Daniel Day-Lewis
1) The boxer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
3) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
4) My left foot
Series
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
5) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Abraham Lincoln during the last months of the American Civil War and his fight to pass the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.
6) The crucible
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
Series
Criterion collection volume 767
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Pakistani and a young white man from South London take over a laundrette and convert it into an upscale place.
9) The boxer
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
Series
Criterion collection volume 767
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Description
A Pakistani and a young white man from South London take over a laundrette and convert it into an upscale place.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fact-based film about Gerry Conlon, a young Irish punk who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and forced to confess to a terrorist bombing. He and his father, along with friends of Gerry, are found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. There, his father shows his true strength, and Gerry works to prove their innocence and clear his father's name.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America.
13) Nine
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A feature film adaptation of the musical inspired by the Fellini film "8½", which focuses on a film director stuck in neutral as he tries to make a movie while haunted by the demands of all the women in his life, including his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose. Since the breakup of the commune, Jack has sheltered Rose completely from the influences of the outside world.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview has a voracious appetite for oil and it turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, the ongoing...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (166 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
17) Nine
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With only a week left before shooting begins on the filming of his latest movie, world famous film director Guido Contini is desperately searching for a way to overcome his creative block. Escaping to a seaside resort, he attempts to restore the equilibrium to his personal and professional existence by drawing inspiration from the women in his life.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Self-made oilman Daniel Plainview has a voracious appetite for money and power. Working with his "son and partner," 11-year-old H.W., he becomes a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. His only challenge comes from a young, ambitious charismatic preacher, Eli Sunday.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch. Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil.