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On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard’s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it’s they we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece, a deeply complex portrait of a community.
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Mortimer Brewster is appalled when he learns that his charming little old aunts have been poisoning their elderly gentlemen boarders in what they believe is an act of kindness, and burying them in the cellar with the help of another nephew who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt
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"Can one man be that unlucky? Elisa Wright is a mom and wife, living a nice, quiet life in a nice, quiet town. She's also convinced her brother-in-law is a murderer. Josh has one dead wife and one missing fiancée, and though he grieved for them he starts dating someone new. Elisa fears for that woman's safety, and she desperately wants to know what happened to her friend, Josh's missing fiancée. Searching for clues means investigating her own family....
9) Chinatown
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Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
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English
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Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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A tennis star (Guy) is harassed on a train by a psychotic (Bruno) who wants to swap murders and who proceeds to carry out his part of the unconfirmed bargain. The British version amplifies Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy, and his psychotic personality
11) State of play
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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The murder of an ambitious politician's researcher leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover a complex thriller revealing the links between government and big business
12) Vertigo
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Universal
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered, and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman
16) The judge
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before
19) A broken code
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Maverick Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their infamous mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni in an Italian suburb. Their childhood is marked by glimpses of violence hidden behind the family's Chicago pizza front. Although their mother was around, their separate fathers were not. Gino always stood close to his family values while Carmelo strayed away, getting involved in street crimes and drug use. When the boys are older, Salvatore is murdered....
20) Soylent green
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In the year 2022, detective Thorn investigates a murder at the Soylent corporation and uncovers the origin of the mysterious food product the company manufactures
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