William Nicholson
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
287 p. ;
Description
"From an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and the author of Motherland, a novel about two love affairs set in Amherst--one in the present, one in the past, and both presided over by Emily Dickinson. Alice Dickinson is a young advertising executive who worksin London and dreams of becoming a screenwriter. She decides to take some time off work to research her idea for a screenplay: the true story of a scandalous adulterous love affair that took place...
2) Shadowlands
Author
Description
William Nicholson highlights the life of famed author C.S. Lewis. When Lewis meets an American fan named Joy, he quickly falls in love and marries her. Unfortunately, Joy dies from cancer and Lewis finds himself struggling with grief and emotional pain.
Publisher
[distributed by Joan Sullivan through] artseen@charter.net
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The William "Bill" Nicholson family gives a tour of the 800-acre Donati Ranch. Four hour-long tapes (and 15 page transcription) of Bill's grandfather, Will Warren, (who was 97 in 1978 when JS taped them) are presented to Bill at his home. Bill shares old photographs of his grandfather and shows the silver saddle his grandfather left him.
5) Shadowlands
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorce?e.
6) Hope gap
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A family copes with the shocking revelation that a husband intends to divorce his wife after twenty-nine years of marriage.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
8) First knight
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1995.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sir Malagant declares war on King Arthur in hopes of gaining part of Camelot. In the meantime, Arthur's young bride, Guenivere, has fallen in love with Lancelot, one of Arthur's loyal knights.
9) Nell
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The backwoods of North Carolina is where Nell lives, all alone. She has her own form of language and no idea of a world beyond her small plot of land. When civilization enters her life, Nell's life will never be the same again.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army. She and her shrewd advisors must act to safeguard the lives of her people. When the dashing seafarer Walter Raleigh captures her heart, Elizabeth is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. A tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies, and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.
11) Unbroken
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
12) Everest
Formats
Description
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
13) Unbroken
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
14) Les misérables
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (2 hrs. 38 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
15) Gladiator
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Description
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and Maximus eventually ends up enslaved to the gladiatorial arenas.