George C. Scott
Language
English
Formats
Description
A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.
4) Choices
Publisher
Platinum Disc, LLC
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
One man's struggle to keep his family together as the volatile abortion issue hits home and threatens to rip them apart forever.
5) The hospital
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Satirical look at a large metropolitan hospital where the patients die of neglect, the interns chase the nurses, the head of the hospital contemplates suicide and there's someone killing off the staff.
6) Pals
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When Jack and Art, two retired fishing pals, find over $3 million in cash, they're hunted by a hitman, Jack's mother is kidnapped, and both are in big trouble with federal agents.
8) China Rose
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
During the time of the Cultural Revolution in communist China, a parent and an interpreter/guide, track down clues in the whereabouts of a rebellious son. Along the way, surprising things begin to occur: some dangerous and some welcome.
9) Patton
Language
English
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
10) Rocky Marciano
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, 1999.
Language
English
Description
A biography about the life and career of Rocky Marciano, who rose from a childhood of poverty through the often corrupt ranks of professional boxing to become the only undefeated heavyweight champion of the world.
11) The bank shot
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Fresh from his recent jailbreak, criminal mastermind Walter Ballantine is already plotting his next bank heist. And this time he's thinking big - he's not just taking the loot, he's stealing the whole bank! Beset by a hapless crew, a lusty backer and an overzealous prison warden, Ballantine soon discovers that, when your getaway vehicle is the bank itself, it pays to be America's most driven criminal!
12) The hustler
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
An itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
14) Jane Eyre
Series
Publisher
Critics' Choice
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Jane Eyre is the orphan girl who secures a position as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester, lord of an English manor house call Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When a poacher sets out to capture a golden eagle in the Outback of Australia, his friend Cody's call for help is answered by the world's bravest mice, Bernard and Bianca, who fly in on the wings of their Albatross friend Wilbur to face their most dangerous mission yet!
19) Crossed swords
Publisher
Studio Canaal Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
In this adventure film adapted from Mark Twain's classic The Prince and the Pauper, Tom, a poor commoner accidentally meets Edward, Prince of Wales, and they are struck by their similarity of appearance. After switching clothes as a practical joke, they are unexpectedly spearated and forced to take on the other's life. Everything goes completely haywire when the King suddenly dies, leaving Tom to inherit the throne while Edward must convince the people...