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21) Hidden figures
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Publisher
FUNimation Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Genghis Khan, the name is a legend, the man was mythical. He was a soul who was obscured by his own achievements. He was a son, husband, father, and conqueror. The saga of one man's march toward immortality and the battle to unite the tribes of Mongol under one rule.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project, during World War II, with emphasis on the relationship between General Leslie Groves, the project director, and scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
24) Little women
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
25) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the story of the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong in the decade leading up to the historic flight.
26) Sunshine
Series
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A compelling epic about generations of a Hungarian Jewish family caught up in the upheavals and false hopes of a war-swept 20th century.
27) The last legion
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 460 A.D. Aurelius Antonius finds himself recalled to Rome and is assigned the Commander of new Caesar, Romulus Augustus' retinue of personal bodyguards. Romulus is destined to be crowned the last emperor of Rome. His reign lasts for one day and ends with Rome being run over by the savage Goths. In the resulting invasion, most of Aurelius's men are killed and the young Caesar is captured and imprisoned in the forbidding Isle of Capri. Aurelius,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen during the years leading up to their appearance at the 1985 Life Aid concert.
30) The beguiled
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tensions, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.
31) Phantom thread
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
33) Anastasia
Language
English
Formats
Description
Princess Anastasia has been missing ever since Rasputin started the Russian Revolution. Now she's living on the streets, and Vladimir is trying to convince her to claim a reward.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Aramaic
Description
Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Czech
Description
During the Prague Spring, that brief flowering of freedom that preceded the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Vojtech Jasny directed this impassioned account of his country's tragic relationship with the Soviet Union. Follows the inhabitants of a small Moravian village in the twenty years after Nazi occupation, through to communist rule.
37) Ben-Hur
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
38) Flyboys
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States' involvement in WWI, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.
39) The red tent
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the saga of the ill-fated 1928 Arctic expedition headed by Italian Unberto Nobile. After the crash of their dirigible, Italia, the survivors huddle in their makeshift red canvas dwelling, desperately sending out S.O.S. signals.
40) Amadeus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Two-disc special edition ; director's cut ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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