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English
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Snows of Kilimanjaro: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that he himself travels to King Arthur's court.
Tale of two cities: A British barrister falls in...
3) Broken arrow
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a B-3 Stealth Bomber crashes in the Utah desert during a top-secret test run, the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two "broken arrows." But the situation quickly spins out of control after one of the pilots reveals the crash to be part of an incredible nuclear extortion plot.
5) December
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Five young men, prep school students and best friends, must decide whether or not to go to war after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
Publisher
GoodTimes DVD
Language
English
Description
As the telegraph takes over, each Pony Express rider is given two horses as a reward. Johnny Blair and Larry Adams buy a run-down stageline from Cal Drake. When they realize they've been cheated, they race Drake to Sacramento for a $25,000 government mail contract.
7) Suddenly
Publisher
LaserLight DVD
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Three hired gunmen set themselves up to assassinate the President in a California town, where he is secretly scheduled to transfer from a special train to a car. They seize a strategic location in a private residence, and proceed to terrorize the occupants.
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gregory Peck plays a southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece.
Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition. Screen legend Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch -...
9) The fan
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
An obsessed young fan has been writing to Sally, a famous actress, but Sally's secretary discards the letters. When the fan sees he is being ignored, he moves to eliminate those standing between himself and his idol.
11) Runaway jury
Language
English
Description
After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal regulations. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer takes no chances on the outcome, and they hire Rankin Fitch, a "jury consultant" who makes it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to guarantee...
12) Pay it forward
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When a young man starts "paying it forward" for a social studies project, unusual things happen in this bittersweet and uplifting tale.
13) It's the rage
Publisher
Key DVD
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Seven strangers find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
14) Winter light
Series
Criterion collection volume 209-212
Publisher
Wannabe
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Swedish
Description
SYNOPSIS: "On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small rural church (Tomas Ericsson) performs service for a tiny congregation; though he is suffering from a cold and a severe crisis of faith. After the service, he attempts to console a fisherman (Jonas Persson) who is tormented by anxiety, but Tomas can only speak about his own troubled relationship with God. A school teacher (Maerta Lundberg) offers Tomas her love as consolation for his loss...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013, c1941
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged playboy, Frank Flannagan, who is smitten by Ariane, the daughter of a detective hired by a man who believes Frank is having an affair with his wife.
Friendly Persuasion: A heart-warming story about the day-to-day experiences of a Quaker family living in Indiana in 1862, showing their religious beliefs, their worldly temptations, their petty feuds, and their reactions in a time of crisis.
The Fountainhead: An architect unwilling to...
16) Boys don't cry
Series
Language
English
Description
Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
18) Elf
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Description
A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
19) Taxi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Belle is New York's fastest cabbie, but what she really wants is to be a race car driver. When a cop who has had his license taken away needs help chasing down a gang of Brazilian bank robbers, Belle is more than happy to drive for him.
20) Summertime
Publisher
Home Vision Cinema
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does -- with a very handsome but very married Italian man.