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61) Everest
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Description
Filmed during the infamous 1996 storm that claimed eight lives, Everest documents the filmmakers' harrowing rescue efforts to help the surviving members of the ill-fated group. The international team of climbers scale the world's tallest peak in this daring adventure of triumph and tragedy. Special features include "Making of Everest", extended Beck Weathers interview, deleted scenes, climber video journals, 3D Everest map, Titanica trailer, 5.0 surround....
62) Wild oats
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Eva, a widow and retired history teacher, enjoys a quiet life. Everything changes when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. At the not-so-gentle urging of her best friend Maddie, Eva deposits the money and the two friends head to the Canary Islands with every intention of living it up. But their fantasy is short-lived when they discover that they have become media sensations overnight....
Author
Series
The Great Courses volume Great world religions
Pub. Date
©2003
Description
Provides an overview of Buddhism and describes how Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. Covers the Buddha's life and the development of Buddhism, explains his teachings, or Dharma, and explores the lives of well-known Buddhists such as the Dalai Lama.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
From wildcatters to visionaries, geopoliticians to geologists and capitalists to union organizers, few real-life dramas feature such colorful characters, fluctuating fortunes, and worldwide high stakes as the story of oil. Petroleum was used by the ancients to waterproof Noah's Ark and fuel the lamps of the Temple of Jupiter. But it was in Pennsylvania in 1853 that the first oil well was dug, and an industry born. With the mass production of the...
66) St. Elmo's fire
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
Seven friends, recent college graduates, struggle to find meaning in "real life."
67) Proximity
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Description
"When William Conroy, a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter, it seems like his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells Conroy that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy realizes he is in more danger than he ever imagined"--Container.
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Everyone has a unique father story. Whether positive or painful, it's always personal and can deeply affect the core of identity and direction of life. This is the first documentary film from the creators of War Room, Overcomer, Fireproof, and Courageous Legacy. Featuring a variety of amazing true stories, this captivating movie takes audiences of all ages on an inspiring and emotionally cinematic journey. Providing a fresh perspective on the roles...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Six years after stopping a mulit-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, secret agent Costa is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web double crosses while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his island, he will have to fight his way out....
70) All That Jazz
Pub. Date
1979.
Description
The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/ director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse.
71) The smokers
Pub. Date
[2002], c2000
Description
Getting even becomes deadly when three teenage girls, who all like to smoke marijuana, decide it's payback time for the guys who did them wrong.
73) Stuart Bliss
Pub. Date
[2001], c1998
Description
Stuart has everything a guy could want - a good job, a big house, a beautiful wife, and a shiny BMW. After his frustrated wife walks out on him, Stuart begins to lose his sanity and slowly slips into a muddled world of conspiracy fantasies, apocalyptic visions and rampant paranoia. From employee of the month, with a promotion, to paranoid psychotic, Stuart walks a thin line between psychological terror and absurdist black comedy.
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
An astronaut-in-training has to leave NASA (to save the family farm) but just can't give up on his dream of shooting into space, even if he has to do it all by himself. And that will of course get everyone up in arms, from his wife to his banker to the town gossips to the media and the Department of Homeland Security.
76) Australia
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Video tour of Australia. See the Outback, Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and more.
Description
Hit man Tommy Spinelli has 24 hours to deliver a bag of 8 "former associates" to an angry mob boss in San Diego. But when Charlie, a fellow passenger on his flight, mistakenly takes the bag, the heads go to Baja. When Charlie discovers the bag's horrific contents, he desperately tries to get the bag back to the border.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"Want an exciting way to learn important facts and get ready for a test on life science? Marko the Pencil takes learners on a fascinating journey to his Super Science Station where it's easy to grasp science concepts. Learners of all ages will find this DVD fun and informative."--Container.
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