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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist "Calamity" Jane Bodine. In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy, now coaching the opposition.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After beating a murder rap for selling faulty e-cigarettes at a music festival, Tim launches a campaign for San Bernardino District Attorney despite a complete lack of experience. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount the obstacles facing him by personally connecting with unsuspecting voters.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Features eight original episodes from The Unknown War, a television documentary series. Hosted and narrated by Burt Lancaster, these eight episodes will shed new light on the Red Army's contribution to the Allies' defeat of Adolf Hitler.
4) The campaign
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man, naive Marty Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center.
5) Overlord
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
D-Day looms, and two soldiers are prepared to sacrifice their own lives to the noble cause of bringing down the Nazis. They have a secret mission to perform when they sneak into a Nazi-occupied town, but they do not realize what kind of a time they are in for. Not only is their mission dangerous by conventional means, but it has a supernatural element to it that makes their blood run cold. Can they successfully thwart the plot unfolding in front of...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This 3 DVD collection from History presents some of the finest battles in Greek history and, according to many, in all of military history. Includes: Last Stand of the 300 and Decisive Battles: Marathon; Decisive Battles: Thermopylae;Troy: The Passion of Helen; Battles BC: Alexander: Lord of War and more.
Publisher
Inception Media Group
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
June 5th, 1944 there was a secret mission that was launched prior to the D-Day Invasion. A small elite group of American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines and land right in the lap of the German Infantry. They are outnumbered, unsupported, and racing against the clock. Their sole duty is to stay alive long enough in order to find a strategic location and set up the Top Secret Navigation Equipment needed to guide in the main airborne assault on...
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The Lost Evidence revisits the 1945 battle on the Rhine River, and captures the entire operation, the single largest offensive against the Germans since D-Day, with a combination of archival material, dramatic re-enactments, and high-tech computer modeling.
Publisher
Yap Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An unflinching documentary that tells the story of the historic battle through the dramatic recollections of those caught up in the action. The series gives a 360-degree view of the invasion, from a British sailor who laid underwater charges that would blow up German defenses, to Canadians, Americans, French resistance fighters, and German defenders. Moving interviews are combined with newly discovered footage and dramatic reconstructions that plunge...
11) Irresistible
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A Democratic strategist assists a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
12) Stalingrad
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Uses aerial reconnaissance photographs and computer technology to provide a new look at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
This documentary chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats.
14) Their finest
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1940 set in London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second world war.
16) Lee & Grant
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Looks at the lives of Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and the campaigns they led.
17) The longest day
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
18) The makeover
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 79
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Hannah Higgins is a smart, driven consultant. To advance the cause of education reform, she runs for Congress -- but loses, big-time. Voters just can't warm to her. But Hannah and her business partner, Colleen Pickering, don't give up easily. Next time 'round, they recruit a candidate who definitely is a people person -- a beer vendor named Elliot Doolittle. Elliot -- whose unruly beard and thick South Boston accent mask his intelligence -- is a...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
During their last major German offensive of WW II, a group of daring American soldiers set out to turn the war against all odds. Their mission will take them deep into German territory to derail Nazi efforts in obtaining the ultimate superior weapon.
20) Knife fight
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him." --imdb.com.
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