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A powerful, award-winning examination of the tragic series of events that followed a desperate bus hijacking i Rio de Janerio in 2000. Using footage captured by Brazilian news crews and interviews with the hostages and police, filmmaker Jose Padilha offers an intimate and shocking account of the hijacking, which turned deadly when a SWAT team took evasive action against the drug-addled hijacker.
Call Number: FFBRAB96DVD
Original Title: Onibus 174
English Title: Bus 174
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Country: Brazil
Subject/Theme: Feature Films
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Director(FF): Jose Padilha
Year: 2003
Distributor: Facets
Media Type: DVD
Language: portuguese w. subtitles
Time: 122 minutes
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Public Performance Rights: 0
Rating: R


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