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Elizabeth Bennet is young, vivacious, strong-willed, and unmarried. Mr. Darcy is rich, handsome, unbearably arrogant, and also unmarried. The two are reluctantly attracted to one another. Yet they each fight against the love they feel with fierce pride and willful prejudice.
3) The Wolf man
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1941
Physical Desc
1 DVD (70 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man who returns to the family estate to take over affairs there risks becoming a victim of the centuries-old curse of the werewolf.
4) Robin Hood
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The animals have their own version of what really happened in Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood and his band of merry men outwit the greedy Prince John and his sniveling partner, Sir Hiss, as they put the tax squeeze on their poor, hardworking loyal subjects.
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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
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Iris is travelling on a train through Europe and befriends Miss Froy, a kindly old lady. When Iris is knocked unconscious by a falling flower pot, she awakens to find Miss Froy mysteriously replaced by an imposter. She's led to believe the accident caused an illusion until Gilbert, a young musician, comes to her assistance. Together, they find themselves caught up in a mystery.
8) Amarcord
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Memories of episodes about love, sex, politics, family life and growing up in a small Italian town in the 1930's.
10) Seven samurai
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Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Description
This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
11) The seventh seal
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In medieval Sweden, a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
12) Shock corridor
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A journalist gets himself admitted to a mental hospital to solve the murder of an inmate.
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Publisher
Universal Studio
Pub. Date
1999, c1931
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1 DVD (71 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Frankenstein is the greatest horror film of all time. Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory; but his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Description
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French comrades, who are commoners, in a daring escape.
17) Mulan
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family.
18) The night porter
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Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The chance meeting of a woman and a former Nazi SS officer brings back memories of their sado-masochistic relationship in a concentration camp years before.
19) The red shoes
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.
20) Sanjuro
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A skilled but slovenly ronin comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders and manages to keep them out of trouble and alive in spite of their high ideals.
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