Martin Sheen
1) Amazonia
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English
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When a capuchin monkey raised in captivity becomes stranded in the Amazon rainforest, he must learn to avoid predators and rediscover his natural instincts to survive.
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English
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Starring Martin Sheen and The Ploughshares 8 in the trial and conviction of peace activists who performed the first act of disarmament since World War II. Not docudrama, but the illusion and reality of the Ploughshares 8 playing themselves and 50 actors playing the court.
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English
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Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables The Good Stars.
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English
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While most priests would have moved onto the suburbs for their next assignment, Father Michael Doyle entrenched himself into one of America's most violent cities. A true activist, for over 60 years he fought to provide better schooling for children, made affordable housing available to hundreds of families, improved the environment by taking on big government's waste treatment plant and beautified the area by replacing concrete and abandoned lots...
7) Stella Days
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English
Description
A priest whose love of movies inspires him to open a cinema in an Irish village to raise money for a new church, resulting in a passionate struggle between the priest, the church and the townsfolk.
8) Enigma
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English
Description
A C.I.A. Agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.
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Publisher
Free Press
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
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English
Description
In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters -- and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different -- they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history, and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith.
11) Wall Street
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English
Description
Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiancé, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
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DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor all before his 21st birthday.
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English
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The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
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English
Description
Armed with sophisticated equipment, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and his team of researchers become the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since its sinking more than 70 years ago. Images from Ballard's dives are crisp and clear, as if the viewer were visiting the wreck in a glass-bottomed boat. A 20-minute feature, "Last hours of the Titanic" provides the best bonus; Ballard talks about the difficulties of...
16) Reptile
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Publisher
DK Pub
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Reveals the alien world of these often misunderstood cold-blooded vertebrates, uncovering reptilian facts that are stranger than fiction. From the hot, steam swamps to dry-as-bone deserts, travel the world in search of these amazing animals.
17) Horse
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Publisher
DK
Language
English
Description
An introduction to horses that explores the history and varieties of horses, and the links between horses and humankind.
18) Shark
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Takes you down into the murky world of sharks and their relatives and reveals what motivates these fascinating creatures. Discover a shark that can fit in your hand and a shark that eats only plankton - and learn that not all sharks are killing machines.
19) Dinosaur
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Looks at dinosaurs and their place in geological history, and how paleontologists discover their bones, reconstruct their lives, and speculate on their demise.