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) On acting
Author
Publisher
Sceptre
Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
5) Khartoum
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Britain's crisis in the Sudan and the siege at Khartoum in 1883.
Publisher
distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011, p1981
Edition
Special ed. ; [30th anniversary ed.].
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 659 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : col. ill. ; 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...
Series
Criterion collection volume 487
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
This film re-creates the greatest air battle in history, when the outnumbered British Royal Airforce battled and fought off the powerful German Luftwaffe at the beginning of World War II. For this film more than 100 vintage aircraft were assembled to re-enact the historic battle in the skies over England.
Series
Criterion collection volume 41
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
Digitally remastered version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation and the greatness of its King. Includes medieval battle sequences with a recreation of the Battle of Agincourt.
11) The world at war
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
11 videodiscs (ca. 1194 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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...
12) Rebecca
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life donimated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A band of Nazi leaders, escaped from postwar Germany, scheme to return to power. Their plans to dominate the world are based on a bizarre biological experiment undertaken by Josef Mengele.
15) Three sisters
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...
16) Spartacus
Series
Criterion collection volume 105
Edition
Widescreen.
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.
17) A little romance
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about a boy and a girl, 13-year-olds, in Paris, who fall in love, and an old gentlemanly rascal who helps them in their plans to visit the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.
18) The Bounty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A remake of the story that claims to expose "the truth behind the legend" of the Bounty mutiny. In doing so it provides a stirring and dramatic portrait of the delicately balanced friendship between Christian and Bligh.
19) Sleuth
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions.
