Herbert Lom
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
1970.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (66 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A major figure of Spanish cinema, Pere Portabella's contributions have included a variety of roles (such as convincing Buñuel to return to Spain and shoot Viridiana, which he co-produced), but most importantly as the director of a number of films from the 1960s and 1970s that blend experimental filmmaking with documentary and fiction. Filmed on the set of Jess Franco’s 1970 cult film Count Dracula starring Christopher Lee, Portabella’s Vampir-Cuadecuc...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1970.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1970, cult director Jess Franco and screen legend Christopher Lee collaborated on what they promised would be the most faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel ever filmed. From its remarkable performances to its lush locations and atmosphere of sinister sensuality, it remains a spellbinding adaptation of the classic tale.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Pink Panther diamond goes missing, and then, en route to the scene of the crime, Inspector Clouseau's plane goes missing. A sleuthing reporter is assigned to memorialize him, but in the process, she comes up against some strange behavior from a delirious Dreyfus as well as Clouseau's duplicitous ex-wife, his lusty father and The Phantom.
4) Mr. Topaze
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Honest French teacher Albert Topaze (Peter Sellers) is fired after refusing to alter the bad grades of a baroness' grandson. Sensing an opportunity, actress Suzy (Nadia Gray) convinces her lover, corrupt city council member Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), to hire Topaze as a managing director for one of his businesses to mitigate any suspicion. When Topaze learns he is being used, he decides to swindle his manipulators. Based on a Marcel Pagnol play,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1956.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (208 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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...
6) Hopscotch
Series
Criterion collection volume 163
Publisher
Studio Canal
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Miles Kendig is fired from his top CIA job, he decides to tell all by writing a book.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Clouseau is summoned to recover the world's largest diamond, stolen from a seemingly secure museum, and focuses on an English peer as the most likely suspect.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Hindu prince is rescued by his governess and a British captain moments before his father's palace is captured by rebels. The group must then travel through 300 miles of hostile Muslim territory in northwest India in their attempt to reach safety in Delhi.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Escapees from a Confederate prison camp seize a balloon which is wrecked on a Pacific island, where Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus attempts to rescue them from the dangers of the island.
10) Villa rides
Series
Publisher
Legend films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the turbulence of early 20th century Mexico, this movie chronicles the fights and flights of one of Mexico's favorite folk heroes.
11) Asylum
Series
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inmates in the "House of Crazies" tell their personal horror stories to the facility's new, young administrator (Robert Powell), who must guess which one of the psychopaths was his predecessor.
13) El Cid
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version ; Two-disc deluxe edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
14) The ladykillers
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs," proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.
15) War and peace
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.
Author
Language
English
Description
Set on the North West Frontier of colonial India in 1905. A British Army Officer, Captain Scott (Kenneth More) is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince (Govind Raja Ross) and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt (Lauren Bacall) certain death at the hands of rebel tribesman.
17) Count Dracula
Author
Language
English
Description
A gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco starring Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing and Klaus Kinski as Renfield.
19) Cuadecuc Vampir
Author
Language
English
Description
A major figure of Spanish cinema, Pere Portabella's contributions have included a variety of roles (such as co-producing Buñuel's Viridiana), but most importantly as the director of a number of groundbreaking films from the 1960s and 1970s. Filmed on the set of Franco's cult film Count Dracula starring Christopher Lee, Vampir-Cuadecuc mixes making-of footage with an investigation into the figure of the vampire. Both playful and deadly serious, with...
20) Mr. Topaze
Author
Language
English
Description
Honest French teacher Albert Topaze (Peter Sellers) is fired after refusing to alter the bad grades of a baroness' grandson. Sensing an opportunity, actress Suzy (Nadia Gray) convinces her lover, corrupt city council member Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), to hire Topaze as a managing director for one of his businesses to mitigate any suspicion. When Topaze learns he is being used, he decides to swindle his manipulators. Based on a Marcel Pagnol play,...