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In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** "*An enthralling...
3) Phantom
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the height of the cold war, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain (Harris) and a rogue KGB agent (Duchovny) are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear Armageddon hanging in the balance.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertaiment/Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
7) The game
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (354 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Cold War heats up when a KGB defector exposes Operation Glass, a potentially devastating Soviet plot to activate sleeper agents across the UK. The charismatic but paranoid head of MI-5, known simply as 'Daddy', assembles a secret committee of spies and intelligence officers to investigate. They're the only colleagues he trusts in a world of double agents and lies, but has he chosen well?
8) The hour: 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Rejoining The Hour a year on in 1957, the team are still striving to broadcast the stories they believe in, grappling with the disturbing threat of the Cold War and a country in the grip of unsettling, rapid change. Bel is still single and determined not to get involved with another married man, but finds herself taking on her adversary Bill Kendall, an ITV producer whose magnetic charm she can't help but find irresistible. Hector has risen to the...
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As global Cold War tensions mount and organized crime escalates in the U.S., a young, ambitious man from a wealthy family rises to become the leader of the free world. At the same time, a former dedicated Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of U.S. history will forever change.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with the next evolution of the revolution, but it's clear everyone is really out for themselves. Proof that comedy, like politics, is all in the execution.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and undercover KGB operatives Elizabeth and Philip Jennings face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 450 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter's future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her. FBI agent Stan Beeman rededicates himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 585 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Danger, disillusionment, and betrayal reach an all-time high in the suspense-laced fifth season of The Americans. KGB agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings' unwavering dedication to their work comes at even more of a personal cost than before. And as Paige is drawn deeper into the reality of her parents' secret job, she realizes she will never have a normal life. Meanwhile, as Cold War tensions continue to escalate, Philip and Elizabeth are suspicious...
Series
Criterion collection volume 821
Language
English
Description
A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Nerve-racking suspense surrounds The Bedford incident, the tale of a U.S. naval vessel on a routine NATO patrol that ends up in a freakish showdown with a Russian submarine"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
©1988
Physical Desc
58 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The place is a "pleasant woods on the outskirts of Geneva," where two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the bargaining table. The Russian, Botvinnik, a seasoned veteran who has mastered the Soviet "hard line," is urbane and humorous but, at the same time, profoundly cynical about what the current sessions can accomplish. His young American counterpart, Honeyman, a newcomer to...
18) Fail-safe
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
19) Octopussy
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A circus clown is murdered in the shadows of the Berlin Wall, a heavily guarded priceless Soviet art treasure turns up at a London auction, a tycoon arrives at conferences on a love barge, served by an army of scantily-clad lethal lovelies -- a mixture of mystery and action that only James Bond can unravel.
20) Bridge of spies
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (approximately 141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
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