Tom Courtenay
Author
Language
English
Description
A rebellious youth (Sir Tom Courtenay), sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbery, rises through the ranks from his prowess as a long distance runner. During his runs, memories of his life lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's (Sir Michael Redgrave's) prize runner. A famous quote "Running was always a big thing in our family, specially running away from the police"
2) Billy Liar
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Billy Fisher is a lazy, wildly inventive and irresponsible clerk in a north country town, who defrauds his employers of the petty cash. Unable to accept the drab reality of life, Billy escapes into a world of fantasy, imagining he is a successful man of the world in various situations. Communication at home is uneasy; his inexplicable lying shocks his parents. But when he becomes engaged to two girls at the same time and invents a demand for his non-existent...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius finds a book by Portuguese poet and doctor Amadeu de Prado and his life is irrevocably changed. Determined to learn more about the author, Gregorius boards the night train to Lisbon and begins to piece together an epic story of oppression and revolution, loyalty and betrayal, love and jealousy, played out against the backdrop of a brutal fascist dictatorship. In his exploration of Amadeu de Prado's life, Gregorius finds...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ex-secret agent turned restaurateur is enlisted to stop an evil woman from destroying the world while also trying to win back his ex-wife and keep his daughter from making a mistake in marriage.
6) 45 years
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
As Kate and Geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives.
7) Flood
Publisher
RHI Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tidal wave is unleashed on a city in England, and now their top engineer must drain the city before millions of people perish.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
c1996, c2009
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (452 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amy Dorrit has spent her young life with her family in London's debtor prison. Arthur Clennam, a kindly but ineffectual gentleman, who returns to England from China after twenty years, risks everything to help little Dorrits's family.
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Rex is the Queen's Top Dog a spoiled little corgi who lives a life of luxury in Buckingham Palace. But when Rex winds up in a London Dog's Home, surrounded by tough strays, he must learn that to become a true Top Dog, you have to earn it!" -- Container.
11) Gambit
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
12) Quartet
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 448 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The war lover: In England during World War II, bomber pilots fall for the same girl, but only one will make it through the war to ask for her hand. Hellcats of the Navy: Highlights the daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II. This is Ronald and Nancy Reagan's only screen appearance together. Anzio: A war correspondent paints a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest...
14) Gambit
Author
Language
English
Description
Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art Curator for media tycoon, Lord Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con his abusive boss into purchasing a fake Monet painting.
15) Doctor Zhivago
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Boris Pasternak's Nobel prize-winning epic novel set during the Russian Revolution, this sweeping romance tells the story of an idealistic young doctor and the passions that tear him and his country apart.
16) Quartet
Author
Language
English
Description
At a home for retired opera singers, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
17) Doctor Zhivago
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet he finds himself in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago becomes torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the Bolshevik revolution, but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism.
18) Railway Children
Author
Language
English
Description
An enchanting, moving, and heart-warming adventure for a new generation. As life in Britain's cities becomes increasingly perilous during WWII, three evacuee children are sent by their mother to the English countryside. A dangerous adventure ensues when the children discover injured US soldier Abe, hiding out in the railway station and discover that he too, like them, is a long way from home.