Bob Hoskins
2) Passed Away
Author
Language
English
Description
Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving Scanlan clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each other's throats. As the eldest son, Johnny is tactlessly reminded that he's probably the next to go; daughter Terry is the black sheep who hasn't told anyone that the marriage they all warned her against has broken up; thick-headed but nice looking younger son Frank...
4) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (204 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions. In OTHELLO, Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Mole, Water Rat, Badger and Mr. Toad pursue merry adventures in a charming adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's tale of animals who behave like Edwardian gentlemen in a world gone slightly mad. Matt Lucas stars as the exuberant Mr. Toad, along with Bob Hoskins as Badger, Mark Gatiss as Rat and Lee Ingleby as Mole. Anna Maxwell Martin, Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton round out this star-studded cast.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (139 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Francis Ford Coppola's lavish, 1930s-era epic comes to vivid new life in this newly remastered and restored version featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of America's greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the Copacabana, where he wowed the crowds with his songs. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing - stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own heart.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (436 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The long good Friday: Mob boss Harold Shand runs an underworld empire but his dreams are much bigger. He and his sophisticated moll (Oscar winner Helen Mirren) aspire to turn the barren docklands of London into a development for the upcoming Olympics. But their perfect plan begins to unravel in this taut, riveting thriller.
Mona Lisa: Bob Hoskins in his breakout performance--for which he landed an Oscar nomination--as George, a working class hood...
10) Unleashed
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man raised to be a killing machine escapes from his "owner" and attempts to start a new life, though his brutal past keeps following him.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (436 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The long good Friday: Mob boss Harold Shand runs an underworld empire but his dreams are much bigger. He and his sophisticated moll (Oscar winner Helen Mirren) aspire to turn the barren docklands of London into a development for the upcoming Olympics. But their perfect plan begins to unravel in this taut, riveting thriller.
Mona Lisa: Bob Hoskins in his breakout performance--for which he landed an Oscar nomination--as George, a working class hood...
12) Doomsday
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lethal virus spreads throughout Great Britain, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat the government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area and the rest of the country succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper Virus violently resurfaces. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined...
13) Hollywoodland
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Made famous as Superman on television, George Reeves finds it hard to not be typecast because of it. When he is found dead of a gunshot wound, rumors begin to run rampant.
14) Vanity fair
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Unsatisfied with her lower-class birthright, beautiful, calculating Becky Sharp is resolved to conquer high society by any means necessary, employing all of her wit, guile, and sexuality to move her way up.
15) Neverland
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing ever before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of the mystical land forever.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the true story of WWII Russian hero Vassili Zaitsev whose fame thrust him into a personal war with the Nazis best sharpshooter, Major Erwin Konig.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed and well-to-do Mrs. Henderson is certainly not going to spend her days playing bridge. Instead, she brings war-torn London to its feet with a live show featuring nude girls.
18) Zulu dawn
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
19) Flickers: Vol. 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a brash British movie pioneer, Arnie forms an unlikely partnership with Maude that starts out strictly business and grows into a real romance.
20) Balto
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada, distributor
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part husky/part wolf, Balto doesn't know where he belongs. He's an outcast in Alaska, except to his true friends. Even though he's different, all of Balto's friends recognize what he still can't see himself; his noble spirit. One day, a serious diphtheria epidemic spreads among the children of Nome. When a blizzard closes off all routes of transport, there's no way to obtain life-saving medicine ... unless a team of sled dogs can race through the...