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1) M. Butterfly
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Love's mysteries and betrayal's cruelties are boldly portrayed in this fictional tale of French diplomat Rene Gallimard and Beijing Opera star Song Liling. Rene believes he's found the perfect woman. But after a love affair of nearly 20 years, he finds he cannot believe anything about the beguiling, secretive singer. Rene learns Song Liling is a spy. And it's not the only shocking secret his beloved "butterfly" hides."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Tells the story of rival North and South Korean diplomats in Magadishu, Somalia, who found themselves amidst civil war and, having no aid from either government and no means of communicating with the outside world, they have to overcome their differences and unite in their desperate attempt to escape.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth, intimate exploration of the true story behind Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film *Argo*. In this gripping new documentary, the story of the "Canadian Caper" is told by the man who knows it best: Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, who hid the six Americans in his official residence and obtained the counterfeit documents that allowed them to make their dramatic escape from Tehran. Based on Robert Wright's book, the film uncovers...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The Iran hostage crisis involved 52 American diplomats, Marines, and civilians held by force at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Unfolding like a political thriller, see how hostages' personal lives were torn apart and scrutinized through publicity, correspondents risked their lives to discover the truth about Iran, and military forces attempted to rescue the victims.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Language
English
Description
You'll never get rich: A musical about an on-again, off-again romance set against a military backdrop.
The notorious landlady: William Gridley, an American diplomat in London, gets mixed up with his beautiful landlady, Carlye Hardwick. Gridley discovers that she is suspected of murdering her husband and fears he may be next although he has fallen in love with her.
Second chorus: A musical dance comedy in which two collegiate trumpet players vie...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A Starfleet propulsion expert and his alien assistant come aboard the Enterprise to increase efficiency and then the Enterprise mysteriously rockets to an area previously unexplored by humans. Kirk discovers a ship carrying cryogenically frozen survivors of the 1990s Earth war known as the Eugenic Wars and when his life-support system dies, Khan, comes to life immediately, hatching a plan to rule mankind. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to a planet...
Series
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
The night of the following day: Professional criminals successfully kidnap a young girl from her wealthy family, but their plans become undone as they realize there is no trust between them.
The ugly American: As a compassionate American Ambassador to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation of Sarkhan, Brando tries to keep Communists in the North from overrunning the weakened democracy in the South by making sure a vital road into the country's inaccessible...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A bored Army private throws a party without his commanding officer's knowledge; a married man poses as the husband of a beautiful girl to help her get her inheritance; an American diplomat and his beautiful landlady stumble onto a jewel heist and murder; after her husband is killed in action and she is remarried, Julie discovers her first husband is still alive.
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