Leonardo DiCaprio
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 26 cm.
Description
Powerful but shy, the African mountain gorilla struggles for survival in the rainforests of Uganda's national parks. Follow wildlife photographer Richard Sobol on an arduous journey to these hidden habitats and take a hushed, close-up look at the gentle giants. Learn about the efforts being made to preserve these magnificent creatures.
2) The revenant
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
4) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside....
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.
8) Inception
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption....
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor all before his 21st birthday.