Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARGCopies Available at Peninsula
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ARGSummary: Puss is so busy being a fearless hero and building his legend, he didn't realize he'd run through eight of his nine lives and for the first time finds himself fearing death and considering retirement. It's not so easy to shed those past lives, however, and when a notorious crime family hires him for one last job by destroying his placid life, he finds himself : in possession of a map to one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PUSCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUSSummary: The saga of El Mariachi continues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the president of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping - he is doing it for revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONCSummary: The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOLSummary: Set in 1901. After a heated misunderstanding due to poor translation leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight from the Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BALSummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: Join the team in this seventeenth year as they tirelessly pursue compelling cases in all 23 episodes, including a must-see crossover event with Chicago P.D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAWSummary: Will is locked in a mental asylum accused of Hannibal Lecter's crimes. Now that Will knows what Hannibal is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him that he is innocent. Jack is dealing with his own feelings about Will, and whether his protege is a killer. Looking for answers, Jack looks to Lecter, who becomes the new consultant on cases. Lecter is torn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HANSummary: This hard-hitting and emotional series chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes. Dedicated Detective Olivia Benson, a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all, heads up the department.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAWSummary: Legendary Beat poet and jazz performer ruth weiss (deliberately lowercase) grew up in 1920s Vienna, escaped the Nazis in 1938, hung with Jack Kerouac in the 50s, and was still on stage on her 90th birthday in San Francisco. Filmmaker Thomas Antonic accompanied the poetess during her last years, tracing her life as a grand collage that transcended the Beat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RUTSummary: Janet King, a senior crown prosecutor, returns to work after maternity leave to find her workplace even more demanding than when she left. She quickly becomes involved in a high-profile and controversial case, and makes several enemies in her search for the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: First permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565. America's Untold Story uncovers the story of America's past that never made it into textbooks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The gripping fourteenth year of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; begins with a scandal that erupts at the heart of the squad, and the resulting investigation unearths past secrets. After the case surrounding Captain Cragen is closed, the workload gets more explosive as a hasty new assistant DA comes onto the scene. Challenging mysteries involve a sniper that targets cops, escort services in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013