British Lion Films
Series
Criterion collection volume 461
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
An owner of a Victorian-era boot shop finds himself in a battle of wills with his headstrong eldest daughter, who wants to make her own professional and personal decisions in her life. Bonus features include commentary, documentary, essay, interviews, and more.
Series
Criterion collection volume 64
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([26] pages ; 18 cm).
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.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien being comes to Earth and becomes the head of a large corporation and is gradually destroyed by the pleasures, the technology and the richness of life on Earth.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Bowie makes his feature film debut as a visitor from a dying planet who becomes a reclusive multi-millionaire, only to lose himself in an earthbound abyss of decadence, self-destruction and alienation.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is a hilarious spoof of prison life in which Peter Sellers and his cellmates escape from jail for just one night in order to commit an outrageously funny robbery.
6) Wee Geordie
Publisher
Lear Media
Pub. Date
200-?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Scottish boy turns to a mail-order body building course to increase his height and strength. His interest in body building and hammer throwing, lead him to represent Britain in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1970
Edition
Letterboxed ed. (1.85:1)
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 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...
Publisher
Hollywood's Attic
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Sultan of Makyad decides to send his favourite daughter to an English school and chooses St Trinian's because it is conveniently close to the stables where his racehorses are trained. But complications develop when Arabella, leader of the 'Sixth Form Gang' at school, is encouraged by her bookmaker father to kidnap the Sultan's prize thoroughbred."--Cover.
Publisher
905 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Casey Cantrell, a young American, travels to London to deliver her mother's death-bed letter to Lord Richard Bredon. In the lush English countryside, Casey is pursued by two men, Michael Bredon, heir to the Bredon fortune, and his wealthy friend Hamdan al Dubai. As the story unfolds, Casey uncovers a bizarre and shocking discovery.
10) The wicker tree
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When two young missionaries head to Scotland, they are initially charmed by the locals in the town of Tressock, and agree to become the local Queen of the May and Laddie for the annual town festival. But the couple is not prepared for the frightening consequences of their decision, and the very disturbing secrets they are about to discover about Tressock's seemingly friendly townspeople.
Publisher
LionsGate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Limited collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc, & 2 videodiscs (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien being comes to Earth to colonize its water riches but instead becomes head of a large corporation and is gradually destroyed by the pleasures, the technology, and the richness of life on earth.
12) The Wicker man
Publisher
Canal+ Image UK Ltd
Pub. Date
c1974
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrificebefore he himself comes face-to-face with the horror of the Wicker Man?
15) Heavens above!
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An idealistic clergyman is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish where he insists on ministering to the rich and poor alike, infuriating the town, the religious hierarchy, and the government.
16) Treasure Island
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1950s post-war England, the working classes faced an unappetizing choice between drudgery, degradation, and despair or the materialist blandishments of deadening suburban affluence. Arthur is the prototypical 'angry young man'--outspoken, dissatisfied with the status quo, rebelling against stifling class distinctions--insolent and self-confident, his high wages enable his disdain for following orders and his hard drinking, red-blooded weekends....
