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United First Personal Video selection
On all flights with personal video, you can select from 14 films
in English and 4 films in a second language based on your
itinerary. Most films are unedited; customer discretion is
advised. Available titles are subject to change.
D: German, F: French, I: Italian, J: Japanese, C: Chinese
subtitles, S: Spanish, P: Portuguese, K: Korean
English soundtrack

10,000 BC
Atonement
The Bank Job
The Bucket List
Charlie Wilson's War
Definitely, Maybe
Fool's Gold
The Great Debaters
Jumper
Mad Money
Mama's Boy
Penelope
Street Kings

Non-English soundtrack

Atonement J,F,D,S,P,C,I,K
Ba:Bo K
The Bucket List F,D,S,P,I
The Counterfeiters D
Definitely, Maybe F,D,S,P,I
Fool's Gold J,F,D,S,P,C,I,K
L for Love, L for Lies C
Lovers of 6 Years K
Playboy Cops C
Sand Chronicles J
Smilers J

10,000 BC
When slave raiders come to a remote village and kidnap the beautiful Evolet, young hunter D’Leh mounts a rescue effort. Following the raiders, he and his small band are shocked at the discovery of other civilizations beyond their tribe. As their journey continues, other men whose tribes have been raided join them on their quest. Featuring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 49 min.

Atonement
In the steamy summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a growing relationship between her older sister, Cecilia, and their housekeeper’s educated son, Robbie. Briony has her own crush on Robbie. When the opportunity presents itself, she accuses Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Her accusation forever changes the lives of all three youths. Featuring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy. A Universal Pictures release, R, 2 hr. 3 min.

Ba:Bo
Promising pianist Ji-ho’s career is cut short by a debilitating case of stage fright. She returns home from studying abroad and is reunited with her old friend Sung-ryong. Sung-ryong is in his 20s, but an accident has left him mentally disabled, with the mind of a child. He proves his worth, however, when his sister falls ill and their family friend gets in trouble. Featuring: Cha Tae-hyeon, Ha Ji-won. A Studio2.0 release, PG-13, 1 hr. 43 min.

The Bank Job
Small-time crook and car dealer Terry Leather hasn’t exactly walked the path of the straight and narrow, but he’s never committed a major crime either. However, when an old neighbor, Martine Love, offers Terry a foolproof plan to break into a bank’s safe deposit boxes, he sees the chance to get some cash for his family. He does not expect that the boxes also hold secrets. Featuring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows. A Lionsgate release, R, 1 hr. 50 min.

The Bucket List
Billionaire hospital owner Edward Cole winds up in one of his own rooms with terminal cancer. Lying next to him, as per his policy of “two beds to a room, no exceptions,” is mechanic Carter Chambers, also diagnosed with terminal cancer. They become friends and set out together to accomplish everything they’ve ever wanted to do before they die. Featuring: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.

Charlie Wilson's War
In 1980, Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, a womanizer and alcoholic, sees the need to help Afghanistan fend off a Soviet invasion. But because it’s the height of the Cold War, the U.S. cannot publicly get involved. Wilson, with the help of CIA agent Gust Avrakotos and Houston socialite Joanne Herring, arranges for Congress to fund a covert war. Featuring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts. A Universal Pictures release, R, 1 hr. 42 min.

The Counterfeiters
This Academy Award–winning film tells the true story of the Nazis’ counterfeiting attempt. Friedrich Herzog arrests forger Salomon Sorowitsch on the eve of World War II. After years in prison, Sorowitsch is moved to a camp run by Herzog, who wants him to join a team making fake money. While this team lives in luxury, other prisoners starve. But if Sorowitsch refuses, he will die. Featuring: Karl Markovics, Devid Striesow. A Sony Pictures Releasing release, R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Definitely, Maybe
When Will’s daughter, Maya, asks him to tell her how he fell in love with her mother, what else can he say but “It’s complicated”? It’s even more complicated because Will is divorcing Maya’s mom. At Maya’s persistence, he tells her of the three serious relationships in his past, but he changes the names to keep Maya guessing about whom he married. Featuring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin. A Universal Pictures release, PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

Fool's Gold
Tess is enraged when her treasure-hunting husband, Ben “Finn” Finnegan, can’t even show up on time for their divorce proceedings. Finn insists that he’s found a clue to the treasure they’ve been hunting for eight years. Tess is not interested, but Finn gets Tess’ boss to finance his venture, embroiling Tess once more in the life she tried to leave. Featuring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

The Great Debaters
Teacher Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team at Wiley College, a black school in 1930s East Texas. Tolson assembles an unusual squad, including the group’s first woman and a 14-year-old prodigy, and the team racks up win after win against other black colleges. When the group is invited to debate at Harvard, anything seems possible. Featuring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker. A Weinstein Co. release, PG-13, 2 hr. 7 min.

Jumper
Growing up in an unhappy home, all David Rice wants is escape. And then one day, he discovers that he has the ability to do just that—teleport across the world. David leaves his past behind, going where he wants and doing what he wants. Then he meets Griffin, who tells him to watch out for the Paladins, an army whose mission is to seek out and kill all “jumpers.” Featuring: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell. A 20th Century Fox release, PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

L for Love, L for Lies
Although Bobo and Kiki have been friends since childhood, their friendship ends when Kiki steals Bobo’s boyfriend. To get back at her, Bobo tries to hire Keung, the con man who recently absconded with her boss’ life savings. Meanwhile, Bobo’s other friend, Mon, may lose her longtime boyfriend thanks to her overbearing ways. He’s secretly begun seeing someone else. Featuring: Stephy Tang, Alex Fong. A Gold Label Entertainment release, PG, 1 hr. 41 min.

Lovers of 6 Years
Although Jae-young and Da-jin have been dating for six years, the passion has long since waned. Jae-young becomes friends with a younger girl he works with. And Dai-jin meets a charming man. The ties to these new friends grow stronger and deeper. Will Jae-young and Da-jin weather this threat to their relationship or part ways? Featuring: Yoon Kye-sang, Kim Ha-neul. A Studio2.0 release, PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

Mad Money
Bridget Cardigan is forced to enter the labor force after her husband loses his job. As a stay-at-home mom for years, Bridget has no marketable skills; the only job she can find is as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank. She soon hatches a plan to steal the old currency marked for destruction at the bank, enlisting fellow employees Nina and Jackie to help. Featuring: Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton. A Paramount Pictures release, PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Mama's Boy
Slacker Jeffrey Mannus is 29 and still living at home with his mom, Jan. But when Jan starts dating Mert, a motivational speaker, Jeffrey’s idyllic world is threatened. Jeffrey goes to war with Mert, intending to oust him. But in the process, Jeffrey may be forced to do something he’s been avoiding all these years: grow up. Featuring: Diane Keaton, Jon Heder. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 33 min.

Penelope
A curse placed upon the blue-blooded Wilhern family says that the first daughter born to them will have a pig face until she is “loved by one of her own kind.” For five generations the curse holds. When Penelope is born with a pig’s snout, her parents shut her up in their mansion. She reaches 18, and they bring in suitors to woo her through a one-way mirror. Featuring: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy. A Summit release, PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Playboy Cops
Two cops known for their roguish ways find themselves working together to solve a murder. Lincoln, the younger brother of the victim, is determined to find the killers. While investigating, he runs across Michael, a criminal investigations officer who is also following the trail, even though he’s been suspended. And both men are interested in the same girl. Can they work together to solve the case? Featuring: Aloys Chen Kun, Shawn Yu. A Mei Ah release, PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Sand Chronicles
After a bitter divorce, Ann’s mother commits suicide. Angry, the 14-year-old breaks her mother’s sand clock. But classmate Daigo fixes it for Ann, promising to always be there for her. The two date until Ann moves to Tokyo to live with her father. She breaks it off with Daigo, thinking he would be better off without her. Years later, she returns to Daigo’s town, engaged to another. But does she still love Daigo? Featuring: Nao Matsushita, Sosuke Ikematsu. A TBS release, PG-13, 2 hr. 2 min.

Smilers
After an injury ends tap dancer Shuhei Sano’s career, he turns his focus to marrying his girlfriend, Shizuka. But Shizuka’s father, a skating-rink owner, does not want his daughter to marry. He tells Shuhei that he will consent only if Shuhei coaches the junior ice hockey team and takes them to the championships. Unknown to Shuhei, the team has never won a game. Featuring: Mirai Moriyama, Rosa Kato. A Pony Canyon release, PG-13, 1 hr. 58 min.

Street Kings
Detective Tom Ludlow does whatever is necessary to get the bad guy. His captain and team help cover up the resulting lapses in due process. When Tom hears that his ex-partner, Washington, is talking to Internal Affairs, he’s angry. But when Washington is gunned down, he’s determined to track down the killers. He secretly teams up with the cop assigned to the case. Featuring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker. A 20th Century Fox release, R, 1 hr. 49 min.




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