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1) Origin
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions.Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired...
2) Love story
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Ivy League couple cross social barriers to marry, then must cope with untimely illness and death.
Publisher
Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story takes place at the opening of a new century, one that held forth all kinds of promises, especially for women. In this post-Victorian Fifth Avenue milieu, Lily Bart, an unmarried woman of 29 with dwindling prospects, needs a husband badly. She lives beyond her means, relying on the grudging charity of her elderly aunt. She is the kind of girl who would make an admirable decoration on some fine gentleman's arm, but there is a liveliness--a...
6) Australia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (142 minutes) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits.
Series
Studio classic volume 36
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1939
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced with disaster.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aging apple seller poses as a wealthy grande dame to help her daughter marry into a legitimately wealthy family. A comic collection of gangsters help her in her charade.
10) Blood and sand
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 lobby cards in an envelope.
Language
English
Description
Juan is the naïve son of a once-famous bullfighter who tries to recapture the glory of his family's name. Though he is branded fifth rate, he soon becomes Spain's greatest matador and returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But when a beautiful, passionate aristocrat seduces him, Juan succumbs to her temptations, only to see his own happiness and success crumble.
11) The kite runner
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 88 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Establishes a diverse and dynamic range of relationships among long-time girlfriends, their spouses, and the way in which money (or lack of it) affects them all. The have-not of the group is Olivia. She is a teacher-turned pot-smoking housecleaner in the upscale neighborhoods of West Los Angeles. She's drifting on a sea of uncertainty, while her friends Franny, Christine, and Jane cope with the relatively enviable problems of wealthy discontentment....
13) My fair lady
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In this beloved adaptation of the Broadway stage hit, Hepburn plays a sassy, working-class London street vendor, whom an arrogant professor attempts to turn into a sophisticated lady through proper schooling. But, when the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself."--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the five Bennett sisters living in early 19th century England. Their mother is scheming to make prestigious marriages for them. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennett, who mistakenly finds the rich Mr. Darcy an oaf, even as he sets all the other fair maidens' hearts aflutter.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (214 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The emperor waltz: an American salesman melts the heart of a Viennese countess amidst Strauss waltzes and lush scenery.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: musical version of Mark Twain's humorous novel about a turn-of-the-century blacksmith who is knocked unconscious and awakens in sixth-century Camelot.
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