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Celebrate some of the world's most astounding women with a video that honors International Women's Day (March 8th).



It's the Bobcats vs. the Warriors, it's the Bulls vs. the Nets, it's the Clippers vs. the Spurs, and it's here on Google Video.



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Copy Shop - Outstanding Oscar-nominated short film!

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13 min 50 sec

The World Championship of Illegal Pencil Fighting
Writer/Director: David Meyer

1) Why did you make this video?

"A friend called and asked me to do a short video for an 'open mic night' where local musicians, artists, etc. would be performing. The video would be shown between acts as a little humorous intermission.

After my friend called me, I laid down on the couch to take a nap. When I woke up, I started thinking about petty crimes, the criminal underground, and how pencil fighting was usually forbidden at elementary school (you'd have to conceal it behind the seats on the school bus). I thought about how vicious pencil fighting is in the real world, and I felt like it was my duty to make people aware of it, for both safety and entertainment purposes."

2) Who should watch it?

"People should watch it. Also pencils, so that they'll learn an important lesson."

3) Money, fame, power - which do you hope this video brings?

"Awareness of this issue and how outlawing it only makes it more prevalent. The elementary school principals just don't get it. Pencil fighting has such potential to be exploited by capitalism. It's an unrealized jackpot that The Man hasn't tapped into. Wait, actually, I don't want The Man to tap into it.......nevermind, I hope this video remains secret!"

4) What's next (from you, the video creator)?

"Another nap. Jason Bourne says that 'rest is a weapon' and he is right: it is a creating-obscure-short videos weapon."

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Actress Natalie Portman promotes her new film "V For Vendetta" by the Wachowski Brothers (creators of "The Matrix") in this episode of Charlie Rose. Also interviewed include authors Bill Sammon and Tom Perkins.
56 min 40 sec

Go on an amazing elephant safari in Kanha National Park without leaving your seat with this new video from Wilderness Films India.
2 min 32 sec

This independent horror film "Ice from the Sun" will send a chill down your spine. Awaken your senses and your Monday with this stylish video from Image Entertainment.
1 hr 56 min 34 sec

Sharon Stone seduces in Basic Instinct 2, where everything's a lie, including the truth. To view the entire smoldering trailer from Sony Pictures, please click here.
2 min 29 sec

Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, and Sir Ian McKellen lead an all-star cast in The Da Vinci Code. A best-selling novel and directed by the acclaimed Ron Howard, come "seek the truth" May 19th. To view the complete trailer, please click here.
2 min 41 sec

Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F.W. Munarau's chilling and eerie adaption of Stoker's Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the legend. (Description provided by content owner)
1 hr 24 min 19 sec

Click here to watch "Nosferatu"

In this classic horror film, evil aliens attack Earth to resurrect the dead in order to destroy the stupidity of mankind. Directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr., this treasure from the Public Domain will bring you back to the days of great black and white movies.
1 hr 18 min 21 sec

Click here to watch "Plan 9 from Outer Space"

Considered a cult classic, "Reefer Madness" was an old fashioned propaganda film against marihuana made in the 1930s.
1 hr 8 min 17 sec

Click here to watch "Reefer Madness"