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1) Easy rider
Series
Criterion collection volume 545
Summary
Hippie motorcyclists cross the Southwest and encounter a crazy quilt of good and bad people. An attorney joins their quest for awhile and articulates society's problem with freedom as the two hippies embody it.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
Out of the blue: During the punk-rock era a young woman has difficulties dealing with the problems in her life, two of which are her ex-con biker father and junkie mother.
Mob war: A New York upstart crime lord decides to kill off his competition, then hires someone to clean up his image in the media.
3) Speed
Pub. Date
1994
Summary
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour- or the bomb will explode.
4) Hoosiers
Summary
A basketball coach with a checkered past becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town, using methods that infuriate the townspeople.
Pub. Date
c2006
Summary
Looks at the life of skateboarder Christian Hosoi. Hosoi started skating at six years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as models. His father, Ivan "Pops" Hosoi became the manager of the Marina Del Ray Skatepark, and Christian quit school and spent his time at the skatepark where he quickly developed his skateboarding talent. In 1979 Hosoi was sponsored by Powell Peralta. He left a year later when Powell...
8) True grit
Formats
Summary
U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Summary
When an obscure film festival is the last hope for a failing producer and his disaster of a movie collide with the homespun innocence of small town America, neither will ever be the same. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending the festival where Hollywood egos hilariously slam into small town politics.
10) Memory
Pub. Date
[2007]
Summary
A doctor relives the horrifying memories of a killer when he comes in contact with a mysterious drug. Now he must find the killer to unlock the secrets that are taking over his own mind.
11) Waterworld
Summary
In the future. When the polar ice caps melt, the Earth becomes engulfed by water. Drifters sail across the waters of the world on their man-made ships, trading for supplies and salvaging what is left of civilization. Communities of survivors lives in towns called 'Atolls.' Evil pirates known as 'The Smokers' travel across Waterworld in search of a mythical island called 'Dryland.' The Mariner is a mysterious drifter who arrives at an Atoll. He is...
Pub. Date
c2000
Summary
When five bodies turn up in the waters of Burman City, its illusion of safety is shattered, and Mayor Hackett will stop at nothing to see the peace returned. As veteran Detective Ed Delongpre and his partner Mike McGivern struggle to come up with any clues, the Mayor loses her patience and makes a dangerous deal with the city's mob boss to catch the gruesome killer. Now, no one is safe as men from opposite sides of the law must try to close on in...
13) Swing vote
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
Bud Johnson is an apathetic, beer drinking, lovable loser, who is coasting through a life that is passed him by. His one bright spot in his mundane existence is his precocious, over achieving twelve-year old daughter, Molly. She takes care of them both. She accidentally sets off a chain of events on Election Day, which culminates in the presidential election coming down to one vote, Bud's. Suddenly, Bud becomes the voice for everybody when the world...
14) Land of the dead
Pub. Date
c2005
Summary
Zombies have become the dominant population, and they've begun to show signs of undead intelligence and gathering power. The wealthiest human survivors live comfortably in a luxury high-rise building that is barricaded within a safe zone. The wealthy ignore the horrors of the outside world while armed scavengers stage raids in the zombie-zone to gather much-needed food and supplies. Riley and Cholo are mercenaries-for-hire; Kaufman is their nefarious...
15) Rumble fish
Pub. Date
c1998
Summary
Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke star as two brothers whose desire to break out of their urban trap eventually leads to death for one and a new beginning for the other.
Pub. Date
2008
Summary
Firestarter: An eight-year-old girl has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. But can this power and the love of her father save her from the sinister government agency, "the Shop, " which wants her destroyed?
Firestarter 2: Years ago, a secret government drug experiment produced a dangerously gifted child. When she becomes enraged, she unleased her pyrokinetic powers. The child is now a woman who has spent the past 10 years on the...
18) EDTV
Pub. Date
c1999
Summary
Ed Perkurny is just a regular guy who feels he has nothing to lose by agreeing to be a star of a new reality-based TV show. Almost overnight, the program becomes a hit, and suddenly this goofy but engaging video clerk is a national celebrity!
19) Chattahoochee
Pub. Date
[2003]
Summary
Fictionalized account of a decorated Korean War veteran's ordeal of incarceration in Florida's state mental institution and his campaign to reform its unjust practices and improve inmate living conditions.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Summary
The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons is movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion.
