(0)Elmer Bernstein
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After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
5) Legal eagles
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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A hard-nosed assistant district attorney and an imaginative defense attorney combine their talents to defend a spacey "performance artist" who is accused of theft and murder.
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The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
7) True grit
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Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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In Ghostbusters, the doctors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler suddenly find themselves downsized from the University's parapsychology department. They then decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghostly ghosts and apparitions. In Ghostbusters 2, the three doctors regroup to nuke the spooks in this comedy. Sidelined after their spectacular save of New York Ciy five years ago, the heroes of the hereafter once again answer the...
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Two American students are on a walking tour of England. As they trudge on to the next town, suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl and the two are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed, but reverts to its human form, and the townspeople are able to deny its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent...
10) Rough riders
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A fact-based, rough and tumble western depicting a young and energetic Theodore Roosevelt leading his legendary Rough Riders in their fight against oppressive Spanish rule at the turn of the 20th century.
In 1898 the US government, led by Theodore Roosevelt (Berenger) back when he was still a young, ambitious Naval Secretary, intervenes on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Always ready for action, Roosevelt leaves...
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The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him-- except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
13) Trading places
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The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
14) Zulu dawn
Publisher
Tango Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
15) Leonard part 6
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Leonard Parker, a former secret agent turned restauranteur, is on a madcap mission to save his marriage, his daughter's reputation and the world from the evil Medusa Johnson and her vast army of killer frogs, lobsters and horses.
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Voyager Company
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[2000?]
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English
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Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema.
17) Spies like us
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about two would-be spies who are dupes in an evil mastermind's plan to take over the world.
19) Twilight
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Paramount
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
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Harry Ross is a burned-out private eye who's plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups.
20) Hud
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Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all-time high.
