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Australia Drama Fathers and sons Drama Feature films Frontier and pioneer life Australia Drama Kipling, John 1897-1915 Drama Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936 Family Drama Video recordings for the hearing impaired World War, 1914-1918 Casualties Drama World War, 1914-1918 Drama World War, 1914-1918 France DramaSummary: Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulatve movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BADSummary: During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA PATSummary: Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pittman is a schemer, a charmer and quite popular among his fellow convicts. Especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pittman. Each man will have the tables turned on him in a twisting, turning Wild West tale of brawls, chases, shootouts and wry wit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN THESummary: Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SPASummary: It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIKSummary: An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. Midge, played by Kirk Douglas, is not the basic good guy corrupted by the sweet science and led astray by evil mangers and promoters, his arrogance and stubbornness make him at once a villain and a hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHASummary: Former private detective Jeff Baily is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY OUTSummary: The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACESummary: A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family 22,000Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD MOVIE 200Summary: During World War I on the French front, a regiment of soldiers are set up for a suicide mission and are generally manipulated in ways that show no regard for their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PATSummary: Set during the 1880's when the Australian frontier was wild and dangerous, the film follows the exploits of a youth who sets out to tame a wild herd of horses.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Video 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Man 2002Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MANSummary: Set during the 1880's when the Australian frontier was wild and dangerous, the film follows the exploits of a youth who sets out to tame a wild herd of horses.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Video 2002
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MANSummary: It's 1914 and the British Empire's greatest supporter, Rudyard Kipling, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the immiment war with Germany but finds himself rejected due to his poor eyesight. Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards. Kipling's wife, Caroline, is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008