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2013., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Argo Edition: [Rental ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
![Argo [DVD] (2012). Directed by Ben Affleck](/Library/images/~imageCT75203.JPG "Argo [DVD] (2012). Directed by Ben Affleck")
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[2016]., Buena Vista Home Entertaiment/Touchstone Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic BridgeOfS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
![Bridge of spies [DVD] (2016). Directed by Steven Spielberg.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Bridge of spies [DVD] (2016). Directed by Steven Spielberg.")
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2016, p2017., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Certain Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From award-winning director, Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff) comes Certain Women, winner of Best Film at the London Film Festival. Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Lily Gladstone star as four women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest. Laura (Dern) is a lawyer who finds herself contending with both office sexism and a hostage situation. Gina (Williams) is a wife and mother whose determination to build her dream home puts her at odds with the men in her life. And Beth (Stewart) is a young law student who forms an ambiguous bond with a lonely ranch hand (radiant newcomer Lily Gladstone). As their stories intersect in subtle but powerful ways, a portrait emerges of flawed yet strong-willed individuals in the process of defining themselves."--Container.
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2007, p1972., Adult, Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Deliverance Edition: Deluxe ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it's gone, adventurer and outdoor fanatic, Lewis, organizes a trip for himself and his three friends, Ed, Drew and Bobby. They will canoe their way from top to bottom in search of great adventure. What they don't know is that they are in for much more than they originally bargained. Two mountain men take Ed and Bobby hostage. In a brave attempt to save his friends, Lewis kills one of the mountain men. A weekend of male bonding turns into a gut-wrenching fight for survival.
![Deliverance [DVD] (1972). Directed by John Boorman.](/Library/images/~imageCT71147.JPG "Deliverance [DVD] (1972). Directed by John Boorman.")
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By McTiernan, John Willis, Bruce, 1955- Rickman, Alan Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995 Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946- Veljohnson, Reginald, 1952- Atherton, William Gleason, Paul, 1944-2006 Bochner, Hart Thorp, Roderick Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Gordon Company Silver Pictures Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc[2007], Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Die Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Spotlight series (Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment)Summary Note: New York detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family. As he waits for his estranged wife's office Christmas party to break up, German terrorists occupy the building, and McClane wages a one-man war to stop them.
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[2005]., Miramax Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Hostage Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When ex-LAPD officer Jeff Talley became chief of police in a sleepy town, he thought he'd left behind the traumas of his career as a big city hostage negotiator. But when a random crime escalates into a deadly standoff, Talley finds himself thrust into a situation far more volatile and terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.
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c1997., Adult, Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video Call No: BLK DVD Fic Metro Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Roper, a hostage negotiator, catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
![Metro [DVD] (1997) directed by Thomas Carter.](/Library/images/~imageCT73771.JPG "Metro [DVD] (1997) directed by Thomas Carter.")
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2006, p1966., General, Paramount Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Mission I 1 Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jim Phelps is the head of a super-secret government agency who is often given secret and anonymous covert missions to attempt. His team are often unmasking criminals or rescuing hostages. He picks his team depending on which tasks need to be done. The most important thing that is vital - the mission must be carried out in entire secrecy, often relying on high-tech equipment and elaborate deceptions.
![Mission: impossible, season 1 [DVD] (1966). The complete first TV season /](/Library/images/~imageCT82380.JPG "Mission: impossible, season 1 [DVD] (1966). The complete first TV season /")
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2005, c1935., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Petrified Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A fugitive killer (Bogart) holds disillusioned writer Alan Squier (Howard),waitress and would-be artist Gabby Maple (Davis), and a handful of others hostage in an Arizona diner.
![The petrified forest (1935) [DVD]. Directed by Archie L. Mayo](/Library/images/~imageCT81355.JPG "The petrified forest (1935) [DVD]. Directed by Archie L. Mayo")
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2003., Adult, Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Ref Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
![The ref [DVD] (2003) Directed by Ted Demme](/Library/images/~imageCT73777.JPG "The ref [DVD] (2003) Directed by Ted Demme")
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-- Taking of Pelham one-two-three.c2009., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Taking Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal with Garber. Garber begins to employ his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages.
![The taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [DVD] (2009). Directed by Tony Scott.](/Library/images/~imageCT70865.JPG "The taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [DVD] (2009). Directed by Tony Scott.")