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1) 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.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 243 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Chronicles the attempts of a young Russian filmmaker to portray Catherine the Great, both before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in projects that elude his ideas of the larger-than-life historical figure.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (12 hr., 36 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirty-six rail industry, War Dept., and film industry-produced short films chronicle the development of the railroad industry in the U.S. from the first transcontinental line to modern diesel engines.
5) Suffragette
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...
6) The northman
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A viking prince avenges the murder of his father.
7) Boat people
Series
Criterion collection volume 1113
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
After the communist takeover of Vietnam, a Japanese journalist revisits Vietnam to report on the life of its people after the war.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
11) Becket
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
12) Little Big Man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story.
13) The clay bird
Publisher
bNew Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the backdrop of Pakistan during the turbulent 1960s, a family is ripped apart by religious beliefs and civil war. A young boy from Bangladesh is sent away by his Muslim father to a Madrasah. He struggles to adapt to a harsh monastic life.
14) Lost illusions
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
When an aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris, he agrees to write positive reviews for bribes, and finds success at the expense of his conscience.
18) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Description
De Mel Gibson, director de La Pasión de Cristo y de la película ganadora del Oscar Corazón Valiente (Mejor Director y Mejor Película en 1995), llega la emocionante historia épica Apocalypto. Esta intensa aventura de acción te transportará hasta una antigua civilización mesoamericana en la que vivirás una experiencia como ninguna otra. En el caso de la misteriosa cultura Maya, el joven "Garra de Jaguar" es capturado y llevado a la gran ciudad...
Series
Criterion collection volume 978
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
The lives of two very different women in 1970s France intertwine as the women's movement progresses.
20) Dragon Inn
Series
Criterion collection volume 937
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
After he has the minister of defense executed, the Eunuch of the Emperor sends assassins after the man's children, but they are challenged by a mysterious group of fighters who seek justice.
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