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Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A conspiracy-obsessed New York City cab driver, Jerry Fletcher, sees evidence of sinister plots in even the most ordinary places. One day, he is right about one of them. Alice Sutton is a bright, albeit skeptical justice department attorney.
Publisher
LaserLight
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
"Overlong but interesting social commentary, with naive Cooper hired to spearhead national goodwill drive benefiting corrupt politician Arnold. Wordy idealism can't bury good characterizations; usual Capra touches exulting populism." --Maltin.
Gary Cooper on film : a biography: a video look at the life and films of Cooper, a Hollywood legend.
4) Casino Jack
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff enlists an inexperienced partner for an illegal scheme, the truth about his life is uncovered.
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Gary Cooper portrays a former baseball player whose misfortunes have changed his life. Barbara Stanwyck, a news reporter, interviews "John Doe" (Cooper). Her report falls into the hands of a crooked politician who exploits "John Doe" by making him a good will ambassador in a phony political drive, leaving Cooper on the brink of suicide. This film represents director Frank Capra at his best."--container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of braking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A sardonic white hotel owner watches Haiti sink into barbarism with growing fatalism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
Publisher
distributed by Olive Films
Pub. Date
©2014
Language
English
Description
A carefree ex-newspaperman Tom Richards is arrested for vagrancy, he's saved from a jail term when Vinnie McLeod, an elderly editor of a floundering local paper, offers him a job. Together they're out to make headlines as they work to expose political corruption in a small town. They refuse to buckle under the threats and demands of corrupt, rival newspaper owner, Big Boss Dougherty. So the suspense mounts as they stand their ground against Dougherty's...
10) Comedy of power
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
The latest thriller from French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol opens with a tongue-in-cheek claim that it does not depict real events, even though it's timely and provocative account of corporate and political corruption was inspired by a real-life scandal involving a French oil giant and several top-level politicians. The stunning and accomplished Isabelle Huppert (I heart huckabees) stars as Jeanne, a tenacious magistrate known as "the piranha"...
11) Ada
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A Depression-era tale of corruption and power. Good ol' country boy Bo Gillis is elected governor based solely on smear tactics engineered by crooked party boss Sylvester Marin. Married to Ada, an ambitious call girl he met during the campaign, Bo soon discovers he's only a puppet with Marin pulling the strings. So when Ada convinces her husband to stand up and fight back, it leads to car bombings and blackmail as Marin battles the Gillises for control...
13) Lone star
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Will Texas be independent or a U.S. state? Ex-President Andrew Jackson recruits cattleman Devereaux Burke to travel through hostile Indian land, find Texas hero Sam Houston and persuade him to support annexation. In exchange, Burke will gain a contract to sell beef to U.S. forces during the war with Mexico sure to follow statehood.
14) Ambassador Bill
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A madcap send-up of politics, power, and pompous propriety. The story of an Oklahoma rancher who is appointed ambassador to Silvania, a tiny embattled monarchy. The king has been exiled and the country is being ruled by a young boy under the influence of an evil prince. The ambassador decides to teach them all good 'ol American values.
15) Dune
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy and forever change the galactic balance of power.
16) Dune
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey that tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest...
17) Veronica Guerin
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Veronica Guerin was a relentless crime reporter for The Sunday Independent during the early '90s. Guerin's violent murder in 1996 led to a revision of Ireland's laws and the creation of the Criminal Assets Bureau. Picks up with her pursuit of the underground drug trade in Dublin, which she suspects is led by mobster Martin "The General" Cahill. When Cahill's gang is attacked, she suspects mobster Gerry "The Monk" Hutch is responsible. Not deterred...
19) Boss: Season one
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mayor Tom Kane is King of Chicago, and he rules his domain with an iron fist. Deception, scandal, and betrayal go hand in hand with Kane's form of politics. As long as he gets the job done, the people of Chicago look the other way. Despite being the most effective mayor in recent history, Kane is hiding a dark secret. A degenerative brain disorder is ripping everything away from him, and he can't trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself....
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Emperor Jones (1933): Brutus Jones, a African American Pullman porter schemes, swindles, and powers his way to become ruler of a Caribbean island.
Paul Robeson : tribute to an artist (1979): Traces the singer-actor and political activist's career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, Ol' Man River.
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