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Tank

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Poster for the movie "Tank"

Tank (1984)

113 min - Comedy - 16 March 1984
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After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son, it's time for Zack to roll out the Sherman tank and wage a little war of his own.

Director:  Marvin J. Chomsky
Writers:  Dan Gordon
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The Great Escape

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The Great Escape (1963)

173 min - Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War - 20 June 1963
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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Director:  John Sturges
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Space Cowboys

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Space Cowboys (2000)

130 min - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 4 August 2000
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Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.

Director:  Clint Eastwood
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Sayonara

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Poster for the movie "Sayonara"

Sayonara (1957)

147 min - Drama, Romance - 25 December 1957
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Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.

Director:  Joshua Logan
Stars:  Marlon Brando, P...
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