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Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
James Dean is remembered as the embodiment of the rebellious American youth. Rising to megastardom overnight, he became an idol of teens in the 1950s. Casper Van Dien stars as James Dean in the retelling of this enigmatic bad boy that infatuated America and captured their hearts.
James Dean was a remarkable talent and rebel who took Hollywood by storm. As his star rose, his passionate affair with Pier Angeli angers her mother and studio chief Jack...
Publisher
Charles Smiley Presents
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Presentation of the challenges of the Sierra crossing on the Sacramento, CA to Reno, NV run through films made over three decades in all types of weather and with every type of train. Includes regional history as well as glimpses of contemporary situations.
84) Boat people
Series
Criterion collection volume 1113
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
After the communist takeover of Vietnam, a Japanese journalist revisits Vietnam to report on the life of its people after the war.
85) Black '47
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1847 during the Great Famine, an Irish Ranger returns home after deserting the British army, but finding his family and his country ravaged and brutalized, he sets out for revenge.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1904 Morocco, European powers desire a foothold in the Arab world -- and [desert chieftain] Raisuli is determined to stir up tribal fury against them. So he kidnaps an American widow ... and her children, igniting a chain of events that include President Theodore Roosevelt ... wielding the big stick of foreign policy"--Container.
87) Cry havoc
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The priorities are clear for Army nurses on Bataan Peninsula in 1942. Take your quinine, malaria is rampant. Make do, supplies will not arrive. Stay strong, despite the overwhelming odds. The nation was shaken by the plight of U.S. and Filipino forces in the early days of America's World War II involvement, a tale of courage and camaraderie.
The priorities are clear for Army nurses on Bataan Peninsula in 1942. Take your quinine, malaria is rampant....
88) The Apostle Paul
Series
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
2003].
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of the Apostle Paul from childhood, to his role as a persecutor of Christians, and finally his eventual conversion to Christianity and its spread throughout the Roman Empire.
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any previous discovery.
91) Quills
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
History's most infamous sexual adventurer lives in a madhouse, where a beautiful laundry maid helps him smuggle his erotic stories to the printer.
92) The immigrant
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ewa Cybulski and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces...
Publisher
Sierra State Parks Foundation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Explore the rich history of the Tahoe area in a wonderful visual adventure. The Story of Tahoe Part One begins in 1844, when a lost, starving expedition discovers the native Washoe people's most precious jewel: Lake Tahoe. From there, logging industry booms at Tahoe, tourism flourishes with the railroad industry, and historic estates are built all around the lake. Part II picks up again at the turn of the century. The 1900s find Tahoe ravaged by...
95) Grace of Monaco
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Grace Kelly is a huge movie star with the promise of a glittering career when she marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Six years later, with her marriage in serious difficulty, Alfred Hitchcock offers her the chance to return to Hollywood to play the role of Marnie in his next film. But France is also threatening to annex Monaco, the tiny principality where she became the Princess. Grace is torn and forced to choose between the creative flame...
97) Mary Magdalene
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the life of Mary Magdalene, the reformed prostitute who became one of the foremost followers of Jesus Christ during his lifetime.
Publisher
Sierra State Parks Foundation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Formats
Description
a"Explore the rich history of the Tahoe area in a wonderful visual adventure. The Story of Tahoe Part One begins in 1844, when a lost, starving expedition discovers the native Washoe people's most precious jewel: Lake Tahoe. From there, logging industry booms at Tahoe, tourism flourishes with the railroad industry, and historic estates are built all around the lake. Part II picks up again at the turn of the century. The 1900s find Tahoe ravaged by...
100) Pearl Harbor
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly planes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, a dedicated Navy nurse, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to the idyllic paradise of Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. But just as the love triangle begins...
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