Bernard Hill
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vivid adaptation of Charles Dickens' powerful story of a young orphan boy who is released from his apprenticeship by a mysterious benefactor to be educated in London.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emily Watson stars in this powerful, emotional story about the choice between love and loyalty. As a child, Maggie Tulliver adores her brother Tom and desperately seeks his love and approval, but never receives it. While Tom grows up to be the kind of person the world approves of - dutiful and proud, Maggie becomes the kind of person the world judges harshly. A woman ahead of her time, brimming with intelligence and imagination, Maggie is difficult...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Concludes the King Henry VI chronicles with the War of the Roses. York, as victor at St. Albans, contemptuously forces Henry to give him succession to the crown. The merciless Margaret captures and kills York, only to be captured herself and compelled to watch as the Yorkists slay her son. In a powerful soliloquy, the vile Duke of Gloucester reveals his plans to murder Henry VI.
7) Wimbledon
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aging male tennis star has one last shot, and two weeks, to win the greatesst tennis tournament and the heart of an upcoming women's tennis star.
8) The bounty
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days of battling severe sea squalls and Bligh's ever-increasing cruelty, the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants to sail again, and the desperate men turn to first mate Fletcher Christian to help them take the ship back, or die trying.
9) ParaNorman
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the makers of Coraline comes the story of Norman, a boy who must use his special powers to save his town from a centuries-old curse. In addition to spooky zombies, he'll also have to take on unpredictable ghosts, wily witches, and, worst of all, clueless grown-ups. But this young ghoul whisperer will soon find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
11) Wolf Hall
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 6 hr., 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scorpion King: Mighty Memnon rules over nearly all the known world, who defeats his enemies in battle with the help of a beautiful sorceress. "Free tribes" form a fragile alliance to fight Memnon, and hire a trio of assassins to kill the sorceress and thus remove Memnon's advantage. The assassins are betrayed by the son of one of the tribal leaders, and Mathayus finds himself unable to kill Cassandra. Mathayus abducts the sorceress, who explains that...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (424 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ghost ship: A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.
Dreamcatcher: Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
Gothika: A depressed psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the asylum where she worked, with...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
7 Blu-rays (765 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Titanic: A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Forrest Gump: The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
No country for old men: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 Blu-rays (approximately 8 hr., 34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scorpion King: A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.
Scorpion King 2: When a young Mathayus witnesses his father's death at the hands of the king, his quest for vengeance transforms him into the most feared warrior of the ancient world.
Scorpion King 3: The kingdom of Mathayus, the Scorpion King, has...