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English
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Snows of Kilimanjaro: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that he himself travels to King Arthur's court.
Tale of two cities: A British barrister falls in...
3) Elf
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gregory Peck plays a southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece.
Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition. Screen legend Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch -...
5) Winter light
Series
Criterion collection volume 209-212
Publisher
Wannabe
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Swedish
Description
SYNOPSIS: "On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small rural church (Tomas Ericsson) performs service for a tiny congregation; though he is suffering from a cold and a severe crisis of faith. After the service, he attempts to console a fisherman (Jonas Persson) who is tormented by anxiety, but Tomas can only speak about his own troubled relationship with God. A school teacher (Maerta Lundberg) offers Tomas her love as consolation for his loss...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
8) December
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Five young men, prep school students and best friends, must decide whether or not to go to war after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
With her father presumed dead, Lara must race to recover an ancient artifact that can alter space and time if not destroyed. She finds the key that will unlock the two sections that must be put together in order for the artifact to work. She must fight her nemises in order to restore harmony and all before the planets and sun align.
Series
The Lord of the rings volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
While Frodo Baggins and his friend Samwise continue on to Mordor to destroy the one ring, their allies launch assaults on Isengard, Helm's Deep, and the corrupt wizard Saruman.
13) Paddington
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
14) It's the rage
Publisher
Key DVD
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Seven strangers find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013, c1941
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged playboy, Frank Flannagan, who is smitten by Ariane, the daughter of a detective hired by a man who believes Frank is having an affair with his wife.
Friendly Persuasion: A heart-warming story about the day-to-day experiences of a Quaker family living in Indiana in 1862, showing their religious beliefs, their worldly temptations, their petty feuds, and their reactions in a time of crisis.
The Fountainhead: An architect unwilling to...
17) Indigo
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005], 2003
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of a lonely old man and his granddaughter, an 'Indigo' child. The term refers to a child blessed with the ability to foresee events, see things that are not evident to others, and heal with a special power not possessed by adults.
19) Of human bondage
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2001, 1934
Language
English
Description
The story of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress.