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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.
2) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
6) Brooklyn
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Eilis Lacey moves from Ireland to 1950s Brooklyn, she finds romance and new life, but events in Ireland call her back home and she finds she must choose between the two countries and lives she has made in each.
7) Spartacus
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Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
8) The promise
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle forms between a medical student, an American journalist, and an artist.
9) Morelos
Publisher
Mundo en DVD
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
La película retrata los últimos años de la vida de José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), caudillo de la indepndencia mexicana quien tras burlar el cerco del Gral. Calleja en Cuatla, reorganiza sus tropas y toma la ciudad de Oaxaca; sin embargo, teniendo más de la mitad del territoria mexicano en sus manos, Morelos se empeña en tomar el puerto de Acapulco mientras las tropas realistas se reorganizan y recuperan terreno. Muestra la relación...
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Description
During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading...
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Description
In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.
13) Victoria & Abdul
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Story of the relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim.
15) Wyatt Earp
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The dramatized biography of the legendary Wyatt Earp, including the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The true story of Naval Commander Frank "Spig" Wead - from his first solo flight that ends in the admiral's swimming pool to his assignment as commander aboard an aircraft carrier in World War II.
17) Forrest Gump
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Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Seemingly by accident Forrest comes...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Like old soldiers everywhere, they are fading away, but these German veterans of World War Two have an incredible and sometimes shocking story to tell. This is a unique opportunity to see and hear the last testimonies of Hitler's armies."--Container.
19) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
20) King Arthur
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A reluctant leader, Arthur wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain - to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the void. Britain needs a king - someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into the new age....
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