William Holden
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"In harm's way": An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories, and the counter-offensive. (167 min.)
"Hell is for heroes": It's autumn 1944, and Nazi forces along the Siegfried Line have the numbers, the fortifications and the firepower to break through. And a handful of GIs have little more than a dogged determination and the ingenuity...
4) Texas
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A comedy/action-adventure western about two confederate veterans aimlessly wandering around Texas after the Civil War. They go their separate ways, then eventually both end up falling in love with the rancher's daughter.
5) Ashanti
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When his wife is kidnapped by slave traders, Dr. Linderby (Michael Caine) has only one thing on his mind: to find her. As his search spans the continent, he uncovers an entire nation held in the bondage of a cruel and ancient custom.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
9) The 7th dawn
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An American ex-soldier and an Englishwoman try to save a Malayan woman accused of terrorism during a Communist insurrection in 1953.
10) Stalag 17
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of American POWs are imprisoned the German POW camp: Stalag 17. When two prisoners are killed during an escape attempt, they realize that there is a spy among them.
11) Born yesterday
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
12) Arizona
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A tough pioneer woman stands up to attacks by business rivals and Indians but falls for a drifter.
13) Network
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
14) Sabrina
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
David and Linus are brothers running the family corporation. When the chauffeur's daughter comes back from Paris she finds she has the attention of David, whom she has always liked, but starts to fall in love with Linus. Includes bonus features.
15) Breezy
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A free-spirited young woman helps an older man learn to love again.
"[A] mismatched pair ... eventually find common ground. Successful businessman Frank Harmon, disillusioned after a bitter divorce, thinks he can shut out the pain by isolating himself at his beach house. But when free-spirited Breezy appears on his doorstep, Frank is unable to turn her away."--Container.
16) Wild rovers
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Every man has his dream, and for aging cowboy Ross Bodine, paradise lies south of the border where a good spread, people to work it, and women to love await anyone with enough money. Young Frank Post has no trouble convincing Ross that robbing a bank can make his dream come true.
Series
Studio classic volume 7
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A widowed Eurasian doctor and an American war correspondent stationed in Hong Kong begin an intensely passionate affair, but when the journalist is transferred to Korea where war has broken out, tragedy strikes.
19) Sunset Boulevard
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad,...