Fictional
3) Henry Fool
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Simon Grim, a nerdy young sanitation worker who lives in Queens with his depressed mother and promiscuous sister, turns out to be a brilliant poet and an overnight literary sensation, after being encouraged to write down his ideas by Henry Fool, a boozy pseudo-intellectual who rents the Grim family basement.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aging author risks his long-time relationship with the women he loves when he uses his book tours as opportunities to let his erotic imagination take flight. His fantasies and real-life encounters challenge his peace of mind as they feed his work.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Divided by politics but bonded by blood, Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo find their paths intersecting through some of the most tumultuous events in recent history. Produced for Italian television, but never broadcast; released theatrically instead.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (584 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This French drama chronicles the impact of World War II German occupation on a small village in central France. As the residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2007], c1994
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cleopatra Thea Philopator was a woman no man could resist: strong, beautiful, and intelligent, she knew how to manipulate the patriarchal political system of Ancient Egypt to work in her favor. In many ways she seemed to have it all, so what could have driven her to take her own life at such a young age? From her noble birth to her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony to her legendary suicide by poisonous snake.
11) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (587 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking.
Publisher
distributed by MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (700 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The blockbuster French drama, chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists.
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (612 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beginning with the Germans arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters all their lives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fleeting moments of connection and love.