Louis Gossett
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Police officer Mac McDonald's life is shattered when a tragic accident takes the life of his son. Years later, Mac's bitterness and pain has eroded his love for his family, strained his relationships on the force, and left him angry with God. When Mac gets partnered up in the squad car with Sam Wright, an African-American ordained minister-turned-cop, will the two be able to join forces and help one another when it's impossible to look past their...
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A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally...
4) Jaws 3
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When a baby shark dies at the new Undersea Kingdom at Florida's Sea World, the creature's mother goes on a killing spree.
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Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. He is a Navy brat and he has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack then meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.
6) The reason
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When a mysterious man appears in a small town, unexplained miracles start to occur changing the lives of everyone he meets. There's a mother whose five-year-old boy has leukemia, two doctors, one an atheist haunted by his past, the other a brilliant young oncologist that places all her hope in the power of modern medicine, and a blind pastor whose son hasn't spoken a single word in 38 years.
7) Enemy mine
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Two warriors engaged in a savage futuristic war between Earth and the planet Dracon, crash-land on a desolate, fiery planet. At first, the human and his reptilian, alien opponent are intent on destroying each other. But after battling the elements and each other, the two stranded pilots gradually realize that the only way either of them will survive is to over-come their undying hatred.
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Jake Bouchard, a shy seveteen-year-old, has finally scored a date with the incredibly wonderful Angie. But plans quickly change when Angie gets kidnapped and the least likely person steps up to solve the case: Grandpa. In a last-ditch effort to rescue Angie from her captors, Grandpa re-enlists "The Devil's Scum", his old World War II intelligence unit, to band together with Jake to go on one last mission.
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Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness....
10) El Diablo
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When one of his pretty young students is kidnapped by the legendary outlaw El Diablo, a blundering schoolteacher meets up with a renegade gunman who teaches him how to handle a gun and ride like a man.
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'They're killing him bit by bit!' Flamboyant, flame-haired 70-plus Augusta Bertram has opened a package containing a finger that recently belonged to her years-ago lover. The victim's kidnappers continue mailing expendable body parts, and Augusta enlists the aid of her stuffy nephew in a mad to-the-rescue adventure across Europe in pursuit of $100,000 in ransom money. The scramble to save a life just might also liberate the nephew's life-starved soul....
12) The Cuban
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"When a naïve pre-med student gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever."--container.
13) Firewalker
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Two Vietnam veteran adventurers (Norris and Gossett) are hired by a young woman (Anderson) who wants them to help her find a fabulous treasure-filled Aztec temple in the depths of the Guatemalan jungle.
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"Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at First Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon. Both have dreams of taking over the church, but when the aging pastor stubbornly refuses to step down, the two ministers make pivotal decisions that ultimately fray the fabric of their deeply-woven friendship"--Container.
15) The color purple
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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
17) Roots
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An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.