10 best pictures. Volume two / The essential collection.
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Scott, Ridley, film director.
Minghella, Anthony, film director,
Mendes, Sam, film director.
Wellman, William A., 1896-1975, film director.
Cukor, George, 1899-1983 film director.
Minghella, Anthony, film director,
Mendes, Sam, film director.
Wellman, William A., 1896-1975, film director.
Cukor, George, 1899-1983 film director.
Published
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, [2021].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
7 Blu-rays (753 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN
1 available
BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN
1 available
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Overflow; ask at Sights & Sounds desk
BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN
1 available
BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection | BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN | On Shelf |
| Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Overflow; ask at Sights & Sounds desk | BLU-RAY FEATURE TEN | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Classism -- England -- Drama.
Epic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fighter pilots -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Gladiators -- Rome -- Drama.
Historical films.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Midlife crisis -- Drama.
Musical films.
Romance films.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Drama.
Silent films.
Speech and social status -- Drama.
Suburban life -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Epic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fighter pilots -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Gladiators -- Rome -- Drama.
Historical films.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Midlife crisis -- Drama.
Musical films.
Romance films.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Drama.
Silent films.
Speech and social status -- Drama.
Suburban life -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
More Details
Published
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, [2021].
Language
English
UPC
032429353283
Notes
General Note
'The English patient' based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje. 'My fair lady' based upon the musical play as produced on the stage by Herman Levin, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe and the play by Bernard Shaw.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures between 1927 and 2000.
Participants/Performers
Gladiator: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris.
Participants/Performers
The English patient: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow, Kevin Whately, Clive Merrison, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Rühring.
Participants/Performers
American beauty: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Chris Cooper.
Participants/Performers
Wings: Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, Gary Cooper, Gunboat Smith, Henry B. Walthall, Roscoe Karns, Julia Swayne Gordon, Arlette Marchal.
Participants/Performers
My fair lady: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, John Holland.
Description
Gladiator: A former Roman general sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Description
The English patient: At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Description
American beauty: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Description
Wings: Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
Description
My fair lady: In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Target Audience
MPA rating: Gladiator: R; for intense, graphic combat. The English patient: R; for sexuality, some violence and language. American beauty: R; for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content. Wings: Not rated; My fair lady: G.
System Details
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player.
System Details
Gladiator: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Spanish).
System Details
The English patient: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
System Details
American beauty: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Spanish, Portuguese).
System Details
Wings: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (re-recorded score composed by J.S. Zamecnik (orchestrated and arranged by Dominik Hauser, featured pianist: Frederick Hodges) with sound effects by Ben Burtt), Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (pipe organ score composed and performed by Gaylord Carter).
System Details
My fair lady: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 (German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese).
Language
Gladiator: In English, French, or Spanish with optional English, French, Spanish, or Korean subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language
The English patient: In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language
American beauty: In English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese with optional English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language
Wings: Silent with musical score and optional French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles.
Language
My fair lady: In English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, or Japanese with optional Danish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Japanese narrative, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, or Swedish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Awards
Academy Awards, 2001: [Gladiator] Best Picture ; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Russell Crowe).
Awards
Academy Awards, 1997: [The English patient] Best Picture ; Best Director (Anthony Minghella) ; Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Juliette Binoche) ; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (Gabriel Yared).
Awards
Academy Awards, 2000: [American beauty] Best Picture ; Best Director (Sam Mendes) ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Alan Ball) ; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Spacey).
Awards
Academy Awards, 1929: [Wings] Best Picture, Production.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1965: [My fair lady] Best Picture ; Best Director (George Cukor) ; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Rex Harrison) ; Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (André Previn).
Awards
BAFTA Film Awards, 1997: [The English patient] Best Film ; Best Screenplay - Adapted (Anthony Minghella) ; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Juliette Binoche) ; Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (Gabriel Yared.)
Awards
BAFTA Film Awards, 2001: [Gladiator] Audience Award ; Best Film.
Awards
Golden Globes, 2001: [Gladiator] Best Motion Picture - Drama ; Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard).
Awards
Golden Globes, 1997: [The English patient] Best Motion Picture - Drama ; Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Gabriel Yared).
Awards
Golden Globes, 2000: [American beauty] Best Motion Picture - Drama ; Best Director - Motion Picture (Sam Mendes) ; Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Alan Ball).
Awards
Golden Globes, 1965: [My fair lady] Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical ; Best Director (George Cukor) ; Best Actor - Comedy or Musical (Rex Harrison).
Awards
National Film Registry, 1997: [Wings]
Awards
National Film Registry, 2018: [My fair lady]
Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2000: [American beauty] Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Spacey) ; Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Annette Bening) ; Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Scott, R., Minghella, A., Mendes, S., Wellman, W. A., Cukor, G., Franzoni, D., Logan, J., Nicholson, W., Ball, A., Saunders, J. M., Loring, H., Lighton, L. D. 1., Lerner, A. J., Wick, D., Lustig, B., Zaentz, S., Cohen, B., Jinks, D., Hubbard, L., Warner, J. L., Crowe, R., Phoenix, J., Nielsen, C., Reed, O., Jacobi, D., Hounsou, D., Harris, R., Fiennes, R., Binoche, J., Dafoe, W., Scott-Thomas, K., Andrews, N., Firth, C., Wadham, J., Prochnow, J., Whately, K., Merrison, C., Castelnuovo, N., Rostom, H., Rühring, P., Spacey, K., Bening, A., Birch, T., Bentley, W., Suvari, M., Gallagher, P., Janney, A., Bakula, S., Robards, S., Cooper, C., Bow, C., Rogers, B., Arlen, R., Ralston, J., Brendel, E., Tucker, R., Cooper, G., Smith, G., Walthall, H. B. 1., Karns, R., Gordon, J. S., Marchal, A., Hepburn, A., Harrison, R., Holloway, S., Hyde-White, W., Cooper, G., Brett, J., Bikel, T., Washbourne, M., Elsom, I., Holland, J., Ondaatje, M., Lerner, A. J., Loewe, F., & Shaw, B. (2021). 10 best pictures . Paramount.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ridley, Scott et al.. 2021. 10 Best Pictures. Paramount.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ridley, Scott et al.. 10 Best Pictures Paramount, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Scott, Ridley,, et al. 10 Best Pictures Paramount, 2021.
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