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Language
English
Description
In rural west Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Instead of reporting the discovery to the police, Moss decides to just take the two million dollars he finds for himself. This puts Anton Chigurh, a psychopathic killer, on his trail. Anton dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even his employer in the pursuit of...
2) Whip it
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
Series
Criterion collection volume 336
Language
English
Description
America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Eavesdrop on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshman.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
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...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
7) Bernie
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede is one of the town's most beloved residents. He sings in the church choir and is always willing to lend a helping hand. He befriends an affluent widow, and she soon becomes dependent on Bernie. Later it is reported that Marjorie Nugent has been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede is charged with the murder.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Four years ago, impassioned young outlaw couple Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie were apprehended in the Texas hills during a shootout that left a local officer wounded by a bullet from Ruth's gun. Taking the blame, Bob was sentenced to 25 years in prison. After having engineered a daring escape, Bob is now determined to reconnect with the love of his life and meet the daughter who was born while he was incarcerated. But the journey back won't be easy,...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1973, four teenagers - Erin, Morgan, Kemper, and Andy - are driving through Texas on a road trip when they pick up a hitchhiker who is on her way to Mexico to score some dope. But when they pass through a small town, they see a bloody and distraught girl wandering by the roadside. After stopping to help her, they realize she's been involved in something horribly traumatic. As they piece together the story, the 5 teens are drawn into...
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fasten your garter belt for the time-warping, genderbending cult classic starring Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon and Meatloaf! This picture-perfect specimen includes an abundance of extras to help you recreate The Midnight Movie Experience at home. "It was great when it all began..." and four decades later, Rocky Horror is still guaranteed to thrill you, chill you and fulfill you!"--Container.
11) State fair
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the Frake family at the Iowa State Fair unfold amidst this rousing celebration of love and laughter in America's heartland. Each member of the Frake family is out for a different prize at this state fair: a blue ribbon for Father's favorite pet pig; first prize, and first prize only, for Mom's entry in the pie-baking contest; and, for their son and daughter, the hunt is on for the best prize of all, true love.
12) The comancheros
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Cutter [is] a fearless Texas Ranger determined to crush a violent gang of gunrunners and theives known as The Comancheros. Through an unlikely turn of events, Cutter enlists the help of his own prisoners to accomplish his mission"--Container.
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (Wayne) arrests gambler Paul Regret (Whitman) but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a violent band of gunrunners and thieves known...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of Jack Ridge, a former piano prodigy once mentored by Van Cliburn, who has retreated to his family's farmland in north Texas. His wife has left him, and the week of the annual county piano competition, he punches his fist into a wall, threatening his first public performance in years. When the local corporate farm ratchets up the pressure on him to sell his land, his only allies are Phillip and Alyssa.
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sweet Pecan Summer: Amanda has to work with her ex-boyfriend JP to sell her favorite aunt's pecan farm. Putting aside their differences, old feelings start to rekindle, and they question their life paths. Summer For Love: When a talented chef returns to her Texas hometown, she winds up entering the town's famous BBQ cookoff and gets more than she bargained for when the surprise judge turns out to be her high school love.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter.
In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush.
In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Walker, Texas ranger standoff: During a tip to Dallas, the Mexican presidential candidate becomes the target of an assassination attempt. Despite the life-threatening risks involved, he refuses to cancel any of his pending appearances, making Walker and Trivette's job of protecting him all the more difficult - and dangerous.
Places in the heart: In the 1930s rural south, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate...
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