Christopher Reeve
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English
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So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. If we can conquer outer space, we can conquer inner space, too. Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In Nothing Is Impossible, the author of the bestselling autobiography Still Me shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He...
2) Rear Window
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English
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A quadriplegic confined to his apartment passes the long hours by spying on his neighbors. His innocent pastime takes a deadly turn when he thinks he witnesses a murder. Based on the pulp classic by Cornell Woodrich made famous by the 1954 Hitchcock film.
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English
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In February 1861, America is about to be torn apart by the Civil War. The North, under President Lincoln, forms a Secret Service headed by Allen Pinkerton (Christopher Reeve), whose first target is the Southern society belle Rose Greenhow (Madolyn Smith Osborne). But no one believes this refined young lady is a spy, and Pinkerton's warnings are ignored-until too late. One senator's indiscretion in leaking military secrets to Rose results in the slaughter...
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English
Description
Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views strenuously opposed to the Boston feminists. The contest is met between Basil and Olive. The prize: possession of Verena.
7) Fatal vision
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English
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A documented book on a doctor in the Green Berets who was convicted of the slaying of his pregnant wife and two small daughters.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This intimate portrait focuses on Chris' remarkable recovery of movement and his constant fight to regain mobility via two documentary segments: Hope in motion and Choosing hope. Special features: interviews with Christopher Reeve, Brooke Ellison, Jim McLaren, and Jesse Billauer, and two stirring documentaries.
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English
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At the 1984 Olympics, the United States rowing team- for the first time in nearly 30 years- had a serious chance to win an Olympic medal in the single sculls. Four genuine challengers emerged for the opportunity to represent the U.S. They competed fiercely in a sport that held no promise of financial reward. What drove these men to endure a physical pain known to no other sport?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam...
13) Rear window
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A recently paralyzed architect (Jason Kemp) believes he has witnessed a murder from his apartment window. Jason's colleague (Claudia) quickly becomes his partner in trying to solve the mysterious puzzle that lies in the apartment across the way. The more-than-patient detective (Moore) grudgingly responds to their repeated calls and accusations, but believes Jason's imagination is getting the best of him. Determined to uncover the truth, Jason continues...
Series
Complete Superman collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Special edition
Language
English
Description
The planet Krypton is doomed and Jor-El sends his infant son to refuge on a distant planet where he develops superhuman powers that he must hide from the mortals around him.
15) Everyone's hero
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
16) Deathtrap
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Murder mystery set in a remote country house, concerning a play, its authors, and their road to success.
18) Death dreams
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
George Westfield and his wife Crista enjoy wealth, beauty and social rank. But when Crista's daughter Jennie tragically drowns, their perfect world unravels. Without warning, Jennie contacts Crista from the beyond to tell her mother how she really died. Bit by bit, clues pile up, evidence is found and what follows is a riveting murder-mystery that will haunt long after the credits roll.
19) Superman 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
The Richard Donner cut., widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
With Jor-El in recently discovered key scenes, different Lois Lane scenes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman, this Superman II is an eye-opening alternate experience. Now, for the first time Director Richard Donner's never-before-seen vision is here.
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