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"There's only one thing keeping aspiring executive Tim from corporate success. He must find the perfect guest to bring to his boss's monthly dinner party, where the winner of the evening is the one who arrives with biggest buffoon. Luckily, Tim meets Barry, a guy who re-creates famous works of art with stuffed mice. When the duo show up to dine, the lunacy kicks into high gear"--Container.
2) Miss Potter
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In an effort to give their younger brother Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
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Mr. Magorium owns the most magical store in the universe, where all of the toys for sale are alive. The eccentric owner of toy store surprises Molly, the shop's awkward and insecure manager, by turning over ownership to her. Molly appears to be a reflection of the people who run it. Henry is a detail-oriented accountant assigned the task of assessing the Emporium's monetary value.
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Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious go on a picnic at the beach where they are soon whisked into a magical world of pirates, castles and a flying car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In the adventure that ensues, they journey to Vulgaria and encounter the evil Baron Comburst and his child-hating wife, who kidnaps Potts' children and steals the magic car. With the aid of the village...
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Mr. Magorium owns the most amazing store in the world, where all the toys literally come to life. When the boss decides to retire, the shop throws a tantrum, and all its wonders begin to cease. Now Mr. Magorium's reluctant manager, skeptical accountant, and most loyal customer must work together to save the emporium by finding a little magic within themselves.
6) Frank
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An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank, a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying band mate Clara.
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A heartwarming adventure bursting with the joy of the season. When Julia, a lonely foster child, discovers an injured rabbit on Christmas Eve, she forms an unlikely friendship with an eccentric farmwoman who vows to nurse the bunny back to health. In the process, Julia's own heart is healed and she forges a bond with her adoptive family that makes her holidays one she-and you-will never forget.
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In the quirky town of Eureka, America's brightest scientists are working on some of the government's best-kept secrets. Some lead to brilliant inventions, and some to total chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident.
10) Stretch
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The director of Smokin' Aces brings you into the world of Kevin Stretch, a Hollywood limo driver with a dark past. When Stretch is in need of quick cash to pay back his debts to a notorious gangster, he takes a job with a billionaire client in hopes of a big payday. His client's eccentricities soon escalate into a wild night of adventure, sex, and danger which begins to make the fate of returning to the mob empty-handed seem reasonable.
12) Noëlle
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Father Jonathan Keene is a cold, impatient Catholic priest who arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas. He is there to do what he does best - shut down dying parishes. But things take an unexpected turn as he becomes entangled in the various lives of the village's eccentric characters. This includes the town's beautiful librarian, the childlike priest he is displacing, and the magical experience of Mrs. Worthington's legendary...
14) Mame
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The story focuses on the madcap life of Mame Dennis, which is disrupted when she becomes the guardian of her deceased brother's son. She marries a wealthy Southern plantation owner, is widowed, yet through it all, with the help of her dearest friend, Vera Charles, manages to keep things under control.
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Criterion collection volume 178
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Ingemar is a working-class 12-year old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
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The Addams family: Con artists plan to fleece the eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester.
Addams family values: A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love, a nanny.
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Tim is a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry, a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. When the duo shows up to dine, the lunacy kicks into high gear....
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