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Pub. Date
2002
Description
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship.
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolph Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
3) Solarmax
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Explores the sun, a star with powerful influence on earth. Includes footage from both earth and space, as well as some footage from NASA's SOHO satellite. Every 11 years, the sun's poles reverse causing a solarmax at the peak of the storm. Also includes an explanation of the connection between the Aurora Borealis and the sun.
4) The Tenant
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A timid file clerk becomes obsessed with the previous tenant of his apartment, a young woman who committed suicide under mysterious circumstances.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Danger, scandal and smoking guns are no match for resourceful CIA operative Annie Walker. When Annie and Auggie, her blind lover and colleague, mix business with pleasure on a trip to Colombia, they ruffle the feathers of local CIA station chief Calder Michaels, whose seemingly fleeting allegiance has major implications for the future of the Domestic Protection Division. Complicating matters, Arthur reveals a 'covert affair' of his own, while Henry's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A woman's dream to forge a new life for herself on the great American plains becomes a test of her pioneering spirit, her inner strength, and her undying faith. It was Marty Claridge's dream to build her new life on the frontier with her husband. But when the courageous pioneer woman is suddenly widowed, she's offered a new opportunity-- to marry a widower in a marriage of convenience. What they did not expect was that the marriage would lead to love....
Description
A documentary look at the efforts directed at the preservation of the Greenback Cutthroat trout.
Using computer animation and outdoor videography, this program tells the story of how the Greenbacks evolved and migrated to Colorado, why they declined and almost disappeared, and how the scientific recovery process works in restoring populations in the future. They became Colorado's official state fish in 1994.--From container.
9) Underdog
Formats
Description
After an accident in the lab of the maniacal Dr. Barsinister, an ordinary beagle named Shoeshine finds he has some unimaginable powers, along with the ability to speak. Underdog vows to protect the citizens of Capitol City, and one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebred.
10) The Aviator
Pub. Date
2002, 1985
Description
Edgar Anscombe, an airmail pilot and former World War I fighter pilot, reluctantly takes Tillie Hansen as a passenger in his biplane on a cross-country journey. When the plane crashes and the two must rely on each other to survive, they begin to fall in love.
11) Deliverance
Pub. Date
1972.
Description
The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it's gone, adventurer and outdoor fanatic, Lewis, organizes a trip for himself and his three friends, Ed, Drew and Bobby. They will canoe their way from top to bottom in search of great adventure. What they don't know is that they are in for much more than they originally bargained. Two mountain men take Ed and Bobby hostage....
12) The Fourth Kind
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Since the 1960s, Nome, Alaska, has seen a disproportionate number of its population being reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler begins videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented.
15) Flicka
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Katy dreams of filling her father's shoes by taking over their ranch, while her father wants better for her. When she finds and tries to tame a wild horse, she learns how alike she and this stallion truly are.
16) Charlotte's web
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
A young pig depends on a rat, spider, and a little girl to prove that as a runt he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life.
18) Oliver Twist
Description
This classic b7w film stars Jackie Moore as Oliver and tells the story of a boy growing up on the rough and cruel streets of London. The film uses the characters and story to make a strong social comment, attacking society's methods of dealing with the poor.
19) Iris
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
20) Firehouse Dog
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch is separated from his owner and ends up as the mascot of a hapless fire station. There, he helps a boy and his father, a veteran fire chief, turn the station into the city's finest.