecording]
[Collingwood, Vic.] : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, [2010].
Summary: From the creators of cult hit The Mighty Boosh comes BUNNY & THE BULL, a road movie set entirely within a flat. Stephen Turnbull hasn't left the house in months. When an infestation of mice wreaks havoc on his precious routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek round Europe he undertook the previous year with his best friend, Bunny. In an attempt to shake Stephen's life up, Bunny forces him to embark upon an epic road trip, on which they stumble upon a demented dog-loving tramp (Julian Barratt), an astonishingly dull tour-guide (Richard Ayoade) and an alcoholic ex-matador (Noel Fielding). But it is the superstitious waitress, Eloisa, who steals their hearts. An unlikely love triangle develops, and the trio are propelled from the industrial wastelands of Poland to the haunting fields of Spain, where Bunny resolves that he is going to fight a bull....
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619361)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Fantastic planet [dvd]
Laloux, Rene, 1929-
Wul, Stefan
[France] : Les Films Armorial ; [Australia] : Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], 2008, c1973.
Summary: In a far distant world human beings or "Oms" have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated om Terr is able to escape his masters with a headset that puts information directly into the brain. Armed now with the Draags technology he leads the Oms in an attempt to make life better for them... But will the deomizing destroy them?
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619362)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Mao's last dancer [digital video disc]
Li, Cunxin, 1961-
Beresford, Bruce
Widescreen, Letterbox [version].
[Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], c2010.
Summary: Drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619363)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Juno [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production ; a Jason Reitman Film ; produced by Lianne Halfon ... [et al.] ; written by Diablo Cody ; directed by Jason Reitman.
Reitman, Jason, 1977-
Moore Park, NSW : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment South Pacific, c2008.
Summary: Juno MacGuff is a cool, confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy, and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby.  With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend, supportive dad and no-nonsense stepmom, Juno sets her sights on an affluent couple longing to adopt their first child.
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1619364)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert