William Broyles
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English
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For one doubting boy, an astonishing event is about to occur. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa's sleigh. Instead of bells and to his surprise, a steam engine's roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift that only those...
22) Jarhead
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English
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Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford is a third-generation enlistee who goes from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty. He sports a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. He lives with no cover from the intolerable heat and the potential threat from Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on the blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand,...
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English
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A magical train loaded with children travels north over mountains and bridges and through a desert of ice and snow to reach the North Pole, where Santa Claus is waiting to give the first gift of Christmas. Designed to be used with a flashlight to project silhouettes on a wall.
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Cast away: A Fed-Ex systems engineer crash lands on a deserted island and must make both physical and emotional changes in order to survive,
Captain Phillips: Based on the true story of the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in over two hundred years, this movie follows Captain Richard Phillips and the US - flagged MV Maersk Alabama as it is hijacked by Somali pirates.
Apollo 13: This big picture reenactment of the 1970 Apollo lunar mission...
31) Apollo 13
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English
Description
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.