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B-29: frozen in time.
Travel on a perilous mission to repair a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland
icecap for almost 50 years. The bomber rests on the Arctic tundra where it
was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947. Darryl Greenamyer and his team
try to revive Kee Bird and make it fly again. In 1994 and 1995 Greenamyer
attempts to shuttle the plane back home and back to life. MPAA Rating NR.
60 minutes.
DV000046
Babe.
In the world of Hoggett's farm, every creature has a preordained purpose until
the orphaned piglet Babe arrives and turns everything upside down. Cared for
by Fly, he soon thinks he, too, is a dog. Farmer Hoggett senses something
special in Babe and, though everyone thinks he's crazy, enters him in the
National Sheepdog Championships. Just when the world is laughing loudest,
the tall farmer and the short pig step into the arena to compete, and everyone
is in for a giant surprise. Starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski. Directed
by Chris Noonan. MPAA Rating G. 92 minutes.
DV000129
Back to the future.
Michael J. Fox stars as Marty Mcfly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties
accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium powered DeLorean "time
machine" invented by slightly mad scientist. During his amazing trip
back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents to be meet and fall
in love so he can get back to the future. Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher
Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Claudia Wells. MPAA Rating PG.
116 minutes.
DV000302
Bad man's river.
Lee Van Cleef plays Roy King, bank robber, explosives expert and all around
loveable rogue. When he meddles in Mexican politics, he and his merry men
must take a steamboat along Bad Man's River pursued by banditos, federales
and revolutionaries. Along for the ride are an urbane, witty and dangerous
double agent and lovely Alicia, a seductress with a secret of her own.
The prize? A cool million in cash. Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobridgida,
James Mason, Simone Andreu. Directed by Eugenio Martin. MPAA Rating
NR. 92 minutes.
DV000605
Bad money.
George Baines has lost his job, his oblivious wife is obsessed with women's
decorating magazines, his lovely daughter is a wannabe anarchist, his twin
sons only care about in line skates and computer camp, and the local paperboy
aspires to be a Mafia don. With Graham Green and Karen Sillas. Directed
by John Hazlett. MPAA Rating NR. 89 Minutes.
DV000047
Bambi.
Disney's endearing, animated adaptation of the classic book by Felix Salten
about the little deer whose life parallels the seasons of the year in the
forest. As morning light breaks across the springtime meadow, a new prince
of the forest is born and Bambi emerges from the thicket on wobbly legs, much
to the delight of his new friends. Thumper, the playful rabbit, and Flower,
the bashful yet loveable skunk. Exploring his new world, and guided by the
wisdom of friend Owl, Bambi learns valuable lessons with adventure, experiencing
love, loss, growth and renewal along the way. MPAA Rating G. 69
minutes.
DV000130
Baseball: Part 1
Inning One. "Our game: 1840s-1900." In New York City, in the 1840s,
people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work
and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins. On June 19, 1846,
at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well dressed gentlemen,
the Knickerbockers, play the first game of baseball. By 1856, the game
is already being called "the national pastime," or simply, "our
game." But the nation is about to be torn apart. In the midst of the
Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North and South have in common:
baseball. MPAA Rating NR. 114 minutes.
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Baseball: Part 2
Inning Two. "Something like a war: 1900-1910." It is a decade of
revolution. In China. In Central America. At Kitty Hawk. In Henry Ford's factory.
And on America's baseball fields. In 1894, a sportswriter named Byron Bancroft
"Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league, the Western
League, and turns it into a financial success. In 1900, he changes it names
to the American League and begins talking about challenging the big city monopoly
held by the National League. The revolution takes only three years.
In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston
Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburgh Pirates. MPAA Rating NR. 105 minutes.
DV000132
Baseball: Part 3.
Inning Three. "Faith of 50 million: 1910-1920." Before and after
World War I, a steady stream of immigrants lands on the shores of America.
They want instantly to become American. To pursue the American dream. To play
the American game. But even as thousands of new Americans pick up a ball for
the first time, even as the country endures a world war baseball is trying
to endure a decade that includes the meanest, vilest, angriest player ever
to step onto a feild and a scandal that almost destroys the game. MPAA Rating
NR. 119 minutes.
DV000133
Baseball: Part 4.
Inning Four. "National heirloom: 1920-1930." Baseball was transformed
into a game of power hitters, and none was more important to baseball and
American life than Babe Ruth, the turbulent son of a Baltimore saloon keeper.
In 1921, a Pittsburgh radio station broadcasts the first game of Major League
baseball. Pitcher Andrew "Rube" Foster forms the Negro National
League whose eight teams draw over 400,000 fans by 1923. By the late 1920s,
a growing number of Negro leagues, like their white counterparts, are traveling
throughout the country, inspiring a new generation of players; St. Louis Cardinals'
general manager, Branch Rickey, develops baseball's first farm system; Babe
Ruth hits 60 home runs in a season; Grover Cleveland Alexander's performs
7th game heroics in the 1926 World Series and Lou Gehrig makes his debut.
MPAA Rating NR. 115 minutes.
DV000134
Baseball: Part 5.
Inning Five. "Shadow ball: 1930-1940." As baseball struggles through
the Depression, owners struggle to fill their stadiums by introducing night
baseball and the Hall of Fame, but nothing seems to work. Meanwhile,
the Negroe leagues, like a parallel world are filled with gifted athletes
like Josh Gibson, "Cool Papa" Bell and Satchel Paige. Babe Ruth's
fading career gives way to the rising stars of Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg
and Bob Feller. This episode culminates with one of the great showdowns in
baseball history when Satchel Paige, arguably the best pitcher ever, pitches
to Josh Gibson, "The Black Babe Ruth," in the Negro League World
Series. MPAA Rating NR. 124 minutes.
DV000135
Baseball: Part 6.
Inning Six. "National pastime: 1940-1950." This episode focuses
on the season of 1941 when Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games (the longest
streak before or since), Ted Williams became the last player to bat 400, and
the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first pennant in 20 years. Then WWII intervenes
and baseball's best players become soldiers. Branch Rickey integrates the
Major Leagues on April 15, 1947, when heroic Jackie Robinson takes the field
for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The game finally becomes what it had always claimed
to be: "the national pastime." MPAA Rating NR. 149 minutes.
DV000136
Baseball: Part 7.
Inning Seven. "Capital of baseball: 1950-1960." Focuses on
the glorious heyday of New York City baseball, where for 10 straight years,
a local team played in the World Series and almost always won. Includes Bobby
Thompson's home run off Ralph Branca in 1951, Willie Mays's incredible catch
in the 1954 World Series, and the switch hitting slugger Mickey Mantle. In
the mid 1950s, baseball is at its zenith, but as the decade wanes, white fans
flee to the suburbs and move to the Sunbelt City. Sparked by Jackie
Robinson and Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally win their first
World Series only to know, just two years later, the ultimate heartbreaks
as their team moves to Los Angeles. MPAA Rating NR. 133 minutes.
DV000137
Baseball: Part 8.
Inning Eight. "A whole new ball game: 1960-1970." Signalling the
beginning of the end of the New York Yankees dynasty, Pittsburgh's Bill Mazeroski
wins the 1960 World Series with a home run in the last inning of the last
game. In the following season Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's record of 61
home runs; pitcher Sandy Koufax dominates most of the decade and Casey Stengal
manages the the Mets, a motley mix of players known for their ineptitude.
In 1967, the Boston Red Sox take the American League pennant but lose the
World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. During this decade the game is about
to be radically transformed by the first successful attempt by baseball players
to organize into a union while Curt Flood's attempt to escape the Reserve
Clause is doomed to failure. MPAA Rating NR. 115 minutes.
DV000138
Baseball: Part 9.
Inning Nine. "Home: 1970-present." By 1970, the national pastime
is in trouble in spite of great performances by Brooks Robinson, Roberto Clemente
and Hank Aaron, who breaks Babe Ruth's lifetime record of 714 home runs. Attendance
figures lag in ball parks across the country, but game six of the 1975 World
Series, thought to be the greatest game ever played, reawakens a whole country's
love for the game. Free agency, with its enormous salaries and dislocations,
threatens America's affection for the game. Nevertheless, baseball becomes
more competitive than ever, and when the Toronto Blue Jays win in 1992, the
games becomes truly international . The series ends with a retrospective
of the game and its place in American history. MPAA Rating NR. 146 minutes.
DV000002
Basic Instinct.
Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran, a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon
Stone co-stars as Catherine Tramell, a cold, calculating, and beautiful novelist
with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when
her boyfriend is brutally murdered, a crime she had described in her latest
novel. But would she be so obvious as to write about a crime she was going
to commit? Or is she being set up by a jealous rival? Obsessed with cracking
the case, Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions
mount, bodies fall, and he finds within himself an instinct more basic than
survival. Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Leilani Sarelle. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. MPAA Rating R. 123 minutes.
DV000899
Batman begins.
Batman begins is a welcome return to the grim and gritty version of the Dark
Knight, portraying the Caped Crusader as a fearsome avenging angel. As the
titles implies, Batman Begins tells the story anew when Bruce Wayne flees
Western Civilization following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by
a mysterious instructor named Ducard and urged to become a ninja in the League
of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end
the mob rule that is strangling it. But are there forces even more sinister
at hand? With Christina Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian
Murphy and Michael Caine. Directed by Christopher Nolan. MPAA Rating PG-13.
141 minutes.
DV000546
Battle Force.
After pledging their friendship during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, a British
news correspondent, an American general, a German officer and a Jewish actress
find themselves on opposite sides of WWII. A sweeping war adventure narrated
by Orson Welles. Starring John Huston, Henry Fonda, Stacy Keach and Samantha
Eggar. Directed by Umberto Lenzi. MPAA Rating PG.
DV000094
The Battle of the Bulge.
Uses newsreels and film from German and American military archives to capture
the action on the front lines and strategy behind the scenes as American soldiers
fought the single largest and bloodiest battle of WWII. With attention focused
on crossing the Rhine, the Allies were unprepared for the 30 German divisions
that roared across an 85 miles allied front on December 16, 1944. The assault
was a complete surprise. MPAA Rating NR. 90 minutes.
DV0000095
Battle over Citizen Kane.
William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, was portrayed in
Citizen Kane, an Orson Welles film. Hearst's reaction upon learning about
the film was to work to destroy Welles and suppress the film. Pressured
by Heart, major movie chains refused to carry Citizen Kane and Welle's greatest
masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years. Never again would Orson
Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production. MPAA Rating NR. 120 minutes.
DV000003
Beaches.
They met on a beach when they were very young, brassy C.C. Bloom and classy
Hillary Whitney. Through good times and bad times, through broken marriages
and budding careers, they still had each other. And together they would face
their greatest challenge, as only best friends could. Starring Bette Midler,
Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Lainie Kazan. Directed by Garry Marshall. Based
on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart. MPAA Rating PG13. 123 minutes.
DV000325
Beat the devil.
Drawn by a half-baked scheme to corner the uranium market in British East
Africa, a motley crew of con men and ne'er do wells assemble in a small resort
town on the southern cost of Italy. The success of the scheme is threatened
from the start by their mutual suspicions and their underhanded efforts to
defraud, double cross or do each other in. And only the winner will Beat the
Devil. Relations deteriorate rapidly when transportation problems strand them
in a hostile African country. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina
Lollobridgida, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley. Directed by John Huston.
MPAA Rating NR. 91 minutes.
DV000428
A beautiful mind.
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing
discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim.
But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful ad harrowing
journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed
over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Starring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Adam Goldberg, Paul
Bettany. Directed by Ron Howard. MPAA Rating PG13. 135 minutes.
DV000004
Beauty and the beast.
When the film's beautiful book loving heroine, Belle, sings the first of an
unprecedented three Oscar Nominated songs, you too will fall instantly under
its spell. However, it is the spell of an enchantress that opens this classic
fairy tale, turning a cruel prince into a hideous beast. His stubborn pride
compels him to remain in his bewitched castle. inhabited by Lumiere, the love
struck candelabra; Cogsworth, the pompous clock; the kindly Mrs. Potts and
inquisitive little teacup named Chip. To break the spell, the Beast must win
Belle's love before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. Voices of
Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers.
Directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise. MPAA Rating G. 84 minutes.
DV000547
Becky Sharp.
England in the early 1800s. After graduating from a stuffy girls school, young
Becky Sharp sets out to land herself a wealthy husband. This witty, fast paced
adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic social satire, Vanity
Fair, Starring Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce
and Alan Mowbray. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. MPAA Rating NR. 84 minutes.
DV000048
Beethoven.
Barely escaping from dog nappers, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts
the unsuspecting Newton family and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping,
drooling, disaster prone St. Bernard! Unfortunately, even after proving his
canine credentials to mom and the kids, the heroic hound gets nowhere with
uptight dad, George. But when a beastly veterinarian makes Beethoven the target
of an unspeakable animal experiment, George becomes the only hope for saving
the Newton's furriest family member. Starring Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt,
Dean Jones, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci. Directed by Brian Levant. MPAA
Rating PG. 87 minutes.
DV000796
The bells of St. Angelo.
Texas Border ranger is less than thrilled to learn a writer of popular westerns
is coming for a visit to gather material for a new yarn. Then he discovers
the writer is a gal. Duty calls when a young Mexican is killed to protect
a smuggling operations. The secret to takes on a gang of smugglers with the
able assistance of Dale, his Pal Andy, his horse Trigger, and the Sons
of the Pioneers. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evan and Andy Devine. directed by William
Witney. MPAA Rating NR. 77 minutes.
DV000303
The bells of St. Mary's.
Father O'Malley the unconventional priest from 'Going My Way' continues his
work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary's, a run down
parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work
together in an attempt to save the school, through their differing methods
often lead to good natured disagreements. Starring Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman,
Henry Travers, William Gargan, Ruth Donnelly. Directed by Leo McCarey.
MPAA Rating NR. 126 minutes.
DV000629
Beneath the 12-mile reef.
Competition for the sponge trade off the coast of Florida heats up between
two rival factions, and a young couple find their love and courage tested
to the the limit. With Robert Wagner, Gilbert Roland, Richard Boone, Peter
Graves. Directed by Robert Webb. MPAA Rating NR. 102 minutes.
DV000797
Betrayed.
In an effort to reinvent her life, Judy Bryce packs up her two children and
returns to her hometown to be with the one man she can count on: her father.
But when her father's drinking starts to affect his job testing the town's
water supply, and the townspeople grow increasingly sick, Judy's life
takes on a tragic turn. With Kari Matchett and Michael Hogan. Directed by
Anne Wheeler. MPAA Rating NR. 91minutes.
DV000049
Beverly Hills Cop.
Axel Foley's a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail
of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before
Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers
and drug peddlers. Starring Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, Judge Reinhold,
John Ashton, Bronson Pinchot. Directed by Martin Brest. MPAA Rating
R. 105 minutes.
DV000798
Beyond justice.
A wealthy American businesswoman hires a mercenary to rescue her son from
the boy's grandfather, a powerful Arabian Emir who has chosen his grandson
as his successor. With Carol Alt, Rutger Hauer and Omar Sharif. Directed by
Duccio Tessari. MPAA Rating PG13. 106 minutes.
DV000380
Big bear.
In 1875, the great buffalo herds are dwindling. And the Plain Cree find
themselves at growing odds with the new nation building government of Canada.
Supported by the Mounted Police, Government officials are laying down new
rules, pressuring Big Bear and other chiefs to give up their traditional hunting
grounds and accept life on a reserve. Famine and mistreatment from Government
agents weaken the chief's influence over the young warriors. Violence threatens
to destroy his vision of a peaceful settlement. Starring Gordon Tootoosis,
Tantoo Cardlinal, Lorne Cardinal, Kennetch Charlette. Directed by Gil
Cardinal. MPAA Rating NR. 186 minutes.
DV000667
Big cat.
In the mountains of Utah during the Great Depression, a young man from Philadelphia
finds his courage and convictions tested to the limited by a family feud and
a marauding cougar. With Preston Foster and Forrest Tucker. Directed by Phil
Karlson. MPAA NR. 75 minutes.
DV000096
Big dream, small screen.
Tells the little known story of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventive genius who
fulfilled his dream of harnessing the electron to transmit images. Although
he developed and exhibited his television well in advance of his chief competitor,
Farnsworth is seldom credited for contributions, and his name is all but absent
from pages of history. Liev Schreiber narrates. MPAA Rating NR. 60 minutes.
DV000139
Big.
At a carnival, young Josh Baskin wishes he was big - only to awake the next
morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy, Josh lands
a job at a toy company. There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully
predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, naive Josh irresistible
to a beautiful ladder climbing colleague. But the more he experiences being
an adult, the most Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood. Starring Tom
Hands, Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow, Robert Loggia, John Heard. MPAA Rating
PG. 104 minutes.
DV000382
The big lift.
The story of an American flyboy who meets a gorgeous German woman and falls
in love amid the massive post-WWII airlift to save Berlin. But some are not
convinced that the couple's love affair is all it seems, especially an amiable
German who works as a Russian spy. Will true love survive the misery and deception
left in the wake of war? Starring Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell
Borchers, Bruni Lobel, O.E. Hasse. Directed by George Seaton. MPAA Rating
NR. 120 minutes.
DV000304
The big trees.
In the early 1900s, maverick lumber baron James Fallon schemes to turn California's
giant redwoods into his personal fortune. But a congregation of Quakers, led
by the lovely but straitlaced Sister Alicia, are determined to save the Big
Trees from destruction. When Fallon finds himself the target of a lethal gang
of claim jumpers, he forms an uneasy alliance with the Quakers, an alliance
that soon sparks a spectacular showdown. With Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller and
John Archer. Directed by Felix Feist. MPAA Rating NR. 89 minutes.
DV000548
The bigamist.
Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of agency senses
Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating. He soon discovers Harry
has done an unusual amount of traveling from his home in San Francisco to
Los Angeles. Harry gets tracked down in LA where he has a second wife and
a baby. Via flashbacks, Harry tells the adoption agent how he ended up in
two marriages. Starring Joan Fontaine, Edmond O'Brien, Ida Lupino and Edmund
Gwenn. Directed by Ida Lupino. MPAA Rating NR.
DV000801
Bird of paradise.
On a voyage through the South Seas, a young American falls in love with an
island princess. The two elope to their own special paradise and live happily
until the island's volcano erupts and the princess's people come for her,
needing a sacrifice to appease their angry gods With Joel McCrea and Delores
Del Rio. Directed by King Vidor. MPAA Rating NR. 84 Minutes.
DV000802
Black brigade.
A U.S. Army captain is assigned to lead a unit of black soldiers with no combat
experience on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. With Stephen Boyd, Robert
Hooks, Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams and Rosie Grier. Directed by George
McCowan. MPAA Rating PG. 72 minutes.
DV000639
Black water gold.
A marine biologist and a Mexican historian join forces with a young salvage
expert to find a sunken Spanish treasure ship. They soon discover they have
competition: a ruthless millionaire who will stop at nothing, including murder
to beat them to the gold. With Keir Dullea, Ricardo Montalban, and France
Nuyen. Directed by Alan Landsberg. MPAA Rating NR. 73 minutes.
DV000385
Black Beard the pirate.
It's late in the 17th century, and the Spanish Main is overrun with pirates.
The King of England has commissioned Sir Henry Morgan, himself a former privateer,
to clear the Caribbean of the rogues he once commanded. Morgan has high ambitions
of his own. But his lust for gold and power is surpassed by one of the buccaneers;
Blackbeard, the Pirate. Starring Robert Newton and Linda Darnell. Directed
by Raoul Walsh. MPAA Rating-NR. 98 minutes.
DV000593
Blind and on her own.
Six years ago, Patricia and Ana Lucia Vlieg, two blind Panamanian sisters,
moved to the United States to study. Since their arrival, both women have
develope a desire for independence, and a very American fashion are venturing
out on their own for the first time. MPAA Rating NR. 30 minutes.
DV000803
Blood and guns.
After rescuing a rebel leader from a Mexican firing squad, an English doctor
finds himself embroiled in a last ditch effort to save the revolution from
a corrupted president. A find and bloody tale of revolution and revenge. With
Orson Welles, John Steiner and Tomas Milian. Directed by Giulio Petroni. MPAA
Rating R. 103 minutes.
DV000384
Blood on the sun.
In pre-WWII Toyko, American newspaper editor Nick Condon runs an explosive
story revealing Japan's warlike intentions toward China and the U.S.
Soon after, two of his close friends are murdered trying to leave the country
with a secret document detailing Japan's ominous plans to spill Blood on the
Sun. Nick finds the document just moments before the Japanese secret service
starts pounding down his door. His only hope of getting the document to the
outside world is an alluring Eurasian double agent. But can he trust her?
Starring James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Rosemary DeCamp, Wallace Ford, Robert
Armstrong. Directed by Frank Lloyd. MPAA Rating NR. 94 minutes.
DV000385
Blue Hawaii.
Chad Gates returns home to Honolulu after a stint in the service. He shows
little interest in working on his overbearing parents' pineapple plantation,
much to their dismay. Instead, Chad finds a job as a tour guide and thereby
gives himself a chance to dance with, and sing to, a variety of Hawaii's most
beautiful women. Starring Elivis Presley, Angela Lansbury, Joan Blackman,
Nancy Walters, Roland Winters. Directed by Norman Taurog. MPAA Rating G. 102
minutes.
DV000494
Blue planet, seas of life, coral seas.
Reveals the seas and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring.
MPAA Rating NR. 60 minutes.
DV000517
Blue steel and the dawn rider.
A double bill of early John Wayne westerns. Blue Steel - When sheriff Jake
sees a man at the safe and then finds the payroll gone, he trails him. Just
as he is about to arrest him, the man saves his life. Still suspicious, he
joins up with thte man and later they learn that Melgrove, the towns leading
citizen, is trying to take over the area's ranches by having his gang
stop all incoming supply wagons. With the ranchers about to sell to Melgrove,
the two newcomers say they will be bring in provisions. Starring John Wayne,
Eleanor Hunt. Directed by Robert Bradbury. MPAA Rating NR. 54 minutes.
Dawn Rider - When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted
to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him ad his friend Ben who plans
to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face
him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun. Starring John Wayne,
Marion Burns. Directed by Robert Bradbury. MPAA Rating NR. 53 minutes.
DV000383
BMX Bandits.
When three Australian BMX bikers stumble on a cache of two way radios, they
decide to sell them. Little do they know that the radios are tuned to the
police frequency and belong to a gang of bank robbers. While the kids and
their customers inadvertently disrupt police radio traffic, two bumbling thieves
scour the city, determined to recover their equipment. But neither the cops
nor the robbers are any match for these resourceful teens. Starring Nicole
Kidman, David Argue, John Ley. Directed by Brain Trenchard Smith. MPAA
Rating NR. 92 minutes.
DV000483
Bob the builder.
Bob the builder and his friends are featured in four cartoons: "Special
Delivery Spud," Spud Gets Packing," "Sneezing Scoop" and
"Spud Goes Apple Picking." Original title on video container reads
"Narrative Television Network presents Bob the Builder." MPAA Rating
NR. 30 minutes.
DV000503
Bollywood, Hollywood.
Rich, young handsome Rahul is desperate to stop his mother and grandmother
from interfering with his romantic life. But when they threaten to call off
his sister's wedding unless he finds himself a nice Indian girl, he hires
an escort, Sue to pose as his fiancée. Starring Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray. Directed
by Deepa Mehta. MPAA Rating PG13. 105 minutes.
DV000549
Bonanza.
Episodes of the television show Bonanza, which focused on Ben Cartwright,
owner of the Ponderosa ranch in Virginia City, Nevada, and his three sons,
Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. MPAA Rating NR.
DV000804
Border cop.
When a young Mexican couple runs afoul of the local crime boss and his migrant
worker smuggling operation, a U.S. border cop defies his corrupt superior
and goes after the crime boss with explosive and unexpected results. With
Telly Savalas, Michael V. Gazzo and Eddie Albert. Directed by Christopher
Leitch. MPAA Rating PG. 98 minutes.
DV000805
Borderline.
An LAPD cop and a U.S. Customs agent are sent independently undercover to
Mexico to ferret out a ruthless drug lord. Unaware of their mutual task, each
gathers evidence, becoming more certain the other is guilty. With Claire Trevor,
Fred MacMurray and Raymond Burr. Directed by William A Seiter. MPAA Rating
NR. 90 minutes.
DV000806
Born to win.
Recently released from rehab, Jay, a down but not out junkie is back on the
mean streets looking for a fix. He soon talks his way into serious trouble
with the cops and a major pusher. With George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen
Black and Robert DeNiro. Directed by Ivan Passer. MPAA Rating R. 85 minutes.
DV000151
Boscombe Valley mystery.
Based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr. Watson's fishing holiday is
interrupted when a farmer is murdered and the suspect is the farmer's son.
Starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. MPAA Rating NR.
DV000520
The boy in the plastic bubble.
The true story of a boy born without natural immunities and forced to grow
up a prisoner in the physical and emotional confines of a germ free plastic
room. A special astronaut's suit gives the boy freedom to move around and
he eventually falls in love with the girl next door. He must then choose between
confinement and life, or the freedom to love at the risk of fatal infection.
Starring John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland. Directed
by Randal Kleiser. MPAA Rating NR. 100 minutes.
DV000359
The boys of St. Vincent.
On the surface, everything seems fine at St. Vincent's. The orphans are happy
enough, and the black robed Brothers treat them decently. But under the surface,
hidden by a conspiracy of silence, boys are suffering physical and sexual
abuse from several of the Brothers. When the shameful secret reaches at St.
Johns police detective, he vows to investigate and rescue the boys of St.
Vincent. But he underestimates how far the Catholic Church will go to smother
the scandal. As wrenching as it is riveting, this fact based drama pulls no
punches in its treatment of a deeply troubling subject. Starring Henry Czerny,
Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley, Lisa Roy, Sebastian Spence, Brian Dodd. Directed
by John N. Smith. MPAA Rating NR. 94 minutes.
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The boys of St. Vincent: 15 years later.
For Peter Lavin, now a devoted husband and father of two small boys, life
veers abruptly toward disaster when two detectives show up at his Montreal
home with a warrant for his arrest. Charged with abusing young boys in his
care as the former superintendent of a Catholic orphanage, he's returned to
St. Johns, Newfoundland to confront the boys of St. Vincent 15 years later.
Most are eager to testify. But, for some, including Lavin's special boy, Kevin
Reevey, the wounds are still too painful to expose. Starring Henry Czerny.
Directed by John N. Smith. MPAA Rating NR. 94 minutes.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Holly Golightly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined
to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next door neighbor is a writer who is
"sponsored" by a wealthy patron. Guessing who's the right man for
Holly is easy. Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one of the enduring
delights of this gem like treat. Starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard,
Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney. Directed by Blake
Edwards. MPAA Rating NR. 114 minutes.
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Breakthrough.
Late in WWII, with the Allies advancing on all fronts, a war weary German
sergeant passes a secret message to a U.S. Army office, an offer of surrender
from his general, who is part of a plot to kill Hitler and end the devastation.
When the plot fails, the sergeant faces an American tank assault aimed at
achieving a breakthrough in the town defended by his unit. Meanwhile his own
commanding officer, a fanatical major, intends to sacrifice the town's civilian
population and fight to the last man. Starring John Agar, David Brian, Frank
Lovejoy. Directed by Lewis Seiler. MPAA Rating NR. 96 minutes.
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Bridget Jones's Diary.
In her mid thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her
mom. Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for
her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running
into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to
be ex-friends with her boss. She sues her diary as a confessional and she
begins to wonder if she will ever find true love. Starring Renee Zellweger,
Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, James Callis. Directed by Sharon Maguire.
MPAA Rating R. 94 minutes.
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Broadcast News.
Three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom where their
professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross wired. Tom is the
modern anchorman, smooth, handsome and a bit dumb. Jane is his driven, brilliant
producer, determined to turn Tom into a real newsman. And Aaron is a
seasoned, totally uncharismatic reporter who can't stand Tom's instant success
on camera or with Jane. Starring William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks,
Robert Prosky, Jack Nicholson. Directed by James L. Brooks. MPAA Rating
R. 132 minutes.
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Bruce Almighty.
Bruce Nolan , a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with
almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend,
Grace. At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and
rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing
Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if
he can do it any better. Starring Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston.
Directed by Tom Shadyac. MPAA Rating PG13. 101 minutes.
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Bruce Partington plans.
Who is the young man that is found murdered and savagely beaten on a railway
line leading from the underground? Why does he have plans for a secret
submarine in his pocket? Is he a hero, or a traitor? Aided and abetted by
brother Mycroft, Holmes and Watson follow a trail through fog-shrouded London
to find the truth and a murderer. Starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke. MPAA
Rating NR. 50 minutes.
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Burning rage.
Country singer Barbara Mandrell stars as Kate Bishop, a government geologist
investigating a coal mine fire under the little town of Vashti, Tennessee.
There she finds romance with wildlife manger Tom Silver. Screen veteran Eddy
Albert is at his nastiest as Will Larsen, the mining tycoon whose greed threatens
to consume the town. Starring Barbara Mandrell, Eddie Albert, Tom Wopat, Bert
Remsen. Directed by Gilbert Cates. MPAA Rating NR. 97 minutes.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
One of the most popular screen westerns ever made, this Academy Award winning
classic blends adventure, romance and comedy to tell the true story of the
West's most likeable outlaws. No one is quicker than Butch Cassidy when it
comes to get rich quick schemes and his sidekick Sundance who is a wizard
with a gun. When these two bungling bank and train robbers tire of running
from the law, they set out for Bolivia with Sundance's girlfriend. Though
they can barely speak enough Spanish to communicate "This is a stick
up," that's only a minor detail to the two nicest "bad guys"
who ever rode the West. Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross,
Strother Martin, Henry Jones. Directed by George Roy Hill. MPAA Rating PG.
111 minutes.
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Bye bye blues.
When her husband is captured early in the Second World War, Daisy Cooper is
obliged to return home to small town Alberta and somehow earn a living for
herself and her two young children. A talent for music leads her into a singing
career and a romance with challenge her deepest values. Starring Rebecca Jenkins,
Luke Reilly, Stuart Margolin, Michael Ontkean, Wayne Robson. Directed by Anne
Wheeler. MPAA Rating NR. 116 minutes.