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Language
English
Description
It is a time of both splendor and despair for the deeply divided French nation where the self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people starve. Believing he is all-powerful, Louis fears no one -- except the one person who could bring an end to his absolute power: the man he condemned to wear an iron mask and imprisoned for life. But when the king's selfish excesses go too far, retired Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis...
4) Hawaii
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants.
6) The Basket
Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A picturesque story of the landscapes through the territory of the human heart. A Pacific Northwest logging community in 1918 struggles to come to terms with the pain and prejudice of wartime America. Weaving an unlikely thread of forbidden love, racial tension, German opera lessons and a new game called basketball.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A breathtaking 10-part journey into the bloodiest war in American history, and more than a retelling of history, it brings history to life. Through historical photos and masterfully crafted battlefield re-enactments, experience the war from the soldier's point-of-view. It takes you into the battlefields on American soil and explores the events that led to the Firing on Fort Sumter and the surrender at the Appomattox Court House.
8) The Kremlin
Publisher
Monterey
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Once the heart of Soviet Russia, the Kremlin embodies the rich and fascinating cultural heritage of Moscow. For the first time, an American film crew is allowed to enter and discover the rich treasures and history of the government.
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The fate of an empire rests on the shoulders of one man. After a sneak attack by a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his vessel, Cpt. "Lucky" Jack Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he embarks on a thrilling high-stakes chase across two oceans to capture or destroy the emeny at any cost.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Aramaic
Description
Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...
12) Belfast
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Issac) is at a crossroads and struggling to make is as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles- some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club- on an odyssey to audition for...
14) War Horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
Language
English
Description
Restoration: Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything...until an affair leads to scandel, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless.
An ideal husband: A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past.
Her magesty, Mrs. Brown: John Brown is a lowly servant who looks after Queen Victoria's horses. Yet when circumstances bring them together, the result is a passionate friendship.
Tom & Viv: A...
16) All The Way
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
Publisher
Mill Crek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"This 10-episode program offers archival photographs and battle re-enactments to unravel the history of the U. S. Civil War, from the election of 1860 to the Appomattox surrender. Includes a bonus photo slide show."--Container.
18) October, 1917
Publisher
White Star
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Depicts events of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. Describes the Kerensky regime and the European War, and discusses the conflicting plans and ambitions of various participants.
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