William Hurt
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English
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A beautiful story of a group of American and English expatriates in Paris on an excursion to Pamplona. This features the Left Bank of Paris in the 1920s and brutally realistic descriptions of bullfighting in Spain. It is the story of flamboyant Lady Brett Ashely and the hapless Jake Barnes in an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love and vanishing illusions.
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A collection of stories, several on group behavior. The story, Low Men in Yellow Coats, deals with the way group behavior can affect people for the worse, the title story is on a college woman who saves a fellow student from such behavior, while in Blind Willie a man atones for group behavior in the Vietnam War.
4) Gorky Park
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Three mutilated bodies are discovered buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Hurt is assigned to solve the crime, but is confronted by the uncooperative KGB. His trail leads to Irina (Pacula) who becomes his love.
7) Race
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
8) The doctor
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Successful surgeon Jack McKee who is businesslike and aloof with his patients finds his whole life changing when he is found to have throat cancer.
9) Michael
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with an "angel expert", are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her motel with a real, live archangel named Michael.
11) Into the wild
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Christopher McCandless, who gave his life savings to charity and headed out on the open road to reach the Alaskan wilderness.
12) Eyewitness
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A night janitor becomes totally mesmerized by a beautiful newscaster. When a murder is committed, he pretends to know more than he does in order to get closer to her - and by doing so hurls both of them into a whirlpool of international intrigue.
13) Moby Dick
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Ishmael sees his dream of a whaling voyage come true when he joins the crew of the Pequod, a sailing vessel leaving port in Nantucket. Unbeknownst to Ishmael and the mates, the Pequod's monomaniacal Captain Ahab is taking them all on a mad and personal mission to slay the great whale Moby Dick, an obsession that will open their eyes to the wonder and spectacle of man, of beast, and the inescapable nature of both.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The inspiration for more movies, radio and TV programs than any other folk hero, but the man in tights and a feathered cap is a recent addition to the myth. Probes the fascinating story behind the marauding vigilante of English folklore. In reality, the character is a composite of actual historical figures whose exploits date back to the Crusades, a dark time of tremendous brutality. Features highlights from the film, Robin Hood, as well as interviews....
15) Body heat
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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English
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In a small Florida town, the weather is hot and steamy. Ned Racine is a seedy lawyer with an overactive sex drive. Things for Ned are about to get hotter. He makes a play for the intoxicating blonde he spots at an outdoor concert. As soon as he makes some progress, she disappears. He knows just enough about her to find her again. She invites him to her place to look at her wind chimes. She sends him away. But he knows she really wants him. The two...
16) Dark city
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English
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"When John Murdoch awakens in a strange hotel room, he finds that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The problem is he can't remember a thing. Pursued by the police and haunted by the Strangers, mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. But in a city where reality is the ultimate illusion, discovering the truth could be fatal."--Container.
17) Syriana
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Warner Home Video
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English
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As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies. Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
18) Robin Hood
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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English
Description
In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
19) Black Widow
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[2021]
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English
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Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
20) Into the wild
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.