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1) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Duc de Conde?'s employee, Franc?ois Vatel, is in charge of cooking, and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Conde?. If Vatel can impress the King, de Conde? will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (220 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.
Publisher
Wgbh
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born in 1838, Queen Lili'uokalani was a talented composer who took the throne after her brother's death in 1891. She dealt with the U.S. government revoking her position on the sugar market, was overtaken by U.S. Marines, and lost her throne.
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
2006, c1974
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the fall of the three great ruling houses of Europe in the latter half of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, the Hapzburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Romanovs of Russia, and the Hohenzollerns of Germany.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ab Fab creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this highlights program of the best skits and spoofs from their fourth season. Includes send-ups of Alien, Misery, Silence of the lambs, stuffy costume dramas, and of course the royals.
Formats
Description
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 776 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
David Starkey examines the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Starkey covers nearly 250 years, from Charles II to Victoria. Replete with infidelities, betrayals, and rivalries, English history emerges as a compelling family saga.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lucy Worsley gets into bed with the past monarchs to uncover the "Tales from the royal bedchamber". She reveals that the obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
11) Edward the King
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 678 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman.
12) Aquaman
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one that will not only force him to face who he really is but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be a king.
13) Tale of tales
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly are Queen and King in this gory, gorgeous grown-up fairytale full of princes and princesses, sorcerers and fairies,and fearsome monsters and ogres. Three story strands interweave with one another in this film from director Matteo Garrone. In one tale, Hayek plays a jealous queen who forfeits her husband's life. In another, Cassel plays a king whose passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the life of King George III, this is the story of royal intrigue, sexual indiscretions, backstairs plotting and a battle for power between Parliament and the throne, all occurring while the King is being treated for an unknown mental illness.
16) Queen & country
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A profile of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, as she reaches her 60 year milestone on the throne.
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...
19) The last duel
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Knight Jean de Carrouges settles his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel at the order of King Charles VI.
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 2-3
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The magical land of Narnia is ruled by the corrupt King Miraz. His nephew, Prince Caspian, calls on Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund to help him defeat Miraz and restore Narnia to its former glory. Years later Caspian, Lucie, Edmund and obnoxious cousin Eustace set sail to rescue the six lords who were banished by Caspian's evil uncle.
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