A daring team of astronauts and aviators fly a high-speed Gulfstream jet around the earth faster than anyone ever has to set the pole-to-pole circumnavigation record.
The award-winning first-person account of a couple struggling through infertility. As they navigate this new world, they encounter people who have come out the other side of infertility and learn that families can be made in many ways.
Torn from his family by a bloody war, Percy Harris is framed for a crime he did not commit. Facing an epic struggle to fulfill a promise to his loved ones he soon finds that even the strongest determination can't save him from fate.
Boston Blackie (Chester Morris, Alibi, Blind Alley), the notorious jewel thief turned agent for those in need of help -- whether inside or outside the law -- gets caught in Inspector Farraday's (Richard Lane) sights again -- this time for a daring jewel theft. When the publicity around the theft of the Blue Star of the Nile gets out, Farraday apologizes to Blackie for planting the story in the papers, and enlists Blackie and sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone, Island of Doomed Men, The Face...
Americans have had a long love affair with dogs, with many of us referring to our canine companions as best friends, significant others, soul mates, even children. But lost amidst all the pampering and pedestaling are hard and often tragic truths surrounding dog ownership, care and commerce, not to mention the daunting odds continuing to face millions of unwanted shelter dogs. Divided into three parts -- "Fear," "Loss" and "Betrayal" -- this 73-minute documentary is comprised of eight case...
If you're a mobster, a kept criminal, a cheat or a con, you're welcome at Susie's place. When Susie isn't mediating a gang-war ceasefire or finding a job for a young hoodlum, she dotes on her one claim to respectability: her foster son Dick Rollins, a law-abiding Broadway press agent. Then Dick falls in love with a chorus cutie who shoots a lecherous Broadway producer, and gallant Dick takes the rap. Next stop: Sing Sing. Douglas Fairbanks, jr. stars as Dick in the last of his seven movies...
From Mike Figgis, the Academy Award -nominated director of Leaving Las Vegas, comes an erotically charged love story that explores the passion and betrayal of a one night stand. Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes) has it all: a happy marriage, children and a successful career. Until one night while on a trip to New York City, a chance encounter leads to a passionate affair with a beautiful, seductive and very married woman (Nastassja Kinski). On his return home, vowing to forget the scorching tryst,...
You've seen her on The Biggest Loser, her own daytime series, and the films Christmas with the Kranks and The Perfect Man, but Caroline Rhea has been delighting audiences for years with her fresh, smart and spontaneous stand-up performances. See for yourself in this live, unedited and uproarious One Night Stand performance. Whether it's the complications of casual sex or the perils of watching too much reality TV, her wholesome appearance serves as the perfect foil for her barbed observations....
He's big. He's bad. And in the world of standup, Earthquake is a major force to be reckoned with. You've seen him on Premium Blend and Mad TV. Now see Earthquake set off comic tremors in front of an appreciative New York audience for a special One Night Stand performance. Commenting on real-life experiences and commonsense observations, Earthquake will draw you into his world and shake you up with the explosiveness of his humor.
Kind. Gentle. Sympathetic. Jim Norton is none of these things, and that's why he's one of the hottest new comedians in America. Norton continues the rich One Night Stand tradition of no-holds-barred comedy that blows apart the double standards of polite society. His pit bull approach is as far from politically correct as pro football is from men's figure skating. Taped in front of a live New York audience, Norton riffs hilariously on sex, drugs and the hypocrisies of modern culture. See what...
This classic British WWII drama tells the story of a bomber crew forced to bail out of their stricken aircraft over occupied Holland. With the help of the Dutch resistance the airmen are hidden from the Germans and a plan is devised to smuggle them across Holland and back to the North Sea coast from where they will be able to make their escape back to England.
A RAF bomber is shot down on a raid over occupied Holland. The crew is able to bail out, but they are stranded in hostile territory, surrounded by the German Army which has virtually enslaved the country. Fortunately, the fugitives are picked up by the Dutch underground, who risk their lives and overcome tremendous obstacles in an attempt to help the British escape to freedom.Nominated for two Oscars (screenplay and special effects), this stirring World War II bomber saga is one of the best of...
In a small US southern town, the annual 'Hands On' endurance contest offers the chance of a lifetime to win a brand new pickup truck. Each contestant has their own reasons for entering, but the true cost of the competition is higher than it appears.
Henry Steele (Robby Benson) is a small-town high school basketball whiz. Recruited by a big-time college team, he's given a four-year, no-cut scholarship, an allowance and a pretty tutor (Annette O'Toole). And he's still not prepared for the bitter, sometimes brutal experiences he will face in the fast lane of collegiate hoops. One on One is family entertainment that consistently scores. Coming off his big-screen splash in Ode to Billy Joe, Benson transformed his love of basketball into a...
A film about a messed up world and how we could fix it. Sprinkled with music from Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson, "One Peace At A Time" lyrically weaves a tapestry through 20 countries and is as magical as it is informative. In this touching and inspirational documentary, director Turk Pipkin ("The Sopranos") enlists the wisdom of Nobel Prize winners Stephen Chu, Muhammad Yunus and Desmond Tutu, plus Willie Nelson and others in discovering the key to ensuring that every...
With love, passion, and tragedy surrounding him, Tommy Matisse strives for a way to express his joy and suffering through music. Tommy leaves the Royal Academy of Music in London to come home after his sister is tragically killed. Here he quickly gets consumed by the underground club scene, where his ex-girlfriend is falling down a similar path to his sister, and where Tommy discovers his musical voice.
Phillippe mistakenly kisses the wrong girl in the darkened cinema. His real date is outraged and the beautiful woman he kissed; is intrigued.
Philippe Martin, a handsome actor, thinks he is passionately kissing his clandestine lover in a darkened Paris movie theater. Unfortunately, he is in the wrong seat and a very pretty but shocked girl cries out. Worse still, a member of the National Legion of Decency is nearby and a scandal erupts. The beautiful young girl is none other than Monique Pelenin, daughter of a powerful publishing magnate, and the story grabs national headlines, with poor Philippe branded "The Kissing Bandit." Facing...
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd scandal results; to protect Yvonne, Philippe insists that he was simply overcome by Monique's beauty. This naturally intrigues Monique...but her nominal fiancA(c)e feels differently. French bureaucracy is broadly satirized.
A menagerie of snowbirds, crustpunks and libertarians make their annual winter pilgrimage to an unassuming freeway exit. They become unlikely neighbors on the same piece of dirt all trying to live free and not die.