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Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever.
3) Secret state
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This sequel to the award-winning film The Gathering Storm offers an intimate look at the making of a nation's hero, when Churchill was at his most commanding and effective. It shows how his prowess as a great wartime leader ultimately undermined his political career and threatened his marriage.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hungarian
Description
The Hungarian prime minister returns from Germany in a coffin, his dream of making Hungary into a fascist state snuffed out, for now. Crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon has other things on his mind. A cynic who thinks he has seen it all, a tip leads him to an unusual crime scene in a seedy part of the city A beautiful, well-dressed young woman is dead, with only a Jewish prayer book in her purse.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is the summer of 1953 and Nurse Appleyard is rushed to a secret location where she discovers her patient is Winston Churchill, the elderly Prime Minister. Churchill has suffered a stroke and may not last the weekend. As Churchill's wife and family gather at his bedside, long-buried tensions rise to the surface.
7) Il divo
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti's long career was dogged by persistent accusations of conspiracy, Mafia connections and state-sponsored terror. This compelling film explores the shocking political machinations and shady criminal underworld surrounding this fascinating and controversial figure.
8) Disraeli
Publisher
ITC Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (253 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Initially mocked and ridiculed at his attempt to rise within British government, Benjamin Disraeli used his fame as a writer of scandalous novels and his charm with influential women to make remarkable strides in Parliament. He eventually became the first and only Jewish-born Prime minister to serve in the history of Britain.
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"He was an uninspired student who won the Nobel Prize for literature. He failed military school examinations twice--and then became Lord of the Admiralty. A disastrous decision during World War I threatened to ruin his political career, but he was named Prime Minister of Britain in 1940. The three programs in this encyclopedic collection explore Winston Churchill's extraordinary life and monumental legacy. Written and hosted by his official biographer,...
10) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (2 hr., 5 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Toronto, 1899. Aspiring politician Mackenzie King hesitates in love between a heroic soldier he believes himself destined to marry and a psoriasis-addled spinster and learns that with unrequited love, it's never over until he's completely humiliated himself.
12) Churchill
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at the Churchill legend, revealing the complexity of the real man who was soldier, adventurer, politician, author and arguably the greatest Englishman of the 20th century. Features never-before-seen family photographs and film.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Winston Churchill's quest for his inner self took two forms: a constant thirst for exotic travel and a passion for the exuberance of painting and the beauty of words. His granddaughter, Celia Sandys, traveled extensively with Churchill towards the end of his life. Now, in this intimate portrait, she follows in her grandfather's footsteps, traveling to France, Cuba, South Africa, the United States, Egypt and Morocco to discover the real man behind...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
After the British Prime Minister passes away under mysterious circumstances, his funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable Secret Service head, and an English...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Family patriarch Mike Campbell is one of the few white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent land seizure program in 2000. Since then the country has descended into chaos, the economy brought to its knees by the reallocation of formerly white-owned farms to Mugabe cronies, who have no knowledge, experience or interest in farming. In 2008, after years of intimidation and threats to his family and farm, Campbell decides...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 599 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 608 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
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