Julian Glover
3) The Laureate
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the mid-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatized and creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite Robert's passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, soon, Laura's attention turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalized society threatens to risk everything they have.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxv, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The enthralling biography of the shepherd boy who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering and whose genius we still benefit from today. Thomas Telford may have been born into poverty but he became one of Britain's most important engineers, changing the shape of Britain forever; the creations that resulted from his skill, ambition and obsessive hard work span its length and breadth still. For too long, his extraordinary achievements have...
5) Tár
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of William Shakespeare's most popular and brilliant comedies, "Twelfth Night" features a gender-bending/mistaken identity/double-marriage-at-the-end plot that has enshrined this play as a favorite among audiences and critics alike.
A terrible shipwreck occurs off the coast of the kingdom of Illyria and a young girl - Viola - is plucked from the ocean by a group of sailors and set on shore alone, believing her twin brother Sebastian to have...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shakespeare's play depicting the waning years of both a king and a thief-and a young heir's changing relationship with each of them. Prince Hal has proven his worth on the battlefield, but even as the elder Henry's condition grows weaker, Hal's ability to follow in his father's footsteps may be in doubt. His longtime friendship with the drunken, thieving, yet thoroughly alluring Falstaff, and the influence of their rowdy tavern companions, are tempting...
8) Troy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
2-disc full-screen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus, the result is an epic war. The Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior embodies the...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Kaʻiulani [is] the bright and beautiful heir to the Hawaiian throne in this epic based on a true story. Following an idyllic childhood in Honolulu, the willful teenage princess is sent to Britain to receive an education fit for a future queen. There, she meets the handsome young Clive Davies..., who quickly sweeps her off her feet. But meanwhile, destiny calls back home, where the Hawaiian monarchy is overthrown and the threat of U.S. annexation...
10) Heat and dust
Publisher
Cohen Media Group LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala about Anne, who is drawn to India to unravel the scandal surrounding her great-aunt's seduction in the 1920s by an Indian prince.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in-training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a 'Death-Star-Blower-Upper' can be a double-edged lightsaber when he's constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions!
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...
13) Spies of Warsaw
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a prologue in which a young Indiana Jones is introduced, the epic continues with the adult Indy embarking on a perilous quest for his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. The Nazis are on the trail of the Holy Grail, and have kidnapped the professor, who is an authority on the Cup of Christ. Indy inches through rat-filled catacombs, battles Nazis in biplane dogfights, and braves the firepower of unstoppable tanks.
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Claude Monet recalls the story of the Impressionists - a movement that shook the foundation of the art world. He and fellow painters Auguste Renoir and Frederic Bazille begin a forty-year struggle against the Salon, the annual state art exhibition. Overcoming criticism, poverty and misfortune, Monet along with his counterparts eventually achieve the success they had only dreamed about.
16) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Duc de Condé's employee, François Vatel, is in charge of cooking, and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Condé. If Vatel can impress the King, de Condé will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.
17) Dombey and Son
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (295 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.
18) Henry VIII
Series
Works volume 24
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The last play Shakespeare wrote, spins a web of intrigue and betrayal. This production was filmed at Henry's favorite place, Leeds Castle, with its ceremonies enacted in the very rooms the King inhabited, nearly 500 years ago. Starring Claire Bloom, John Stride and Julian Glover.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a spy trawler is accidentally sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo. The powerful ATAC system gives unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As James Bond joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos of seizing the device. Competition between nations grows more deadly, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock, who blames Kristatos for the death...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indy's Nazi enemies are back and have kidnapped his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. to get help in their search for the Holy Grail. Following a trail from America to Venice to the deserts of the Middle East, it's up to Indy to save his father, save the Grail and save the day.