Laurence Olivier
1) War requiem
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 92 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
British cinema's enfant terrible teams with his muse Tilda Swinton and Laurence Olivier, for a spectacular and moving interpretation of composer Benjamin Britten's 1961 orchestral masterpiece.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 162 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Anton Chekhov's classic play about the lives of three sisters living in a remote Russian village is given the all-star treatment by director and star Laurence Olivier.
4) Spartacus
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
5) King Lear
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (158 min.): sd., color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
7) Khartoum
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Britain's crisis in the Sudan and the siege at Khartoum in 1883.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Dick Dudgeon learns his father was executed by the British for treason at the onset of the Revolutionary War, he steals the body for a proper burial, ignoring the pleas of his friend, Minister Anthony Anderson who's a peace-loving person who ends up becoming a belligerent firebrand of a rebel trying to save Dudgeon's life.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A humorous and heartwarming portrait of beloved novelist John Mortimer's early years. After his highly eccentric lawyer father Clifford Mortimer is struck with blindness, John must deal with his father's decreasing ability to take care of himself.
12) The world at war
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
11 videodiscs in 11 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 1,194 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already...
13) Spartacus
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Restored edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (197 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a gladiator who leads slaves in a rebellion against the power of Rome.
14) Richard III
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain, usurps the crown from King Edward IV, and is later killed at Bosworth Field. Henry, Earl of Richmond, ascends the throne as Henry VII, establishing the Tudor dynasty.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from a Harold Robbins potboiler, "The Betsy" offers power struggles, incest, adultery, gold digging, and car racing. Laurence Olivier plays a ruthless but fallible auto tycoon with a tortured family history including a weakling son (Paul Rudd), a daughter-in-law he loves too much (Katharine Ross), a resentful grandson (Robert Duvall), and a devoted great-granddaughter (Kathleen Beller) to whom he bequeaths most of his fortune. In the midst...
16) 49th parallel
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version; special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (659 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Charles is from a family with little money. Sebastian's family is wealthy. The two become friends at Oxford. When Sebastian invites his friend to dinner, Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family. After Charles becomes an officer in the British Army he and his company are moved to an English country house that he realizes is Sebastian's family home. Here he discovers memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of...
18) Three sisters
Series
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, three sisters live in virtual exile. Olga attemps to support her family and home that is the sole legacy from their late father. Masha finds relief from an empty marriage by being involved with a passionate young colonel. Irina wills herself to return the affections of an ardent suitor in the hope that he will whisk her off to the city. Sift through the debris of their shattered dreams on the...
19) A bridge too far
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998, 1977
Edition
Widescreen version
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic recreation of an Allied airdrop behind German lines in Holland, and the subsequent disastrous Battle of Arnhem.