By Amy Renner Mar. 20, 2016
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On the Brinks
Samuel Millar is a member of the Irish Republican Army and spends eight years in tough Irish prisons during the late 1970s and 1980s, where he takes part in the blanket protest in which political prisoners refuse to wear prison garb and are severely punished for it. He then comes to America under a different identity, reinvents himself as a family man and comic book shop owner. But then he helps pull off an armored truck heist, stealing more than $7 million from a Brink's truck and thus executing one of the most successful heists in U.S. history. Millar is eventually pardoned by President Bill Clinton and sent back to Ireland, where he reinvents himself once again, this time as a best-selling author of crime books.
Ocean Warrior
In his early days, Paul Watson works for Greenpeace. He later creates the controversial Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which wages dangerous ocean battles against illegal whaling vessels.
Out At Home: The Glenn ...
Drafted by the Dodgers and touted as a potential star, Glenn Burke gets off to a flying start when he becomes the only rookie to start in the 1977 World Series. While his adversity is nothing compared to what Jackie Robinson faced when he broke baseball's color barrier, Burke’s decision to come out of the closet hastens his demise. He is surprisingly traded to Oakland in 1978, but gets injured and retires in his second season there. Burke is diagnosed with AIDS in 1994 and dies a year later at age 42.
Of All the Things
The story of songwriter-producer Dennis Lambert ("Baby Come Back," "Rhinestone Cowboy"). A songwriter/producer achieves rock star status late in life when he goes on a singing tour of the Philippines, and discovers he is to Filipinos what Jerry Lewis is to the French.
One of a Kind
A man comes from nowhere to best seasoned card players, winning back-to-back World Series of Poker crowns by his mid-20s. He cashes an estimated $30 million in chips over his short career. His self-destructive personality leads him to run through the entire fortune, and he is penniless by the time he dies of a drug overdose in Las Vegas in 1998.