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3) The Getaway
Language
English
Description
Brent Magna is a burned-out race car driver who is thrust into a do-or-die mission behind the wheel when his wife is kidnapped. With Brent's only ally being a young hacker, his one hope of saving his wife is to follow the orders of the unseen assailant who is monitoring his every move through cameras mounted on the car Brent's driving.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney. Cast, credits, and essay by James Naremore printed in booklet inserted in container.
8) The getaway
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
A convict leaves jail on parole and promptly joins his wife in a bank robbery.
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray special ed.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Jim Thompson provides a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis' American Psycho"--Page 4 cover.
"Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas. The worst thing most people can say against him is that he's a little slow and a little boring. But, then, most people don't know about the sickness--the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was...
11) Paths of glory
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
12) The killing
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A group of small-time crooks plan a daring race-track robbery--but their well-laid plans go awry.
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