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Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
The worldwide phenomenon Downton Abbey becomes a grand motion picture event, as the beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance, and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance. Written by series creator Julian Fellowes and starring the original cast
2) Howards End
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (ca. 1400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet, ' of course!) puts her best foot forward in this high-class comedy. She performs selfless acts of charity for the lower classes (her sisters), doles out invaluable advice to her husband Richard, acts the part of adoring eldest daughter to her incapacitated Daddy, and still finds time to keep the neighbors on edge with her morning coffees and candlelight dinner parties.
Formats
Description
The sweeping Downton Abbey saga continues, beginning six months after the unexpected death of Matthew Crawley, heir to Downton Abbey, husband to Lady Mary, and brand new father to a baby boy and successor, in a car accident. Although it is the 1920s, Britain still observes mourning rituals that are almost Victorian in their solemnity. Nonetheless, life goes on at Downton Abbey and the Crawleys are beginning to snap out of it.
5) Billy Elliot
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part: heir Matthew Crawley and footman Thomas Barrow are off fighting, while Lady Grantham and Isobel Crawley are squabbling over whether Downton should be used as a hospital. Lady Mary is seeing a wealthy newspaper magnate while Lady Edith becomes much warmer and Lady Sybil seeks to ingratiate herself...
8) Howards End
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (228 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The show follows Margaret and Helen Schlegel, two intelligent, idealistic sisters living together in Edwardian London with their hypochondriac brother, Tibby. Their loving but interfering Aunt Juley tries to keep the siblings in line after the death of their parents, but a series of events push the sisters to lead unorthodox lives full of romance, tragedy, and drama.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5hrs. 22min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of nineteenth-century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 510 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Creator Julian Fellowes brings the top PBS drama of all time to its climactic sixth and final chapter. The fates of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, are discovered as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world.
12) Howards End
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story about class divisions in Edwardian England, and the tragic series of events that occurs when two impulsive middle-class sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family.
13) Billy Elliot
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven-year-old Billy does not like the brutal boxing lessons at school, so he falls for the girls' ballet lessons instead. His family doesn't approve, so he must train in secret.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Peter Sellers won his only British Academy Award for his career-making performance as Socialist shop steward Fred Kite in this brilliant class-struggle comedy. Ian Carmichael ... co-stars as naive Oxford graduate Stanley Windrush, who is hired as a common worker at his wealthy uncle's missile factory and quickly becomes a pawn in the battle between management and Mr. Kite's labor union. But can both sides stop a complete nitwit from single-handedly...
15) Pygmalion
Series
Criterion collection volume 85
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2000], c1938
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Professor Henry Higgins works to make a pretty flower girl into a young lady of society.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (ca. 510 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Creator Julian Fellowes brings the top PBS drama of all time to its climactic sixth and final chapter. The fates of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, are discovered as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks :
Pub. Date
2002, c1971
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 663 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Upstairs, the Bellamy family negotiated the scandals and successes of the English aristocracy. Downstairs, their loyal and lively servants showed far less reserve when confronting the challenges of their lives. Together, their stories made TV magic.
18) Tunes of glory
Series
Criterion collection volume 225
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When one rival colonel is sent to replace another, bitterness and resentment escalate to a shocking climax.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Academy Award-winner Jim Broadbent stars as Alfred Salteena, 'an elderly man of 42,' who falls in love with young Ethel Monticue at first sight. To impress her, he treats Ethel to a visit at the sumptuous country house of Lord Bernard Clark.
20) Mona Lisa
Series
Criterion collection volume 107
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
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