Derek Jacobi
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 347 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The intricate dance of life continues in this heartwarming drama series about two long-lost childhood sweethearts and the 60 years of baggage they bring to their better-late-than-never marriage. How will newlyweds Alan and navigate a startling revelation about Alan's past? And how will their adult daughters, Gillian and Caroline, deal with happiness and tragedy in their even more complicated lives?
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the comedic story of ageing partners Freddie and Stuart, two men who have lived together in their Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Freddie was a budding actor and Stuart worked in a bar when they first met, but their careers are pretty much over and their lives now consist of entertaining their frequent guests, making sure that their aged dog Balthazar is still breathing, and hurling caustic insults at each other.
24) Endgame
Publisher
Distributed by Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Working for P. W. Botha, Dr. Neil Barnard opens talks with imprisoned Nelson Mandela. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in a rural English manor house. Both sides may win or lose all, including their own lives. Botha learns of the British talks and, with the inevitable demise of apartheid, he intends to control the endgame by using the tactics of divide and rule. Against all the odds, a precious arena of frail trust between the...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nell Trent lives with her doting grandfather in his London shop. It is a magical place, filled from wall to wall with treasures. Grandfather keeps his nocturnal gambling activities a secret from Nell. He borrows heavily from the evil, profiteering loan shark Daniel Quilp. When Grandfather gambles away what little money they possess, Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of their beloved shop. It seems Nell and Grandfather are left only with...
26) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone is a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
29) Grace of Monaco
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Academy Award®-winner Nicole Kidman captures the beauty and elegance of Grace Kelly in this true story of her transition from Hollywood starlet to Princess of Monaco.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 376 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
These four lavish productions are all-new adaptations of Christie classics. The murder at the vicarage: When the vicar in Miss Marple's village declares in exasperation that anyone who murdered Colonel Prothero would be doing the world a favor, he does not realize that his words will come back to haunt him. The body in the library: Dolly Bantry enlists Miss Marple's help after she and her husband find the body of a mystery woman in their library....
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Widowed and in their seventies, childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia fall in love again when they are reunited on the Internet, but bring with them the emotional problems of their families.
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Faced with the need to move her family from a farmer's field while her Timothy is seriously ill, a widowed mouse seeks help from a group of rats whose unwilling participation in experiments at a place called NIMH has made them wise and long lived.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (6 hr., 48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The saga of the Strauss family is an epic story spanning more than 85 years. From father Johann Strauss to his eldest son Schanni, it was a tradition not only of music, but of the wealth, fame and jealousies common to popular musicians throughout the ages.
34) Gladiator
Formats
Description
A Roman general refuses to transfer his loyalty to the new Emperor, Commodus. He becomes a slave and then a gladiator, fighting in the Roman Colosseum in defiance of the Emperor.
35) Hamlet
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (242 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
36) Tolkien
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire...
37) The riddle
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In order for reporter Mike Sullivan to stop a cunning killer, he must first solve a murder hidden within a newly discovered Charles Dickens manuscript.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (668 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic tale of ambition, debauchery, and intrigue, the Emmy-winning BBC series is one of the most popular and acclaimed dramas in Masterpiece Theatre history. Based on the novels by Robert Graves, spanning the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero. Episodes include: A Touch of Murder, Waiting in the Wings, What Shall We Do About Claudius?, Poison is Queen, Some Justice, plus extended versions of episodes one and two, and bonus features....
39) Manor house
Publisher
Wall to Wall Television
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A reality show featuring contemporary people put into the lifestyle of a manor house in the early 1900s. They must live under a strict set of Edwardian rules for three distinct British classes: the aristocratic family, the upper servants and the lower servants.
40) The Civil War
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (700 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.