Kris Kristofferson
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Last year more than 30,000 people directly participated in reenactments of the classic battles of the Civil War, events that drew hundreds of thousands of spectators. Utterly authentic in terms of equipment and costumes (even down to the correct buttons), these events offered photographer Kris Kristoffersen the opportunity to capture on modern film the sweeping scenes of movement and battle that evaded contemporary Civil War photographers, whose primitive...
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Kris Kristofferson (A Star is Born) is Jericho Adams, a tough frontiersman who has left his violent, gun-slinging days behind for the love of his wife Dora (Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City) and their child. A raiding party of Blackfeet Indians set fire to the Adams' house taking Jericho, his wife and his son hostage. The Blackfeet chief is seeking revenge for his son, killing in self-defense by Jericho many years before–and now the chief aims to...
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The story begins when Juliette Flowers swears to bring the body of Ransom Pride home to Texas after he's gunned down in the streets of Mexico. With the help of Siamese twins, a shotgun-toting dwarf, and Ransom's crackshot younger brother, Juliette spills blood on the border to honor her oath to Ransom Pride. From savage bounty hunters to a murderous Reverend, The Last Rites of Ransom Pride is a full throttle high style graphic novel western that's...
7) Convoy
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Led by "Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson), a group of truckers form a convoy in the American Southwest in order to settle a score with the vindictive Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine).
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Winter's surrogate mother, the very elderly dolphin Panama, has passed away, leaving Winter without the only poolmate she has ever known. However, the loss of Panama may have even greater repercussions for Winter, who, according to USDA regulations, cannot be housed alone, as dolphins' social behavior requires them to be paired with other dolphins. Time is running out to find a companion for her before the team at Clearwater loses their beloved Winter...
10) Dolphin Tale
Pub. Date
2012
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Eleven-year-old Sawyer Nelson becomes fascinated by the efforts of a local aquarium to save Winter, a dolphin injured in a crab trap. Sawyer convinces a marine biologist and a prosthetist to create a new tail for Winter so that she may have a second chance at life.
11) Silver City
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2004.
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Grammatically challenged, "user friendly" gubernatorial candidate Dicky Pilager has just launched a rosy campaign for the citizens of the New West. But things take an unexpected turn when the taping of an environmental political ad ends up with Pilager reeling in a corpse. Enter his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven who hires idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse...
12) Angels sing
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2013.
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When Michael Walker, a man who hates Christmas, and his family move into a neighborhood that takes Christmas very seriously, a mysterious man gives Michael the courage to experience the joy of Christmas again.
13) Joyful Noise
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The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style,...
14) Traded
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In 1880s Kansas, sharpshooter turned rancher, Clay Travis, goes from happily married father of two to a man on a mission after the tragic death of his son and the disappearance of his daughter. Determined to bring his daughter home, and to protect what little family he has left, Clay leaves his quiet ranch and heads to Wichita and on to Dodge City with help of unlikely companion Billy, leaving a trail of gun smoke and dead bodies in their wake.
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[2004]
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What 10-year-old Billy wants most in the world is a hunting dog. After two years he saves up enough money to buy a pair of redbone hound pups. Billy trains 'Old Dan' and 'Little Ann' to be the finest hunting team in the valley. As the inseperable trio chase the wily 'ghost raccoon' and confront danger together, Billy learns the meaning of loyalty, courage and perseverance.
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Ben Crane is a Kentucky horse trainer who watches in horror as a championship filly breaks a leg during a practice run. Ordinarily the horse would have to be put down, but today Ben's daughter, Cale, is at the track. Ben impulsively buys the horse, which causes him to lose his job. The rehabilitation process of the horse is almost too much for a farm that's already struggling to survive in a modern economy, but the horse turns out to be a much-needed...
17) Hickok
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Wild Bill attempts to escape his past by settling in the small town of Abilene, Kansas. The mayor, captivated by Wild Bill's unparalleled gun skills, offers him a job as the town marshal. Wild Bill is soon challenged when a band of outlaws threaten him. Among the outlaws are powerful saloon owner Phil Poe, whose relationship with Bill's ex-lover stirs tension. Poe puts a bounty on Wild Bill's head but with the help of lawman Little Arkansas, Wild...
18) Wheeler
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[2017]
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Wheeler is an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. The line between reality and fiction blurs as Wheeler chases his dream in this touching tribute to old school country legends.