Vanessa Redgrave
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Arthur, a curmudgeonly old soul, is perfectly content with his reliable daily routine until his beloved wife introduces him to a spirited local singing group led by the youthful and charming Elizabeth. Despite his inital resistance, this unexpected friendship leads to Arthur's discovery of music that revitalizes his passion for new adventures and reconnects him with the people who matter most.
2) Foxcatcher
Formats
Description
The dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
3) Julia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born to great wealth, the fiercely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting facism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, a friend of Julia's is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders.
4) Anonymous
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Who really wrote about cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, intrigue and suspense advance the theory that it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1957, twenty-two year old Jenny leaves her home to become a midwife in a deprived nursing convent helping poor pregnant mothers coping with harsh living conditions. A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself....
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told...
7) Wilde
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Olive, a militant 19th century suffragette, takes on the education of a young girl with the gift of oratory. Olive hopes to use her gift for the feminist cause, but finds her student involved in a love triangle with Basil Ransom, a young lawyer from Mississippi, who is strongly opposed to the feminists in Boston.