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1) The Egyptian
Publisher
Sky Cinema
Pub. Date
2003, c1954
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A physician to the Pharaoh in ancient Egypt is a participant to the tumultuous events that occured during his lifetime.
2) Zulu
Publisher
MGM Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1879, British soldiers in colonial South Africa, despite advice by a preacher to give up the outpost, decide to defend their encampment with a force of 105 men against 4,000 Zulus.
3) Colette
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as "Willy" (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success,...
4) Golda
Language
English
Formats
Description
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting...
5) Flyboys
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States involvement in WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.
7) Monsoon
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kit (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians) returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time since he was six years old when his family fled the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam-American war. There he meets Lee, his estranged second cousin, Linh, a young Vietnamese student, and arranges an online date that turns into something more with Lewis (Parker Sawyers, Southside With You), an American clothing designer. Struggling to make sense of himself in...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014, c1958.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A film about three young marines on shore leave in San Francisco and their experiences the night before they "ship out" for the Pacific front. There is the tough sergeant, played by Jeffrey Hunter, who elects to marry the sweet girl (Hope Lange) who just happens, by some strange magic, not explained, to be carrying his child. Then there's the reckless Irish youngster (Robert Wagner) who is full of doubts and fears that he tries to cover up by bravado...
9) Scarlet
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Shortly after World War I, veteran Raphael returns home from the frontlines to find himself a widower, and father to an infant daughter. Raised by her father in rural Normandy, the child Juliette grows into a lonely young woman who dreams of greater possibilities. She seeks refuge in the nearby woods, where she meets a witch who promises scarlet sails will one day take her away from her village. Reckoning with her future and swept away by a rakish...
Publisher
Imavision distribution
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world."--Container.
11) War and peace
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leo Tolstoy's literary masterpiece comes to life in this epic film classic, featuring the talents of some of the greatest names from Hollywood's Golden Age. Starring Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei, WAR AND PEACE is a compelling **Oscar**-nominated drama of international conflict, spectacular adventure, gripping intrigue and tragic romance set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of...
12) Davy Crockett
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (268 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the famous American frontiersman, Davy Crockett.
13) Martin Eden
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy's history, MARTIN EDEN is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university...
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn about a little-known American heroine in this fascinating true story! Inspired by actual events during the Revolutionary War, follows the journey of Colonel Henry Ludington's 16-year-old daughter, who dodged danger and enemy troops to ride 40 rain-soaked miles on horseback to save the American colonies from British rule. Today, Sybil is known as 'the female Paul Revere' and one of America's greatest female patriots.
15) Sin
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist's loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the rival Medici...
16) Mary Shelley
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The real-life story of Mary Shelley, and the creation of her immortal monster, is nearly as fantastical as her fiction. Raised by a renowned philosopher father in eighteenth-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is a teenage dreamer determined to make her mark on the world, when she meets the dashing and brilliant poet Percy Shelley. So begins a torrid, bohemian love affair marked by both passion and personal tragedy that will transform Mary...
17) Temple Grandin
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Temple Grandin, an autistic young woman who became a great success story in the field of livestock science.
18) A call to spy
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the beginning of WWII, Churchill orders his new spy agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress" recruits two unusual candidates: an ambitious American with a wooden leg and a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Norwegian
Description
An explosive, adrenaline-pumping thrill ride and the tale of one man's heroic actions in the line of duty. Based on the true story of World War II saboteur Max Manus and his personal struggles.
20) Beyond the mask
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The leading mercenary for the British East India Company, Will Reynolds has just been double-crossed and now is on the run in the American Colonies. Working to redeem his name and win back the affections of the woman with whom he's never been fully truthful, Will now hides behind a new mask in hopes of thwarting his former employer. As his past life closes in on him, Will must somehow gain the trust and the help of his beloved Charlotte.
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