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Publisher
MTI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frederic Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer Aurore Dupin, who called herself George Sand.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Investigates the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of "On the road", and a pivotal figure of the fifties countercultural revolution. Shows what happened when fame and notoriety were thrust upon an essentially reticent man.
8) The founder
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Publisher
American Experience
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality.
10) Pavarotti
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice. The Man. The Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people.
12) My left foot
Series
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
13) Jackson Pollock
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The video contains definitive biographies accompanied by a visual analysis of the artist's major work. Full of imagery, the video is the perfect introduction to Jackson Pollock's modern art.
14) Rocketman
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years.
Publisher
First Run Icarus Films
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Goebbels experiment lets the Nazi propaganda mastermind behind Hitler talk directly to you as actor Kenneth Branagh reads pages of the diary he kept without interruption from 1924 to 1945.
16) Salvador Dal?
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The video contains definitive biographies of Salvador Dali, accompanied by spectacular images of the artist's greatest work.
17) Basquiat
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1981, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer takes the New York art world by storm.
Publisher
BFS Entertainment/Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2003], c1999
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (151 min.) : sd., col. w/b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pablo Picasso was an artist whose canvases became mirrors, weapons and a window on a bold, new world of eroticism and madness. One of the most charismatic and misunderstood figures of the 20th century. Biographer and close personal friend, John Richardson, reveals the three key themes that dominated Picasso's life and work. From his childhood fascination with the occult to his frustration over death, the messages beneath the paint are revealed.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances (including POW camp), he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the young Dalai Lama.
20) John Steinbeck
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD c (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In depth look at the life and career of writer John Steinbeck.
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