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1) Biloxi blues
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"Matthew Broderick stars as a naïve army recruit looking for action - though not the battle kind - in Neil Simon's hilarious comedy about boot camp during WWII. The year is 1945 and Eugene Morris Jerome (Broderick) finds himself far from the comforts of his Brooklyn home after being sent to basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. Expecting the army to be dolls, doughnuts and USO dances, he instead encounters a tough drill sergeant (Christopher Walken)...
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A murder trial has upset the quiet community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy. For Ishamael Chambers, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. As he investigates the killing, he uncovers some startling clues that lead him to a shocking discovery.
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Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up!
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Shout select volume 32
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English
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Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...
5) Trespass
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Shout select volume 24
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English
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Two firemen find a map that leads to stolen gold in an abandoned factory. The factory is in the turf of a local gang and the firemen witness a shooting. The gang spots them and they argue about how to get rid of the trespassers.
6) Whale rider
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Shout select volume 27
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English
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The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai...
7) Criss cross
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Burt Lancaster stars as a hardworking armored car driver with a fatal attraction to his ex-wife, Ann, now married to notorious hoodlum Slim Dundee. Unable to keep himself from her, Lancaster has a secret tryst with Ann, only to be discovered by Dundee. To cover up their affair, Lancaster convinces the hoodlum that he only met Ann to get Dundee's help in robbing an upcoming payroll shipment he will be driving. The hood falls for the lie, which triggers...
8) Downfall
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Deutsch
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Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Gertraud (Traudl) Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Führer and his closest advisors.
9) Get Shorty
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Loan shark Chili Palmer is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm, Chili talks tough, and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir, romances B-movie queen Karen Flores and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town.
10) Fargo
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Shout select volume 148
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Things go terribly awry when small-time Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard hires two thugs and to kidnap his life so he can collect the ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. Once people start dying, the very chipper and very pregnant Police Chief Marge takes the case.
11) Hang 'em high
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Jed Cooper is mistaken for a criminal and is unjustly hung by the ruthless Captain Wilson and his nine-man gang, who leave him for dead. Cooper escapes the lynching and sets out on a deadly rampage of revenge against his persecutors.
12) A midnight clear
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A small American army intelligence squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight each other.
13) Suburbia
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Shout! Factory
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Evan and his younger brother leave their broken home in an attempt to escape their alcoholic mother. They fall in with 'The Rejected' (aka T.R.), a group of punks who live as squatters in an abandoned shack by the side of the highway. With the T.R.s, the boys find a new family. But their new family will be tested when they become the target of 'Citizens Against Crime', a group of unhappy suburbanites.
14) Platoon
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Shout select volume 137
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English
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A neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and one who has a more sympathetic view of the locals.
15) Midnight run
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Collector's edition.
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1 Blu-ray (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Jack Walsh is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mob, gave it to charity and then jumped bail. Jack's in for a cool $100,000 if he can deliver The Duke from New York to L.A. on time, and alive. Sounds like just another Midnight Run (a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang), but it turns into a cross-country chase. The FBI is after The Duke to testify. The Mob...
16) Night hawks
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Shout! Factory LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Collector's edition.
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1 Blu-ray (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
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Shout select volume 26
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
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4 Blu-rays (511 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The born losers: A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran and half-Native American Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers single-handedly. He rescues young Vicky Barrington from their clutches, but then has to contend with not only the thugs, but also the ineffectual and racist local lawmen, who have it out for Billy.
Billy...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
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6 Blu-rays (approximately 627 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (26 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
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English
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The Pink Panther: A bumbling, disaster-prone inspector invades a Swiss ski resort and becomes obsessed with capturing a jewel thief hoping the lift the legendary 'Pink Panther' diamond.
A shot in the dark: Inspector Jacques Clouseau investigates the murder of Mr. Benjamin Ballon's driver at a country estate.
The return of the Pink Panther: When the priceless Pink Panther diamond is stolen yet again, the inimitable Inspector Jacques Clousseau is...
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When an author's research for his latest novel turns him into a paranoid wreck, he has to confront his worst fears when a film executive wants to make his novel into a movie.
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