Summary: Two years ago a Tsunami ravaged the coast of Thailand and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This story follows a group of people whose lives are irrevocably transformed in the aftermath including: a young couple searching for their child; a Thai survivor who loses his family and tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on; an Englishwoman whose husband and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TSUSummary: An English governess is hired to teach the King of Siam's children, but ruins the country's traditions during her work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family KingCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINSummary: This documentary begins as a profile of the Children's Organization of Southeast Asia, which provides shelter to child victims of human trafficking in Northern Thailand, and its leader, Mickey Choothesa. As the filmmakers pursue their subject, suspicions arise as to whether Choothesa and COSA are truly what they represent themselves to be.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WROSummary: "Shot entirely in Siam, the film tells the story of a farmer and his family who have settled a small patch of land on the edge of the jungle. Their existence is a constant struggle against the many wild animals around, "--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHASummary: A look at two young monkeys from rival factions that are falling in love in the mountains of Thailand, and the local simian populations that declare war to keep them apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Animal Planet 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROMSummary: Tells the heartbreaking story of Nak, a devoted and loving wife whose affection for her husband Mak is quite powerful. Separated by war, Mak finally returns home to find Nak has given birth to a son. The reunion seems idyllic until Mak gradually awakens to the horrifying truth that both his wife and child died long ago.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NANSummary: Lou and Andy are on their way to Disneyland. Trash-talking delinquent Vicky Pollard is being held in a Thai jail on drug smuggling charges and must rely on her mum for help. The British Prime Minister is in Washington, with Sebastian in tow, to buttress his very special relationship with the U.S. President. Carol 'computer says no' Beer has taken a job as a holiday rep in Spain. Marjorie Dawes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LITSummary: Set primarily in two hospitals, the film tells two similar stories from two different periods, mirroring their respective eras' mores. At a small-town hospital, Toa is courting charming Dr. Tei. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul tells the story of his parents who were both doctors, and his memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SYNSummary: Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transvestite kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer is an action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man so he can become a woman. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Here! Films 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEASummary: After the shocking kidnapping of a little girl in Thailand, a mercenary with a murky past as a government black ops agent is forced to re-emerge from the shadows when he learns the incident is closely connected to him. With the help of expat Yui, he flies to Thailand and begins tracking the girl's whereabouts, moving ever closer to the notorious child trafficking ring responsible for her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DELSummary: A young religious warrior must break his vow of peace after the head on his village's sacred Ong-Bak statue is stolen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN ONGSummary: Sebastian Bergman is strong-headed, politically incorrect, intuitive, abrasive and grief-stricken. He's struggling to come to terms with the loss of his wife and young daughter from the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, an event that caused his life to careen out of control. Returning to work, Bergman had one more surprise waiting for him - an adult daughter he never knew he had, now working alongside...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SEBSummary: Covers travels through Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Surin, Chiang Mai, Temenggor, Kuala Lumpar, and Luang Prabang. Formerly known as Lonely Planet series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Escapi New Media Studios 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.93 THASummary: A pair of lovers, Rumpoey and Dum, who first met as children when Rumpoey's family evacuated Bangkok during World War II to stay with Dum's family in the countryside of Supanburi. Ten years later, they meet again, but they have to overcome parental disapproval and rampaging bandits to stay together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEASummary: "The third film in Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy (following) Megacities and Workingman's death), is an explicit and unflinching exposé of global prostitution." -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHOSummary: Carousel: (50th Anniversary edition) On the coast of Maine, a smooth-talking carny barker falls in love with a millworker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HANSummary: Julian, an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business. His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the U.S. to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy, who has just been killed. Crazy with rage and thirsty for vengeance she demands the heads of the murderers from Julian. But first, Julian must confront Chang, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONLSummary: Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Railway 2013Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RaSummary: A timely documentary that raises urgent questions about how we travel and the unintended cultural and environmental consequences of tourism around the globe. Gringo Trails follows well-worn travelers' routes through Bolivia, Thailand, Mali, and Bhutan and reveals the complex relationships between colliding cultures, such as the host countries' need for financial security and the tourists who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRIWatts, Naomi
Summary: While vacationing in Thailand in December 2004, a family overcomes impossible odds to survive the Indian Ocean tsunami and find each other after becoming separated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2013