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"James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on a nearly impossible mission to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. High stakes and suspense power a story that captures the essence of a man who risked everything, vividly bringing his personal journey to life"--Container.
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Controversial classics volume 2
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The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
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A gripping game of cat and mouse that will keep you guessing until the very end. An NYPD hostage negotiator forms an unlikely team with an FBI agent to save hostages in a skillfully orchestrated copycat crime at the Federal Reserve Bank, led by a ruthlessly cunning bank robber. With time working against them and innocent lives on the line, they must put their professional differences aside before they get trapped in a twisted web of lies.
5) Metro
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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.
6) High noon
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When hostage negotiator Phoebie MacNamara meets handsome bar owner Duncan Swift, she can't resist his charms. But when she's assaulted by an unknown assailant and later receives a series of mysterious threats, she's up against a killer who's out to destroy her personally and professionally.
9) Mad city
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Sam is a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Max is a local TV reporter taken hostage with schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum. It's a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. He's on the inside of a live exclusive. Now he must give Sam's story a heroic spin, keep a cynical network anchor at bay and above all, keep America watching. And as Max pulls the strings, the stakes grow higher, darker,...
10) The negotiator
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Danny Roman, a cop who, anxious to clear himself of false accusations, takes a group of people hostage and requests the presence of a fellow officer from another precinct. A hostage specialist, the Negotiator, who comes in to try and defuse the situation and bring Roman in.
11) Alan Partridge
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Alan Partridge, the famous local radio DJ and TV host, finds himself at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he's getting fired when the new owners decide to convert the station to talk radio.
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Film noir classic collection volume 5, disc 2
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English
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The Phenix City story: Corruption, brutality and vice plagued Phenix City, Alabama for 100 years. This is Phil Karlson's semidocumentary telling the jolting tale of those who risked their lives to bring the burg's syndicate of thugs and murderers to justice.
Dial 1119: An asylum inmate escapes to the city where he takes hostages at a local dive, guns down a bar employee, and warns authorities his captives will be next if the doctor whose testimony...
14) Hostage
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Bruce Willis stars as Jeff Talley, a big-city hostage negotiator who voluntarily trades trauma for house calls when he becomes Chief of Police in a sleepy town. 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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Running out of time: Expert hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-sang is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse when a criminal mastermind with weeks to live decides to take on the entire Hong Kong police force. There's more to his plan than meets the eye, but can Inspector Ho figure it out and catch him in time? He's got 72 hours to try. Running out of time 2: Inspector Ho pursues a sophisticated art thief with a taste for the theatrical.
16) The Negotiation
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"An ace crisis negotiator faces off against a cold-blooded hostage taker. Over the course of 21 hours, she attempts to crack his unusually calm demeanor and force him to reveal his motivations."--IMDb.
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Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory: Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
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