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Author
Language
English
Description
One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A case of mistaken identity arises after a screw-up sales consultant and the world's deadliest assassin--known only as The Man from Toronto--run into each other at a holiday rental.
3) Monte Carlo
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for an awesome adventure of a lifetime in Monte Carlo! Grace, a high-spirited high school grad, is looking forward to a vacation in Paris with her best friend Emma and stepsister Meg. Just as the girls think their trip is ruined when their hyperactive tour guide leaves them behind, Grace is mistaken for a wealthy socialite and the trio is whisked away to Monte Carlo for a thrilling week of glitz, glam, and unforgettable fun.
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2005].
Edition
Collector's edition ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lazy, unemployed Southern Californian stoner who loves bowling gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. He's beaten up by men looking for money from the rich man's wife and gets drawn into the kidnapping of the millionaire's wife.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jon Arbuckle travels to London and decides to bring his cat, Garfield, along for the trip. A case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle after swapping places with an aristocratic kitty who has inherited a fabulous estate. Garfield's reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who wants him out of the picture.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Mistaken for a foreign correspondent, a mild-mannered wildlife writer is sent to a fictional African country on the eve of a war. He flounders through a sea of wild rumors and sleazy journalists desperate for a story.
9) Scoop
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mistaken for a foreign correspondent, a mild-mannered wildlife writer is sent to a fictional African country on the eve of a war. He flounders through a sea of wild rumors and sleazy journalists desperate for a story.
Publisher
Monarch Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angie has sole ownership of her family's event planning business in her sights, but when she stands in for her cousin Candace at the Christmas-querade masked Ball and wealthy bachelor Nicholas Carmichael takes notice, Angie must choose between love and her career.
11) Along came Jones
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Melody Jones rides into town looking for work and is mistaken for the evil desperado Monte Jarrad. Jones lets all the special treatment go to his head until the real outlaw shows up looking for him.
12) The recall
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The recall, 2017": Five young friends plan a weekend escape, but their fun is interrupted when unnatural clouds cover the sky. A man called The Hunter warns htem to leave. Faced with an alien invasion the friends team up with The Hunter to avoid abduction.
"Nine lives, 2004": Former CIA operative Dean Cage has been in a rehabilitation program to deal with his severe PTSD after the death of his best friend. While out on a date with his fiance, detective...
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A Víctor, un actor sinvergüza, lo chantajea su viejo camarada Eduardo, un ladrón de joyas argentino. Víctor intenta llamar a la policía para denunciar a Eduardo, pero lo matan cuando está al teléfono. La policía usa a Raúl, que se dedica a entregar pan y que es el doble de Eduardo, para atrapar a éste. La situación da oportunidad para muchos percances y aventuras. Al final, Raúl ayuda a atrapar al ladrón de joyas, recibe la recompensa...
14) Freezer
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robert Saunders, a New York City mechanic who is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked inside the restaurant's walk-in freezer. But why he's there, and how he'll survive, will reveal a chilling nightmare of mistaken identity, the Russian mob, a missing eight million, and a wounded cop who may hold the key it all. The temperature is dropping. The fear is growing.
15) Dave
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Standard full screen and Widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An uncanny Presidential lookalike was recruited as a momentary stand-in for America's Chief Executive, but things didn't turn out exactly as planned so Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely. His ordinary-guy savvy in dealing with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office lead the opposition to think that something is definitely wrong in Washington.
Publisher
Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A very merry mix-up: "a woman sets out to meet her fiancé's family at Christmas and winds up at the wrong house. Once the mistake is corrected, she realizes that her bond with the wrong family--and the eligible son--was stronger than her bond with the right one."
The Christmas ornament: "widow Kathy Howard is having a hard time facing her first Christmas without her husband when she meets Christmas tree lot owner Tim Pierce who helps her to see...
18) Bushwhacked
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bumbling deliveryman is accused of murder when a get-rich scheme backfires. He flees for the woods where he is mistaken for a world famous scout leader. He ends up supervising six Ranger Scouts on their first overnight expedition.
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students is separated from the group, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count and the laughs.
20) Let's be cops
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.