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In 1968 Arthur Blessitt picked up a cross. After 40 years, Arthur has been on every continent and island nation with his twelve-foot cross, encountering people from diverse backgrounds, sharing a message of hope and destiny - the message of the cross. This is the story of his Guinness World Record setting 38,102 mile walk across the globe.
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Hollywood favorite Nick Nolte stars with the sexy Greta Scacchi in this impassioned story of forbidden love! During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire!
3) Pride
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The year is 1973, and Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard), a college-educated African-American, can't find a job. Driven by his love of competitive swimming, Jim converts an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum with the help of Elston (Bernie Mac), a local janitor. But when city officials mark the new Philadelphia Department of Recreation for demolition, Jim fights back - by starting the city's first African-American swim team. Recruiting...
4) The Soloist
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A Los Angeles newspaper reporter discovers a brilliant and distracted street musician, with unsinkable passion, and a unique friendship and bond transforms both their lives.
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Napoleon The Man Who Ruled the World volume 1
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From the day he was born, Napoleon appeared destined for greatness, despite his below-average scholarly record. When he came of age and joined the military, Napoleon discovered a remarkable ability to impress influential people.
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As a founding member of The Beatles, singer, songwriter and social activist, John Lennon was one of the most influential voices of the20th century. Lennon led his life in the global media, leaving a profound and moving record of an amazing person. Now, with the cooperation of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, producer David L. Wolper brings a feature-length film documenting Lennon's life and his profound impact on the world through footage shot during his...
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One of the greatest mysteries of this century has yet to be solved. Based on a true story that has captured the imagination of America for more than half a century, Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight explores the mysterious disappearance of the brave aviatrix, in an exciting and suspenseful way. Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton plays the legendary aviator whose disappearance over the Pacific Ocean is one of the great unsolved mysteries of...
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What do you do with a pitcher whose dominance has helped his team claim two world-championship banners? If the pitcher is burly lefty George Herman Ruth, you banish him from the mound, put a bat in his hand and watch him clout one record-setting home run after another. William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder and Sultan of Swat in a movie that mixes fact, fiction and more fiction in a way that makes it a...
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Napoleon The Man Who Ruled the World volume 6
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The final chapter in Napoleon Bonaparte's life begins with his exile on the island of Elba where he imagined returning to France. When he did once again step foot on home soil, his people were waiting, but Waterloo proved his undoing.
12) Evita
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EVITA is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron (MADONNA), who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy, her passion changed a nation forever!
13) Convicts Four
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Emmy Award-winner Ben Gazzara ("Happiness," "The Big Lebowski") portrays a convicted killer who, when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair, goes on to find redemption in prison. An all-star cast provides strong support in this drama based on a true story. Also starring Emmy Award-winner Ray Walston (TV's "Picket Fences," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"), Academy Award-winner Rod Steiger ("In the Heat of the Night," "On the Waterfront"),...
16) Mrs. Brown
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Queen Victoria was the world's most powerful woman. John Brown looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation.
18) Tom & Viv
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In 1915, Tom and Viv elope, but her gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.
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Napoleon The Man Who Ruled the World volume 5
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With the Peninsular War still raging, Napoleon made a fateful decision in 1812 to invade Russia. Nothing could have prepared he and his men for what awaited them as they marched towards Moscow, nor the appalling horrors upon their retreat.
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