Goldcrest Films International
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1939 New Orleans, this colorful, song-filled story centers on Charles B. Barkin (voice of Burt Reynolds), a roguish German Shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a Pit Bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie whose ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills,...
2) Gandhi
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
25th anniversary ; [Collector's ed.].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Edition
Widescreen and fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chanticleer, the farm rooster, sings every morning so that the sun can rise. One day he can't sing, but the sun comes up anyway. The other animals see him as a fraud, and Chanticleer runs away to the city. Soon, trouble leads to a search for Chanticleer.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
6) Gandhi
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Twenty-fifth anniversary.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1893. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all South African Indians. The government finally relents and recognizing rights for Indians. Gandhi goes back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent campaign of unprecedented...
7) Local hero
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen and full screen presentations.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about the interaction between Americans representing a Texas oil company and the inhabitants of a small village in Scotland.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on actual events that happened during World War II when 61,000 Allied POWs were forced by the Japanese to build the Thailand-Burma Railway - better known to the soldiers as the "Railway of Death". This is the story of a Scottish regiment forced to help construct the infamous railway and how they had to fight to survive and ultimately forgive their brutal captors.
Series
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A comic, poignant story of WWII as seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy. Bill is stuck at home with his mother, aunts and bratty sisters while epic battles are raging within earshot of his home.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Two-disc Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch. Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil.
11) Tropic thunder
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Director's cut.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder,' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark and refuses to break from character. When a scene goes...