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501 ::: (Astro) Turf Wars (2010) ::: documentary ::: From the Tea Parties to the healthcare and climate wars, America's conservative citizens have revolted against the Obama agenda. But are these grassroots actions in fact examples of 'astroturfing'? - The practice of manufacturing citizens groups for the purpose of delivering corporate messages?
502 ::: Mauprat (1926) ::: drama ::: Set before the French Revolution, the film tells the story of Bernard De Mauprat, a noble orphan, raised by despicable aristocrats, who is saved from the gallows by his cousin Edmée and his father, the knight Hubert De Mauprat. The return of Bernard causes tensions within Mauprat's family since him tries to win the heart of his cousin Edmée (Knight of La Marche's fiancée) after obtaining her pledge of loyalty under a certain threat of rape.
503 ::: Bellavista (2006) ::: documentary ::: Sappada is a linguistic enclave of the Plodar dialect, which is spoken in the Carnian Alps in northern Italy. The black and white film documentation centers around Giuliana who returned home to her parents' Bellavista hotel in Sappada after having stayed abroad, studied German, after two serious accidents and her brothers' suicide. Searching for creative space as redemption, she reflects upon the inner conflict in her life, feels that the dialect can be seen as a "home". Bellavista is far away from being an ethnographic study, as Schreiner links Giulianas perception with her extraordinary environment.
504 ::: Maazii (2013) ::: thriller ::: Tarun and his wife Shrishti are living a happy life with there daughter . One day to save the Honor of a woman Tarun accidentally kills two gangsters. After this his black past unfolds and starts haunting his present life. Tarun has to go back to his roots and get out of his past to make his family secure and happy.
505 ::: Carnival (1921) ::: drama ::: An actor playing Othello in a stage production of Shakespeare's play becomes jealous of his wife's supposed infidelity and seems bound to kill her in the scene in which she, enacting Othello's falsely accused wife Desdemona, is murdered by her jealous husband.
506 ::: Innocence (2013/V) ::: short ::: After the fall of the empire Britannia fell into chaos, invaded and attacked no one had peace. From this chaos an isolated mercenary travels these lands selling his services of the sword comes to find a young chieftains daughter, only survivor of her desolated village. Emotionally weakened by her, his honorable and protective feelings bind them on a journey thwart with danger.
507 ::: "Schlock Shock Radio" (2013) ::: horror ::: As ex-bandit, Shaw (SCOTT GLEINE), travels aboard the 1800's Central Pacific Railroad towards a better life in California, he befriends a mysterious school teacher, Ms. Josephine Tate (STEPHANIE LAFFERTY), and before long the two discover that not all is as it seems on board the FRIGHT TRAIN!
508 ::: Alamaya (2013) ::: animation ::: The tale of a 9-year-old boy named Jian - a shy, unassuming child living in the quaint and bustling small town neighbourhood of SS2, Malaysia. Growing up in his mother's flower shop, nosy neighbours, rusty grills and quirky signboards were about all that made up Jian's world.
509 ::: The Sid Saga Part 2 (1987) ::: short ::: Starting where _The Sid Saga Part 1 (1985)_ (qv) leaves off, 'Sid Laverents' (qv) continues to tell his life story. It's now 1927, Sid is nineteen years old, and is trying to make a career in vaudeville with his twenty-four year old girlfriend, Sue, in a novelty act, which on his side is his one-man band. Although they would get married a year later, they billed their act as a brother/sister one. They wanted to make it big in New York, but hit the theaters there, in their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, and everywhere else in-between. They realized they had to travel to make a living since their act was a novelty one that would wear thin in one place. A natural disaster during one stint in Elba, Alabama not only threatened to wipe out their act, but to wipe them out literally. The advent of the talkies and the Great Depression would kibosh their vaudeville career. Taking odd jobs, both on and off the stage, over the next ten years would take its toll, and lead in part to the end of the marriage. His single life would not last long as he quickly married a woman named Stella, a waitress in a club where he was performing. That marriage would have its continual problems. The advent of WWII would lead to a military stint, and being shipped overseas into the Pacific theater. However, he got out of it a technical education in sheet metal work, a 'round the world trip, and knowledge of the fact that he had a genius IQ. Part two of his story ends with the end of the war, with the story continuing in _The Sid Saga Part 3 (1989)_ (qv).
510 ::: "Undercover Coach" (2008) ::: comedy ::: Kids are surprised when their sporting heroes drop in on them in their own backyard. Much excitement, some great tips and more than a little comedy ensues.
511 ::: Os Amores da Pantera (1977) ::: crime ::: During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. Although it's never said, the film is vaguely based on a real case happened in 1975, when socialite Ângela Diniz was killed by her lover Doca Street, in Búzios, Brazil.
512 ::: Ci mu lei (1953) ::: drama ::: A woman struggles to bring up three children after the death of her husband. Her eldest son, on whom she has placed great hope, shames her with his dishonesty. Her daughter, the middle child, is vain. The youngest child, however, makes her proud. Eventually, the two of them are left alone when disaster befalls the other children.
513 ::: The White Devil (????/II) ::: thriller ::: An American teen is sent to a prestigious London boarding school in hopes of overcoming his delinquent past. After discovering the school is haunted by a vengeful former student, he must put the ghost to rest in order to save everyone's lives.
514 ::: "Villa-Lobos and the String Quartet" (2012) ::: music ::: Villa-Lobos is Brazil's most important and well-known Classical Music composer. He is also the most prolific String Quartet composer of the 20th century with 17 full works portrayed in this Complete Works series, where Luminaires like Turibio Santos, president of the Brazilian Academy of Music and the 4 musicians of the Radamés Gnattali String Quartet, performers of the series, take their time to analyze his approach to composition, his influences and definitive passion for the country of Brazil. Villa-Lobos and The String Quartets is a musical documentary that portrays the composer and the city that inspired him. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The seventeen compositions recorded by the Quartet Radames Gnatalli in these albums form a synthesis of musical production of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Its breeding period extending between the years 1915 and 1957. Opening a window to the most significant phases of the composer and giving options to see technical and aesthetic ambitions of different moments of his career. Recorded between June 2010 and September 2011 in the Presidential Palace, and Palace of the Laranjeiras and Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
515 ::: Os Normais: O Filme (2003) ::: comedy ::: The film shows the day when Rui and Vani first met. It was at their wedding (with other partners). Vani was going to marry Sérgio, and Rui would marry Marta in the same church, following Vani's marriage. While waiting for the ceremony, they begin to talk. Complications ensue. Rui and Vani return to the church where they got married just the previous day to try to cancel their wedding with the priest. The problem is that they haven't married one with another! They tell the priest the whole story: Vani married Sérgio, and Rui married Marta. But problems begin in the first night of the new married couples, and confusion emerges when Vani discovers that Sérgio has had sex with another woman the night before the marriage and seeks shelter in Rui and Marta's apartment, just across the street.
516 ::: Kinema no tenchi (1986) ::: drama ::: This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a young star Koharu Tanaka for the big New Year release entitled Floating Weeds.
517 ::: Vishwasghaat (1996) ::: action ::: Rammohan lives a poor lifestyle in India along with his grandson, Avinash, the only child of his late son, Indermohan. Rammohan is disappointed with Avinash as he always seems to be getting into trouble and fisticuffs. Quite unknown to him, Avinash makes a living by wrestling. Then one day Rammohan finds out that Avinash has got into a fight with a gangster named Yeda Topi, who had complained to the Police, and as a result Avinash had been arrested, held in a cell, and beaten up Police Inspector Inamdar. Rammohan arranges for Avinash's bail, but warns him not to get into trouble again. Instead of coming home, Avinash disappears for several days, compelling Rammohan to file a missing persons' report. Rammohan does get re-united with his grandson - only to find out that Avinash is not wanted by the Police for the murder of Yeda Topi, but he has also been masquerading as Dr. Sunil Verma, and romancing Sunil's mentally unstable girlfriend, Neha Khurana. Watch what impact these revelations have on their relationship.
518 ::: The Mako Project (????) ::: documentary ::: 3 artist hit the road surviving off their art and the kindness of strangers. Traveling over 5Thousand miles from Detroit to the west coast, and back searching for the meaning and purpose of life. A journey with ups, downs, highs, lows, and filled with the unexpected.
519 ::: Casualty: The Kids Aren't Alright (2012) ::: drama ::: Jeff and Dixie take stock of their marital situation as riots raged around their immobile ambulance.
520 ::: Resistance is Life (2017) ::: documentary ::: From a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, an 8-year-old girl, EVLIN, characterizes the resistance of her homeland. Her heroes, the Kurdish female fighters, are defending the city of Kobane against the onslaught by ISIS militants. The power of the human spirit emanates through Evlin as she shows us that hope and resilience prevail even in the most tragic of circumstances. Evlin takes us on a journey that introduces the many different faces of the resistance on both sides of the border and provides a unique look at the extraordinary spirit behind the first major victory against ISIS.
521 ::: Dubai: A City of Dreams (2010) ::: documentary ::: DUBAI: A CITY OF DREAMS sheds light on the land most people only know for its huge skyscrapers and lavish amenities. The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad, dreamed of transforming a sleepy fishing village into the ultimate metropolis of the 21st century. To make his dream come true, he turned Dubai into the biggest construction site the world has ever known. In just six years, he delivered the tallest building in the world, the most expensive hotel in the world, the biggest man-made island, the biggest shopping mall, the biggest airport and the longest fully automated metro in the world. This represents just 10% of his master plan. Creating a modern-day Rome at this speed has its price, however. That price coming at the cost of over one million cheap laborers. The laborers come from impoverished countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Their dream is much simpler. They just want to feed their children back home and carve out better lives for themselves. Instead, they work twelve hour days, six days a week and make 50 cents to 1 dollar an hour. No overtime. No paid vacations. They live in gated labor camps hidden away from tourists. On top of this, they must repay their $5,000 they were forced to pay before even beginning work. Things got much worse with the financial collapse in 2009. Sheikh Mohammad was forced to revise his original plan and countless development projects were canceled. Many workers ended up losing their jobs proving that Dubai is a city of dreams... just not the one they had hoped for.
522 ::: Classic Rhythm and Blues Vol. 2 (1988/I) ::: documentary ::: Ben Sidran presents the classic rhythm blues performances of the 1980's with his personal insight into each song, the artist and the performance. Volume 2 features Long John Baldry, Nick Gravienties, John Mayall, Willie Murphy, John Sebastian, Bonnie Koloc and Lady Bianca.
523 ::: The Sacrifice of the Rose (????) ::: drama ::: A New York couple in a strained marriage of nine years, go on a business trip in the city of Florence, Italy in a last ditch effort to save their marriage. The trip together is cut short. Separately, they each chance upon an arrestingly Italian beautiful woman, whose spirit immediately attracts them. Fascinated by her beauty and her alarming honesty, they begin to struggle with the demons that have kept them from experiencing a fuller life. Unaware of their connection, she inspires them to rediscover who they are as they grow more closely involved with her.
524 ::: Manik (2005) ::: drama ::: Samir Mitra is an unemployed educated guy who is looking for a job. His father Abir Mitra is a retired person. Samir's mother is suffering from cancer. One day Samir suddenly meets Manik Chandra Sadhukhan. Manik's father is Niranjan Sadhukan, he is also ill. Latika is Manik's younger sister. Manik has come to Kolkata to meet his father's friend Chandrakanta Majumadar who is an established businessman. Manik meets with an accident on the way. Samir tries to save his life. Before his death Manik requests Samir to take care of his father and younger sister; he also tells Samir not to disclose the news of his accident. Manik gives Samir all required information. Samir becomes Manik; he meets Chandrakanta as Manik. Chandrakanta appoints him in his own office. Samir meets Chandrakanta's daughter Ria and wife Manju, Ria and Samir gradually fall in love but Samir feels uncomfortable whenever he thinks that when everybody will come to know the truth that he is not Manik then what will happen. From his salary he maintains his own family and Manik's family. Everybody is impressed with his behavior and honesty. Suddenly Niranjan and Latika come to Kolkata because Niranjan is unwell. Niranjan has lost his eyesight and there is some problem in his heart also. Samir tries to hide from Niranjan but every body comes to know the truth. Kartik Sen, the business rival of Chandrakanta, kidnaps Ria and demands ransom. Samir and Chandrakanta rescue her with the help of police. Samir donates his father's eye to Niranjan. Niranjan gets back his eyesight.
525 ::: Bird Without Borders (2009) ::: documentary ::: Found nowhere else on earth but the last few pockets of wilderness along East Asia's rugged coastline, the Black-Faced Spoonbill is a survivor. Twice a year this enigmatic bird undertakes a behemoth migration route that navigates through the heart of Asia, a part of the world where geopolitical tensions always run high. For the very first time this magnificent migration has been captured on full HD. This film documents an epic journey, 2000 kilometres from its wintering grounds in Taiwan, across coastal China and the Yellow sea, to the world's most dangerous flashpoint - the DMZ between North and South Korea and the bird's annual breeding ground.
526 ::: "Return to Mysterious Island" (2017) ::: animation ::: The story combines one survivor of the original cast from the Jules Verne book with memorable new characters drawn not only from Mysterious Island, but also from Verne's Master of the World. These adventures seek the lost island that holds the advanced scientific secrets of the legendary Captain Nemo.
527 ::: "Lock Up Special Investigation: Lake County Juvenile Justice" (2009) ::: news ::: From the confines of America's juvenile detention facilities to the razor wire of juvenile prison to the heart pounding juvenile courtroom hearings where everything is on the line, Lake County Juvenile Justice explores where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families and professionals in the system.
528 ::: 48 Hour Games (2012) ::: documentary ::: 48 Hour Games combines the up-close perspective of documentary film with the playful interactivity of its subject matter: The Nordic Game Jam. In an epic battle against time and their fellow participants, the Nordic Game Jam challenges computer game developers of all experience levels to create games with a given theme from scratch in just 48 hours. This interactive documentary offers a backstage pass into the event that catalyzed a worldwide movement in game-jamming, and insight into the minds of the 300+ developers who strive to triumph over time-pressure, creative differences, and sleep deprivation and make the best game of them all. With 48 Hour Games you are not simply a spectator, but also a player, deciding which characters to follow and favorite, unlocking extra video clips and achievements based on your actions, and exploring the winding road of multiple narratives. Choose your path, and experience the Nordic Game Jam as if you were actually there.
529 ::: The Downtown Show (1957) ::: music ::: Music based format with top recording stars in the "Downtowners" band. The program was designed as a syndicated program in association with local chambers of commerce to help bring back customers to the downtown areas of cities around the country. The show was one of the first integrated television shows featuring popular radio and television star Jimmie Jackson who hosted the show as well as played the guitar and sang. The show also featured Capitol Records top recording artist Jimmy Bryant. Black Jazz violinist and recording star, "Stuffy" Smith along with Black jazz percussionist and recording star, George Jenkins rounded out the "Downtowners" sound. A highlight of the show was television's Hollywood Hostess, Anita Coleman who offered the latest Hollywood gossip and guest stars. "The Downtown show" featured custom commercial loops that incorporated each local downtown spot so that the viewer had the feeling that these top artist were broadcasting right from their very own local Downtown.
530 ::: Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus (1972) ::: documentary ::: The work of photographer Diane Arbus as explained by her daughter, friends, critics, and in her own words as recorded in her journals. Illustrated with many of her photographs. Mary Clare Costello, narrator Themes: Arbus' quirky go-it-alone approach. Her attraction to the bizarre, people on the fringes of society: sexual deviants, odd types, the extremes, styles in questionable taste, poses and situations that inspire irony or wonder. Where most people would look away she photographed.
531 ::: West Memphis Three (????) ::: drama ::: The West Memphis Three attempts to tell the true story of an incident that occurred in West Memphis, Arkansas is May of 1993. Three young, eight-year old boys went missing one evening and were found brutally beaten and murdered the next morning. All three were bound, stripped nude and tortured before their untimely, agonizing deaths. One month later, after evidence went missing and suspects disappeared, the police arrested and charged, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, three local teenagers with the crime. Brought in initially as a character witness against Echols, Misskelley seems to know much more than he lets on. Despite being mentally handicapped, the boy is held and questioned relentlessly for twelve hours. And have the real killers been apprehended, or have the police merely found a group of patsies to satisfy the community's desire for controversy, guilt and blood?
532 ::: Bedniyat Luka (1979) ::: drama ::: 1920. Luka, a photographer, former freedom fighter for the liberation of Bulgaria, survives in the side skirts of life - forgotten and hated by others. Apostol, whose life Luka once saved brings the suitcase full of money. Apostol leaves the suitcase with Luka because he is convinced that he is the most honest person on earth. At the first moment, Luka is proud by his friend's trust. Time passes and no one comes to claim the money. The papers write that Apostol is killed. Luka's wife convinces him to open the suitcase, but he stops at the last moment. Apostol's brother comes to claim the suitcase. Luka is relieved. However, his wife tells him that she has opened the suitcase and taken half of money. Luka dies.
533 ::: Doolittle's Raiders: A Final Toast (2015) ::: documentary ::: On November 9 2013, 3 of the 4 surviving Doolittle's Raiders gathered at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton (Ohio) to drink a final toast to their fallen comrades, from a bottle of 1896 Hennessy cognac. They are the last of the 80 aircrew from an all-volunteer U.S. Army Air Corps B-25 bomber group that raided the Japanese home islands for the first time during World War II, barely four months after America's entry into the war. The audacious raid was seen as payback for Pearl Harbor, boosted the morale of America and China, and showed the Japanese their homeland was not invulnerable.
534 ::: Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2002) ::: documentary ::: A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of "Jew" and "Arab" through one hundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and Paris; the best-selling Israeli author Sami Michael from Haifa; Moshe Houri, a former dealer in real estate; writer Samir Naqqash who only publishes in the Arabic language and Ella Shohat, a Professor of Film and Cultural Studies in New York who has written a standard text on the Israeli film industry.
535 ::: "Gash" (2003) ::: comedy ::: Armando Iannucci hosts the satirical debate that aims to squeeze the day's events into half an hour of various jokes, clips and talk. Airing on every weeknight for only four days, "Gash" is timed to coincide with the May 1st 2003 UK local government elections. Written and filmed on the day, the show is intended to be as topical as possible.
536 ::: Bypass (2017) ::: thriller ::: In the children's ward of St Luke's Hospital, SAM COOPER (9) is waiting at the top of the transplant list for a new liver. His mother, DR LISA COOPER (40), head of cardiac surgery feels completely helpless, unable to save her son, despite saving her patients' lives every day. When a liver finally becomes available it is destroyed en route to the hospital. The alternative of an illegal organ becomes her only option. She turns her back on the system she has devoted her life to and secretly heads off to New Day Clinic in an unknown African country. Once behind the derelict walls of the facility, Sam is taken and used as a pawn to force Lisa into performing a heart transplant for a wealthy American patient, CLAYTON TAYLOR (62). Lisa's Hippocratic Oath and her mother's love are forced to collide on the operating table. Knowing that in order to harvest a heart and perform the transplant, she will need to take the life of a young, innocent girl to get Sam back. She quickly realizes that in this game, some lives are simply more valuable than others.
537 ::: Dubbel-8 (2000) ::: drama ::: The year is 1964 and it's summer in a little rural village in Dalarna, Sweden. The two friends Anders and Börje rides around with their mopeds, waiting for something to happen. Then suddenly from out of nowhere a girl gets off the bus in a short yellow skirt. It's Sofia - a plain copy of Brigitte Bardot. It's like if Anders and Börje have been blinded by the sun. They're both obssessed by sex and slowly starts to figure out how to see Sofia naked. Soon they get a brilliant idea... Why not make a movie and let Sofia have the leading role. Everything doesn't fall right into place, but this is the beginning of a summer with incidents and secrets that the boys even in their wildest dreams never could have believed.
538 ::: Perfidia (2014/II) ::: drama ::: .: PLOT:. Angelino is 35 years old and he has no girlfriend or job. His father doesn't understand His son, after His wife's death. Angelo (Stefano Deffenu) walks surrounded by the gray winter of nondescript provincial town. Without love or work, he spends his days in a squalid empty bar in the suburbs, daydreaming about the most banal normality. Peppino (Mario Olivieri) is a father who was never interested in his child, an old man conscious of not having much time to live. After his wife's death Peppino realizes Angelo, his son, and he realizes that he doesn't even know who he is ...
539 ::: Nossas Histórias (2014) ::: documentary ::: Nossas Histórias show the political trajectory of Angelina Dutra de Oliveira, Damares Lucena and Theodomiro Romeiro. Three people who fought against the military regime in Brazil and had their lives turned upside down by repression, the loss of loved ones, jail, torture and exile.
540 ::: The Ceremony (2013) ::: documentary ::: At 80 years of age, Colonel David Rokni is preparing to command the national ceremony of Israel's Independence Day. Just like in each of the last 30 years, he goes through an arduous series of training, routine formation and foot drills for the traditional military parade - a job no other person is capable of. A week before the ceremony, disaster strikes unexpectedly. For the first time, Rokni has to cope with an unfamiliar situation during a ceremony that would transform his life. At 80 years of age, Colonel David Rokni is preparing to command the national ceremony of Israel's Independence Day. Just like in each of the last 30 years, he goes through an arduous series of training, routine formation and foot drills for the traditional military parade - a job no other person is capable of. A week before the ceremony, disaster strikes unexpectedly. For the first time, Rokni has to cope with an unfamiliar situation during a ceremony that would transform his life.
541 ::: Calm at Sunset (1996) ::: drama ::: The 18 years old James Pfeiffer quits college and decides to become a fisherman like his father. Margaret and Russell are very upset with their son's decision. They had a lot of hopes for him, finishing law school and, like his older brother Joseph, make a decent living on shore rather than an uncertain and dangerous career at sea. James dreams of having his own boat though and is determined to persevere...
542 ::: "Steppers the High School Years" (2012) ::: drama ::: In this episode, we will meet the DJ and the contestants from the south and east side as well as the current freestyle champions.(Dino & Cat). The contenders dance and the prelim judges begin to eliminate the weak dancers and choose the finalist who will compete for the $25,000 High School Freestyle Steppers Contest.
543 ::: The Gourmet (1984) ::: drama ::: A rich old gourmet that has decided to taste all there is of exotic meals has already tried the most, even human flesh, when he gets a tip from a rich midget. The midget had tasted everything out of this world, and even something not of this world. In other words, a ghost. The gourmet gets very interested and the midget gives him the info that is needed. And once he has found a haunted place, all he has to do is wait for the ghost to turn up so he can have the most exotic meal in his career as a feinschmecker.
544 ::: "Ad.vert" (????) ::: comedy ::: After a disastrous pitch to a mega-corporation sees the American Dream slip through his fingers, advertising and marketing "guru" Michael finds himself promoting small, green and eco-friendly companies in a desperate attempt to pay the rent - and manage a collection of wacky yet wonderful employees and clients.
545 ::: The Mill on the Floss (1997) ::: drama ::: Lawyer Wakem takes away the mill on the river Floss from Edward Tulliver, whose ancestors owned it for 300 years, and becomes the worst enemy of Tulliver's family. When Edward's daughter, Maggie, grows up, she falls in love with Wakem's son Philip, but her brother Tom, true to the memory of their father, forbids her to meet him again. When she visits her cousin, Lucy Deane, Lucy's fiance Stephen Guest falls in love with Maggie at first sight, further complicating matters.
546 ::: Will of the Warrior (2013) ::: history ::: This behind-the-scenes documentary focuses on Marcus Luttrell, the lone survivor of a four-man Navy Seal team ambushed by the Taliban in 2005, and a consultant on the upcoming major motion picture 'Lone Survivor,' directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg. This documentary serves as a companion to Peter Berg's film Lone Survivor, based on former SEAL Marcus Luttrell's book of the same title. Will of the Warrior takes a deeper dive into the lives of the SEALs, examines their WILL to survive, and emphasizes the need to keep their story alive.
547 ::: Circles (2013/I) ::: drama ::: Greedy, an unapologetic, unaccountable, narcissistic street hustler, cares for nothing and no one besides himself. He lives on the edge and is unconcerned of who he affects or offends because, in his mind, this is his world and he's invincible in it. However, that all comes crashing down once he's made aware of some news that will forever change his life and the lives of those around him. Unable to cope and assume responsibility, Greedy goes on a whirlwind path of self-destruction, determined to punish those he feels have punished him instead of looking in the mirror and accepting that he's the culprit of this circle and its chain events.
548 ::: Hasti (1993) ::: action ::: Narang is an accomplished and wealthy industrialist who lives with his daughter, Neena, in a palatial home. His daughter is now of marriageable age, and he would like her to marry his associate's, Bhisham, son, Vicky. But Neena is in love with a much poorer man named Jaikishan alias Jaggu. When Neena informs her father that she would like to marry Jaggu, he summons Jaggu's mom, Shanti, and instantly recognizes her from his questionable past. He belittles her, humiliates her and asks her to leave his house. When Jaggu finds out he goes to meet Narang, and asks him to change his decision, but he too gets insulted, and is asked to leave, never to see nor speak to Neena again. Jaggu promises him that he will return within one year and by that time he will be even more wealthy than Narang. Jaggu befriends a homeless man named Vishal and together they set forth to meet Jaggu's deadline. Things are going pretty well for Jaggu, as he has been able to get a sizable loan from a bank, and has started his own construction business. This success has got him enemies, and one day someone places a bomb in his car. Jaggu survives, but is critically wounded and in need of blood. His blood group is the same as that of Vishal - but Vishal refuses to give any blood to save Jaggu. Shanti is shocked and appalled at this, and sets forth to find out why her son's closest friend refuses to help him in this dire time of need.
549 ::: "Hooray for Love" (2011) ::: romance ::: Kang Jae-mi is the daughter of divorced parents. Her father Kang Hyung-do cheated on her mother Oh Jung-hee, which led to their divorce. He is now married to a much younger woman, Byun Joo-ri, but still has lingering feelings for his ex-wife.
550 ::: A Sweet Sickness: The Flathead Movie (2011) ::: documentary ::: Join Hot Rod Builder and Award Winning Filmmaker Brian Darwas, as he sits down and talks the world's top engine builders and fabricators about the engine that pioneered a movement, The Ford Flathead. Learn speed secrets from Vern Tardel. Get an in depth look at the build of of two high powered Flathead motors by Mike Herman (H&H) and Ronnie SanGiovani. Hear the stories that inspired Ryan Cochran to begin one of the most popular Hot Rodding networks in the world today, and ride along with Vern Hammond and Jack Carroll of The Burbank Choppers in their Flathead powered, traditional Hot Rods!
551 ::: "Football Freestyler 2" (2015) ::: sport ::: Follow the antics of football world record holder Dan Magness, as he meets the world's best football players and freestylers and performs his own tricks and skills to put a smile on peoples faces! Featuring both Professional Footballers and Professional Freestylers, the Series will examine the passion, the artistry, the training and the dedication needed to master a football.
552 ::: "Unzipped" (1999) ::: documentary ::: Tellytubbies, Blue Peter, Benny Hill, Gillian Taylforth - they have all been involved in scandal and their stories are told in this programme. A look at the scandals that have beset television.
553 ::: "Paura d'amare" (2010) ::: drama ::: Sefano Loi the president of the Loi Pharma, when he lost his wife a tragic car accident. His life is fall apart. He tried to be continued the life before and have a good father of his two children, but everything seems desperate without his beloved wife. When he met Asia, a young, beautiful medical student girl his and family's's life change forever, and he be given second chance to love and happiness.
554 ::: Little League's Official How-to- Play Baseball Video (1985) ::: family ::: Little League's Official How-to-Play Baseball Video combines 70 minutes of entertaining and easy-to-understand instruction with network-style video effects in 19 comprehensive chapters. Basic enough for beginners, yet informative enough to help even the brightest young stars shine brighter. Produced by Little League for the 8-14 year players, the video teaches all the skills they'll need to excel at America's favorite pastime. There is a companion book that complements the video.
555 ::: The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (1983) ::: documentary ::: This documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Never Cry Wolf, the film version of Farley Mowat's book about his experiences researching the behavior of wolves in the wild. Included are interviews with the cast and crew who talk about the experience of making the film, as well as all of the effort that went into it.
556 ::: Drop in Drop Out: 11 Miles to Paradise (2010) ::: documentary ::: On the Island of Kaui... where the road ends... a trail begins. The mystic trail winds for 11 miles on the edge of a cliff. The destination is an enchanted hidden valley called "Kalalau". Some try to find this place to lose there past. Some try to find themselves in this island paradise. Others who walk this trail are to never be seen again.
557 ::: The Smell of Who She Is (2006) ::: short ::: A collection of dark images and sounds taken from a relationship between a man and a woman. The relationship is presented in a series of black and white images edited to create visual rhythms varying in pace and complexity. Accompanying the visual rhythms are waves of abstract sound which ebb and flow like the cycles of a tide. The images and sound work in concert to plunge the viewer into a world of irrational thinking and raw emotion.
558 ::: Chicago Bearfest (1997) ::: adult ::: When a sex contest is held in Chicago, the bears come out to play and big, furry masculine bear sex is the order of the day! Who will win the coveted prize of getting the ultimate bear to bang him? It's a cum and sweat drenched romp only for real men who can take every inch!
559 ::: Reunion 108 (2013) ::: comedy ::: Two generations of professional baseball players return for a reunion game at one of their minor league stops en route to the big leagues. Unbeknownst to them, the owner of the club, on his way to a month of rustic living in the high Asian elevations, and desiring a connection to home, arranges an inducement to get the players to reveal novel anecdotes from their past 'on and off the field' baseball lives. The only apparent commonality between the two groups is their success on the ball field, each team providing the locals with the only two minor league championships for the small town nestled in the valley of the Allegheny Mountains.
560 ::: Airo (2003) ::: short ::: A scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky surrounded by mystical nature.
561 ::: Fuori dalle corde (2007) ::: drama ::: The story of Mike, a young Italian boxer from Trieste. A troubled man, like many of his peers; thirty years old and still a dreamer. Mike's dream, shared by his sister Anna, is to become a champ in the near future. But, as often happens real life is harsh, bitter, and full of hidden dangers. Mike falls for the allure of these dangers. He starts earning a lot in illegal fistfights, but soon discovers that it's not a world he likes. And getting out will be harder than he ever imagined.
562 ::: Made in Cleveland (2013) ::: comedy ::: Tale of life, love and the pursuit of happiness... in Cleveland. Nine vignettes about love: an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long-lost love; a man's past comes to light in the midst of a perfect date; a recently separated paramedic gets more than he bargains for when he is thrust in the middle of a domestic dispute; a desperate man employs his friends in an elaborate scheme to meet the girl of his dreams, a recovering sex addict returns home to start a new life. There are thousands of stories of love, lust, loss and despair all over Cleveland-these are just a few of them.
563 ::: La Ciudad del Trabajo (2015) ::: documentary ::: Gijon's "Labor University" is the maximum example of monumental architecture during the Franco autarchy in Spain (1939-1959). A boarding school for a thousand children, this "socio-educational laboratory" enacted the aspired future shape of the country. Using audio fragments of films from the two first decades of dictatorship, this film essays complementary ways to reveal the implications of this building-city, its ambiguous position between utopia and dystopia and its unique architecture, straddling the inventions of Piero della Francesca and Piranesi.
564 ::: Misión Sobrevive (2017) ::: comedy ::: After pacific life of Roberto, Nico and Hugo, there is a storm. When they discover about other survivors they have to protect themselves until they obtain all the information that they need to save the world. Saving the world is not an option anymore.
565 ::: Zion, Auto-Emancipation (1999) ::: documentary ::: Zion is the history of the first sionist congress in Basle and Theodore Harzel's first suggestion of the foundation and form of an eventual Jewish State. It is also the story of Amos Gitai's mother who was born in Hiafa in 1909 and his father Munio Wenraub who left Berlin in 1993 via Basle. It's a journy from Basle to Jerusalem, from Vienna to Haifa, from 1897 to the present day.
566 ::: Kaokiri (2016) ::: drama ::: A team writing a script about an incident in 1937 Japan, where the face of actor Hayashi Chojiro is cut with a razor, is arguing. This incident was a scandal. The argument becomes heated. The actor playing the assistant director abandons the crew and the lead actress is also threatening to do the same.
567 ::: Unidentified (2006) ::: sci-fi ::: A pair of enterprising young reporters from "Both Sides" magazine are sent to Texas to investigate a rash of UFO sightings. Their investigation reveals a supernatural element that forces a wedge between the two reporters. As they pursue their separate and conflicting theories, their lives begin to change.
568 ::: Erotic Secrets (2010) ::: comedy ::: On their way to a Hollywood party, five women are momentarily stuck in an elevator. To pass the time, they entertain each other with stories of their sex lives or lack of same. In the vein of "Sex in the City."
569 ::: Chemical Bonds (2003) ::: short ::: If happiness was found in a pill, would you take it? Dean thinks he has found it all in Ecstasy. But the pill's effects don't last forever and leaves Dean more lost than before. "Chemical Bonds" is one man's search for ecstasy in the LA fast lane.
570 ::: The Last Punch (2016) ::: drama ::: The Last Punch tells the true story of James Cornelius, an Atlanta hustler turned boxing promoter who used his street smarts to navigate the shark-infested waters of the 1980s fight game. James must race against the clock, evade the F.B.I., and somehow find a way to make Muhammad Ali's last fight, The Drama In Bahamas, a reality. The Drama in Bahamas was Muhammad Ali's final and most infamous fight. But the battle that raged outside the ring was even more compelling. At the center of that drama was the fight's promoter, James Cornelius, a street-wise man from Atlanta who had to navigate the shark-infested waters of the fight game, and stay one step ahead of the authorities while doing so. Based on true events. The Drama in Bahama was Muhammad Ali's final and most infamous fight. But the battle that raged outside the ring was even more compelling. At the center of that drama was the fight's promoter, James Cornelius, a street-wise hustler who had to navigate the shark-infested waters of the fight game, and stay one step ahead of the authorities while doing so. Based on true events.
571 ::: A Year and a Day (2012) ::: drama ::: An unusual story of The Flills who are a successful, well respected working class Glaswegian family who founded and run the local community centre. Mikey Flills is the backbone of the family, who selflessly keeps the family together and happy with his enormous charm and huge personality. But Mikey has many secrets, which lead to him leaving his family behind without any explanation. He returns a year later to make amends. He visits his fathers' grave to speak to him before he returns to his broken family to give them answers. Will he atone? What devastation will he find? How will the family react
572 ::: Jailbait Summer (1992) ::: comedy ::: Bored with his "played out" life in Southern California, a spirited surfer named Splash (Christian Porter) has wanderlust, and seeks new turf for his heterosexual desires. An old hippie named Obie Franco Canobie (Frank Crivelli) misinforms Splash to travel to Provincetown, Massachusetts, because it was a Mecca for heterosexuals back in the 1960's. Upon his arrival, Splash is constantly hit upon by gay men, and his advances are rejected by many local lesbians. Just about to return back to California, Splash runs into Axel (Mario Scaldini), the self-proclaimed "King of the Straight Scene". Soon, Splash is introduced to the vivacious Jennifer (Liz Dennis), and the two fall for each other. The only problem is that Jennifer has a nerdy brother named Eugene (Bruce Estey), who is constantly hanging around her. In the mix of strange house parties at Axel's "Babe-crib", Axel is going through his own issues, and in a mad dream sequence, sells his soul to Satan, in exchange for "all of the jail-bait he can handle." There is a beach party scene, complete with an angry biker gang, headed by a Mohawk wig-wearing biker named Arnie (Russell Meads). The story is narrated by the beautiful Braunwyn Jackett, and introduced by Mr. "Tip Toe Thriugh The Tulips" himself, Tiny Tim.
573 ::: The Mandala (2000) ::: adventure ::: When an appraiser tells a proud owner that his priceless antique is really a phony, the stage is set for vengeance and several cute woman are tied and gagged as a result. In the second story, a saleswoman sends a stressed telemarketer into a bondage frenzy.
574 ::: "Out Here" (2012) ::: reality-tv ::: DJ Williford, a freelance videographer in New York City, goes from street to street to capture the cutting-edge skateboard scene. He follows skateboarder Leo Heinert who shreds throughout the many skate spots of New York. Get an inside look on a typical day in the streets in the first episode of OUT HERE.
575 ::: Life Just Is (2012) ::: drama ::: Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. Beneath the hanging out and the daily routines simmers Pete's desire to find a spiritual answer to life's meaning, Jay's desperate need not to get hurt again, and Tom and Claire's ever increasing mutual attraction.
576 ::: The Present with a Future (1943) ::: short ::: It's Christmas morning, and pre-teens Billy and Ginny have expectations of what they will receive as gifts, Ginny a bicycle and Billy a railroad set. Instead, they receive war bonds as a gift from their mother, who explains to them that the war bonds will help what their father is fighting for, and may even pay to save his life is he were wounded. Although she could afford to give them a traditional gift plus the war bonds, she further explains that excessive consumption should not be flaunted during war time, as men and women not only fight for their country, but work in support of the war effort. 'Bette Davis' (qv), who portrays the mother in the just described scene, comes out of character, and as herself, implores the viewer to purchase war bonds and stamps. In a short scene a mother explains to her children, Jenny and Billy, why they received war bonds as Christmas presents, even though the mother can afford to give them more expensive gifts. Davis then steps out of character and asks moviegoers to buy war bonds and stamps.
577 ::: Return of the Prairie Bandit (2011) ::: documentary ::: Their habitat once stretched across the Prairies, but when humans wiped out the one thing they eat, the black-footed ferret became the most endangered species in the world. Now a fledgling project is attempting to bring the black-footed ferret back to Canada. Return of the Prairie Bandit is a fascinating look at the ups and downs of reintroducing a species to the wild set against the sweeping, stark beauty of the prairie landscape.
578 ::: "Telemoda" (1985) ::: family ::: The series run for 26 weeks and it was composed of 26 shows of 24 min. each. In the shows, Bruno Pischiutta interviewed personalities of Toronto's Fashion Industry: designers, creators, store owners, tailors and seamstresses, models, etc. The goal of the show was to bring to the two hundred thousand Italian homes in Toronto, Ontario the best that the fashion industry had to offer. Children fashion, bridal fashion, men and women fashion, formal and casual was presented weekly with great success. The name of the show was Telemoda which translates in English as Fashion TV. Later, the show was imitated several times in Canada and overseas.
579 ::: Too Many Ghosts (2011) ::: short ::: Too Many Ghosts is a fictionalised commentary on the folly of war. It is set in Europe between the last five days of the Second World War and a few days after the end of hostilities. Joe Franklin, a young corporal in Britain's illustrious 350-year-old East Yorkshire Regiment, is reminiscing about the horrors of war and the mental scars it inflicts on the physically and mentally injured. He is filled with remorse at the memories of those very close to his heart who have perished. Many are missing but some have been returned home to be buried in towns and villages up and down the British Isles. Joe's story is told against the musical backdrop of England's great national composer, Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Master of the King's Musick, with poetry by some of the country's great war poets, including Rupert Brooke and Laurence Binyon, and specially-composed verse by the film-maker.
580 ::: Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016) ::: documentary ::: A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater. Produced and Directed by Louis Black (founder of SXSW Festivals and the Austin Chronicle) and Karen Bernstein (Emmy and Grammy Award winning documentary filmmaker), this is an unusual look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose from Austin, Texas in the 1980s/ early 90's and how Linklater's films, Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life and Boyhood, sparked a low budget, in your own backyard movement in this country and around the world.
581 ::: Scream: A New Beginning, Short Film (2017) ::: horror ::: After the event of Jill's killing spree. The murders are not over. They start with a blood bath of slaughter. Lori must uncover the masked killer before the Prescott family tree will be finished.
582 ::: Welcome (2016/II) ::: documentary ::: A black screen. Four voices are heard. Two men are telling and repeating to two others that they are "welcome to the region". Gradually, the situation becomes clearer: the filmmaker, Zhu Rikun, is on a shoot in Sichuan. His interest is in the lung diseases that plague the region's workers, a health problem already present in his film Dust and which the Chinese State is trying to hush up. So here he is, invited to a brief interview with the local authorities, which is audio-recorded and played back in full in the film. A raw document that bares the methods of power: the insistence of the censors, their successive changes in strategy ranging from sugar-coated threats to the express demand that the images be destroyed, which only fuels the desire to bear witness even further. (Cinereel, Paris)
583 ::: Slightly Used (2009) ::: comedy ::: Slightly Used is a comedy that takes place on the battle ground of the used car lot. The story revolves around humorous events that ensue during a competition between two sales teams, fighting for a chance to be able to star in the company's new commercial, and be crowned the new "HOT GUN OF THE MONTH". The Story takes place over the course of one work day in one location, the car lot.
584 ::: "Connor's Monthly Vlog" (2014) ::: documentary ::: As the year closes, Connor finds himself a full-time job. Whilst he works on various projects behind the scenes, he celebrates the Christmas festivities by seeing friends and family, enjoying their company and also seeing "Rogue One" (2016).
585 ::: The Missing Ingredient: What is the Recipe for Success? (2015) ::: documentary ::: A Manhattan restaurateur makes the bold decision to boost his struggling eatery's business by putting up the iconic zebra wallpaper made world-famous by the recently shuttered Upper East Side institution, Gino's. His choice sparks controversy when Gino's previous owners, staff and loyal regulars, still hurting over Gino's closing, catch wind of his intentions. A story of two Manhattan restaurants: Gino's, an Upper East Side fixture for more than six decades, and Pescatore, a Midtown staple on Second Ave since 1993 now facing stiff competition as the neighborhood changes. After taking over Pescatore, new restaurateur Charles Devigne seeks to shake up things in a bid for new business. His controversial decision to borrow one of Gino's iconic features inspires Michael Sparaga's exploration of that undefinable quality which transforms a simple eatery into an institution.
586 ::: The Judgment of Weeping Mary (2008) ::: drama ::: This drama details the life of Josephine Smith, who must search for her own truth while rejecting the identity foisted upon her by her parents and community. Josephine longs to escape from the abuse she suffers at the hands of her troubled boyfriend, and her longing ultimately dooms her. She desires to be accepted into the straight-jacket of small-town values and perceptions, yet with the aide of afflicted youth pastor, Benjamin King, she finds a shocking and unexpected ticket to her freedom. The brittle veneer of Weeping Mary, Texas crumbles to reveal troubling taboos and truths of human nature.
587 ::: "Our Private World" (1965) ::: drama ::: Young Lisa Miller Hughes had been through a failed marriage and she needed something new. She left her ex-husband Bob and son Tom behind and moved to Chicago. Her new life involved many new people whose attitudes and problems affected Lisa's life.
588 ::: Sukher Swarga (1993) ::: drama ::: Shukher Swarga is a family drama which is based on the theme of family relations and its complications. The film shows the good and bad nature of man and how misunderstandings can break up a happy family. It makes you understand the importance of being true and just even in bad situations; that good always wins over evil. There is much emotion and depth throughout with a few funny elements.
589 ::: "Maniac Mansion" (1990) ::: comedy ::: Justin Scorsayze inherits a mansion after the mysterious death of his long lost great great great great grandpa. He later finds out from his butler that his mansion is haunted by dinosaurs... ghost dinosaurs. Will he be able to tame them? Will he catch em all? Or will he die trying.
590 ::: Jihad: Searching for Answers (2007) ::: documentary ::: What makes someone so desperate to go on a suicide mission? How do Muslims look at the people of other faiths? What is Jihad? These are the questions that all of us have been asking since 9/11/2001. "JIHAD: Searching For Answers" is a documentary on Muslim-Americans and how they feel about today's Islamic society, terrorism and its affects. This documentary interviews various groups of people (mainly youths and community leaders) in the Middle Eastern and South Asian communities to find out what they think about the current affairs, the post 9/11 world, and their place in the American society. "JIHAD: Searching For Answers" searches for the core of the Islamic community in the United States and interviews Muslim community leaders, scholars, and authors to find out their thoughts on issues such as 9/11 terrorist attacks, sectarian violence in the holy land, and the conflict in the Middle East.
591 ::: Killjoy (????) ::: drama ::: Five college friends are faced with an intrepid journey back to salvation after their car breaks down deep in the sweltering desert. The marooned group find themselves thrown into an unexpected dark and twisted plot of revenge. The unfortunate turn of events forces the rest of the group into a life and death struggle of survival amongst the natural elements, perilous cliffs, venomous minstrels, ruthless drug smugglers and a gun wielding psychopath -- the fates of each individual are quickly realized, this trip to the desert may be their last.
592 ::: Dangerous Diva's Naked Prisoners (2009) ::: adventure ::: Pretty blondes who possess family heirlooms are no match for Dangerous Diva, a masked, cat-suited villainess, her likes to strip, bind and gag her victims after relieving them of their valuables. In the next vignette, DD re-steals an incriminating tape from a femme fatale then fondles the beautiful blonde who is bound and helpless in her shower. In the final story, the Diva is more interested in toying with her naked prisoner than in stealing her goodies.
593 ::: Almost Adult: Diary of a 20 Year Old (2011) ::: documentary ::: August, 24th is Ukraine's Independence Day. The country's birthday. How is it celebrated by those who recently had their own 20th anniversary? Are they ready to take over? Or is it better to support Ukraine from abroad? The characters of the documentary film are the eminent figures of independent Ukraine's arts and politics, including three country's ex-presidents, and also young people from different regions and with different social status. August, 24th is Ukraine's Independence Day. The country's birthday. How is it celebrated by those who recently had their own 20th anniversary? Are they ready to take over? Or is it better to support Ukraine from abroad? The characters of the documentary film are the eminent figures of independent Ukraine's arts and politics, including three country's ex-presidents, and also young people from different regions and with different social status.
594 ::: State Fair Foods (2012) ::: reality-tv ::: Every year State Fair vendors try to top each other to create the most crazy, most delicious, most carb-loaded, over-the-top concoction ever, and fair-goers eat it up. From fried bubble gum, to casserole on a stick, to chocolate covered scorpions, State Fair foods are an adventure all their own and we'll take you along for the ride.
595 ::: Terms & Conditions (2015) ::: action ::: Legendary hitman Vet Jones never expected to accept another mission. But when his son fails to assassinate an important target, and a powerful crime boss gives Jones an ultimatum - finish the job or his son dies - Jones has no choice but to accept. After realizing the target is innocent, Jones tries to change his mission in order to protect the target - but can he save her life as well as the life of his son?
596 ::: Twentysomething (2016) ::: short ::: A former history major, Sam, has dropped out of college for reasons she can't explain. On her 22nd birthday, she has one big wish: to feel a part of history by seeing the Patek Comet, which comes only once every 150 years. But her day spirals out of control in a series of confrontations with her boss, family, friends and boyfriend - who bombard her with questions about her future that she's not prepared to answer.
597 ::: Basic. Fellowship (2011) ::: short ::: Is church a specific place where individuals gather once a week to sing a few songs and listen to someone talk about God, or does church refer to the people themselves, who share a common mission in the world? Maybe if we start to view church the way God designed it, as a family loving each other and living and sharing all of life together, we might show the world a glimpse of who God is, and we might begin to impact the world as God intended us to do. 'Fellowship' is the fourth film in the BASIC series.
598 ::: "Moneywise with Kelvin Boston" (2000) ::: talk-show ::: The Moneywise series is the nation's premiere multicultural financial and business affairs program. Each episode teaches viewers the necessary skills to understand basic financial planning concepts, increase their net worth, and use their financial resources more effectively.
599 ::: ModPro Hackers (2017) ::: thriller ::: The whole world is under a Cyber Attack by the world famous Hunter Gujjar. A group of 3 teenage computer lover's decided to stand against him and started a movement again cyber criminals until one night when Hunter Gujjar decides to disconnect USA and UK from the world, which happened. The 3 hackers Founded a Company named ModPro Hackers aka. The World Changers. The 3 were never serious in this business until they got on to the hold of the Armegithrim SXW Chip, the chip Hunter used to destroy a total of 107 countries. When Hunter gets to know about that, he starts to assassinate all the White Hats. After a year of Cyber War, ModPro Hackers only remain to fight for Justice and restoring peace in the World.
600 ::: The Town That Was (2007) ::: documentary ::: In 1962, a trash fire ignited a seam of anthracite coal beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a once thriving mining town of over 1600 people. By the mid 1980's, giant plumes of smoke and deadly carbon monoxide gases billowed from fissures in the ground, the local highway cracked and collapsed, trees were bleached white and petrified, as the fire continued to rage unchecked. It wasn't until a young boy nearly died after falling into a smoldering mine subsidence that the government was pressed into action. After estimating the cost of extinguishing the fire at over a half a billion dollars, the government opted to raze the town and relocate its residents. Today, 11 die-hards remain. Filmed over a period of five years with interviews ranging from former residents to Congressmen, The Town That Was is an intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining Centralian, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten. Filmed over a period of five years with interviews ranging from former residents to Congressmen, THE TOWN THAT WAS is an intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining Centralian, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten.