John Gielgud
1) Galileo
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 678 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman.
Series
Criterion collection volume 830
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Prince Hal must choose between loyalty to Sir John Falstaff or to his father, King Henry IV.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD with special features.
Description
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal, here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1051
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship.
8) Richard III
Series
Criterion collection volume 213
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and mustering a final defense for his realm at the Battle...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (182 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process...