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Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Story of Film: An Odyssey is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe. Guided by film historian Mark Cousins, this bold 15-part love letter to the movies begins with the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century and concludes with the multi-billion dollar globalized digital industry of the 21st.. The Story of Film: An Odyssey heralds...
2) Injustice
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 223 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
3) Roots
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
4) Blackbeard
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation which is now legend. The true story of pirate Edward Teach, the man who terrorized the seas.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 552 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explore one of the most powerful and defining chapters in American history. This powerful epic adventure unfolds as told through the struggles, triumphs, and heartaches of two families as they journey in search of the American dream.
6) Hiroshima
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with B&W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the final months of World War II. While war rages in the Pacific, newly installed President Truman and his chiefs of staff wrestle with the unprecedented moral question of whether to drop the atomic bomb, and Emperor Hirohito and his proud Samurai generals face the moral dilemma of whether to surrender or fight on to the end.
9) The undoing
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thrilling mini-series from HBO about a successful New York therapist who's life begins to spin out of control just before her first book is published.
10) Behaving badly
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 203 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 352 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying...
12) Cloudstreet
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (365 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set around Perth from 1943-63, two families, each scarred by catastrophe, find a home for their hearts in this acclaimed Australian miniseries. The Lambs are hardworking and God-fearing, the Pickles are luckless and derelict, yet they find common ground beneath the same roof.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
There was a time when two-ton predatory fish came on land, along with 26-foot sea scorpions. State-of-the-art digital technology breathes life into these creatures that dominated earth for 250 million years. Final program in the Walking with...Series.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (348 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of the 20th century. Covers historical events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the violent racial turmoil, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Explores the private life of Kennedy, the tragic death of his infant son and his chronic womanizing. He was scrutinized by the FBI under the leadership...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (244 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1870s London, a prostitute known as Sugar sees a potential way out of the brothel she works for when she is taken in by William Rackham, the son of a wealthy businessman.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious virus is brought to Earth by a returning satellite, an elite and dedicated squad of scientists assembles to search for the truth and stop the mutating killer before it ends life on Earth.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 blu-rays (350 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captures nature above and below the ice in the Artic and Antarctic and showcases the fluctuations that occur with the changes of the seasons.
19) Rough Riders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fact-based, rough and tumble western depicting a young and energetic Theodore Roosevelt leading his legendary Rough Riders in their fight against oppressive Spanish rule at the turn of the 20th century.
20) Buddenbrooks
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (638 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
The sweeping tale of the rise and fall of a wealthy German merchant family, Buddenbrooks dramatizes the conflict between family loyalty and personal freedom. This stimulating adaptation of Thomas Mann's most famous work is brought to life with magnificent costumes and unforgettable performances.
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