Helena Bonham Carter
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the Namib Desert to Patagonia, only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth's last Edens. It visits incredible landscapes and reveals thrilling...
2) The Gruffalo
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sly mouse goes for a walk in the forest and outwits his predators.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had one of the most fascinating, glamorous and tempestuous relationships of the 20th century, the two most famous movie stars of their day who played out every high and low of their love affairs, multiple marriages and divorces right in the public eye. The movie follows their private and public relationship played out against their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play. Tempestuous,...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the Namib Desert to Patagonia, only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth's last Edens. It visits incredible landscapes and reveals thrilling...
Series
Criterion collection volume 775
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this gargantuan art-house hit.
Publisher
Entertainment One Films
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A critically-acclaimed story of one woman's struggle to protect her family and friends from the ravages of the coal-mining industry in a 1940's Nova Scotia town of Scot-Irish immigrants. Touching and memorable.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynets operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.
10) Fight club
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lonely, isolated thirty-something insomniac young professional seeks an escape from his mundane existence with the help of a devious soap salesman. They find release from their reality prison through underground fight clubs, where men can be what the world now denies them. Their boxing matches and harmless pranks soon lead to an out-of-control spiral towards oblivion.
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 85 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 'veggie-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood. The two enterprising friends are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition they find that their business is booming. They come to find out that running a "humane" pest control outfit can have its drawbacks. Suddenly, a large and mysterious veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable...
12) The gruffalo
Publisher
Orange Eyes Limited
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
13) Lady Jane
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the fortunes of Lady Jane Grey, who reluctantly occupied the throne of England for nine days in the year 1553, and who was executed in 1554 at the behest of Mary Tudor.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young society woman's love for a common journalist presents her with an impossible decision: leave him or marry and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist when she befriends a lonely young heiress whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible but dangerous solution.
15) Mighty Aphrodite
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a sportswriter tries to track down the mother of his adopted son, he discovers she is a prostitute and pornographic film star.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed-- and desperate to escape her oppressive, upper-class English in-laws-- free spirited Lilia Herriton finds refuge in the ancient landscapes of rural Italy. There, she impulsively marries the handsome Gino Carella. But when a child is born, tragedy strikes, and Lilia's scandalized relatives embark on a plot to bring her young son to England for a "proper" upbringing.
17) Howards End
Language
English
Formats
Description
Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (549 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
19) The Lone Ranger
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice -- taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a stray dog who joins his new master on the battlefields of the First World War. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Stubby is still recognized as the most decorated dog in American history.