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(0)Trevor Howard
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
2) The Conflict
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Martin Sheen stars in this religious drama that pits the protectors of tradition against the emissaries of change. Sheen, on a mission from the Vatican to help adminsister reforms within the Roman Catholic Church, is dispatched to a secluded monastery in Ireland where he meets an Abbot (Trevor Howard) that does not share his views on how to lead his flock.
3) Windwalker
Series
Language
Cheyenne
Description
Lying on his deathbed, the aging Cheyenne Warrior, Windwalker, tells his life's story to his small grandchildren. He recounts his years as a young brave, marriage to beautiful Tashina, the blessing of having twin sons born to them, and his anguish at having Tashina die and one of the babies stolen during a raid by Crow warriors.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
American combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) is shot down over Nazi-controlled Italy and joins U.S. and English WWII troops in a prison camp during the summer of 1943. Given the insulting nickname "Von Ryan" because he initially seems more concerned with surviving than escaping, the colonel eventually leads Allied prisoners, as their new top ranking officer, in a daredevil race for freedom by commandeering an entire German freight train bound...
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A re-creation of mid-Victorian England that contrasts the silliness of the aristocracy with the squalor of the lower classes. Rather than making a standard blood and glory epic, Richardson created a film that took the silly glory and glamour out of war and substituted something closer to the bitter truth.
6) Father Goose
Series
Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Working as a spotter for the Navy on a south sea island during WWII, a man rescues a ship of 7 schoolgirls and their pretty teacher.
7) Gandhi
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life of Ghandi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
8) The dawning
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious man appears in a small Irish town, a young woman believes that he could be her long lost father.
11) Shaka Zulu
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The epic story of the uniting of the Zulu tribes into a powerful new nation under the leadership of one man, set in the period of European colonial expansion.
13) The Sea wolves
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In March of 1943, a group of Boer War veterans is recruited by British intelligence to destroy a Nazi spy ship in the harbor of Goa, India.
15) Meteor
Publisher
Orion Home Video
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Science fiction drama about a five-mile meteor on a collision course with the earth. A scientist is summoned to Washington by NASA and is informed that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. There is one slim chance to divert disaster, but it means cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and neither side trusts the other.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
1787. HMS Bounty sets out on a journey through perilous seas to a tropical paradise, and into history as the one of the most ill-fated vessels in naval lore. The gripping story centers on first officer Fletcher Christian, a dandy transformed into a man of action, and Capt. William Bligh, uncompromising in his command or his cruelty.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Count of Monte Cristo: Edmond Dantes, unjustly imprisoned on the eve of his wedding by a rival suitor and his accomplices, escapes after 14 years, uncovers the hidden Monte Cristo treasure described a fellow prisoner, and, as the mysterious count, exacts his revenge.
Man Friday: This classic story of survival and heroism takes on a whole new perspective in this 1975 version of Robinson Crusoe.
19) The third man
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
English
Description
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime-- and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.
20) Morituri
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Tension-filled, action packed espionage drama about a German demolitions expert who is blackmailed by the British to help them seize a German freighter.
