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1) Limbo
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Story revolves around Joe Gastineau, a fisherman traumatized by an accident at sea years before, singer Donna de Angelo, and her teenage daughter Noelle who come into Joe's life. When Joe's fast-talking half-brother Bobby returns to town and asks Joe for a favor, the lives of the characters are changed forever.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Joel is still trying to figure out a way to get out the fine print conditions of his scholarship, but still cannot find out how to do it. Still stuck in the eccentric Alaskan town of Cicely, Joel has opened his medical office where he is treating patients and getting to know the locals.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness is a family who, for the last thirty years, has lived in the wild. For the Browns, residing in a one-room cabin and sharing their front yard with some of the world's most dangerous animals is just part of life. Includes all fourteen episodes from one of Discovery's highest-rated shows.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious stranger sends shockwaves through a close-knit community in this nerve-jangling slice of raw suspense. In the wake of a triple murder that leaves the residents of a remote Alaskan outpost on edge, tightly wound drifter Elwood checks into a motel run by Sam, a former rodeo champion whose imposing physical presence conceals a troubled soul.
5) Snow dogs
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In Season 4, Elizabeth Danvers and Evangeline Navarro, former partners, join forces to investigate the mysterious disappearance of eight scientists from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska. The story unfolds during the months-long winter nights, and as the two protagonists confront their own personal struggles, they delve into the eerie secrets hidden beneath the eternal ice to solve the complex case. The narrative...
8) The grey
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
After their plane crashes in Alaska, seven oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
10) North to Alaska
Publisher
Fox
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Two gold prospectors in the Alaska of 1900 are battling for gold, land, and the woman they both love.
11) Call of the wild
Publisher
Distributed by Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Buck is a canine hero who faces adventures in a turn of the century Alaskan mining town and the surrounding area of Forty-Mile. Buck spends his time with his human friends Miles, and Miles' friends John and Adoley Thornton. Miles is a 15-year-old boy whose life will be forever changed after he encounters the heroic and powerful Buck.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Fresh out of New York's Columbia University, Dr. Joel Fleischman is looking forward to his comfortable position in Alaska's largest city. He has to repay his medical intern money by serving four years as a doctor there. Upon his arrival, Joel finds himself a fish-out-of-water as he's instead reassigned to the tiny village of Cicely, Alaska where the offbeat locals would love for him to stay forever.
14) The proposal
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
15) 30 days of night
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
"Barrow, Alaska: northernmost town in the U.S. Isolated in 80 miles of roadless wilderness, cut off every winter for 30 days of night." So says the opening screen. More importantly, the population dwindles from over 500 to 150 souls willing to brave the cold and the seemingly endless night. Charged with protecting the town during its nocturnal period, Sheriff Eben is a man trying to reconnect with his estranged wife Stella, who misses the last plane...
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