Summary: Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. They are in this military prison because they once defied, rebelled and talked back to their superiors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie HillSummary: Surrounded by the conflict in Northern Ireland, Kathleen Quigley has managed to stay clear of it, devoting herself to her three children. Yet in a single moment, the war claims her as one of its living victims. Kathleen is caught in an inescapable political crossfire when her son, actively involved with the IRA, is jailed by the British.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOMSummary: Screenwriter Mark Christopher gets a Christmas present that isn't on his Santa list: a 17-year-old delinquent named Susan, deposited in his bachelor pad by a cop pal who doesn't want to see the kid spend Christmas behind bars. Touched by Susan's plight, Mark decides there's only one way to keep her out of juvie: marry her in name only and get an annulment when she comes of age. But after a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SUSSummary: The story of New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg's friendship with a Cambodian interpreter, Dith Pran, during the time of the 1975 Khmer Rouge revolution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KILSummary: Tommy habitually tells tall tales and nobody believes him when he witnesses a murder through a tenement window.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An innocent outsider to the enclosed world of a forbidding French château and its surrounding vineyards peels back layers of mystery to reveal a shocking truth. The outsider, the wife of a troubled marquis, discovers, perhaps too late, that her husband's ancestral château is home to witches, warlocks, a sinister priest, 12 hooded figures, and terror.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY EYESummary: "In pre-World War II London, Spanish agent Denard struggles to close a high-level business deal that will strike a blow against fascists in his native country. But industrialists not yet alert to the threat of fascism reject him. A teenage ally caught up in his efforts is murdered. And the mission itself seems a failure. Yet neither the story nor Denard will stop there. Charles Boyer plays...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: A doctor wants to go public with his knowledge that the therapeutic springs that brought fame and commerce to his town are polluted, but the mayor and others are determined to stop him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2009