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Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Rambo first blood part II: John Rambo returns to Vietnam to find and rescue a group of American P.O.W's that have been there since the Vietnam War.
Rambo: Vietnam veteran John Rambo has withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Thailand. Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble finds him. A group of Christian missionaries approach Rambo with the desire to rent his boat to travel up the river to Burma, which is a war zone. The Karen...
723) The Fog of War
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban...
726) Alice's restaurant
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Guthrie stars in the comedy which characterized the peace and love generation of the 1960s in America. He seeks out his friends to help him avoid the draft and the Vietnam war.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Just outside the mesmerizing glint of the disco ball, the Seventies seem like a time of madness: war raged in Southeast Asia, America's president was crooked, Olympic athletes were slain, cult members drank poisoned punch, and the Son of Sam stalked the night. It was, in retrospect, a terrifying time only slightly ameliorated by the distractions of a decadent nightlife culture and over-the-top pop icons."--History Channel website.
728) Coach of the year
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Melodrama set in the US in the 1970s. A former football pro (Conrad) comes back from Vietnam in a wheelchair. He tries to put his life back together by coaching youngsters at a correctional facility.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Just outside the mesmerizing glint of the disco ball, the Seventies seem like a time of madness: war raged in Southeast Asia, America's president was crooked, Olympic athletes were slain, cult members drank poisoned punch, and the Son of Sam stalked the night. It was, in retrospect, a terrifying time only slightly ameliorated by the distractions of a decadent nightlife culture and over-the-top pop icons."--Container.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Just outside the mesmerizing glint of the disco ball, the Seventies seem like a time of madness: war raged in Southeast Asia, America's president was crooked, Olympic athletes were slain, cult members drank poisoned punch, and the Son of Sam stalked the night. It was, in retrospect, a terrifying time only slightly ameliorated by the distractions of a decadent nightlife culture and over-the-top pop icons."--Container.
731) Gale force
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
"Treasure Hunt" is new reality-based TV show, set on a remote Pacific island with a $10 million treasure and eight contestants vying to bring it home. The program's crooked producer has hired a group of ex-Navy SEAL mercenaries to steal the money for him. The mercenaries have their own plan for the cash and to complicate matters, a category 5 hurricane with an accompanying tsunami is bearing down on the island.
732) Skins
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, lies one of the poorest counties in America, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, including his own brother. Rudy's frustration leads him to take the law into his own hands. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, and his people with a life-affirming act of defiance....
733) 1968 with Tom Brokaw
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
1968: in that single year, MLK and RFK were assassinated, Chicago rioted, Nixon triumphed, and Tet exploded. The top music acts were the Beatles, the Doors, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye. Man circled the Moon. From Civil Rights to Vietnam, from rock & roll to rocket science, 1968 stands out as a concentrated dose of everything we think of as the Sixties.
734) Across the universe
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism. Many songs from The Beatles and the Vietnam War era figure on the film's sound-track.
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