The films of Michael Powell

The films of Michael Powell [videorecording] / [presented by] Columbia Pictures; directed by Michael Powell.

A matter of life and death: British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator.

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Tabu

a story of the south seas

Tabu [videorecording]: a story of the south seas / Paramount Publix Corporation; distributed by Image Entertaimnent; Paramount presents [a] Murnau-Flaherty production; director, F.W. Murnau; screenplay, R.J. Flaherty, F.W. Murnau.

Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men.

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The take

The take [videorecording] / produced by Barna-Alper Productions and Klein Lewis Productions; in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; directed by Avi Lewis; written by Naomi Klein; produced by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein; co-producer, Kate McKenna; executive producer, Laszlo Barna.

"In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory ... All they want is to re-start the silent machine, but this simple act- "the take" -threatens to turn the globalization debate on its head."--Label on videocassette container.

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Take Me

Take me [videorecording] / Coastal Productions and SMG TV Productions; produced by Bill Boyes; written by Caleb Ranson; directed by Alex Pillai.

Jack and Kay Chambers move to idyllic Hadleigh Corner in a last ditch effort to save their marriage. They find themselves caught up in a web of sex games, intrigue, and murder where even the truth may not be all that it seems.

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Take out

Take out [videorecording] / Cavu Pictures presents a Cre Film production; produced by Isil Bagdadi and Michael Sergio; written and directed by Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou.

A day in the life of Ming Ding begins as a pair of hammer-wielding loan sharks come to the door of Ming's squalid apartment. Their ultimatum, delivered in Mandarin, is as simple as it is virtually impossible to fulfill, needing to give them $800 by the evening or the debt will be doubled. With the family he supports half a world away, Ming has a single rain-soaked shift at his job in which to pay off his thuggish creditors. Ming Ding anonymously and almost wordlessly delivers Chinese food on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

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Take the lead

Take the lead [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Tiara Blu Films; produced by Christopher Godsick, Michelle Grace, Diane Nabatoff; written by Dianne Houston; directed by Liz Friedlander.

Pierre Dulane is a former professional ballroom dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. At first his background clashes with his students' tastes, but together Dulane and his students create a completely new style of dance.

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Take the money and run

Take the money and run [videorecording] / Palomar Pictures International presents; a Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe production; produced by Charles H. Joffe; screenplay by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose; directed by Woody Allen.

Psuedo-documentary that follows the activities of an unsuccessful bank robber.

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Taking lives

Taking lives [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Mark Canton production; produced by Mark Canton, Bernie Goldman; screen story and screenplay by Jon Bokenkamp; directed by D.J. Caruso.

Illeana Scott is a special agent with the FBI, who has a strong record as a criminal profiler. Scott is called in by a former Quantico colleague to assist two Canadian police detectives, Paquette and Duval, who are on the trail of a serial killer who has been killing in and around Montreal for almost two decades. Art gallery owner James Costa saw the killer during an assault, and now finds himself working as a decoy for Scott. As Scott and Costa follow the killer's trail, they find themselves becoming attracted to one another, which is not a comfort to Scott.

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The taking of Pelham one two three

The taking of Pelham one two three [videorecording] / Palomar Pictures and Palladium Productions; directed by Joseph Sargent; produced by Gabriel Katzka, Edgar J. Scherick; screenplay by Peter Stone.

A gang of armed men hijack a New York City subway train and threaten to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met.

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Taking on the Kennedys

Taking on the Kennedys [videorecording] / written, produced, and directed by Joshua Seftel; produced in association with the Independent Television Service; Joshua Seftel Film & Video Production.

The story of Republican Kevin Vigilante's unsuccessful 1996 campaign for the House of Representatives in his native Rhode Island, in which he was opposed by Democrat Patrick Kennedy (the son of long-time Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy). After initially pledging to run a clean race, Vigilante soon realizes his chances are nil unless he engages in some good old-fashioned mud-slinging.

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