Richard Attenborough
2) Magic
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
3) Grey Owl
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic love story about Ernest Hemingway and the romance which inspired him to write his masterpiece "A farewell To arms". A story of desperate love and imminent danger, it chronicles the relationship between the 18-year old Hemingway and Agnes von Kurowsky, the medical aide who nursed him back to health after a devastating battlefield injury.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 750 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Titles included: Jurassic Park; The Lost World: Jurassic Park; Jurassic Park III; Jurassic World; Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; Jurassic World: Dominion.
7) Dunkirk
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Gorgeously restored and available for the first time in HD, DUNKIRK follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo during WWII, while honoring the bravery of its soldiers and exposing the brutality of the war.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1948.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Pinky, the psychotic, razor-toting gang leader, romances and marries a teenage waitress in order to keep her silent about one of his nefarious crimes. Richard Attenborough’s intense performance as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown elevates this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. *"A seedy noir, equal parts concealed-camera atmosphere and tense set pieces." - Vadim Rizov, **Villiage Voice***
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, an ample belly, and a snowy beard is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soom fills everyone with the Christmas spirit, except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daugher to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test.
10) Doctor Dolittle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1967.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A doctor discovers that he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
11) Grey Owl
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A frontier trapper adopts the ways of the wild, finds love among its people, and fights to protect the land he loves in this film based on the life of Archie Grey Owl.
12) Elizabeth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
13) The great escape
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c1963
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of 76 allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II.
14) Jurassic Park
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Collector's edition; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
15) Shadowlands
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1959, an innocent man, Timothy Evans, is charged with the gruesome slaying of his wife and baby. Convicted by the testimony of his landlord, John Christie, a mild-mannered ex-policeman, Evans is sentenced to hang. However, after the execution, evidence reveals that the real psychotic killer is continuing his mass murder spree. Public outcry over this true case led to Great Britain's abolishment of the death penalty.
17) The Great Escape
Author
Language
English
Description
Steve McQueen jumps on his motorcycle and leads the way in this thrill-packed adventure that blends top stars, a true-life WWII saga and Hollywood's gift for storytelling into a bravura, blockbuster film.
18) Elizabeth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and na©ve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mother and her three Edwardian children move to a country house in Yorkshire after the mysterious disappearance of their father. The children become fascinated by a nearby train and their kindness helps them befriend an older gentleman who may be able to solve the mystery of their missing father.
20) Chaplin
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chaplin's entire life is covered in the biographical film. From his upbringings in the slums of England to his Honorary Oscar in 1972.