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Publisher
A & E Television Networks, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Executive produced and hosted by Oscarʼ-winning actor Morgan Freeman, this compelling 8-part docuseries explores some of the most infamous prison escapes in history from Alcatraz and Rikers Island to Germany₂s Stalag Luft III and HM Prison Maze in Belfast. Featuring dramatic recreations and cutting-edge visual effects, along with interviews with some of the prisoners themselves, their families, their cellmates, and guards who were there, uncovers...
Publisher
Little Crew Studios
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Shot on location with an all-children cast, this is fun-filled family entertainment with a message to challenge and inspire. After a daring escape from Ravenshead Prison, Sam finds herself in worse trouble. Outrunning the relentless wardens seems impossible. She wonders how much longer her strength can hold out. But help is on the way--kind of. enry, janitor for the City of Refuge Guide Service, is unexpectedly thrust into the line of duty when all...
3) Maze
Publisher
Lightyear Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thirty-eight Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners escape from the IRA Maze Prison.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, the survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. The island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius Captain Nemo, who inhabits the island for his own strange ends.
5) 3 from hell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The long anticipated follow up to House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's rejects. After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood, and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained, and a firestorm of murder, madness, and mayhem will be released.
6) Captive
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
7) No good deed
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.
Publisher
Distributed by Green Apple Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As famine and death ravage Richmond, VA, five northern Civil War POWs plan a daring escape by hijacking a hot air balloon. Drifting through the night, they wake to find themselves marooned on a desert island, but they're not alone. Littered with wreckage, the island is home to a cast of survivors who have been lost in space and time. Forced to defend themselves against vicious pirates, terrifying creatures and a volcano that's ready to blow, they...
9) Labor Day
Author
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A lonely, divorced mother allows an escaped killer to stay with her and her thirteen-year-old son.
10) Man on a ledge
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ex-cop Nick Cassidy escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander, and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey works against the clock to extract the diamond and clear his brother's name.
11) Maze
Publisher
Lightyear Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The date is September the 25th, 1983 -- the Troubles are ongoing. Thirty-eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) are being held captive in HM Prison Maze, an impenetrable, escape-proof jail. The odds are against them. The Maze is fortified with 15-foot fences, 18-foot concrete walls, barbed wire and steel gates. Months of planning have lead up to this moment; the moment when these daring men, assisted by some guards, break free...
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, the survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. The island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius Captain Nemo, who inhabits the island for his own strange ends.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
"A gentle comedy-drama with wry humor and a sunset-colored wistful streak."--Newsday.
"At a time when bluster, bragging and histrionic displays of self-pity are apparently the defining characteristics of American manhood,...
14) Rescue dawn
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
15) T-34
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Russian
Description
"During the greatest war in the history of mankind, young lieutenant Ivushkin assembles a courageous group of POWs to plan a daring escape from captivity. With the power of a half-destroyed T-34 tank, Ivushkin and his crew challenge an enemy battalion, ready to battle until the end--for family and for country." --container
17) Iron mask
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"In order to save his homeland from certain doom, a kung fu master must escape from the maniacal James Hook in order to send his daughter a secret talisman that will allow her to control a massive and mythical dragon. This larger-than-life, globetrotting tale, ranges from the impenetrable Tower of London to the fabled Silk Road and China's Great Wall." --container
19) Serial killers
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Interview with a serial killer: Crime writer Ellen Carter has a dark secret: her husband is buried behind the walls of her house. Leslie Steckler rents a room from Ellen, and discovers her secret. He blackmails her into writing the definitive study of mass murder, his biography.
Frozen in fear: A troubled artist traps his female victims in ice sculptures.
In the dead of winter: Sam Tucker was just released from prison. Now, he stalks the Utah desert...
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