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Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The case of an Afghan taxi driver beaten to death in 2002 while in U.S. military custody forms the heart of this examination of the abuses committed during the detainment and interrogation of political prisoners. When New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall investigates the death of cab driver Dilawar--officially declared by the military to be from natural causes--she uncovers incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Includes images from Bagram Air...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michelle Darnell, a titan of industry, is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...
4) Steel city
Publisher
Distributed by Peace Arch Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Carl Lee is involved in a fatal car accident he finds himself behind bars, cut off from his life and alienated by his family. His youngest son, PJ, confused by life without his dad, is the only person to visit him. While PJ's girlfriend stays lovingly by his side and his Uncle Vic extends a helping hand, a belligerent older brother and the reality of being on his own force PJ to grow up faster than he'd like. It's not until a devastating secret...
5) Woodpeckers
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([28] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
This film is based on a true story. William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing with his girlfriend in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and subsequently raped, tortured, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival. There are other foreigners there, many for smuggling, and word is that the only way out of the...
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 28
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 585 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
8) Rescue dawn
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
9) Victory
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
50,000 fans are on hand for a match in occupied Paris between German all-stars and a pick-up team of Allied POWs. In an attempt to demonstrate the Aryan superiority, the Germans unwittingly set up a means of prisoner escape.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US Army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Escapees from a Confederate prison camp seize a balloon which is wrecked on a Pacific island, where Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus attempts to rescue them from the dangers of the island.
13) The Hill
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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, in this military prison drama.
Formats
Description
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
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