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12 years a slave
Record ID
14638
Author:
McQueen, Steve
Zimmer, Hans
Ejiofor, Chiwetel
Williams, Michael K
Giamatti, Paul
Northup, Solomon
Imprint:
Entertainment One , 2014
Description:
1 videodisc (134 min.) : col.
Class:
Film on DVD Historical drama - Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9)
widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(English), Bonus footage, Other documentaries ('The Team', 'The Score').
Made in 2013. Based on the book by Solomon Northup. Credits: music, Hans
Zimmer; cinematographer, Sean Bobbitt. DVDN. Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Michael K. Williams, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Brad
Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Kelsey Scott, Scoot McNairy, Taran Killam, Sarah
Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Award-winning historical slave-narrative drama directed by Steve McQueen
and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film follows the experience of Solomon
Northup (Ejiofor), an African-American living with a wife and two children in
Saratoga, New York, who is kidnapped and sold into slavery by men claiming
to offer him work as a circus musician. Transported by ship to New Orleans,
it isn't long before he is given a new name and sold to William Ford
(Benedict Cumberbatch), a relatively empathetic slave owner. But
confrontations with the cruel and violent overseer John Tibeats (Paul Dano)
leads to Solomon being passed on by Ford to the extremely abusive and
alcoholic planter Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender), who rules his slaves with
a whip in one hand and a Bible in the other. Believing the only hope of
regaining his freedom is to remain passive for the time being, Solomon
ceases fighting against the illegitimacy of his situation until salvation is
offered to him by a kindly labourer named Bass (Brad Pitt). The film was
nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three including Best Picture
and Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o). It also won the Golden Globe
for Best Motion Picture - Drama and BAFTAs for Best Leading Actor (Ejiofor)
and Best Film.
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1984
Record ID
14210
Author:
Bradford, Michael
Muldowney, Dominic
Hurt, John
Burton, Richard
Cusack, Cyril
Orwell, George
Imprint:
MGM Home Entertainment , 2004
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD -Drama- Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Ratio
(1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English, German, French, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Portuguese, Turkish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English, German). Made in 1984. Based on the
novel by George Orwell. Credits: executive producer, Martin J. Rosenblum;
music, Dominic Muldowney; cinematographer, Roger Deakins; special effects
A/V, Ian Scoones; costumes, Emma Porteous; make up, Mary Hillman.
DVDN. Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Suzanna Hamilton,
Gregory Fisher, James Walker, Andrew Wilde, David Trevena, Phyllis Logan.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
In a holocaustic future world, perpetually at war, where failure to conform is
the ultimate crime, Winston Smith (John Hurt) rewrites history books and
finds himself dreaming of escape from the all-seeing eyes of the Authorities.
He embarks on a passionate (and illegal) affair with a young woman
(Suzanna Hamilton) but they are soon caught and Smith undergoes a
nightmarish brainwashing at the hands of the chief inquisitor O'Brien
(Richard Burton).
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2001 - a space odyssey
Record ID
15240
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
Dullea, Keir
Sylvester, William
Lockwood, Gary
Clarke, Arthur C
Imprint:
Warner Home Video , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Adventure Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1968. Based on the short story 'The sentinel' by Arthur C. Clarke.
Credits: assistant director, Derek Cracknell; cinematographer, Geoffrey
Unsworth; voice, Douglas Rain. DVDS. Cast: Keir Dullea, William Sylvester,
Gary Lockwood, Leonard Rossiter, Robert Beatty, Margaret Tyzack, Frank
Miller, Daniel Richter, Sean Sullivan. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Stanley Kubrick's celebrated sci-fi treatise uses Strauss' 'Blue Danube',
amongst other classical pieces, to add gravity to the film's weightless
musings. At the dawn of Mankind, a tribe of ape-like beings are visited on
Earth by a large black monolith. Thousands of years later, in the year 2001,
scientist Dr Heywood Floyd (William Sylvester) discovers a similar black
monolith on the moon, which then emits a signal aimed at the planet Jupiter.
A year later, astronauts David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary
Lockwood) are en route to Jupiter to investigate the signal's destination and
purpose. However, their mission comes under threat when the ship
computer, HAL (voiced by Douglas Rain), seemingly develops a malfunction.
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27 dresses
Record ID
12674
Author:
Fletcher, Anne
Edelman, Randy
Heigl, Katherine
Marsden, James
Burns, Edward
Imprint:
20th Century Fox Home Ent. , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(1:2.20), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Deleted
scenes, Other documentaries ('The Wedding Party', 'You'll Never Wear That
Again', 'Jane's World', 'The Running of the Brides'). Made in 2008. Credits:
music, Randy Edelman; cinematographer, Peter James. DVDN. Cast:
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Kerwin, Charli Barcena, Peyton List, Jane Pfitsch, Judy Greer. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Upbeat romcom about a woman who's always the bridesmaid, never the
bride. Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl) has led a selfless, romantic life, always
putting others needs first and herself last, especially when it comes to
marriage. With 27 bridesmaid dresses in her cupboard, Jane is beginning to
see a pattern developing. Scuttling between receptions one evening, she's
spotted by a cynical local reporter (James Marsden) who sees her story as
the ideal vehicle to move up the career ladder. But when her younger sister,
Tess (Malin Akerman), makes moves on her boss, George (Edward Burns),
who she secretly adores, Jane finally realises it's time to grab her life by the
horns before it's too late.
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The 39 steps: Special edition
Record ID
12507
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Bath, Hubert
Beaver, Jack
Levy, Louis
Donat, Robert
Carroll, Madeleine
Mannheim, Lucie
Buchan, John
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2001
Description:
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd, b&w.
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller-Suspence Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Biographies. Made in 1935. Based on the novel by John
Buchan. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey
Tearle, John Laurie, Peggy Ashcroft, Frank Cellier, Helen Haye, Miles
Malleson, Gus McNaughton, Peggy Simpson, Hilda Trevelyan, John Turnbull,
Jerry Verno, Wylie Watson. Credits: music, Hubert Bath; music, Jack Beaver;
music, Louis Levy; cinematographer, Bernard Knowles. DVDN. Dolby Digital.
BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock's most celebrated British thriller, adapted from John
Buchan's novel. Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes the victim of
mistaken identity when a female corpse is dumped in his flat by a spy ring.
He tries to track down the true murderers whilst being pursued by the
police, and hooks up with an unwilling accomplice (Madeleine Carroll). Their
adventure eventually leads them to a music hall, where the secret of the 39
steps is revealed. Also included is the documentary 'Hitchcock - The Early
Years'.
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Abigail's Party
Record ID
12511
Author:
Leigh, Mike
Steadman, Alison
Reynolds, Harriet
Stern, Tim
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2003
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD - Comedy - Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 4, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 5 single layer, Interactive menus,
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound
(Dolby Mono), Subtitles (English), Other documentaries ('Funny Women' edited highlight) Made in 1977. Cast: Alison Steadman, Harriet Reynolds,
Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Director Mike Leigh takes a satirical look at middle-class values in the 70s.
Upwardly mobile couple Beverley and Laurence host an informal drinks
evening when their neighbour's teenage daughter, Abigail, throws a party.
Tensions arise as bored, bitchy housewife Beverley (Alison Steadman) flirts
with her new neighbour, patronises his wife, embarasses Abigail's mother
Sue and drives her over-stressed husband to the point of no return.
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About a boy
Record ID
12404
Author:
Weitz, Chris
Weitz, Paul
Badly Drawn Boy
Grant, Hugh
Collette, Toni
Weisz, Rachel
Hornby, Nick
Imprint:
VVL , 2002
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby. Credits: music, Badly
Drawn Boy. Boxed. Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel
Brook, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Hutchison,
Ben Ridgeway, Nat Gastiain Tena, Jack Warren, Russell Barr. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Hugh Grant takes the lead role as aimless, commitment-shy, thirtysomething
Will in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestseller. Living on the royalties of a
hit song his father wrote 40 years ago, Will drifts through life, moving from
one relationship to the next with little lasting effect. But when he hits upon
the new idea of dating single-mothers, he soon finds himself entangled with
the suicidal Fiona (Toni Colette) and her 12-year-old-son Marcus (Nicholas
Hoult). As he and Marcus gradually develop a friendship, Will begins to
reassess the selfish life he has been living.
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About time
Record ID
14634
Author:
Curtis, Richard
Gleeson, Domhnall
McAdams, Rachel
Nighy, Bill
Imprint:
Universal Pictures , 2014
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5050582964950
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages
(English). Made in 2013. Credits: cinematographer, John Guleserian.
DVDUD. Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lindsay
Duncan, Lisa Eichorn, Margot Robbie, Vanessa Kirby, Tom Hollander, Tom
Hughes, Mitchell Mullen. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Richard Curtis writes and directs this British comedy about a young man who
discovers he can time travel. Following yet another uneventful New Year's
Eve Party, 21-year-old Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) learns a life-changing secret
from his father (Bill Nighy). It seems that the men in Tim's family possess
the unique ability to travel in time by simply entering a dark space, clenching
their fists, and imaging the place they want to be. Armed with this
knowledge, Tim decides to leave rural Cornwall behind and move to London
to become a lawyer, and in the process, find love. All seems to be going well
when he meets and falls for the dazzling Mary (Rachel McAdams), using his
newfound abilities to help win the day. But when a mishap in the time
travelling manoeuvre threatens his future happiness, Tim soon comes to
realise that, above all else, it's how you live your life in the present that
really matters.
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Across the universe
Record ID
14738
Author:
Taymor, Julie
Goldenthal, Elliot
Wood, Evan Rachel
Sturgess, Jim
Anderson, Joe
Imprint:
Sony Pictures Home Ent. , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Fantasy Musical
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (Other widescreen), Languages
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Commentary
(Julie Taymour, Elliot Goldenthal), Other documentaries ('Creating The
Universe Featurette', 'All About The Music', 'Rehearsal Footage', Stars Of
Tomorrow', 'Moving Through The Universe', 'FX on The Universe'), Bonus
tracks ('Come Together', 'Hold Me Tight', 'I Am The Walrus', 'Oh Darling!,
'Something', 'Dear Prudence'), Image gallery. Made in 2007. Credits: music,
Elliot Goldenthal. DVDN. Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe
Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio, Spencer Liff, Nicholas
Lumley, Michael Ryan, Lisa Hogg, Bono, Eddie Izzard. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic drama set in the 1960s. Amid the turbulent years of anti-war
protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards
of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riottorn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed
lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a
small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging antiwar and counterculture movements, with 'Dr. Robert' (Bono) and 'Mr. Kite'
(Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control
ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy - against all
odds - to find their own way back to each other.
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The adventures of Baron Munchausen
Record ID
12547
Author:
Gilliam, Terry
Kamen, Michael
Neville, John
Idle, Eric
Polley, Sarah
Raspe, Rudolphe Erich
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd, col.
Class:
Film on DVD Fantasy adventure Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical
widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, German,
French, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Subtitles (Arabic, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish). Made
in 1988. Based on the novel by Rudolphe Erich Raspe. Credits: music,
Michael Kamen. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah
Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis, Jack Purvis,
Valentina Cortese, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Peter Jeffrey, Uma
Thurman, Alison Steadman, Ray Cooper, Robin Williams, Don Henderson,
Sting. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam directs this epic fantasy
adventure. In the seventeenth century, a theatrical troupe are acting out the
legendary adventures of mythical hero Baron Munchausen for the visiting
Minister of War (Jonathan Pryce) when their performance is interrupted by
an eccentric old man (John Neville) who claims to be the Baron himself.
Protesting that the version of his life being presented is all wrong, the Baron
proceeds to regale the audience with his own fantastic tale...
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The age of innocence
Record ID
14981
Author:
Scorsese, Martin
Bernstein, Elmer
Day-Lewis, Daniel
Pfeiffer, Michelle
Ryder, Winona
Wharton, Edith
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Playstation 2 compatible,
Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen
TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages French,
German, Italian, Spanish, Other Language Sound Dolby Surround, Subtitles
(English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish,
Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Croatian), Bonus footage,
Trailers, Filmographies. Made in 1993. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton.
Credits: music, Elmer Bernstein; voice, Joanne Woodward. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Richard E.
Grant, Miriam Margolyes, Michael Gough, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin,
Mary Beth Hurt, Robert Sean Leonard, Alec McCowen. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's scathing account of the
tribal customs of the 19th century New York elite. Newland Archer (Daniel
Day-Lewis) is betrothed to the demure May Welland (Winona Ryder), a
sensible girl who befits his respectable social position. But when May's
cousin, the beautiful and sophisticated Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer),
returns from a scandalous divorce in Europe, she provokes a passionate and
uncontrollable love in Newland. With his reputation in the balance, Newland
must now choose between following his heart or conforming to social
convention.
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Alfie
Record ID
12412
Author:
Gilbert, Lewis
Rollins, Sonny
Caine, Michael
Foster, Julia
Merchant, Vivien
Naughton, Bill
Imprint:
Paramount Home Entertainment , 1966
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope),
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital
5.1), Other languages German, Restored English, Other Language Sound
Dolby Mono, Subtitles (English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian,
Swedish, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers. Made in 1966. Based on the play by Bill Naughton. Credits: music,
Sonny Rollins; cinematographer, Otto Heller. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Michael Caine, Julia Foster, Vivien Merchant, Shelley Winters, Millicent
Martin, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Tony
Selby. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfie (Michael Caine in his first starring role) is a streetwise womaniser in
swinging Sixties London. His conquests are numerous, from common-law
wife Gilda (Julia Foster) to frustrated housewife Lily (Vivien Merchant), but
the chirpy cockney's sexual antics catch up with him faster than he had
counted on. The film is now seen as a period piece of Sixties British Cinema
and to show the consequences of the sexual revolution that began in that
era (Alfie is not repentent about his harsh treatment of the women in his life
and so never quite finds fulfilment), was nominated for 6 Academy Awards
and has a soundtrack by jazz musician Sonny Rollins.
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Alice in Wonderland
Record ID
13440
Author:
Burton, Tim
Elfman, Danny
Wasikowska, Mia
Depp, Johnny
Bonham Carter, Helena
Carroll, Lewis
Imprint:
Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. , 2010
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2010. Based on the book by Lewis Carroll. Credits: music, Danny
Elfman. DVDN. Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter,
Crispin Glover, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Michael
Sheen, Alan Rickman, Matt Lucas, Timothy Spall, Barbara Windsor. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Tim Burton and Disney join forces for this 3D fantasy adventure based on
the characters from the Lewis Carroll classics 'Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'. Mia Wasikowska stars as the
nineteen-year-old Alice, who returns to the magical world of her childhood
adventure to reunite with her friends the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the
White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledum and Tweedledee (both played
by Matt Lucas), the Dormouse (Barbara Windsor), the Caterpillar (Alan
Rickman) and the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry). Alice discovers her true
destiny as she joins forces with the colourful denizens of Wonderland to
overthrow the wicked Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). The film won
Academy Awards for Art Direction and Costume Design.
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Alice upside down
Record ID
13441
Author:
Tung, Sandy
Stoner, Alyson
Perry, Luke
Grabeel, Lucas
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Imprint:
Momentum Pictures , 2009
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Feelings
Family life
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene
access, Languages (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Interviews (Alyson
Stoner and Lucas Grabeel), Other documentaries ('The Costumes of Alice
Upside Down'). Made in 2007. Based on Series of books by Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor. DVDN. Cast: Alyson Stoner, Luke Perry, Lucas Grabeel, Penny
Marshall, Ann Dowd, Parker McKenna Posey, Dylan McLaughlin, Bridgit
Mendler, Monica Parks, Jona Xiao. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Family film based on the best-selling series of books by Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor. Alice McKinley (Alyson Stoner) is an eleven-year-old girl who finds
her life seriously disrupted when her widowed father Ben (Luke Perry) buys
a store and moves her and her older brother Lester (Lucas Grabeel) to a new
town. Alice misses her mother dearly and has a rough time adjusting to
being the new girl at school, especially after she gets the stern Mrs Plotkin
(Penny Marshall) as her new teacher. Feeling shy and isolated, Alice has only
her hyperactive imagination to keep her company which sometimes lands
her in trouble. But with a little unexpected help from Mrs. Plotkin, Alice
learns to grow up and help herself and her father get over their loss.
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All about Eve
Record ID
13251
Author:
Mankiewicz, Joseph L
Newman, Alfred
Davis, Bette
Baxter, Anne
Sanders, George
Orr, Mary
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc (134 min.) : b&w.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Image gallery. Made in 1950. Based on
the short story 'The wisdom of Eve' by Mary Orr. Credits: music, Alfred
Newman; cinematographer, Milton Krasner; costumes, Edith Head;
costumes, Charles LeMaire. DVDN. Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George
Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn
Monroe, Gregory Ratoff, Walter Hampden, Barbara Bates. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Classic film drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington
(Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by
chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into
her life. Before long, however, she has become a bitter rival, stealing
Margo's Broadway role and causing turmoil in her personal life. Joseph
Mankiewicz's scathing satire on Hollywood won Oscars for Best Picture,
Director, Screenplay and Supporting Actor (George Sanders).
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All I Desire
Record ID
12619
Author:
Sirk, Douglas
Stanwyck, Barbara
Carlson, Richard
Bettger, Lyle
Brink, Carol
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen),
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono) Made in 1953. Based on the Novel
'Stopover' by Carol Brink. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle
Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long,
Billy Gray. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Naomi Murdock, played by Barbara Stanwyck, returns to the hometown she
deserted to follow her acting career, leaving a husband and daughter
behind. Now a successful star in her field, she accepts her daughter's
invitation to attend her school play (her ex-husband is the school head) but,
not having been back since leaving, it's a hard decision to make. She accepts
and, predictably, is the target of much small town ire and tattling as a result.
Things are further complicated by the emergence of a former lover.
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All the President's men
Record ID
15305
Author:
Pakula, Alan J
Swire, David
Hoffman, Dustin
Redford, Robert
Warden, Jack
Woodward, Bob
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Bernstein, Carl
Woodward, Bob
Class:
Film on DVD Biography History Drama Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1976. Based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
Credits: music, David Swire; cinematographer, Gordon Willis; production
design, George Jenkins; subject, Carl Bernstein; subject, Bob Woodward.
Boxed. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam,
Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Jane
Alexander, Stephen Collins. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The scandal that brought down President Nixon gets the Hollywood
treatment in this all-star political thriller. Washington Post reporters Carl
Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) and Bob Woodward (Robert Redford), aided by
the White House mole 'Deep Throat', thwart Nixon's attempted cover up
after his agents are caught breaking in to the Watergate complex. Jason
Robards won an Oscar for his portrayal of the Post's editor, whilst William
Goldman picked up the coveted statuette for his screenplay.
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Amadeus
Record ID
12716
Author:
Forman, Milos
Marriner, Neville
Abraham, F. Murray
Hulce, Tom
Berridge, Elizabeth
Strauss, John
Shaffer, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Mozart, Wolfgang A
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama Music
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1984. Based on the play by Peter Shaffer. Credits: executive
producer, Michael Hausman; executive producer, Bertil Ohlsson; assistant
director, Michael Hausman; assistant director, Tomas Tintera; assistant
director, Jan Kubista; music, Neville Marriner; costumes, Theodore Pistek;
cinematographer, Miroslav Ondricek; special effects A/V, Martin Gutteridge;
special effects A/V, Garth Inns; special effects A/V, Jim Harris; special effects
A/V, Bill Cohen; make up, Paul LeBlanc; make up, Jiri Simon; make up, Dick
Smith; music, John Strauss; art director, Patrizia von Brandenstein; set
decoration, Karel Cerny; subject, Wolfgang A. Mozart. DVDN. Cast: F. Murray
Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole,
Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenny Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Oscar-winning biopic, based on the play by Peter Shaffer, which tells the
story of the composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and his
relationship to the man he later claims to have murdered, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). Having already gained the confidence of the
Emperor, Salieri is frustrated by the arrival of the genius Mozart, a man who
quickly usurps his position in the court. His frustration is magnified by both
his disapproval of Mozart's vulgar behaviour and by the fact that it is he,
more so than anyone else, who can appreciate the true beauty of the young
composer's work. When Mozart dies under mysterious circumstances, can it
really be Salieri who is to blame?
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Amazing Grace
Record ID
14134
Author:
Apted, Michael
Imprint:
2006
Description:
1 video disc 118 minutes Director: Apted MIchael Cast: Gruffud Ioan, Garai
Romola, Finney Albert
Subjects:
Slavery
Class:
Film on DVD Historical drama Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Language: English Subtitles: English Running Time 118 minutes
Abstract:
The film begins in 1796 with William Wilberforce severely ill and taking a
recuperative holiday in Bath, Somerset, with his cousin, Henry Thornton. It is
here that William is introduced to his future wife, Barbara Spooner.William is
given the opportunity to present a bill before the house outlawing the slave
trade. William's passionate campaigning leads him to become highly
unpopular in the House of Commons. He is opposed by a coalition of MPs
representing vested interests of the slave trade in London, Bristol, Glasgow,
and Liverpool led by Banastre Tarleton and the Duke of Clarence.
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Angela's ashes
Record ID
14852
Author:
Parker, Alan
Williams, John
Watson, Emily
Carlyle, Robert
Breen, Joe
McCourt, Frank
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
videorecording
Notes:
Made in 1999. Based on the book by Frank McCourt. Credits: music, John
Williams; narrator, Andrew Bennett. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Emily
Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Ronnie
Masterson, Pauline McLynn, Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Shane Murray
Corcoran, Devon Murray, Peter Halpin, Aaron Geraghty, Kerry Condon, Des
McAleer, Johnny Murphy, Jon Kenny, Brendan McNamara, Maria
McDermottroe, Oliver Maguire, Alan Parker, Ray McBride, Jaz Pollock. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Alan Parker directs and co-scripts this big screen adaptation of Frank
McCourt's best-selling quasi-autobiographical book. Although born in
Brooklyn in 1935, Frank and his family soon return to their home town of
Limerick in Ireland following the death of his baby sister. Malachy Snr.
(Robert Carlyle) has difficulty finding work, and his drinking results in wife
Angela (Emily Watson) falling on charity to survive. Frank loses two more
siblings when twin brothers Oliver and Eugene die young, but manages to
carve a life for himself in Limerick, eventually finding work as a coalman's
assistant. However, times continue to be hard, especially after Malachy Snr.
departs the marital home for good.
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Animal farm
Record ID
12970
Author:
Stephenson, John
Harvey, Richard
Postlethwaite, Pete
Orwell, George
Imprint:
MOLLIN VIDEO LTD , 2000
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1999. Based on the novel by George Orwell. Credits: music, Richard
Harvey; voice, Kelsey Grammer; voice, Ian Holm; voice, Alan Stanford;
voice, Julia Louis-Dreyfus; voice, Caroline Gray; voice, Julia Ormond; voice,
Paul Scofield; voice, Patrick Stewart; voice, Peter Ustinov. DVDN. Cast: Pete
Postlethwaite. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
George Orwell's classic political allegory is brought to the screen with the
help of state-of-the-art puppetry and digital animation. Manor Farm sees a
revolt by its livestock over their human master Farmer Jones (Pete
Postlethwaite). However, a power struggle between the pigs who have led
the uprising results in a swift curtailing of the animals' new-found freedom.
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The animatrix
Record ID
13041
Author:
Jones, Andy
Maeda, Mahiro
Watanabe, Shinichiro
Kawajiri, Yoshiaki
Morimoto, Koji
Chung, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English, French, Italian), Bonus footage, Behind the scenes, 'Making of'
documentary, Interviews, Commentary, Other documentaries ('Scrolls to
Screen - The History and Culture of Anime'). Made in 2002. Based on the
film 'The Matrix'. DVDN. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
A collection of nine animated shorts conceived by the Wachowski brothers
(Andy and Larry) from their 1999 film 'The Matrix'. 'Final Flight of the Osiris'
is directed by Andy Jones; 'The Second Renaissance: Parts I and II' is
directed by Mahiro Maeda; 'Kid's Story' and 'A Detective Story' are directed
by Shinichiro Watanabe; 'Program' and 'World Record' are directed by
Yoshiaki Kawajiri; 'Beyond' is directed by Koji Morimoto; and finally
'Matriculated' is directed by Peter Chung.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Record ID
12515
Author:
Anderson, Maxwell
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 4, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope),
2.0), Other languages French, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles
(French, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Dutch,
Polish, Greek), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English) ,. Made in 1969. Based
on the play by Maxwell Anderson/historical events. Cast: Richard Burton,
Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael
Hordern, Katherine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph O'Connor, William Squire,
Valerie Gearson, Vernon Dobtcheff. Credits: music, Georges Delerue. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Richard Burton stars as Henry VIII in this historical drama, with Genevieve
Bujold playing his tragic wife, Anne Boleyn. Amidst the splendour of the
Tudor court, Henry and Anne's tempestuous marriage mirrors the political
and religious intrigues that threaten to divide the kingdom, as Henry grows
ever more desperate for a male heir to continue his line.
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Anonymous
Record ID
15330
Author:
Emmerich, Roland
Kloser, Harald
Wanker, Thomas
Ifans, Rhys
Redgrave, Vanessa
Armesto, Sebastian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller History Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Commentary (Director Roland
Emmerich and Writer John Orloff), Other documentaries ('Who Is the
Real William Shakespeare?'). Made in 2011. Credits: music, Harald
Kloser; music, Thomas Wanker; cinematographer, Anna Foerster. DVDN.
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David
Thewlis, Edward Hogg, Xavier Samuel, Sam Reid, Jamie Campbell Bower,
Joely Richardson, Paolo De Vita, Derek Jacobi. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Roland Emmerich directs this political thriller based around the notion that
William Shakespeare was not in fact the author of the canon of plays
attributed to him. In Elizabethan England, political intrigue abounds as the
Tudors and the Cecils battle it out over the succession of Queen Elizabeth I
(Joely Richardson/Vanessa Redgrave), and the Essex Rebellion mobilises
against her. Enter the dashing and wildly talented Edward de Vere, 17th Earl
of Oxford (Jamie Campbell Bower/Rhys Ifans), who not only fathers an
illegitimate son in a clandestine incestuous relationship with Queen
Elizabeth, but is also the secret author of the plays labeled with the name of
William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall).
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As you like it
Record ID
15323
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Doyle, Patrick
Shimada, Takuya
Blessed, Brian
Clifford, Richard
Shakespeare, William
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Comedy Romance Subtitles: English
ISBN:
5060052413031
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English). Made in 2006.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits: music, Patrick Doyle.
DVDN. Cast: Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas
Howard, Patrick Doyle, Romola Garai, Adrian Lester, Alfred Molina, Kevin
Kline, David Oyelowo, Janet McTeer, Richard Briers. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, brought to the big screen by
Kenneth Branagh. Rosalind (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the daughter of a duke
(Brian Blessed) living among a community of Westerners in 19th century
Japan. When her father is suddenly banished, the frightened girl is forced to
flee for the Forest of Arden lest she risk being executed by her malevolent
uncle. Joining Rosalind on her journey to the forest is her sympathetic cousin
Celia (Romola Garai), who helps to pass her incognito kin off as a man in
order to avoid detection. Later, Rosalind's clever ruse begins to serve a dual
purpose when she determines to use the disguise to gauge the devotion of
another exile, Orlando (David Oyelowo).
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Atonement
Record ID
12524
Author:
Wright, Joe
Marianelli, Dario
Knightley, Keira
McAvoy, James
Ronan, Saoirse
McEwan, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Other languages Italian, Subtitles (English, Italian), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary,
Commentary (Joe Right (Director)), Other documentaries ('Novel to the
Screen' featurette). Made in 2007. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Credits: music, Dario Marianelli. DVDN. Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy,
Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Julia
West, Alfie Allen. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Joe Wright directs this adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan starring Keira
Knightley and James McAvoy. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935,
thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) sees her older sister Cecilia
(Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of
their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie
Turner (James McAvoy), a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister,
has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of
all three have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia have crossed a
boundary they had never before dared to approach and have become
victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination - and Briony has
committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life.
Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave co-star as Briony as she grows older.
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Bandits
Record ID
13099
Author:
Levinson, Barry
Young, Christopher
Willis, Bruce
Thornton, Billy Bob
Blanchett, Cate
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Action Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Scene
access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Commentary (Bruce
Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity, Paula Weinstein
(producer) and Harley Peyton (writer). Alternate ending with commentary by
Cate Blanchett.), Other documentaries ('Inside Bandits'.). Made in 2001.
Credits: music, Christopher Young. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Bruce Willis,
Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity, Brian F. O'Byrne, Stacy
Travis, Bobby Slayton, January Jones, William Converse-Roberts, Richard
Riehle. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Escaped convicts Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) have
come up with a new way to approach to bank robbery: they will take the
bank manager hostage the night before, and then accompany him or her to
the bank in the morning and clear out the vaults. Amazingly, the plan works,
and the pair are soon known nationwide as the notorious 'Sleepover Bandits'.
But when madcap housewife Kate (Cate Blanchett) joins the gang, both men
quickly fall in love with her, and their previously harmonious working
relationship suddenly turns sour. Directed by Barry Levinson.
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Barry Lyndon
Record ID
12695
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
O'Neal, Ryan
Berenson, Marisa
Magee, Patrick
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1975. Based on the novel 'The luck of Barry Lyndon' by William
Makepeace Thackeray. DVDN. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Stanley Kubrick's lavish period drama based on the Thackeray novel.
Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) is an Irish country boy who falls in love with a
well-to-do local girl (Gay Hamilton) and is subsequently tricked by her family
into leaving town. Disillusioned with love, the brokenhearted youngster then
embarks on an adventure which sees him serve in the Seven Years War,
earn a living as a professional gambler, and eventually move into the higher
ranks of society when he meets and marries the beautiful Lady Lyndon
(Marisa Berenson). However, despite the luck which has brought him such
riches, it is this final move, the cynical choice to marry for social
advancement rather than love, which brings about Barry's downfall.
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Barton Fink
Record ID
12663
Author:
Coen, Joel
Burwell, Carter
Goodman, John
Davis, Judy
Lerner, Michael
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1991. Credits: music, Carter Burwell; cinematographer, Roger
Deakins. DVDN. Cast: John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John
Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, David Warrilow,
Christopher Murney. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
In this film from the Coen brothers, successful young playwright Barton Fink
(John Turturro) goes to Hollywood. He immediately obtains a contract, only
to develop writer's block when he discovers he is to write a wrestling movie
for a faded 40s star. The Los Angeles heat, his dingy hotel and a noisy
neighbour (John Goodman) combine to increase the pressure on him, and
Barton begins to lose his grip on reality.
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Batman begins
Record ID
12952
Author:
Nolan, Christopher
Howard, James Newton
Zimmer, Hans
Bale, Christian
Caine, Michael
Neeson, Liam
Kane, Bob
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35
CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Icelandic),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English, German), Bonus footage, Trailers.
Made in 2005. Based on DC Comic characters created by Bob Kane. Credits:
music, James Newton Howard; music, Hans Zimmer. DVDN. Cast: Christian
Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian
Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe,
Colin McFarlane. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The fifth outing in the 'Batman' movie franchise explores the origins of the
Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in
Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight
injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to
Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his
strength, intellect and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight the sinister
forces that threaten the city.
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The Beach
Record ID
13098
Author:
Boyle, Danny
Badalamenti, Angelo
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Swinton, Tilda
Ledoyen, Virginie
Garland, Alex
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Adventure Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Biographies, Commentary
(Danny Boyle (Director)), Bonus tracks, Original Artwork. Made in 1999.
Based on the novel by Alex Garland. Credits: music, Angelo Badalamenti.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie
Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Paterson Joseph, Lars Arentz
Hansen, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon, Somboon Phutaroth, Jack
Boon. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Upon arriving in Bangkok, American backpacker Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio)
is given a map by Daffy (Robert Carlyle), a drug-addicted Scot, which shows
him the route to an idyllic island. Richard teams up with French couple
Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Etienne (Guillaume Canet) to make his way
to the island, braving various dangers en route. The trio eventually reach
their goal and discover a community of western travellers living on a
paradise-like stretch of beach. Richard soon makes himself at home,
embarking on a relationship with Francoise, but his new-found Eden proves
to have hidden dangers when community leader Sal (Tilda Swinton) also
becomes enamoured of him.
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Becoming Jane
Record ID
12973
Author:
Jarrold, Julian
Johnston, Adrian
Hathaway, Anne
McAvoy, James
Walters, Julie
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2007
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes,
Commentary, Other documentaries (Regency Dance Featurette, Hair, Makeup and Costume Design Featurette, Filming the Cricket Scene, Filming the
Boxing Scenes), Image gallery. Made in 2007. Based on the early life of Jane
Austen. Credits: music, Adrian Johnston. DVDN. Cast: Anne Hathaway,
James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson,
Lucy Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson, Anna Maxwell Martin. BBFC code:
PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Fictional romantic biopic of author Jane Austen. A young girl's future
prospects in English society of 1795 are based around marrying for financial
gain. As a rebellious twenty-year-old, Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway)
contemplates a future mapped out for her by her parents, when into her life
rides trainee Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy). Handsome, intelligent
and poor, Lefroy is initially scornful of the unstylish country family, but when
Jane begins imposing her independent spirit, the pair soon realise they are
falling in love. With her family increasingly concerned about the cost, both
personal and financial, of continuing with the liason, Jane must decide
between the path of love or honour.
Bedknobs and broomsticks
Record ID
13449
Other Titles:
The Beautiful Briny Sea
The Age of Not Believing
The Old Home Guard
Portobello Road
Substitutary Locomotion
Author:
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Stevenson, Robert
Kostal, Irwin
Sherman, Richard M
Sherman, Robert B
Lansbury, Angela
Tomlinson, David
Jaffe, Sam
Norton, Mary
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2009
Description:
Series:
Junior;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.66
widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages French, Spanish, Italian, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0,
Subtitles (English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish,
Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), The
Wizards of Special Effects, Music Magic, 'A Step Into the Right Direction'
reconstruction, David Tomlinson 'Portobello Road' recording session. Made in
1971. Based on the novels by Mary Norton. Credits: animator, Walt Disney
Studios; music, Irwin Kostal; music, Richard M. Sherman; music, Robert B.
Sherman. DVDN. Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, Roddy
McDowall, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Cindy O'Callaghan, Tessie O'Shea,
Roy Snart, Ian Weighill. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1940 three English children are evacuated from London, only to discover
the lady they're staying with (Angela Lansbury) is a witch - but a good one.
With the aid of her spells and a magic bed, the children visit an undersea
kingdom, witness a football match played by teams of wild cartoon animals,
and successfully thwart a Nazi invasion of Britain. Live action and animation
are combined in this Oscar-winning Disney film, which also features the
songs 'Portobello Road' (as performed by the spiv Bruce Forsyth) and 'The
Beautiful Briny Sea'.
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Bel ami
Record ID
14697
Author:
Donnellan, Declan
Ormerod, Nick
De Saram, Lakshman Joseph
Portman, Rachel
Pattinson, Robert
Ricci, Christina
Thurman, Uma
Maupassant, Guy de
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2012
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Behind the
scenes, Interviews (Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod (Directors), Robert
Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci), Audio
Description. Made in 2011. Based on Based on the novella by Guy de
Maupassant. Credits: music, Lakshman Joseph De Saram; music, Rachel
Portman; cinematographer, Stefano Falivene. DVDN. Cast: Robert Pattinson,
Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colm Meaney, Natalia
Tena, Holly Grainger, Philip Glenister, Pip Torrens, James Lance, Todd
Peterson. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman star in this sumptuous Paris-set period
drama based on the novella by Guy de Maupassant. Georges Duroy
(Pattinson) is a suave and handsome young journalist using his wits and
powers of manipulation to make his way in 1890s Paris. In order to ascend
the social ladder, Duroy seduces a string of influential society beauties
including Madeleine Forestier (Thurman), Virginie Walters (Kristen Scott
Thomas) and Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci). His peasant background
has soon become a distant memory as he achieves dizzying success both in
his career and in fashionable society.
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Believe Nothing
Record ID
12677
Author:
Stroud, John
Mayall, Rik
Bruni, Emily
Maloney, Michael
Imprint:
Fremantle Home Entertainment , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Standard), Languages (English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, Biographies,
Interviews (Rik Mayall, Michael Maloney, Emily Bruni, Laurence Marks
(writer) and Maurice Gran (writer).), Production notes. Made in 2002. Cast:
Rik Mayall, Emily Bruni, Michael Maloney. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Adonis Cnut (Rik Mayall) is the cleverest man in Britain. He is paid vast
amounts of money for his views, consulted by the government and is
irresistible to women. However, he is bored. To find adventure he decides to
join the shadowy organisation of The Council for International Progress
which controls everything going on in the world. He also pursues the only
woman that shows no interest in him, Dr Hannah Awkward (Emily Bruni).
Accompanied by his manservant Albumen (Michael Maloney) the pair endure
many challenges in the episodes: 'Get Rich Quick', 'Prepare to Meteor
Maker', 'Might as Well Face It, You're Addicted to Fudge', 'Double First', 'The
Unhappy Eater' and 'Just a Minute'.
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Belle
Record ID
14632
Author:
Asante, Amma
Portman, Rachel
Mbatha-Raw, Gugu
Goode, Matthew
Wilkinson, Tom
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Historical Drama Subtitles: English
ISBN:
5039036067249
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2013. Based on Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her
cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray. Credits: music, Rachel Portman;
cinematographer, Ben Smithard. DVDN. Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew
Goode, Tom Wilkinson, Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Sam Reid, Miranda
Richardson, Alex Jennings, Penelope Wilton, James Norton. BBFC code: 12a.
DVD.
Abstract:
Amma Asante directs this British period drama inspired by the 1779 painting
of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray. Dido (Gugu
Mbatha-Raw) is the daughter of English Naval captain Sir John Lindsay
(Matthew Goode) and an African woman. Sent to England to be raised on
the Kenwood House Estate by her uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson),
Dido quickly realises that her ethnicity is problematic in upper class society.
Though her cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) accepts her friendship
immediately and the girls become inseparable, Lord Mansfield and Lady
Mansfield (Emily Watson) are tormented by the question of Dido's social
status. As Dido points out, it leaves her in a somewhat lonely position to be
deemed 'too good' to dine with the servants and 'not good enough' to
entertain visitors, but when she meets dashing young lawyer John Davinier
(Sam Reid) she discovers an Englishman who accepts her as she is and
offers his hand in marriage. Can the couple's love overcome the conventions
and prejudices of the time?
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The best exotic Marigold Hotel
Record ID
14208
Author:
Madden, John
Newman, Thomas
Nighy, Bill
Smith, Maggie
Wilkinson, Tom
Moggach, Deborah
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5039036052924
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Video disc
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5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Behind the
scenes. Made in 2011. Based on the novel 'These foolish things' by Deborah
Moggach. Credits: music, Thomas Newman; cinematographer, Ben Davis.
DVDN. Cast: Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench, Dev
Patel, Ramona Marquez, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Liza
Tarbuck, Russell Balogh, Lillete Dubey. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
John Madden directs this British comedy drama starring Judi Dench, Bill
Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith. The film follows the
experiences of a group of elderly Brits who arrive to take up residence in a
newly-opened retirement home in Bangalore, India. Despite its glossy
publicity campaign, the Marigold turns out to be rather different from the
refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures. However, it soon begins
to reveal some unexpected charms of its own.
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A better life
Record ID
13243
Author:
Weitz, Chris
Desplat, Alexandre
Sotelo, Eddie 'Piolin'
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
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Video disc
GMD:
text
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Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus. Made in
2011. Credits: music, Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Javier
Aguirresarobe. DVDN. BBFC code: 12a. DVD.
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Big fish
Record ID
12618
Author:
Burton, Tim
Elfman, Danny
McGregor, Ewan
Finney, Albert
Lange, Jessica
Wallace, Daniel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Fantasy drama Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer,
Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages Hungarian, Italian, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 5.1,
Subtitles (Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek,
Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian,
Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish), Commentary (Tim Burton (Director)), Other
documentaries ('Edward Bloom at Large', 'Amos at the Circus', 'Fathers and
Sons', 'The Filmmakers' Path', 'A Fairytale World', 'Creature Features', 'The
Author's Journey'), Trivia/Factoids. Made in 2003. Based on the novel 'Big
fish - a novel of mythic proportions' by Daniel Wallace. Credits: music, Danny
Elfman. DVDW. Dolby Surround. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney,
Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison
Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Missi Pyle, Loudon Wainwright
III, Steve Buscemi, Faye Dunaway. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Tim Burton's fantasy-drama is based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and
adapted for the screen by John August. A dying Edward Bloom (Albert
Finney as the old man and Ewan McGregor as the younger) has always had
a willing audience to hear the amazing tales from his travels around the
world in his younger years. His fantastical stories include giants, blizzards, a
witch and cojoined-twin lounge singers, and everyone he meets is always
happy to listen; that is until he meets Will (Billy Crudup), his estranged and
grown-up son. Will's mother, Sandra (Jessica Lange) is keen to reunite
father with son before Edward dies and Will attempts to piece together his
father's life and character through the stories he tells. Cynical, however, of
the tales his father tells, Will decides to search for the truth and goes off in
search of a mysterious woman (Helena Bonham-Carter) who may know the
answers.
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The big sleep
Record ID
13092
Author:
Hawks, Howard
Forbstein, Leo
Steiner, Max
Bogart, Humphrey
Cook, Elisha
Bacall, Lauren
Chandler, Raymond
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Film noir
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1946. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Credits: assistant
director, Robert Vreeland; assistant director, Chuck Hansen; music, Leo F.
Forbstein; music, Max Steiner; cinematographer, Sid Hickox; special effects
A/V, E. Roy Davidson; special effects A/V, Warren E. Lynch; art director, Carl
Jules Weyl; set decoration, Fred M. MacLean; costumes, Leah Rhodes.
DVDN. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Elisha Cook Jr, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgeley,
Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Patricia Clarke, Charles
Waldron, Sonia Darrin, Louis Jean Heydt, Peggy Knudsen, Charles D. Brown,
Bob Steele. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
A classic 'noir' adaptation of Raymond Chandler's much-filmed novel. Private
detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) agrees to rid a wealthy family
of a blackmailer who is threatening the younger daughter, but the man is
killed before he can act. Drawn nevertheless into the Sternwood family's
problems (not least because of his attraction to the elder sister, played by
Lauren Bacall), Marlowe uncovers drugs, murder and more blackmail.
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The birds
Record ID
12715
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Taylor, Rod
Hedren, Tippi
Pleshette, Suzanne
Maurier, Daphne du
Imprint:
CIC , 1993
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller-Suspence Subtitles. English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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Made in 1963. Based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Credits:
cinematographer, Robert Burks. VN. Cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren,
Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffiths,
Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver. BBFC code:
15. VHS.
Abstract:
Spoiled socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues lawyer Mitch
Brenner (Rod Taylor) to his Bodega Bay home after they meet in a bird
shop. Melanie sails across the bay to deliver the gift of a lovebird to Mitch's
young sister, only to be attacked by a gull on her way back. Soon random
attacks on humans are taking place all over Bodega, as birds of all varieties
mass in their thousands overhead. Director Alfred Hitchcock's classic is not
for those easily perturbed by our feathered friends.
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The birds
Record ID
15404
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Taylor, Rod
Hedren, Tippi
Pleshette, Suzanne
Maurier, Daphne du
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1963. Based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Credits:
cinematographer, Robert Burks. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Rod Taylor,
Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel
Griffiths, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Spoiled socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues lawyer Mitch
Brenner (Rod Taylor) to his Bodega Bay home after they meet in a bird
shop. Melanie sails across the bay to deliver the gift of a lovebird to Mitch's
young sister, only to be attacked by a gull on her way back. Soon random
attacks on humans are taking place all over Bodega, as birds of all varieties
mass in their thousands overhead. Director Alfred Hitchcock's classic is not
for those easily perturbed by our feathered friends.
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Blade runner: The director's cut
Record ID
12710
Author:
Scott, Ridley
Vangelis
Ford, Harrison
Hauer, Rutger
Young, Sean
Dick, Philip K
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Science-Fiction Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1982. Based on the novel 'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' by
Philip K. Dick. Credits: music, Vangelis. DVDW. Dolby Surround. Cast:
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet
Walsh, Daryl Hannah, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Turkel, William Sanderson, Brion
James. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The re-release of the cult classic 1980s sci-fi film with the director's original
ending. Among the other significant changes is the removal of the voice-over
narration, which was added after the film's original preview by studio
executives, and the 'Unicorn Dream' is restored. Otherwise the story remains
the same - a cop (Harrison Ford) is chasing down a group of lethal replicants
who have arrived on Earth, but he soon finds himself as desperate,
vulnerable and uncertain as the androids themselves.
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Blithe spirit
Record ID
15454
Author:
Lean, David
Addinsell, Richard
Carey, Joyce
Clark, Jacqueline
Cummings, Constance
Mathieson, Muir
Coward, Noel
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Fantasy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono), Other Language
Sound Dolby Digital, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers. Made in 1945. Based on the play by Noel Coward. Credits: music,
Richard Addinsell; music, Muir Mathieson; cinematographer, Ronald Neame;
art/production/design, C.P. Norman. DVDR. Cast: Joyce Carey, Jacqueline
Clark, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Rex Harrison, Margaret
Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
In this Noel Coward comedy, cynical writer Rex Harrison asks a medium
(Margaret Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he can collect
material for his latest book. No one is more surprised than the medium when
she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of Harrison's first wife (Kay
Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away, preferring to taunt her less
sophisticated replacement (Constance Cummings).
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Blow Up
Record ID
12655
Author:
Antonioni, Michelangelo
Hancock, Herbie
Hemmings, David
Miles, Sarah
Redgrave, Vanessa
Cortazar, Julio
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1966. Based on the short story by Julio Cortazar. Cast: David
Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Bowles, John Castle, Jane
Birkin, Julian Chagrin, Gillian Hills, Harry Hutchinson, Jill Kennington,
Verushka, The Yardbirds. Credits: music, Herbie Hancock. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
When fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) develops the
negatives of some film he has taken of an embracing couple in a park, he
notices that there is a gunman lurking in the bushes behind them. Returning
to the scene, he discovers the corpse of the male half of the couple, but,
when he visits the site the following morning, the body has disappeared.
Michelangelo Antonioni's arty musing on the nature of film, set against a
Swinging London backdrop, also features Vanessa Redgrave as the dead
man's lover.
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Blue valentine
Record ID
13241
Author:
Cianfrance, Derek
Gosling, Ryan
Williams, Michelle
Vogel, Mike
Imprint:
Optimum Home Entertainment , 2011
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Q and A),
Commentary (Derek Cianfrance (Director)). Made in 2010. Credits:
cinematographer, Andrij Parekh. DVDN. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle
Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Reila Aphrodite, Ben Shenkman, Faith
Wladyka, Samii Ryan, Maryann Plunkett, Michelle Nagy, Robert Eckard, Dan
Van Wert. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Derek Cianfrance writes and directs this unflinching portrayal of a onceloving relationship in freefall. When Cindy (Michelle Williams) and David
(Ryan Gosling) first met, they were passionately in love - but over their five
years as a couple they have grown apart. Boredom and disenchantment
come to the fore as they fumble their way through the sexless emotional
vacuum of their humdrum life in rural Pennsylvania; looking helplessly back
to the days when life still seemed filled with excitement and romance.
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The boat that rocked
Record ID
12717
Author:
Curtis, Richard
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
Nighy, Bill
Arterton, Gemma
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Music Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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(English). Made in 2009. DVDN. Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy,
Gemma Arterton, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Nick
Frost, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Chris O'Dowd, Tom Wisdom, Ralph Brown,
Tom Brooke, Will Adamsdale. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Richard Curtis writes and directs this ensemble comedy set in the world of
the pop music and pirate radio stations of 1960s Britain. Philip Seymour
Hoffman stars as The Count, a larger-than-life American rock 'n' roll DJ who
- along with fellow broadcasters Dave (Nick Frost), Simon (Chris O'Dowd),
Midnight Mark (Tom Wisdom), Wee Small Hours Bob (Ralph Brown), Thick
Kevin (Tom Brooke), On-The-Hour John (Will Adamsdale), Angus 'The Nut'
Nutsford (Rhys Darby) and Gavin (Rhys Ifans) - takes the airwaves by storm
via Radio Rock, a pirate radio station operating from a boat in the middle of
the stormy North Sea in order to escape the confines of stuffy British law. Bill
Nighy, Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh co-star.
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Bobby
Record ID
14740
Author:
Estevez, Emilio
Belafonte, Harry
Bryant, Joy
Cannon, Nick
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in 2006. DVDN. Cast:
Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence
Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt,
Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi
Moore, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Political drama based on the rise to power and subsequent assassination of
Bobby Kennedy in 1968. Focusing on the ordinary people present in the last
few hours of Robert Kennedy's life, this film paints a picture of American life
in that most turbulent of periods in the country's history - one in which the
Kennedy family appeared to lose a son rather too often. The hope placed on
the shoulders of Robert Kennedy in the wake of his brother's death is
palpable. The choice of subjects frames the social issues and divides present
at the time including sexual inequality, class and race and an all-star
ensemble cast is on hand to carry it off; Demi Moore, William H. Macy,
Anthony Hopkins and Sharon Stone to name a scant few.
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The book thief
Record ID
15232
Author:
Percival, Brian
Williams, John
Watson, Emily
Rush, Geoffrey
1plisse, Sophie
Zusak, Markus
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes. Made in 2014. Based on the book
by Markus Zusak. Credits: music, John Williams; cinematographer, Florian
Ballhaus. DVDN. Cast: Emily Watson, Geoffrey Rush, Sophie 1plisse, Ben
Schnetzer, Nico Liersch, Joachim Paul $VVE|ck, Kirsten Block, Sandra
Nedeleff, Hildegard Schroedter, Carina N. Wiese. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Brian Percival directs this Academy Award-nominated adaptation of the
popular novel by Markus Zusak starring Emily Watson, Geoffrey Rush and
Sophie 1plisse. The film tells the story of Liesel Meminger 1plisse), an
eccentric young girl who is adopted by working-class German couple Hans
and Rosa Hubermann (Rush and Watson) as World War II looms. When
Jewish refugee Max (Ben Schnetzer) arrives at the family's door they risk
their own safety to shelter him from the Nazis. It marks the beginning of an
unusual friendship between Max and Liesel, who shares her love of stories
with Max and begins stealing books for him to read during his confinement.
However, with the crackdown on Jews intensifying, the world of words may
not be enough to shelter Max and Liesel from the tumultuous political reality
that engulfs them. John Williams received an Oscar nomination for his score.
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The Bourne supremacy
Record ID
12708
Author:
Greengrass, Paul
Powell, John
Damon, Matt
Potente, Franka
Cox, Brian
Ludlum, Robert
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Crime Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes,
'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Paul Greengrass (Director)), Other
documentaries (Featurettes: 'On the Move With Jason Bourne'; 'Bourne to be
Wild: Fight Training'; 'Crash Cam Racing Through the Streets of Moscow';
'Matching Identities: Casting'; 'Keeping It Real'; 'Blowing Things Up';
'Anatomy of a Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase Scene'; 'Scoring With John
Powell'.). Made in 2004. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Credits:
music, John Powell; director photography, Oliver Wood. DVDN. Cast: Matt
Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann,
Joan Allen, Marton Csokas, Tom Gallop, John Bedford-Lloyd, Ethan Sandler.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Second instalment of the espionage thriller starring Matt Damon, based on
the novel by Robert Ludlum. Having abandoned his life as a CIA assassin,
Bourne (Damon) has left his violent past behind him and is living a normal
life with girlfriend Marie (Franka Potente) under an assumed name. But his
plans for a peaceful life are crushed when he narrowly escapes an
assassination attempt. Now hunted by an unknown enemy, Bourne must
prove once again that he is not an easy target.
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The Bourne ultimatum
Record ID
12953
Author:
Greengrass, Paul
Powell, John
Damon, Matt
Stiles, Julia
Strathairn, David
Ludlum, Robert
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Crime Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in
2007. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Credits: music, John Powell;
director photography, Oliver Wood. DVDN. Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles,
'DYLG6WUDWKDLUQ6FRWW*OHQQ3DGG\&RQVLGLQH(GJDU5DPàUH]$OEHUW
Finney. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The final instalment of Paul Greengrass's action trilogy, based on the novels
by Robert Ludlum. The tension is ratcheted up even further as Jason Bourne
(Matt Damon) races to uncover the dark mysteries of his past while a
government agent is hot on his trail following a shootout in Moscow. Julia
Stiles, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Paddy Considine co-star.
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Boyhood
Record ID
15261
Author:
Linklater, Richard
Arquette, Patricia
Coltrane, Ellar
Hawke, Ethan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages Hindi, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles (Arabic,
Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Hindi), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English). Made in 2014. Credits: cinematographer, Lee Daniel;
cinematographer, Shane F. Kelly. DVDN. Cast: Patricia Arquette, Ellar
Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater, Nick Krause, Tamara Jolaine, Evie
Thompson, Shane Graham. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Groundbreaking, award-winning drama directed by Richard Linklater and
starring Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. Filmed over a period of 12 years
with the same cast members, the film begins as Olivia (Arquette) moves to
Houston, Texas, with her son Mason (Ellar Coltrane) and daughter Samantha
(Lorelei Linklater) after the disintegration of her marriage to the children's
father (Hawke). From then on we follow Mason as he progresses from a
child to a young man while dealing with his parents' divorce and the
numerous other difficulties of growing up. The film was nominated for six
Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original
Screenplay, with Arquette taking home the trophy for Best Supporting
Actress, and also won three Golden Globes and three BAFTAs.
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The boys and girl from County Clare
Record ID
13091
Author:
Irvin, John
Trench, Fiachra
Hill, Bernard
Bradley, Charlotte
Corr, Andrea
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2006
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Music Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Credits: music, Fiachra Trench. DVDN. Cast: Bernard Hill,
Charlotte Bradley, Andrea Corr, Stephen Brennan, Eamonn Owens, Malachy
Bourke, Brendan O'Hare, Leslie Bingham, Colm Meaney, Shaun Evans. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Irish comedy. The All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition attracts the best
musicians from all over the country and a few from beyond the shores of the
Emerald Isle as well. As John Joe (Bernard Hill) and his band prepare to
capture the band trophy with their County Clare jigs and reels, Irishman
Jimmy (Colm Meaney) bends his Liverpudlians away from jazz toward the
time-honoured strains of Celtic music. As the musicians make their way
towards the competition, trouble rears its head for both sets of challengers.
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Braveheart
Record ID
13118
Author:
Gibson, Mel
Horner, James
Marceau, Sophie
McGoohan, Patrick
McCormack, Catherine
Imprint:
Description:
1 videocassette (171 min.) : sd, col.
Subjects:
Wallace, William
Class:
Film on DVD Action Biography Drama Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Credits: music, James Horner; director photography, John
Toll; subject, William Wallace. VN. Dolby Surround. Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie
Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson, James
Cosmo, David O'Hara, Alun Armstrong, Ian Bannen, James Robinson, Sean
Lawlor, Barry McGovern, Brian Cox, Malcolm Tierney, Bernard Horsfall. BBFC
code: 15. VHS.
Abstract:
In 14th century Scotland, the English nobles are staking their claim for lands
and the Scottish throne. When William Wallace is left an orphan by the
brutality of the English, he vows to make Scotland strong again. Wallace
grows up into a paradox of a man - on the one hand very well educated, on
the other a ruthless killer and barbarian. As an adult he succeeds in uniting
the Scottish clans to fight the English oppressors, and is only undone by
betrayal and greed. Mel Gibson directs this multi-Oscar winning epic, and
also stars as folk hero Wallace.
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Brazil
Record ID
12698
Author:
Gilliam, Terry
Kamen, Michael
Pryce, Jonathan
Helmond, Katherine
Griest, Kim
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Science-Fiction
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Subtitles
(Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries ('What is Brazil?'.).
Made in 1985. Credits: music, Michael Kamen. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Kim Griest, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm,
Ian Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, Jim Broadbent,
Don Henderson, Gordon Kaye, Simon Jones. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
In the future, a clerk at the all-powerful Ministry of Information sticks to his
ideals and ends up crushed by the system in this half comedy, half horror
story from former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam. Like Orwell's novel
'1984', which it echoes, the future is seen from a 1940's perspective.
Jonathan Pryce stars, with Robert De Niro making a cameo appearance as
an excessively diligent sewage inspector.
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Brideshead revisited
Record ID
13088
Author:
Jarrold, Julian
Johnston, Adrian
Thompson, Emma
Gambon, Michael
Goode, Matthew
Waugh, Evelyn
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2009
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2008. Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh. Credits:
music, Adrian Johnston. DVDN. Cast: Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon,
Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Felicity Jones, Greta Scacchi, Hayley Atwell,
Patrick Malahide, Joseph Beattie, Tom Wlaschiha, Stephane Cornicard. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel is brought to the big screen by director Julian
Jarrold. Matthew Goode plays young army officer Charles Ryder, who is
scarred for life as a student at Oxford after falling under the spell of the
aristocratic family of fellow student Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw). Years
later, Charles is stationed to the family's now-deserted home, Brideshead,
where he looks back on his visits there as a young man, and his encounters
with Lord and Lady Marchmain (Michael Gambon and Emma Thompson), the
flamboyant Sebastian and his flirtatious sister Julia (Hayley Atwell).
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The Bridges of Madison County
Record ID
12713
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Niehaus, Lennie
Streep, Meryl
Corley, Annie
Slezak, Victor
Waller, Robert James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Based on the novel by Robert James Waller. Credits: music,
Lennie Niehaus. DVDW. Dolby Stereo. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep,
Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie, Sarah Kathryn Schmitt, Christopher
Kroon, Phyllis Lyons, Debra Monk, Richard Lage. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
A National Geographic photographer (Clint Eastwood, who also directs)
arrives in Madison County, Iowa, to cover a story about the Roseman Bridge.
He stops to ask directions from a bored housewife (Meryl Streep) whose
family are away, and so begins a romantic love affair.
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Bridget Jones: The edge of reason
Record ID
14213
Author:
Kidron, Beeban
Zellweger, Renee
Firth, Colin
Grant, Hugh
Gregson-Williams, Harry
Fielding, Helen
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5050582310641
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Interviews,
Commentary (Beeban Kidron), Quiz. Made in 2004. Based on the novel by
Helen Fielding. Credits: music, Harry Gregson-Williams. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim
Broadbent, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale, Donald Douglas,
Neil Pearson. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Same Bridget, but brand new diary. Having finally found the perfect man in
gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), 30-something ex-singleton Bridget
Jones (Renee Zellweger) is now faced with the even bigger challenge of
keeping him. When her self-doubts return and her womanising ex-lover
Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) reappears uninvited, Bridget gets entangled in a
comic mix of bad advice, miscommunications and total disasters that could
only happen to her.
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Bridget Jones's diary
Record ID
14216
Author:
Maguire, Sharon
Doyle, Patrick
Zellweger, Renee
Grant, Hugh
Firth, Colin
Fielding, Helen
Imprint:
UCA , 2007
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5050582324105
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2001. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding. Credits: music, Patrick
Doyle. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth,
Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Felicity Montagu, Patrick Barlow,
Salman Rushdie. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She's the 1990s British
everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price
white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a
doomed affair with silver-tongued boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the
background lurks a literal Mr Darcy (Colin Firth), a seemingly cold lawyer
who keeps crossing Bridget's path but whose precise intentions seem hard
for her to divine. All the while Bridget records her lurches across life's
highway in the eponymous diary, as an attempt to take control of her tragicomic life.
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Bright star
Record ID
14997
Author:
Campion, Jane
Bradshaw, Mark
Whishaw, Ben
Cornish, Abbie
Brodie-Sangster, Thomas
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Biography Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2009. Based on the life of John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Credits:
music, Mark Bradshaw. DVDN. Cast: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Thomas
Brodie-Sangster, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Samuel Barnett, Samuel Roukin,
Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Olly Alexander, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Sebastian
Armesto. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Drama written and directed by the Oscar-winning Jane Campion about the
relationship between 19th century poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and
fashion student Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Their romance begins slowly
but soon the young couple's feelings intensify as Fanny helps John care for
his sick younger brother and John then agrees to teach Fanny about poetry.
Fanny's mother (Kerry Fox) and John's best friend, Charles (Paul Schneider),
both unhappy with the relationship for their own reasons, are unable to stop
them growing closer to each other. Tragedy, however, lurks on the horizon.
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British Isles: A Natural History - Disc 1 of 3
Record ID
12750
Imprint:
BBC Worldwide , 2004
Description:
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : col.
Class:
Documentary on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 4, 3 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus,
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16.9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen
TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo) Bonus footage , Regional
Interactive Shorts. Made in 2004. Credits: presenter, Alan Titchmarsh. BBFC
code: E. DVD.
Abstract:
Groundbreaking BBC natural history programme presented by popular TV
gardener Alan Titchmarsh. Using state-of-the-art integrated time-lapse
techniques, the film peels back the years to reveal the swamps, rainforests,
ice ages and volcanoes - as well as the civilisations and revolutions - that
have shaped the familiar face of the British Isles we know today.
Record ID
12751
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Documentary on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
code: E. DVD.
Abstract:
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Record ID
12752
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Documentary on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
code: E. DVD.
Abstract:
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Bullets over Broadway
Record ID
13093
Author:
Allen, Woody
Broadbent, Jim
Cusack, John
Wiest, Dianne
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Crime Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 5 single layer, Interactive menus, Ratio
(1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English). Made in 1994.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Jim Broadbent, John Cusack, Dianne Wiest,
Harvey Fierstein, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Jennifer
Tilly, Tracey Ullman, Joe Viterelli, Jack Warden. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
New York, the 1920s. Intellectual playwright David Shayne (John Cusack) is
having trouble finding a backer for his latest project; that is, until he runs
into mobster Nicky Valenti (Joe Viterelli), who sees Shayne's play as the ideal
vehicle for his dizzy, shrill-voiced mistress Olive (Jennifer Tilly). As the
rehearsals begin, Shayne is further hampered by precious actresses and
hammy actors choking on their lines. Events take a more dangerous turn
when Olive's hired protector Cheech (Chazz Palminteri) starts contributing
his own lines to the play, and takes violent exception to their poor onstage
delivery. Dianne Wiest won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her
performance as a grand dame of theatre.
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The butler
Record ID
14979
Author:
Daniels, Lee
Leao, Rodrigo
Whitaker, Forest
Banner, David
Carey, Mariah
Imprint:
EV , 2014
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2013. Based on the career of White House butler Eugene
Allen. Credits: music, Rodrigo Leao; cinematographer, Andrew Dunn. DVDN.
Cast: Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave,
Clarence Williams III, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Kravitz, John
Cusack, Robin Williams, James Marsden, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Historical drama directed by Lee Daniels and starring Forest Whitaker. The
film tells the story of Cecil Gaines (Whitaker)'s 34-year career working as
head butler at the White House. Beginning his tenure under President
Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Cecil would see another seven presidents come
and go throughout his career and was present at the highest level of the
state during some of the most tumultuous periods in the 20th century
including the American Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. The
ensemble cast includes John Cusack, James Marsden, Liev Schreiber, Alan
Rickman and Oprah Winfrey.
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A Canterbury tale
Record ID
12703
Author:
Powell, Michael
Pressburger, Emeric
Portman, Eric
Sim, Sheila
Tamsitt, James
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 1999
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Mystery
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1944. DVDN. Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, James Tamsitt, Dennis
Price, John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, Hay Petrie, George
Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham, Harvey
Golden, Leonard Smith. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A British sergeant, a land girl and a United States Army officer arrive at a
Kent village on the same train. The newcomers are brought face to face with
the bizarre menace causing bewilderment in the tight-knit community:
someone is pouring glue onto the hair of girls who dare to venture out at
night with visiting servicemen. Powell and Pressburger offered this
'propaganda' piece as their contribution to the war effort, but the authorities
were unsure how its oddball tone would go down with the Allies.
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Carol
Record ID
15534
Author:
Haynes, Todd
Burwell, Carter
Blanchett, Cate
Mara, Rooney
Chandler, Kyle
Highsmith, Patricia
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2016
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Languages (English), Bonus footage, Behind the scenes, Interviews
(Cate Blanchett (Actor), Rooney Mara (Actor), Todd Haynes (Director),
Phyllis Nagy (Screenplay), Edward Lachman (Cinematographer), Sandy
Powell (Costume Designer), Judy Becker (Production Designer), Carter
Burwell (Composer)). Made in 2015. Based on the novel by Patricia
Highsmith. Credits: music, Carter Burwell; cinematographer, Edward
Lachman. DVDN. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah
Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro, Kk Heim, Cory Michael Smith, Carrie
Brownstein, Giedre Bond. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this romantic drama adapted from
the novel by Patricia Highsmith. In the 1950s a New York department store
employee and amateur photographer Therese Belivet (Mara) meets Carol
Aird (Blanchett), a lady who has come to buy a Christmas present for her
young daughter Rindy (Kk Heim). The two women soon strike up a
friendship and, with Carol going through a divorce from husband Harge (Kyle
Chandler), they decide to go away on a trip to Chicago where their
relationship develops into a romance. But with Rindy's custody in question,
Carol, worrying that she will be cut off from her daughter because of the
nature of her relationship with Therese, has no choice but to leave. Despite
their love for each other is their romance doomed to fail? The film was
nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actress (Blanchett), Best
Supporting Actress (Mara) and Best Original Score (Carter Burwell).
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Casino Royale
Record ID
14199
Author:
Guest, Val
Huston, John
Hughes, Ken
Parrish, Robert
McGrath, John
Bacharach, Burt
Niven, David
Sellers, Peter
Allen, Woody
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Mono), Other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish, Subtitles
(English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish,
Norwegian, Danish), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1967. Based on the
novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, Burt Bacharach. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline
Bisset, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles
Boyer, John Huston, Ronnie Corbett, George Raft, Terence Cooper, Barbara
Bouchet, Daliah Lavi, Derek Nimmo, Peter O'Toole, Geoffrey Bayldon,
Duncan Macrae, Tracy Reed, Angela Scoular, Gabriella Licudi, Tracey Crisp,
Kurt Kasznar, Elaine Taylor. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Five directors and an all-star cast spoof the James Bond films in this comedy,
very loosely based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel. Sir James Bond (David
Niven) is about to retire, but is called into battle with the evil organisation
S.M.E.R.S.H. after the assassination of 'M' (John Huston). Bond's bungling
nephew Jimmy (Woody Allen) becomes involved, and chaos ensues when
Bond calls in other 007s to assist (including Peter Sellers, Terence Cooper
and Ursula Andress, who starred in the first genuine Bond outing, 'Dr No').
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Charlie and Lola - 9
Record ID
13478
Author:
Child, Lauren
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2008
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Other Language
Sound Dolby Digital, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2005.
Based on the children's books by Lauren Child. Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell;
voice, Jethro Lundie-Brown. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
More adventures from the animated children's series based on the books by
Lauren Child, focusing on the relationship between brother and sister,
Charlie and Lola. The programmes follow the pair through their everyday ups
and downs and highlight young people's uniquely uncluttered way of viewing
the world.
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Charlie and Lola: Eight
Record ID
13476
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2007
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s). Made in 2007. Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell; voice,
Jethro Lundie-Brown. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Volume eight of the animated children's series based on the books by Lauren
Child, focusing on the relationship between brother and sister Charlie and
Lola. Episodes are: 'I Spy With My Little Eyes', 'I Am Extremely Magic', 'How
Many More Minutes Until Christmas?', 'I Am Really, Really, Really
Concentrating', 'I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs', 'Charlie Is Broken'
and 'I Really Wonder What Plant I Am Growing'.
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Charlie and Lola: Four
Record ID
13473
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2006
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard),
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Bonus footage, Outtakes,
Interviews (Lauren Child), Mix and match game, hidden surprises. Made in
2005. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated children's series focusing on the relationship between brother and
sister Charlie and Lola. Episodes included are: 'I Like My Hair Completely The
Way It Is', 'I Do Not Ever, Never Want My Wobbly Tooth To Fall Out', 'I Must
Take Completely Everything,' 'I am Hurrying, I'm Almost Nearly Ready', 'I
Want To Be Much More Bigger Like You', 'But I Am An Alligator', and 'Snow
Is My Favourite And Best'.
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Charlie and Lola: I can't stop hiccupping - Disc 10
Record ID
13479
Author:
Child, Lauren
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2011
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Collectable Lola doll. Made
in 2009. Based on the books by Lauren Child. Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell;
voice, Jethro Lundie-Brown. DVDG. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Nine episodes of the animated children's series, based on the books by
Lauren Child, which focus on the relationship between brother and sister
Charlie and Lola. Episodes are: 'I Can't Stop Hiccupping', 'I Am Completely
Hearing and Also Listening', 'Our Shop Sells Completely Everything', 'I've Got
Nobody to Play With', 'Thunder Completely Does Not Scare Me', 'I Really
Absolutely Must Have Glasses', 'It Is Very Special and Extremely Ancient',
'But Marv Is Absolutely Charlie's Best Friend' and 'I Am Inventing a Usefullish
Invention'.
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Charlie and Lola: Seven
Record ID
13475
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2007
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English). Made in 2006.
Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell; voice, Jethro Lundie-Brown. DVDN. BBFC code:
U. DVD.
Abstract:
Seventh volume of the animated children's series based on the books by
Lauren Child, focusing on the relationship between brother and sister Charlie
and Lola. Episodes are: 'My Best Best Bestest Friend', 'What If I Got Lost in
the Middle of Nowhere?', 'I Just Love My Red Shiny Shoes', 'Look After Your
Planet', 'Will You Please Stop Messing About?', 'This is Actually My Party' and
'Lucky Lucky Me!'.
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Charlie and Lola: Six
Record ID
13474
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2007
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Digital 2.0). Made in 2006. Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell; voice, Jethro
Lundie-Brown. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Six more stories from the animated children's series focusing on the
relationship between brother and sister Charlie and Lola. Episodes are: 'I Will
Miss Our Mouse Too Much', 'I Will I Could Draw Exactly More Like You', 'How
Many More Minutes?', 'Never Ever Never Step on the Cracks', 'I Am
Collecting a Collection' and 'Welcome to Lolaland'.
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Charlie and Lola: Three
Record ID
13472
Author:
Taylor, Kitty
Child, Lauren
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2006
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Children
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2005. Based on the children's books by Lauren Child.
Credits: voice, Maisie Cowell; voice, Jethro Lundie-Brown. DVDN. BBFC code:
U. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated children's series based on the books by Lauren Child, focusing on
the relationship between brother and sister Charlie and Lola. Episodes in this
volume include: 'I Can Do Everything That's Everything All On My Own',
'There is Only One Sun and That is Me!', 'I've Won...No, I've Won...No, I've
Won', 'It Wasn't Me!', 'Say Cheese', and 'My Little Town'.
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Charlie and Lola: Two
Record ID
13471
Author:
Taylor, Kitty
Child, Lauren
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2006
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, Other documentaries
('Hide and Seek' game). Made in 2005. Based on the children's books by
Lauren Child. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated children's series based on the books by Lauren Child, focusing on
the relationship between brother and sister Charlie and Lola. Episodes in this
volume include: 'I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed', 'But That Is My
Book', 'Boo! Made You Jump!', 'I Want To Play Music Too', 'The Most
Wonderfullest Picnic In the Whole Wide World', and 'You Won't Like This
Present As Much As I Do'.
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Charlie and the chocolate factory
Record ID
14645
Author:
Burton, Tim
Elfman, Danny
Depp, Johnny
Highmore, Freddie
Kelly, David
Dahl, Roald
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Juvenile fiction
Class:
YL DVD
ISBN:
7321900593380
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Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in 2005. Based on the novel by
Roald Dahl. Credits: music, Danny Elfman. DVDN. Cast: Johnny Depp,
Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi
Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, Christopher Lee, Adam Godley. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Family adventure based on the novel by Roald Dahl. The film centres around
an eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), and Charlie Bucket
(Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the
shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Most nights in the Bucket home,
dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly
shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) and father (Noah Taylor)
and both pairs of grandparents. They all live in a tiny, tumbledown, drafty
old house but it is filled with love. Every night, the last thing Charlie sees
from his window is the great factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming
about what might be inside. For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a
single worker going in or coming out of the factory, or caught a glimpse of
Willy Wonka himself, yet, mysteriously, great quantities of chocolate are still
being made and shipped to shops all over the world. One day Willy Wonka
makes a momentous announcement. He will open his famous factory and
reveal 'all of its secrets and magic' to five lucky children who find golden
tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars. When
Charlie finds some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest
store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight he finds a
golden ticket. The family decides that Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) should be
the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Once
inside, Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another.
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A Christmas carol
Record ID
13458
Author:
Zemeckis, Robert
Silvestri, Alan
Dickens, Charles
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Junior;
Subjects:
Film animation
Christmas
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2009. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Credits:
music, Alan Silvestri; voice, Gary Oldman; voice, Jim Carrey; voice, Colin
Firth; voice, Robin Wright Penn; voice, Cary Elwes; voice, Daryl Sabara;
voice, Bob Hoskins; voice, Molly C. Quinn. DVDN. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Robert Zemeckis's animated retelling of the popular children's classic, based
on the novel by Charles Dickens, featuring the voice talent of Jim Carrey in
the multiple roles of Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts which haunt
him. Old miser Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present
and future who aim to rid him of his contempt of friendship, love and all
things Christmas. In order to do so, the ghosts take him on a journey
through time, opening his eyes to the truths he is yet to face and the
consequences should he refuse to do so. But in the end it is up to old
Scrooge himself to realise the emptiness of his existence and open up his
heart before it is too late. The film also features the voices of Gary Oldman,
Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Bob Hoskins.
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Clockwise
Record ID
13059
Author:
Morahan, Christopher
Fenton, George
Cleese, John
Steadman, Alison
Wilton, Penelope
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Comedy
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1984. Cast: John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton,
Stephen Moore, Sharon Maiden, Michael Aldridge, Joan Hickson, Angus
MacKay. Credits: music, George Fenton. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
John Cleese plays a school headmaster obsessed with punctuality whose
best laid plans to attend a headmasters' conference go wrong when he
boards the wrong train. He turns back to find alternative means of transport,
hijacking one of his pupils who is taking the afternoon off school in her
father's car. As the journey descends into further chaos, the head begins to
lose his schoolmasterly poise.
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A clockwork orange
Record ID
15237
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
Carlos, Walter
McDowell, Malcolm
Magee, Patrick
Bates, Michael
Burgess, Anthony
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, French,
Spanish), Trailers, Commentary (Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick
Redman), Other documentaries (Channel 4 documentary 'Still Tickin: The
Return of the Clockwork Orange'. New featurette 'Great Bolshy Yarblockos:
Making A Clockwork Orange'. Career profile 'O Lucky Malcolm'). Made in
1971. Based on the novella by Anthony Burgess. Credits: music, Walter
Carlos; director photography, John Alcott. DVDS. Cast: Malcolm McDowell,
Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl
Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James
Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, John
Savident, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff,
Dave Prowse, John J. Carney, Prudence Drage, Carol Drinkwater, Gillian
Hills, Craig Hunter, Virginia Wetherall, Katya Wyeth. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on its initial
release and as a result the director withdrew the film from circulation in
Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his death in 1999. The film follows
sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) as he takes his gang on a rape and
murder spree, showing absolutely no mercy to any of his victims. When he is
eventually captured, the authorities subject him to a series of experiments
designed to rid him of his violent tendencies.
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A cock and bull story
Record ID
12637
Author:
Winterbottom, Michael
Nogria, Edward
Coogan, Steve
Brydon, Rob
Waring, Raymond
Sterne, Laurence
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2006
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes, Interviews (Steve
Coogan.), Commentary (Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon), Other
documentaries (Premiere Footage). Made in 2005. Based on 'Tristram
Shandy' by Laurence Sterne. Credits: music, Edward Nogria. DVDN. Cast:
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Raymond Waring, Dylan Moran, Keeley Hawes,
Gillian Anderson, Jeremy Northam, James Fleet, Ian Hart, Shirley Henderson,
Stephen Fry. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Michael Winterbottom directs this off-beat comedy about an attempt to film
Laurence Sterne's 'unfilmable' 18th century novel 'The Life and Opinions of
Tristram Shandy'. Crossing the line between the world of the film and the life
of the actors trying to make it, Steve Coogan plays both himself and
Tristram Shandy, while Rob Brydon plays himself and Toby. As both
comedians find their working relationship off-set by professional jealousies,
in the world of the film, the affable, eccentric Toby is pursued by the
beautiful Widow Wadman (Gillian Anderson) as Tristram finds the story of
his life increasingly difficult to tell without getting drawn into lengthy
digressions.
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The constant gardener
Record ID
12682
Author:
Meirelles, Fernando
Iglesias, Alberto
Fiennes, Ralph
Weisz, Rachel
Kounde, Hubert
Carre, John Le
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Subtitles (French, Spanish), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Other documentaries (Extended
Scene. 'Embracing Africa: Filming in Kenya'. 'John Le Carre: From Page to
the Screen'. 'Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The
Constant Gardener'). Made in 2005. Based on the novel by John Le Carre.
Credits: music, Alberto Iglesias; cinematographer, Cesar Charlone. DVDN.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Kounde, Danny Huston, Daniele
Harford, Packson Ngugi, Damaris Itenyo Agweyu, Bernard Otieno Oduor, Bill
Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Hard-hitting political thriller based on the novel by John Le Carre, and the
first English-speaking feature from director Fernando Meirelles. When
political activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz, in an Oscar-winning
performance) is found brutally murdered in Kenya, her widowed husband,
unassuming minor diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), becomes
increasingly belligerent in his attempt to solve the mystery of her death, to
the surprise of his British High Commission colleagues. Haunted by remorse
and by insidious rumours of his wife's infidelities, Quayle uses his access to
diplomatic secrets to unearth a vast and dangerous conspiracy about the
methods of big pharmaceutical companies and the exploitation of the Third
World by the West, at the same time as he discovers more about the
beautiful young wife he never really knew.
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The conversation
Record ID
12947
Author:
Coppola, Francis Ford
Shire, David
Hackman, Gene
Cazale, John
Garfield, Allen
Imprint:
4 Front Video , 1994
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1974. Credits: music, David Shire; cinematographer, Bill Butler. VN.
Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Robert
Duvall, Phoebe Alexander, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Michael Higgins,
Elizabeth MacRae, Robert Shields, Mark Wheeler, Cindy Williams. BBFC code:
12. VHS.
Abstract:
Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) values his personal privacy
and anonymity above all else. When he and partner Stan (John Cazale) are
hired by a mysterious client known only as 'the director' (Robert Duvall) to
follow a young couple, Harry deduces that the woman, Mary, is the director's
wife, and the man an employee with whom she is conducting an affair. Harry
becomes convinced that the director intends to murder the pair and,
haunted by guilt from a previous assignment where the information he
provided resulted in loss of human life, sets out to prevent the killing
himself.
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Creation
Record ID
14737
Author:
Amiel, Jon
Young, Christopher
Connolly, Jennifer
Bettany, Paul
Northam, Jeremy
Imprint:
Icon Home Entertainment , 2010
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Biography Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Languages (English), Commentary (Jon Amiel (Director)), Eleven
featurettes. Made in 2009. Based on the life and writings of Charles Darwin.
Credits: music, Christopher Young. DVDN. Cast: Jennifer Connolly, Paul
Bettany, Jeremy Northam, Toby James, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jim Carter,
Theresa Churcher, Bill Paterson, Martha West, Zak Davies. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Director Jon Amiel's biopic explores the crisis of faith suffered by
evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany). About to publish the
book that would question God's role in creation, Darwin is forced to come to
terms with how it will affect his deeply religious wife, Emma (Jennifer
Connelly). In addition to his concerns about Emma, the worsening ill health
of his beloved daughter Annie soon leads Darwin into a reassessment of his
life's work, as he begins to fully realise the impact his theory will have on
society.
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The Crucible
Record ID
12672
Author:
Hytner, Nicholas
Fenton, George
Day-Lewis, Daniel
Ryder, Winona
Scofield, Paul
Miller, Arthur
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages
(English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages Polish, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles
(Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English). Made in 1996. Based on the play by Arthur Miller. Credits:
music, George Fenton. DVDW. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul
Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter
Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth
Lawrence, George Gaynes. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, accusations of witchcraft are rife. John
Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen) are innocent
of any such charges, although John has committed adultery with their
former serving girl, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder). When witch expert
John Hale is called in to investigate the reports of witchcraft, Abigail
attempts to implicate Elizabeth, thinking that she will then be able to resume
her affair with John. Arthur Miller's play was originally written as an allegory
for the Joseph McCarthy American 'witch-hunt' trials of the 1950s.
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The curse of the Jade Scorpion
Record ID
12684
Author:
Allen, Woody
Carmichael, Hoagy
Ellington, Duke
Aykroyd, Dan
Hunt, Helen
Berkley, Elizabeth
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
1234
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2002. Credits: music, Hoagy Carmichael; music, Duke
Ellington. DVDN. Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth
Berkley, John Schuck, John Tormey, Kaili Vernoff, Brian Markinson, Peter
Gerety, Wallace Shawn, Charlize Theron, David Ogden Stiers. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars in this screwball romantic comedy set
in 1940s Manhattan. Allen plays C.W.Briggs, a veteran insurance investigator
who, along with his co-worker Betty-Ann Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt), is
hypnotised at a magic show one night by master criminal Volton (David
Ogden Stiers). The cunning magician then uses the hapless pair to steal
priceless jewels from wealthy homes all over town - as well as making them
fall deeply in love with one another, which causes more than a few
complications, not least because Betty-Ann is already romantically involved
with their boss, Chris (Dan Aykroyd).
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Danger Mouse: Project moon
Record ID
13047
Author:
Cosgrove, Brian
Harding, Mike
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Adventure stories
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 0, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Languages (English),
Other documentaries (2 bonus episodes: 'Play It Again Wufung' and 'The
Clock Strikes Back'.), Original theme tune ideas. Made in 2002. Credits:
animator, Cosgrove Hall; music, Mike Harding; voice, David Jason; voice,
Terry Scott; voice, Edward Kelsey; voice, Brian Trueman. DVDN. Dolby
Digital. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Danger Mouse, the world's greatest mouse detective, and Penfold, the
world's greatest mole sidekick, return with six further adventures. In 'The
Long Lost Crown Affair' Danger Mouse and Penfold go in search of the Lost
Crown of Questabottle. 'By George It's a Dragon' sees the intrepid duo on
the trail of a dragon rampaging through Wales. 'Project Moon' has Baron
Greenback embark upon a dread lunar plot. 'Remote Controlled Chaos' finds
Danger Mouse in trouble when Greenback gains control of his car. 'Ee-Tea'
concerns a rather unpleasant cup of tea. And in 'Journey to the Earth's Cor'
Danger Mouse and Penfold journey to the North Pole in order to find out
who's making all the noise up there.
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The Danish girl
Record ID
15602
Author:
Hooper, Tom
Desplat, Alexandre
Redmayne, Eddie
Heard, Amber
Vikander, Alicia
Ebershoff, David
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Biography Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 4, 5, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio
(1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages
(English), Subtitles (Arabic, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French,
German, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2015. Based on the life of Lili
Elbe/The novel of the same name by David Ebershoff. Credits: music,
Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Danny Cohen. DVDN. Cast: Eddie
Redmayne, Amber Heard, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben
Whishaw, Rebecca Root, Emerald Fennell. DVD.
Abstract:
Tom Hooper directs this biographical drama starring Eddie Redmayne as
Danish artist, and one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery,
Einar Wegener. While standing in as a female model for his artist wife Gerda
(Alicia Vikander), Einar develops an attraction for a female physical
appearance and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. However, as their
relationship develops and Lili begins to identify more as a woman than his
former sex and ultimately begins sexual reassignment surgery, their
marriage comes under strain as Gerda realises that her husband is no longer
the person she married. The suporting cast includes Amber Heard, Matthias
Schoenaerts and Ben Whishaw. The film was nominated for four Academy
Awards including Best Supporting Actress (Vikander) and Best Actor
(Redmayne), Vikander winning for Best Supporting Actress.
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Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
Record ID
14732
Author:
O'Brien, Jim
Dance, Charles
Fox, Emilia
Dunaway, Faye
Maurier, Daphne du
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 1997
Description:
1 video disc: 190 min. col.
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1996. Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. VD. Cast: Charles
Dance, Emilia Fox, Faye Dunaway, Diana Rigg, Dennis Lill, Ian McDiarmid.
BBFC code: PG. VHS.
Abstract:
Glitzy television remake of the Daphne du Maurier story (originally made into
a film in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock). Charles Dance, Faye Dunaway, Diana
Rigg and Emilia Fox head the cast in the story of mysterious Maxim de
Winter (Dance) and his nervous new bride (Fox). Returning to de Winter's
country house, Manderley, Fox finds herself living in the shadow of his first
wife, Rebecca. Although dead, Rebecca's influence is still felt in the form of
her devoted housekeeper, Mrs Danvers (Rigg).
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Dead Poets Society
Record ID
12635
Author:
Weir, Peter
Jarre, Maurice
Williams, Robin
Leonard, Robert Sean
Hawke, Ethan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1989. Credits: assistant director, Alan B. Curtiss; assistant director,
Brian T. Fong; music, Maurice Jarre; cinematographer, John Seale;
costumes, Eddie Marks; special effects A/V, Allen L. Hall; make up, Susan A.
Cabral. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard,
Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Norman Lloyd,
Kurtwood Smith, Carla Belver, James Waterston. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Inspiring and eccentric English teacher John Keating (Robin Williams)
provokes an outbreak of creativity and idealism amongst the stuffy Welton
Academy class of 1959. However, both repressed parents and more
conformist staff members protest in favour of educating the pupils in a more
traditional manner, with tragic results.
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The devil wears Prada
Record ID
12664
Author:
Frankel, David
Shapiro, Theodore
Streep, Meryl
Hathaway, Anne
Blunt, Emily
Weisberger, Lauren
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers,
Outtakes, Deleted scenes, Commentary (director David Frankel, producer
Wendy Finerman, costume designer Patricia Field, screenwriter Aline BroshMcKenna, editor Mark Livolsi and director of photography Florian Ballhaus),
Other documentaries (Featurettes: 'The Trip To The Big Screen', 'Fashion
Visionary: Patricia Field', 'Getting Valentino', 'Boss From Hell', 'NYC &
Fashion', 'International Fashion Editor'). Made in 2006. Based on the novel
by Lauren Weisberger. Credits: music, Theodore Shapiro. DVDN. Cast: Meryl
Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian
Grenier, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Daniel Sunjata, Rebecca Mader. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Comedy based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger. Andrea (Anne Hathaway)
is a bright young woman from the Midwest who has just graduated from
college and wants to work as a magazine writer. She has applied for a job at
'Runway', America's most prestigious fashion journal. Andy has little interest
in the garment trade, but it is one of the only magazines in New York with a
job opening - second assistant to editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). As
Andy discovers, Miranda is a diva with plenty of power in the magazine
business, and she isn't afraid to use that power. Though Andy lands the job,
she soon learns that working for Miranda could test the patience of a saint,
thanks to her endless demands and refusal to acknowledge the end of a
work day. Andy struggles to hold on to the job and her sanity, knowing that
a recommendation from Miranda can open nearly any door at any magazine
- but can she handle the pressure without losing her mind along the way?
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Diamonds are forever
Record ID
12653
Author:
Hamilton, Guy
Barry, John
Bassey, Shirley
Connery, Sean
Gray, Charles
Cabot, Bruce
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers, Deleted scenes, Commentary (Guy Hamilton plus members of the
cast and crew.), Other documentaries ('Cubby Broccoli - The Man Behind
Bond'. 'Inside Diamonds Are Forever'.), Booklet, 3 radio spots. Made in 1971.
Based on a story by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John Barry; music, Shirley
Bassey; cinematographer, Ted Moore; production design, Ken Adams; art
director, Jack Maxsted; art director, Bill Kenney; Set designer, Peter Lamont;
Set designer, John Austin; special effects A/V, Albert J Whitlock; special
effects A/V, Leslie Hillman; special effects A/V, Wally Veevers; special effects
A/V, Whitney McMahon; costumes, Elsa Fennell; costumes, Ted Tetrick;
costumes, Donfeld. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Sean Connery, Charles Gray,
Bruce Cabot, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Joseph Fürst, Lois Maxwell, Jill
St John, Rainbeaux Smith, Bruce Glover, Norman Burton, Bernard Lee,
Desmond Llewellyn. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
With Sean Connery returning to the role after sitting out one instalment,
James Bond is ready for his latest mission. And what does M want of him
this time? To infiltrate a worldwide diamond smuggling operation. The action
- which moves between Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the desert sees Bond encounter Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood), steal a moon buggy, get
beaten up by a couple of female karate experts known as Bambi and
Thumper, before finally bringing him face-to-face with a Howard Hughestype recluse who is intent on nuclear blackmail and world domination.
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Doctor Zhivago
Record ID
12975
Author:
Lean, David
Jarre, Maurice
Sharif, Omar
Christie, Julie
Chaplin, Geraldine
Pasternak, Boris
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1965. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak. Credits: assistant
director, Roy Stevens; assistant director, Pedro Vidal; executive producer,
Arvid Griffin; music, Maurice Jarre; cinematographer, Frederick A. Young;
production design, John Box; Set designer, Dario Simoni; special effects A/V,
Eddie Fowlie; costumes, Phyllis Dalton; make up, Mario Van Riel. DVDW.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod
Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Ralph Richardson, Siobhan
McKenna, Rita Tushingham, Bernard Kay, Klaus Kinski, Noel Willman,
Geoffrey Keen, Erik Chitty, Adrienne Corri. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Following 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962), director David Lean continued his epic
phase with this adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel. During World War
One, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He
marries his childhood sweetheart Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but is attracted
to dressmaker's daughter Lara (Julie Christie), herself engaged to young
revolutionary Pasha (Tom Courtenay). Lara is also conducting an affair with
government official Komarovsky (Rod Steiger). Yuri and Lara's paths cross
again in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, and the two begin a
passionate affair.
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Dora the explorer: Dora's Christmas
Record ID
13493
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0). Made in 2005. Credits: executive
producer, Chris Gifford; executive producer, Brown Johnson; executive
producer, Valerie Walsh; voice, Kathleen Herles; voice, Harrison Chad; voice,
Marc Weiner; voice, Sasha Toro. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
More animated educational fun with Dora the Explorer and her pet cat,
Boots. In 'A Present For Santa', Dora and Boots have to get to the North Pole
to see Santa. In 'Rapido Tico', Boots has lost his toy firetruck on the top of
Snowy Mountain. In 'Quack! Quack!', Dora and Boots need to help Mami
Duck bring Baby Duck back to the Duck Pond. Finally, in 'School Pet', Mimo
the school pet goes missing, and it's up to Dora and Boots to find him.
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Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Record ID
13494
Author:
Jones, Chuck
Seuss, Dr
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : sd, col.
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Film animation
Christmas
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1966. Based on the children's books by Dr Seuss. Credits: narrator,
Boris Karloff; voice, Boris Karloff; voice, Turl Ravenscroft; voice, June Foray.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Horror star Boris Karloff provides the narration for this animated version of
Dr Seuss' festive tale. The Grinch is a mean and wicked creature who resents
the coming of Christmas to nearby Who-ville. In fact, he despises the festive
season so much that he decides to steal all the presents and decorations
from the village. Does this mean there will be no Christmas in Who-ville? Not
if little Cindy Lou can help it.
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Dragon hunters
Record ID
13496
Author:
Ivernel, Guillaume
Qwak, Arthur
Badelt, Klaus
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Adventure stories
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2008. Credits: music, Klaus Badelt; voice, Forest Whitaker; voice,
Mary Matilyn Mouser; voice, Rob Paulsen. DVDN. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
French-made CGI-animated fantasy adventure. The world is cowering in
anticipation of the dreaded arrival of the World Gobbler, a mighty dragon out
to plunder and destroy everything in his path. The king's granddaughter Zoe
(voiced by Mary Matilyn Mouser) employs reluctant dragon hunters Lian-Chu
(Forest Whitaker) and Gwizdo (Rob Paulsen) to finish him off once and for all
- little knowing that they are more intent on their longstanding dream of
setting up a mussel farm than on saving the world from imminent
destruction.
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The Duchess
Record ID
14980
Author:
Dibb, Saul
Portman, Rachel
Knightley, Keira
Fiennes, Ralph
Rampling, Charlotte
Foreman, Amanda
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD History Drama Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary,
Image gallery, Audio Description English. Made in 2008. Based on the
biography 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' by Amanda Foreman. Credits:
music, Rachel Portman. DVDN. Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes,
Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney, Aidan
McArdle, John Shrapnel, Alistair Petrie, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Medwin.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Sumptuous historical drama starring Keira Knightley as eighteenth century
aristocrat Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, who was known for
her glamorous and extravagant lifestyle. Married at a young age to the older
Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana becomes a fashion icon and
a shrewd political operator as well as a doting mother and darling of the
common people. However, trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband
and his mistress, her search for love becomes increasingly desperate. When
she begins a passionate affair with an ambitious young politician, the
scandal causes bitter conflict with her already distant husband.
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Duplicity
Record ID
14799
Author:
Gilroy, Tony
Roberts, Julia
Owen, Clive
Giamatti, Paul
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2009. Credits: music, James Newton Howard. DVDN.
Cast: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Carrie
Preston, Thomas McCarthy, Ulrich Thomsen, Wayne Duvall, Eliezer Meyer,
Tom Stratford. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Two ex-spies battle it out for love and money in this slick corporate caper
starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. After leaving the world of espionage
behind, CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 operative Ray Koval
(Owen) find themselves on opposing sides, both trying to secure a secret
formula that will make their respective multinational bosses (Tom Wilkinson
and Paul Giamatti) a fortune. However, as they each try to outdo the other,
urged on by their eager employers, with double-crosses and underhand
moves aplenty, they soon find themselves falling for the oldest trick in the
book - love.
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dvdI'm No Angel
Record ID
12685
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Musical Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono) Made in 1933. Cast: Mae West,
Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff, Edward Arnold, Ralf Harolde, Kent Taylor,
Gertrude Michael, Russell Hopton, Dorothy Peterson, William B. Davidson,
Gertrude Howard, Libby Taylor. Credits: music, Harvey Brooks. BBFC code:
U. DVD.
Abstract:
Mae West stars as dancer and lion tamer Tira in this romantic comedy. Short
of cash, Tira starts performing ever more dangerous stunts until her circus
builds up an exciting reputation. But when she meets handsome Jack
Clayton (Cary Grant), Tira ends up suing him for breach of contract after
their relationship breaks up. Only when Clayton lets her win the case does
she realise that she truly loves him.
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Easy virtue
Record ID
15225
Author:
Elliott, Stephan
De Vries, Marius
Biel, Jessica
Barnes, Ben
Scott Thomas, Kristin
Coward, Noel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Outtakes, Deleted scenes, 'Making of'
documentary, Commentary (Stephan Elliott (Director)), Image gallery. Made
in 2008. Based on the play by Noel Coward. Credits: music, Marius De Vries.
DVDN. Cast: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth,
Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington,
Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus, Pip Torrens. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy set in 1920s rural England, adapted from the play by Noel
Coward. Young English aristocrat John (Ben Barnes) returns to his family's
country estate with his new wife Larita (Jessica Biel), an American race
driver and divorcee, following a whirlwind romance in France. While his
mother Veronica (Kristin Scott Thomas) is resolutely unimpressed by her
new daughter-in-law, John's father Jim (Colin Firth) finds Larita a breath of
fresh air.
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The edge of love
Record ID
12660
Author:
Maybury, John
Badalamenti, Angelo
Knightley, Keira
Miller, Sienna
Murphy, Cillian
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2008
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Stereo, Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, Deleted scenes,
Interviews (Cast and Crew), Commentary (John Maybury (Director) and
Matthew Rhys), Image gallery. Made in 2008. Based on the life of Dylan
Thomas. Credits: music, Angelo Badalamenti. DVDN. Cast: Keira Knightley,
Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Camilla Rutherford, Alastair
MacKenzie, Lisa Stansfield, Karl Johnson. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Set in rural Wales and 1940s London, this biopic tells the story of the
romantic complications that arise between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas
(Matthew Rhys), his young wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller), his first love Vera
Phillips (Keira Knightley), and her husband William Killick (Cillian Murphy).
Dylan Thomas, having been diverted from active duty in the Second World
War and employed by the government to produce propaganda for Whitehall,
reconnects with his old flame Vera while working in London. Despite his
marriage to the feisty Caitlin, Thomas resumes his passionate relationship
with Vera. Unusually, despite being rivals in love, Caitlin and Vera form a
strong friendship when they meet, and Caitlin continues to indulge in her
own extra-marital entanglements. But Vera's marriage to her devoted
admirer William, and the effects of the ongoing drama of World War Two,
eventually put paid to the unconventional harmony of the bohemian menage
a trois, forcing events to a dramatic and violent denouement.
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An education
Record ID
12512
Author:
Scherfig, Lone
Englishby, Paul
Sarsgaard, Peter
Mulligan, Carey
Molina, Alfred
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Languages (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Interviews
(Cast), Commentary. Made in 2009. Based on the memoirs of Lynn Barber.
Credits: music, Paul Englishby; cinematographer, John de Borman. DVDN.
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper,
Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, Cara Seymour, Matthew
Beard, Sally Hawkins, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Ellie Kendrick. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Coming-of-age drama set in 1960s London, adapted for the screen by
novelist Nick Hornby from the memoirs of journalist Lynn Barber. Jenny
(Carey Mulligan) is an intelligent young woman on the brink of her 17th
birthday, destined for a promising yet somewhat narrow future at Oxford
University and beyond. Longing for romance and sophistication to inject
some excitement into her humdrum schoolgirl existence, she finds herself
caught in a whirlwind romance with the mysterious and much older playboy
David (Peter Sarsgaard). Mulligan won Best Actress at the 2010 BAFTA
Awards for her performance, while the ensemble supporting cast includes
Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike and Emma Thompson.
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Edward and Mrs Simpson - Disc 1
Record ID
12719
Author:
Hussein, Waris
Grainer, Ron
Fox, Edward
Harris, Cynthia
Ashcroft, Peggy
Donaldson, Frances
Imprint:
Network , 2005
Description:
Subjects:
King Edward VIII
Simpson, Wallace
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1978. Based on the biography by Frances Donaldson.
Credits: music, Ron Grainer; subject, King Edward VIII; subject, Wallace
Simpson. Boxed. Cast: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft, Maurice
Denham, Marius Goring, Nigel Hawthorne, Cherie Lunghi, Kika Markham,
Jessie Matthews, Andrew Ray, John Shrapnel, David Waller, Patrick
Troughton, Simon Cadell, Patricia Hodge, Charles Keating, Terence Rigby,
Gary Waldhorn, John Horsley, Gerald Sim. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A BAFTA and Emmy winning production in which Edward Fox stars as
Edward VIII, the man who abdicated for love. The story begins with Edward
meeting American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson in 1930. Upon Edward
succeeding to the throne in 1936, the crisis of the pair's romance was
heightened and Edward was forced to step down, making his farewell
broadcast to the nation in December of that year.
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Edward and Mrs Simpson - Disc 2
Record ID
12720
Author:
Hussein, Waris
Grainer, Ron
Fox, Edward
Harris, Cynthia
Ashcroft, Peggy
Donaldson, Frances
Imprint:
Network , 2005
Description:
Subjects:
King Edward VIII
Simpson, Wallace
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1978. Based on the biography by Frances Donaldson.
Credits: music, Ron Grainer; subject, King Edward VIII; subject, Wallace
Simpson. Boxed. Cast: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft, Maurice
Denham, Marius Goring, Nigel Hawthorne, Cherie Lunghi, Kika Markham,
Jessie Matthews, Andrew Ray, John Shrapnel, David Waller, Patrick
Troughton, Simon Cadell, Patricia Hodge, Charles Keating, Terence Rigby,
Gary Waldhorn, John Horsley, Gerald Sim. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A BAFTA and Emmy winning production in which Edward Fox stars as
Edward VIII, the man who abdicated for love. The story begins with Edward
meeting American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson in 1930. Upon Edward
succeeding to the throne in 1936, the crisis of the pair's romance was
heightened and Edward was forced to step down, making his farewell
broadcast to the nation in December of that year.
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Elizabeth
Record ID
14993
Author:
Kapur, Shekhar
Hirschfelder, David
Blanchett, Cate
Rush, Geoffrey
Eccleston, Christopher
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Queen Elizabeth I
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama History Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1998. Credits: music, David Hirschfelder; subject, Queen
Elizabeth I. DVDN. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher
Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Kathy
Burke, Eric Cantona, James Frain, Vincent Cassel, Daniel Craig, Angus
Deayton, Edward Hardwicke, Terence Rigby, Amanda Ryan, Kelly
Macdonald, Emily Mortimer, John Gielgud, George Yiasomi, Jamie Forman,
Wayne Sleep, Michael Beint, Kenny Doughty, Joseph O'Connor, Edward
Highmore, Daniel Moynihan, Donald Pelmear, Tim Bevan, Vladimir Vega.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1554, England is ruled by the fervently Catholic Queen Mary (Kathy
Burke), whose persecution of Protestants even extends to her own halfsister, Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett). When Mary dies, Elizabeth succeeds to the
throne, but finds her country under threat from the Scots, French and
Spanish. Although conducting an affair with Robert Dudley, the Earl of
Leicester (Joseph Fiennes), Elizabeth is urged by her advisors to wed and
produce an heir. Meanwhile, plots against her are being hatched by the
Catholic bishops, and Elizabeth soon becomes the target of an assassination
attempt. Cate Blanchett was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar and won a
BAFTA in recognition of her performance.
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Elizabeth: The golden age
Record ID
14994
Author:
Kapur, Shekhar
Armstrong, Craig
Rahman, A.R
Molla, Jordi
Blanchett, Cate
Rush, Geoffrey
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography History Drama Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2007. Credits: music, Craig Armstrong; music, A.R.
Rahman. DVDN. Cast: Jordi Molla, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Aimee
King, John Shrapnel, Samantha Morton, Susan Lynch, Rhys Ifans, Clive
Owen, Abbie Cornish, Penelope McGhie. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the 'Virgin Queen' in this sequel to the
Oscar-nominated 'Elizabeth'. This time round Elizabeth has to contend with
the rising power of Spain, as Philip II (Jordi Molla) readies an armada for
invasion, intent on returning England to Catholic influence. While her trusty
servant Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) works tirelessly to protect
her from numerous plots, Elizabeth discovers she has a potential weakness
in her fondness for Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen).
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Enchanted April
Record ID
14205
Author:
Newell, Mike
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Lawrence, Josie
Richardson, Miranda
Plowright, Joan
Arnin, Elizabeth Von
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2009
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1991. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnin. Credits: music,
Richard Rodney Bennett. DVDN. Cast: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson,
Joan Plowright, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen,
Neville Phillips, Stephen Beckett, Matthew Radford. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
In the London of 1922, downtrodden housewife Lottie Wilkins (Josie
Lawrence) feels the sudden need to get away from things, and invites her
neighbour Rose (Miranda Richardson) - to whom she has never even spoken
before - to share a holiday in an Italian villa. In order to save their finances,
they share their holiday home with haughty dowager Mrs Fisher (Joan
Plowright) and beautiful socialite Lady Caroline Dester (Polly Walker). Upon
arrival the foursome clash almost instantly, but gradually learn to live with
one another as their respective personalities are transformed by the
surroundings.
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The end of the affair
Record ID
14736
Author:
Jordan, Neil
Nyman, Michael
Fiennes, Ralph
Moore, Julianne
Rea, Stephen
Greene, Graham
Imprint:
UCA , 2004
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers, Filmographies, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary, Isolated
score. Made in 1999. Based on the novel by Graham Greene. Credits: music,
Michael Nyman. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore,
Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam, Sam Bould, Heather Jay
Jones, Cyril Shaps, Penny Morrell, Deborah Findlay, Nicholas Hewetson.
BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1946, novelist Maurice Bendix (Ralph Fiennes) encounters civil servant
Henry Miles (Stephen Rea) on Clapham Common, and recalls how years
earlier he had a passionate affair with Henry's wife, Sarah (Julianne Moore),
which ended suddenly and without explanation. Henry was unaware of the
affair at the time, but believes that Sarah is now committing adultery. He
asks Maurice to investigate, and the writer gradually becomes obsessed with
Sarah once again, desperate to find an explanation for her behaviour and
rekindle their relationship.
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The end of the affair
Record ID
12686
Author:
Jordan, Neil
Nyman, Michael
Fiennes, Ralph
Moore, Julianne
Rea, Stephen
Greene, Graham
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English,
German), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, Polish, Czech,
Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, Dutch, Bulgarian, German, Turkish,
Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Arabic), Bonus footage,
Trailers, Filmographies, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary, Isolated
score. Made in 1999. Based on the novel by Graham Greene. Credits: music,
Michael Nyman. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore,
Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam, Sam Bould, Heather Jay
Jones, Cyril Shaps, Penny Morrell, Deborah Findlay, Nicholas Hewetson.
BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1946, novelist Maurice Bendix (Ralph Fiennes) encounters civil servant
Henry Miles (Stephen Rea) on Clapham Common, and recalls how years
earlier he had a passionate affair with Henry's wife, Sarah (Julianne Moore),
which ended suddenly and without explanation. Henry was unaware of the
affair at the time, but believes that Sarah is now committing adultery. He
asks Maurice to investigate, and the writer gradually becomes obsessed with
Sarah once again, desperate to find an explanation for her behaviour and
rekindle their relationship.
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The English patient
Record ID
12644
Author:
Minghella, Anthony
Yared, Gabriel
Fiennes, Ralph
Binoche, Juliette
Dafoe, Willem
Ondaatje, Michael
Imprint:
ENCORE , 1997
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1996. Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje. Credits: music,
Gabriel Yared; cinematographer, John Seale. LW. Dolby Surround. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
During World War Two a badly-burned pilot, known only as 'the English
patient' (Ralph Fiennes), is cared for in a Canadian military medical unit by
nurse Hana (Juliette Binoche). As the dying patient's memory returns, he
tells Hana his story - of how he embarked on a passionate affair with
Katherine (Kristin Scott Thomas), the wife of one of his colleagues.
Meanwhile, intelligence agent Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe) tells Hana that he
suspects the English patient of being a spy for the Germans. This film won
nine Oscars, including Best Picture.
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The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
Record ID
14202
Author:
Monger, Christopher
Endelman, Stephen
Grant, Hugh
Fitzgerald, Tara
Meaney, Colm
Imprint:
Miramax , 2012
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5060223769332
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Credits: music, Stephen Endelman. DVDN. Cast: Hugh Grant,
Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNiece, Ian Hart, Kenneth Griffith,
Robert Blythe, Tudor Vaughn, Hugh Vaughn, Robert Pugh, Garfield Morgan.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
English mapmaker Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) manages to offend an
entire Welsh town when he rules that their prized landmark is not a
mountain but a hill. Anson is soon to find, however, that the locals will stop
at nothing to defend their honour, and spearheading their efforts with young
barmaid Betty (Tara Fitzgerald), who tries to seduce Anson and thus
convince him to change his ruling as regards the 'mountain'.
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The Europeans
Record ID
12987
Author:
Ivory, James
Robbins, Richard
Remick, Lee
Ellis, Robin
Addey, Wesley
James, Henry
Imprint:
Prism Leisure Corp. Plc , 2007
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Interviews (Cast and crew) Made in 1979. Based on the
novel by Henry James. Cast: Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addey, Norman
Snow, Tim Choate, Lisa Eichhorn, Kristin Griffith, Tim Woodward. Credits:
music, Richard Robbins. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Baroness Eugenia Munster (Lee Remick) travels from Europe with her
brother Felix (Tim Woodward) to live with her country cousins, the
Wentworths, who regard Eugenia and Felix as a pair of dangerous exotics.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's script reflects the wit of Henry James' novel as Felix
falls for Gertrude (Lisa Eichhorn), daughter of the family, and Eugenia
embarks on a romance with Robert Acton (Robin Ellis), the district's most
eligible bachelor.
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Evelyn
Record ID
12696
Author:
Beresford, Bruce
Endelman, Stephen
Brosnan, Pierce
Rea, Stephen
Vavasseur, Sophie
Imprint:
Description:
1 videocassette (93 min.) : col.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Based on a true story. Credits: music, Stephen Endelman. VN.
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Stephen Rea, Sophie Vavasseur, Julianna Margulies,
Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates, Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Mairead Devlin.
BBFC code: PG. VHS.
Abstract:
Poignant family drama set in 1950s Ireland and based on a true story. Pierce
Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, a painter/decorator whose wife walks out
on the marriage and their three children, leaving him to bring them up
himself and earn money to support the family. But his erratic employment
leads to the children being put into the care of separate Catholic orphanages
until he can prove he is able to support them financially. When he discovers
that his young daughter, Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur) is being ill-treated by
the nuns at her orphanage, he is furious, and determines to do whatever he
can to win back custody of his children. With the help of lawyers Michael
Beattie (Stephen Rea), Nick Barron (Aidan Quinn) and Thomas Connolly
(Alan Bates), he takes his battle for custody to the Irish court.
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Evil Under the Sun
Record ID
14744
Author:
Hamilton, Guy
Porter, Cole
Ustinov, Peter
Birkin, Jane
Blakely, Colin
Christie, Agatha
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Mystery Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1982. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Credits: music, Cole
Porter. DVDN. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Roddy
McDowall, James Mason, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Nicholas Clay, Cyril
Conway, Barbara Hicks, Emily Hone, Sylvia Miles, Dennis Quilley, Diana Rigg,
Maggie Smith. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot returns in this murder
mystery set in the Balearic islands. When beautiful socialite Arlena Marshall
(Diana Rigg) is found strangled on a Mediterranean island, there is no
shortage of suspects for Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to eliminate from his
enquiries.
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Exodus
Record ID
12636
Author:
Preminger, Otto
Gold, Ernest
Newman, Paul
Saint, Eva Marie
Mineo, Sal
Uris, Leon
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Drama History Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
CinemaScope), Other Ratio 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Surround), Other languages French, Other Language Sound
Dolby Mono, Subtitles (Dutch), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
German), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1960. Based on the novel by
Leon Uris. Credits: music, Ernest Gold. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Paul
Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Ralph Richardson, Lee J. Cobb, Felix
Aylmer, Martin Benson, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Jill Haworth, Peter
Lawford, Martin Miller, David Opatoshu, Gregory Ratoff, Alexandra Stewart.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1947, Israel struggles for independence as the European Jewish survivors
of Nazi death camps migrate to new lands. Leader of the Haganah Ben
Canaan (Paul Newman) employs moderate methods to ensure his people's
rights. While he battles to gain partition in Palestine, a romance develops
between him and Kitty Fremont (Eva Marie Saint). Meanwhile, the journey of
the Jews on the vessel Cyprus is halted when they are blockaded by the
British in Cyprus harbour.
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Extras: Series 1 - Disc 1 of 2
Record ID
12806
Author:
Gervais, Ricky
Merchant, Stephen
Jensen, Ashley
Stiller, Ben
Jones, Vinnie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
TV Series on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, Deleted scenes, Behind
the scenes, Other documentaries ('The Difficult Second Album', 'Finding Leo',
'Taping Nigel'). Made in 2005. DVDN. Cast: Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen,
Stephen Merchant, Ben Stiller, Vinnie Jones, Ross Kemp, Shaun Williamson,
Kate Winslet, Les Dennis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Stewart. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
Complete first series of the BBC comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen
Merchant, following the humiliations of professional film extra Andy Millman
(Gervais) and his eccentric friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen) as they try - and
fail - to gain significant lines or parts in various productions. A host of
famous actors send themselves up in cameo roles. In 'Ben Stiller', the
Hollywood comedian is directing a film about the Bosnia conflict, and Andy
tries to win a role by making friends with the refugee who wrote the script.
In 'Ross Kemp', the TV hardman tries to convince Andy that his image is
real, before being humiliated by the much harder Vinnie Jones. In 'Kate
Winslet', the actress hopes her role in a Nazi war drama will win her an
Oscar, and Andy tries a little too hard to get close to her. In 'Les Dennis',
Andy gets a break playing in a panto alongside the washed-up TV star. In
'Samuel L. Jackson', Maggie gets into difficulties trying to prove she isn't
racist, while Andy manages to get a line on a film the Hollywood superstar is
making. Finally, in 'Patrick Stewart', Andy manages to enlist the
Shakespearean actor's help in getting a script he's written to the BBC, but
makes a fool of himself when he realises the script editor he's meeting with
is gay.
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Eyes wide shut
Record ID
15238
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
Pook, Jocelyn
Cruise, Tom
Kidman, Nicole
Pollack, Sydney
Schnitzler, Arthur
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Drama Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1999. Based on the novel 'Traumnovelle' by Arthur Schnitzler.
Credits: music, Jocelyn Pook. DVDS. Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman,
Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Sherbedgia, Todd Field, Vinessa
Shaw, Alan Cumming, Sky Dumont, Fay Masterson, Leelee Sobieski, Thomas
Gibson, Leon Vitali. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Married themselves at the time of production, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
play married couple William and Alice in this, the final film from celebrated
director Stanley Kubrick. One night, returning home from a party, Alice
confesses that she still has fantasies about a sailor she once knew. William is
shocked and jealous, and when he is later called away on business, he finds
it impossible to return home, embarking instead on a journey into an illicit
underworld of prostitution and sexual debauchery.
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Family plot
Record ID
12702
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Williams, John
Black, Karen
Dern, Bruce
Devane, William
Canning, Victor
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1976. Based on the novel 'The rainbird pattern' by Victor Canning.
Credits: music, John Williams. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Karen Black, Bruce
Dern, William Devane, Barbara Harris, Ed Lauter, Edith Atwater, Nicholas
Colasanto, Katherine Helmond, Warren Kemmerling, John Lehne, Cathleen
Nesbitt, William Prince, Madge Redmond, Charles Tyner. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock's 54th and final film. Fake medium Blanche (Barbara Harris)
and her boyfriend Lumley (Bruce Dern) are attempting to scam the elderly
Miss Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt) by discovering the long-lost heir to her
family fortune. Meanwhile, sinister jeweller Arthur Adamson (William
Devane) plots a kidnapping scheme with his girlfriend, Fran (Karen Black).
Although no link is immediately discernible between the activities of the two
couples, their paths eventually cross in the most unexpected of ways.
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Far from Heaven
Record ID
12529
Author:
Haynes, Todd
Bernstein, Elmer
Moore, Julianne
Quaid, Dennis
Haysbert, Dennis
Imprint:
EV , 2003
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Credits: music, Elmer Bernstein. DVDN. Cast: Julianne Moore,
Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Celia Weston, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis,
James Rebhorn, Michael Gaston. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Todd Haynes' tale of 1950s prejudices in America. Housewife Cathy Whitaker
(Julianne Moore) thinks she has the perfect set-up; two children, a
successful husband (Dennis Quaid) and a house in the suburbs. But this
vision is shattered one night when she surprises her husband at work and
finds him in the arms of another man. Not able to tell anyone in her social
circle, she finds solace with their African-American gardener, Raymond
(Dennis Haysbert). However, when they are seen alone together by Cathy's
best friend (Celia Weston) - a social taboo in that era - the gossip begins and
this threatens to reveal the Whitaker's secret life.
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Ferris Bueller's day off
Record ID
15449
Author:
Hughes, John
Newborn, Ira
Broderick, Matthew
Ruck, Alan
Sara, Mia
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1986. Credits: executive producer, Michael Chinich; assistant
director, Ken Collins; assistant director, Stephen Lim; music, Ira Newborn;
costumes, Marilyn Vance; cinematographer, Tak Fujimoto; special effects
A/V, John Frazier; make up, Michael Germain; Set designer, Louis M. Mann;
production design, John W. Corso. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Matthew
Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett,
Lyman Ward, Charlie Sheen, Virginia Capers, Kristy Swanson, Edie McClurg.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has had enough of school so, using his
immense ingenuity, he makes it look as though he is ill. He then takes his
best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) off to
spend a day out on the town. After a series of misadventures, he has to
make it home before his headteacher finds out (or his sister drops him in it).
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Fierce Creatures
Record ID
12718
Author:
Young, Robert
Schepisi, Fred
Goldsmith, Jerry
Cleese, John
Curtis, Jamie Lee
Kline, Kevin
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1998
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1997. Credits: music, Jerry Goldsmith. LW. Dolby Surround. Cast:
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett,
Carey Lowell, Robert Lindsay, Bille Brown, Derek Griffiths, Cynthia Cleese,
Maria Aitken, Dennis Lill, Susie Blake, Gareth Hunt, Tom Georgeson. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
When media baron Rod McCain (Kevin Kline) buys Marwood Zoo in England,
he sends over his son Vince (also Kline) and the sexy Willa Weston (Jamie
Lee Curtis) to ensure that it turns over a 20% profit. The zoo is being run by
McCain employee Rollo Lee (John Cleese), who has instigated a policy that
only fierce creatures should be on display. When Vince sets up advertising
hoardings and arranges bogus celebrity sponsorship, the zookeepers, led by
insect specialist 'Bugsy' Malone (Michael Palin), revolt. John Cleese
reassembles the cast of 'A Fish Called Wanda' for this film, described as an
'equal' rather than a sequel.
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The fighter
Record ID
14754
Author:
Russell, David O
Brook, Michael
Bale, Christian
Wahlberg, Mark
Adams, Amy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Audio Description English. Made in 2010. Based on
Real events. Credits: music, Michael Brook; cinematographer, Hoyte Van
Hoytema. DVDN. Cast: Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Melissa
Leo, Robert Wahlberg, Jack McGee, Dendrie Taylor, Jenna Lamia, Bianca
Hunter, Chanty Sok, Erica McDermott, Sean Patrick Doherty. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale star in this drama based on the lives of
professional boxers and half-brothers Mickey 'Irish' Ward and Dicky Eklund.
From a tough childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, Dicky (Bale) becomes a
talented boxer in the late 1970s and early '80s. Away from the ring,
however, he becomes addicted to crack cocaine and resorts to crime to
support his habit. When Mickey (Wahlberg) begins to show similar promise
in the boxing ring, Dicky decides to retire from the sport and become his
brother's trainer - but can he kick his drug habit and dedicate himself to
making Mickey a star? Bale won an Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor and Melissa Leo won Best Supporting Actress.
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Flags of our fathers
Record ID
14734
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Phillippe, Ryan
Bradford, Jesse
Beach, Adam
Bradley, James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History War Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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access, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in 2006. Based
on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers. Credits: music, Clint
Eastwood. DVDN. Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John
Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker,
Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Clint Eastwood's first half of the Iwo Jima saga. Based on the book by James
Bradley and Ron Powers, it is February 1945, and even as victory in Europe
was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most
crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo
Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic
images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American
flag on Mount Suribachi. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in
being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they
wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were
fighting and dying without fanfare or glory.
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Flash Gordon
Record ID
13049
Author:
Hodges, Mike
Queen
Jones, Sam
Anderson, Melody
Topol, Chaim
Raymond, Alex
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Heroes and heroines
Fantasy fiction
Class:
Film on DVD Fantasy Adventure
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English, German, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Subtitles
(English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Turkish), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Image gallery. Made in 1980. Based on Comic strip
characters created by Alex Raymond. Credits: music, Queen. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol, Max von Sydow,
Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Suzanne Danielle, John Hallam,
Mariangela Melato, Richard O'Brien, John Osborne, Philip Stone, Peter
Wyngarde, Peter Duncan. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
An updated version of the 1930s serials, riding on the back of the science
fiction craze started by 'Star Wars'. American football hero Flash (Sam Jones)
is dragged from Earth to the outer reaches of the Universe where he must
battle the evil dictatorship of Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow). He is
helped by technical wizard Dr Hans Zarkov (Topol), the winged Prince Vultan
(Brian Blessed) and the brooding Prince Barin (a pre-Bond Timothy Dalton).
Ex-'Blue Peter' presenter Peter Duncan makes a cameo appearance, while
the soundtrack is provided by Queen.
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Four weddings and a funeral
Record ID
14633
Author:
Newell, Mike
Grant, Hugh
MacDowell, Andie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Romance Subtitles: English
ISBN:
5050070004977
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French,
Spanish), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, Dutch,
Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, Hungarian, Greek,
Hebrew, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, DVD ROM features. Made in 1994.
Credits: music, Richard Rodney Bennett. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Hugh
Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet,
Charlotte Coleman, John Hannah, David Bower, Rowan Atkinson, Anna
Chancellor, Corin Redgrave, Sara Crowe, Elspet Gray, Sophie Thompson,
Robert Lang, Jeremy Kemp, David Haig, Rosalie Crutchley. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood's favourite
bumbling Brit and garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Richard
Curtis' screenplay. Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie
(Andie MacDowell) at a friend's wedding and enjoys a one-night stand with
her. The next time they meet, again at a wedding, Carrie is accompanied by
a rich ILDQFpleaving Charles heartbroken. Nevermind, with another wedding
on the horizon, there is still time for him to pitch his woo and win the love of
his transatlantic sweetheart. The film spawned not only a hit single for Wet
Wet Wet with 'Love Is All Around', but also a best-selling poetry anthology,
inspired by an on-screen reading of W.H. Auden's 'Funeral Blues'.
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From Russia with love
Record ID
12621
Author:
Young, Terence
Barry, John
Monro, Matt
Connery, Sean
Shaw, Robert
Bianchi, Daniela
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
MGM Home Entertainment.
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1963. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John
Barry; music, Matt Monro; director photography, Ted Moore. VN. Digitally
Re-mastered. Cast: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro
Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell, Walter
Gotell, George Pastell. BBFC code: PG. VHS.
Abstract:
Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the second of
the series, once again saving the world from the terrorist threats of the
SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to Istanbul to steal a Russian coding
machine, but comes up against two fearsome opponents also interested in
the device: East German spy Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), who hides a deadly
switchblade in her shoe; and Red Grant (Robert Shaw), an assassin posing
as a fellow British agent.
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Frost/Nixon
Record ID
14696
Author:
Howard, Ron
Zimmer, Hans
Langella, Frank
Sheen, Michael
Rockwell, Sam
Morgan, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English). Made in 2008. Based on the play by Peter Morgan. Credits: music,
Hans Zimmer. DVDN. Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell,
Kevin Bacon, Matthew MacFadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones,
Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Based on Peter Morgan's stage play, Ron Howard directs this dramatised
account of the 1977 TV interviews between scandalised former President
Richard Nixon and British talk-show host David Frost. Three years after the
Watergate scandal that led to his demise, former president Richard Nixon
(Frank Langella) sat down with Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss, for the first
and only time, the details of his term in the White House and his spectacular
fall from grace. With the famously steely Nixon confident that he could come
out tops in the encounter, and Frost's side questioning whether this was a
step too far, media commentators prepared themselves for a PR exercise.
But when the interviews got underway, observers were astonished when
both men abandoned their usual stances, and chose to conduct an open,
honest and frank exchange of views, covering all the areas of concern that
had previously remained off-limits. In addition to covering the interviews
themselves, the film also traces the difficulties that had to be overcome, and
egos that had to massaged, before the historic events could finally take
place.
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Frozen
Record ID
14649
Author:
Buck, Chris
Lee, Jennifer
Beck, Christophe
Andersen, Hans Christian
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2014
Description:
Class:
YL DVD 00290
ISBN:
8717418418885
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (Other
widescreen), Languages (English, Italian), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (Italian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), 'Get a Horse'
theatrical short. Made in 2013. Based on the fairy tale 'The Snow Queen' by
Hans Christian Andersen. Credits: music, Christophe Beck; voice, Kristen
Bell; voice, Idina Menzel; voice, Jonathan Groff; voice, Josh Gad; voice, Alan
Tudyk; voice, Santino Fontana; voice, Maia Mitchell; voice, Livvy
Stubenrauch; voice, Eva Bella; voice, &LDUin Hinds. DVDN. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Award-winning CGI-animated adventure from Disney inspired by Hans
Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' and featuring the voice talents of
Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. Princess Elsa (Menzel), heir to the throne of
Arendelle, has special powers that enable her to make snow and ice, which
proves to be both a wonderful and dangerous gift. Following an accident
that put her younger sister Anna (Bell)'s life at risk, Elsa has been trying to
keep her powers under control. When an incident at her coronation
ceremony exposes her magic ability to the citizens of Arendelle Elsa flees
and cuts herself off from the rest of the world, but in her emotional state she
sets off a spell that casts a perpetual winter over the kingdom. It falls to
Anna, with the help of mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his reindeer
Sven and a snowman called Olaf (Josh Gad), to journey through treacherous
conditions in order to reunite with her sister and find a way to break the
spell. The film won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best
Original Song, and won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for Best Animated
Feature Film.
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Full metal jacket (Definitive edition)
Record ID
15239
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
Modine, Matthew
Mead, Abigail
Baldwin, Adam
Ermey, Lee
O'Ross, Ed
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Class:
Film on DVD War Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1987. Based on the novel 'The short timers' by Gustav Hastord.
Credits: music, Abigail Mead. DVDDX. Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin,
R. Lee Ermey, Jon Stafford, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Terry, Dorian Harewood,
Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Definitive edition of Stanley Kubrick's classic war drama detailing the
dehumanising effect of military combat, as experienced by a bunch of
Vietnam conscripts under the training of the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant
Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). The second half of the film follows one of the
recruits, Joker (Matthew Modine), onto the battlefield as he is thrown into
the war at the height of the Tet offensive.
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The full monty
Record ID
14636
Author:
Cattaneo, Peter
Dudley, Anne
Carlyle, Robert
Wilkinson, Tom
Addy, Mark
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Music
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1997. Credits: music, Anne
Dudley. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark
Addy, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer,
Deidre Costello, Bruce Jones, William Snape, Paul Butterworth, Dave Hill,
Andrew Livingstone, Vinny Dhillon, Kate Layden, Joanna Swain. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
This hugely successful British comedy was a hit both in its homeland and the
States. After witnessing the hysteria created by visiting strippers The
Chippendales, unemployed Sheffield steelworker Gaz (Robert Carlyle)
hatches a plan to make his fortune. Along with pal Dave (Mark Addy), he
forms a strip act made up of a mixed bunch including depressed security
guard Lomper and their former foreman, Gerald (Tom Wilkinson), a ballroom
dancer and now also unemployed, who they persuade to choreograph the
group. Once they have practiced their routine they set out to reclaim their
dignity by going 'the full monty' in their act.
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Galaxy quest
Record ID
14798
Author:
Parisot, Dean
Allen, Tim
Weaver, Sigourney
Rickman, Alan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Subtitles:English
ISBN:
5051188129736
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1999. Credits: director photography, Jerzy Zielinski. DVDN. Cast:
Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell,
Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Patrick Breen, Missi Pyle, Jed Rees, Justin
Long, Kaitlin Cullum. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Sci-fi spoof in which Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman star as
actors from a 1970s sci-fi TV series 'Galaxy Quest', which was cancelled after
four years of broadcasting. Twenty years on, the show is repeated on
television and aliens, under attack, mistake the transmissions for historical
documents and beam up the aging actors in order to save the universe. But
the cast have no script or director to help them.
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Gallipoli
Record ID
12628
Author:
Weir, Peter
Nicolson, Gerda
May, Brian
Lee, Mark
Gibson, Mel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Drama History Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Other languages German, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono,
Subtitles (English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German,
Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 1981. Credits: art designer,
Herbert Pinter; cinematographer, Russell Boyd; production design, Wendy
Weir; music, Brian May. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Gerda Nicolson, Mark
Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Hunter, Bill Kerr, Robert Grubb, David Argue, Tim
McKenzie, Ron Graham, Jack Giddy, Harold Hopkins. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Mark Lee and Mel Gibson play Archy and Frank, two rival sprinters who
become friends and decide to sign up with the Anzacs in World War I.
Travelling from Australia to exotic Egypt is an adventure at first, but soon
the pair must meet their destiny in the trenches of Gallipoli. Directed by
Peter Weir ('The Truman Show', 'Witness').
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The gingerbread man
Record ID
12554
Author:
Altman, Robert
Isham, Mark
Branagh, Kenneth
Davidtz, Embeth
Downey, Robert
Grisham, John
Imprint:
UCA , 2006
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages French, Subtitles (Dutch, English,
French), Booklet. Made in 1997. Based on the novel by John Grisham.
Credits: music, Mark Isham; cinematographer, Changwei Gu. DVDN. Dolby
Surround. Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr, Daryl
Hannah, Robert Duvall, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen, Clyde Hayes, Mae
Whitman, Troy Beyer. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
After having a one-night stand with waitress Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz),
attorney Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) discovers that she is being
stalked by her cult leader father, Dixon (Robert Duvall). Magruder has Dixon
arrested and put on trial, but, as events take a disastrous turn, the lawyer
begins to question whether Mallory has been telling him the whole truth...
Based on a novel by courtroom heavyweight John Grisham.
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The girl with the dragon tattoo
Record ID
14699
Author:
Fincher, David
Reznor, Trent
Ross, Atticus
Craig, Daniel
6NDUVJnrd, Stellan
Mara, Rooney
Larsson, Stieg
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Drama Mystery Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (Other widescreen), Enhanced
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(Arabic, English, Hebrew, Hindi), Commentary (David Fincher). Made in
2011. Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson. Credits: music, Trent Reznor;
music, Atticus Ross; cinematographer, Jeff Cronenweth. DVDN. Cast: Daniel
Craig, Stellan 6NDUVJnrd, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Christopher Plummer,
Joely Richardson, Embeth Davidtz, Joel Kinnaman, Goran Visnjic, Julian
Sands, Geraldine James, Alan Dale, Ulf Friberg. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan 6NDUVJnrd and Christopher Plummer star
in David Fincher's American remake of the Swedish thriller based on the first
novel in Stieg Larsson's best-selling crime trilogy. Mikael Blomkvist (Craig),
journalist and part-owner of 'Millenium' magazine, has just lost a costly legal
case against the corrupt businessman, Hans-Erik :HQQHUVWU|m (Ulf Friberg).
The financial hit leaves him with little choice but to take a job offered to him
by Henrik Vanger (Plummer), investigating the disappearance of a young
woman from the Vanger family some four decades ago. Blomkvist's search
for the truth brings him into contact with Lisbeth Salander (Mara), a young
computer hacker with special skill as a researcher. As the pair set to work on
the case, they begin to make some surprising discoveries about the Vanger
family and their history. The film was nominated for five Oscars and won an
award for Best Film Editing.
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Glorious 39
Record ID
12530
Author:
Poliakoff, Stephen
Johnston, Adrian
Garai, Romola
Nighy, Bill
Christie, Julie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2009. Credits: music, Adrian Johnston. DVDN. Cast: Romola Garai,
Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne,
Asier Newman, Christopher Lee, Charlie Cox, Hugh Bonneville, Jenny
Agutter, Jeremy Northam. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Stephen Poliakoff writes and directs this tense conspiracy thriller set in rural
Norfolk in the days leading up to the outbreak of World War II. Romola
Garai stars as Anne, a beautiful young actress with a seemingly perfect life:
adored eldest daughter of prominent Tory politician Alexander Keyes (Bill
Nighy), she is passionately in love with Foreign Office official Lawrence
(Charlie Cox). As the storm clouds of war gather on the horizon, Anne
stumbles upon some secret recordings of government meetings that reveal
dark secrets about Britain's relationship with Nazi Germany, and soon finds
herself inextricably caught in a tangled web of deceit and betrayal.
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The golden bowl
Record ID
12546
Author:
Ivory, James
Robbins, Richard
Beckinsale, Kate
Fox, James
Huston, Anjelica
James, Henry
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), 'Making of' documentary, Other
documentaries (30th anniversary Merchant Ivory reel.) Made in 2000. Based
on the novel by Henry James. Cast: Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica
Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Madeleine Potter, Uma Thurman,
Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace. Credits: music, Richard Robbins.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Merchant-Ivory adaptation of the Henry James novel about European nobility
and American wealth at the end of the 19th century. Italian prince Amerigo
(Jeremy Northam) is set to marry American heiress Maggie Verver (Kate
Beckinsale), and must therefore break with his longtime mistress Charlotte
(Uma Thurman). The marriage goes ahead, Maggie falls pregnant, and the
happy family divide their time between England and Italy. However, when
Charlotte returns a few years later and marries Maggie's father Adam (Nick
Nolte), trouble is sure to follow.
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GoldenEye
Record ID
12616
Author:
Campbell, Martin
Serra, Eric
Turner, Tina
Brosnan, Pierce
Bean, Sean
Scorupco, Izabella
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Based on the characters created by Ian Fleming. Credits:
music, Eric Serra; music, Tina Turner; director photography, Phil Meheux.
DVDW. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen,
Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Tchéky Karyo, Gottfried
John, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewellyn, Samantha Bond, Michael Kitchen,
Serena Gordon, Simon Kunz, Minnie Driver, Michelle Arthur, Billy J. Mitchell,
Pavel Douglas. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Pierce Brosnan makes his 007 debut, replacing Timothy Dalton as Britain's
most celebrated secret agent. On his first post-Cold War mission, Bond is
sent to blow up a Soviet chemical weapons factory with agent 006 (Sean
Bean). Nine years later, Bond becomes involved in the break-up of the Soviet
Union, and soon finds himself involved with a blitzkrieg of stolen helicopters,
beautiful female assassins, Russian Mafiosi and the race for a vital piece of
weaponry - the credit-card sized 'GoldenEye'.
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Gone to Earth
Record ID
12558
Author:
Powell, Michael
Pressburger, Emeric
Easdale, Brian
Jones, Jennifer
Farrar, David
Cusack, Cyril
Webb, Mary
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English) Made in 1950.
Based on the novel by Mary Webb. Cast: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril
Cusack, Sybil Thorndike, Edward Chapman, Frances Clare, George Cole,
Valentine Dunn, Hugh Griffith, Esmond Knight, Gerald Lawson, Raymond
Rollett, Beatrice Varley. Credits: music, Brian Easdale. Dolby Mono. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Powell and Pressburger classic starring Jennifer Jones as Hazel Woods, a
beautiful animal-loving girl living on the Welsh border at the turn of the
century. Though married to the local pastor, Hazel catches the eye of the
fox-hunting squire Jack Reddin (David Farrar), leading to a dramatic clash of
love and ideals. Famously mutilated by studio boss David O. Selznick on its
initial release, with much of the material re-shot and its running time
reduced to a mere 82 minutes, the version of 'Gone to Earth' presented here
is the restored 110 minute directors' cut.
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Good night, and good luck
Record ID
12714
Author:
Clooney, George
Strathairn, David
Downey, Robert
Clarkson, Patricia
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2006
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (George Clooney (Writer/Director) and
Grant Heslov (Writer)), Other documentaries ('Good Night, and Good Luck'
companion piece). Made in 2005. DVDN. Cast: David Strathairn, Robert
Downey Jr, Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Tate
Donovan, Matt Ross, Thomas Joseph McCarthy, Grant Heslov, Frank
Langella. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Oscar nominated drama directed by, written by and starring George Clooney.
The year is 1953, television is still in its infancy and the esteemed broadcast
journalist, Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn), anchors the popular news
documentary show, 'See it Now', on CBS. Murrow, alongside producer Fred
Friendly (Clooney), oversees a show that reports on the news items of the
day. He has a dedicated crew of reporters that includes Don Hewitt (Grant
Heslov), Joe Wershba (Robert Downey Jr.), Palmer Williams (Tom
McCarthy), Jesse Zousmer (Tate Donovan), John Aaron (Reed Diamond),
Charlie Mack (Robert John Burke) and Eddie Scott (Matt Ross). All these men
will become broadcast legends, but right now, their careers are just
beginning. With the threat of Communism creating an air of paranoia in the
United States and Senator Joseph McCarthy exploiting those fears, Murrow
and Friendly decide to take a stand and challenge McCarthy, exposing him
for the fearmonger he is.
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A good woman
Record ID
14203
Author:
Barker, Mike
Mitchell, Richard G
Hunt, Helen
Johansson, Scarlett
Vukotic, Milena
Wilde, Oscar
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Comedy Romance
ISBN:
5014437890139
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2004. Based on the play 'Lady Windermere's fan' by Oscar Wilde.
Credits: music, Richard G. Mitchell. DVDN. Cast: Helen Hunt, Scarlett
Johansson, Milena Vukotic, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers, Roger
Hammond, John Standing, Tom Wilkinson, Giorgia Massetti, Diana
Hardcastle. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy drama based on the play 'Lady Windermere's Fan' by
Oscar Wilde. Mrs Erlynne (Helen Hunt) escapes her debts in 1930s New York
by running off to the Amalfi Coast, where she meets aristocratic young
couple Meg (Scarlett Johansson) and Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers). As
Lord Windermere does his best to help Mrs Erlynne regain her place in
society, local gossip assumes that they are having an affair. Lady
Winderemere, pursued by Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore)
gradually becomes aware of the threat, but what she doesn't realise is that
Mrs Erlynne is in fact her mother, whom she has never met.
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Gosford Park
Record ID
12700
Author:
Altman, Robert
Doyle, Patrick
Smith, Maggie
Gambon, Michael
Imprint:
EV , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Credits: music, Patrick Doyle. DVDN. Cast: Maggie Smith,
Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Geraldine Somerville,
Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, James Wilby, Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Fry,
Kelly MacDonald, Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, Eileen Atkins, Emily Watson,
Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Richard E. Grant. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Gosford Park country estate, 1932. Various members of the English upper
classes have arrived for a shooting party, along with film star Ivor Novello
(Jeremy Northam), Hollywood producer Morris Weissman (Bob Balaban) and
Weissman's valet Henry Denton (Ryan Phillippe). The servants are busily
getting everything ready, and Elsie (Emily Watson), one of the resident staff,
is helping visiting maid Mary Maceachran (Kelly MacDonald) find her way
around the old house. As the weekend progresses a number of secrets and
hidden relationships begin to come to light, and this situation is hastened
further when Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon), the owner of the
estate, is discovered murdered, and various guests and staff come under
suspicion.
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Gothika
Record ID
12528
Author:
Kassovitz, Mathieu
Ottman, John
Berry, Halle
Dutton, Charles S
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Horror Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Credits: music, John Ottman. DVDN. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Psychological thriller starring Halle Berry as Dr Miranda Grey, a criminal
psychologist who awakens to find that she is a patient in the very institute
where she formerly worked, with no memory of committing the murder of
her husband and colleague, Dr Doug Grey (Charles S Dutton) of which she
finds herself accused. Wondering if the nightmare that is unfolding might be
linked to her clever, but deeply disturbed former patient Chloe (Penelope
Cruz), Miranda tries to prove her sanity and innocence, but the doctor
assigned to her case, Dr Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr) remains
unconvinced by her pleas.
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Gran Torino
Record ID
12965
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Eastwood, Kyle
Stevens, Michael
Carley, Christopher
Vang, Bee
Her, Ahney
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Other documentaries ('Manning the Wheel as Reflected in American Car
Culture', 'Gran Torino: More Than a Car', visit Detroit and the Woodland
Dream Cruise, an annual vintage car event where buffs describe the unique
bond between man and vehicles.). Made in 2008. Credits: music, Kyle
Eastwood; music, Michael Stevens. DVDN. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Christopher
Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama
Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. When he catches Asian
teenager Thao Vang Lor (Bee Vang) trying to steal his prized 1972 Gran
Torino car, curmudgeonly Korean War veteran and racist Walt Kowalski
(Eastwood) makes it his personal mission to bring him into line - an act that
causes waves throughout the gang-dominated neighbourhood.
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Great expectations
Record ID
13090
Author:
Lean, David
Goehr, Walter
Mills, John
Hobson, Valerie
Miles, Bernard
Dickens, Charles
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2007
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1946. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Credits: music, Walter
Goehr; costumes, Sophia Harris; cinematographer, Guy Green; art director,
Wilfred Shingleton. DVDN. Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles,
Francis L. Sullivan, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Jean Simmons, Alec
Guinness, Anthony Wager. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
David Lean directs this classic film version of Dickens' novel, in which orphan
Pip (Anthony Wager) befriends an escaped convict before being elevated to
higher circles as the companion of mad Miss Havisham and her niece, Estella
(Jean Simmons), with whom the boy quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip
(John Mills) discovers a mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to
become a gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible.
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The great Gatsby
Record ID
14640
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz
Armstrong, Craig
Jay Z
%H\RQFp
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Maguire, Tobey
Mulligan, Carey
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (English, Dutch, French), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Audio Description English. Made in 2013.
Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Credits: executive producer, Jay Z;
music, Craig Armstrong; music, Jay Z; music, %H\RQFpmusic, $QGUp
music, Will.i.am; music, Lana Del Rey; music, Florence and the Machine;
cinematographer, Simon Duggan. DVDUD. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey
Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth
Debicki, Callan McAuliffe, Amitabh Bachchan, Adelaide Clemens. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Baz Luhrmann writes, directs and produces this adaptation of the F. Scott
Fitzgerald novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey
Mulligan. Set in the 1920s, the story follows aspiring writer Nick Carraway
(Maguire) as he moves to New York and becomes intrigued by his neighbour
Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio)'s lavish lifestyle and mysterious past. As Nick finds
himself caught up in the world of the wealthy, he witnesses romantic
entanglement and betrayal. Gatsby's true nature is slowly exposed and his
involvement with old flame Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan) ultimately leads to
tragedy. The soundtrack was overseen by Jay-Z and features music from,
amongst others, %H\RQFp$QGUpWill.i.am, Lana Del Rey and Florence
and the Machine, as well as Jay-Z himself.
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Groundhog Day
Record ID
15450
Author:
Ramis, Harold
Fenton, George
Murray, Bill
MacDowell, Andie
Tobolowsky, Stephen
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Interactive menus, Animated menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical
widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French,
German, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Surround), Subtitles (Arabic,
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Bonus footage, Trailers, Filmographies,
Commentary (Harold Ramis (director).), Other documentaries ('The
Weight of Time'.). Made in 1993. Credits: music, George Fenton;
cinematographer, John Bailey. DVDCW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Bill Murray,
Andie MacDowell, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chris Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray,
Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, Robin Duke,
Harold Ramis. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Cynical TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) has nothing but disdain for
the population of Punxatawney, Pennsylvania, the nowhere town he has to
visit every year in order to cover the traditional Groundhog Day festivities.
Even the attractive company of new producer Rita (Andie MacDowell)
doesn't cheer him up, and his mood doesn't improve when he is stranded
overnight due to a blizzard. Imagine Phil's horror, therefore, when he wakes
the following morning to discover that it is Groundhog Day. Again. For some
reason, Phil has become trapped in a Punxatawney time loop, forced to live
the same day over and over.... until he gets it right.
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The gruffalo
Record ID
13504
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Animals
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2004. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Live musical stage show based on the award-winning children's book by Julia
Donaldson, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler. A canny little mouse goes on
an adventure through a deep, dark wood, encountering a fearsome fox, an
owl and a snake before meeting something much bigger and more
terrifying....the purple-prickled, poisonous-warted Gruffalo.
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Guess who's coming to dinner?
Record ID
12585
Author:
Kramer, Stanley
De Vol, Frank
Tracy, Spencer
Hepburn, Katharine
Poitier, Sidney
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 5 single layer, Playstation 2 compatible,
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Other languages French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles (Arabic,
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1967. Credits:
music, Frank de Vol. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine
Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia
Christine, Roy E. Glenn, Beah Richards, Isobell Sanford, Alexandra Hay.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
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Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Record ID
12610
Author:
MacKinnon, Gillies
Keane, John
Carlyle, Robert
Stampe, Sira
McInnerny, Tim
Imprint:
E1 Entertainment UK , 2005
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2004. Credits: music, John Keane. Boxed. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
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The guns of Navarone
Record ID
14752
Author:
Thompson, J. Lee
Tiomkin, Dimitri
Peck, Gregory
Niven, David
Quinn, Anthony
MacLean, Alistair
Imprint:
ENCORE , 1996
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1961. Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean. Credits: music,
Dimitri Tiomkin; cinematographer, Oswald Morris. LW. Digitally Re-mastered.
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony
Quayle, James Darren, Irene Papas, Richard Harris, James Robertson
Justice, Gia Scala. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
In 1943 a group of mismatched Allied soldiers are sent to sabotage two
powerful Nazi guns situated on a Greek island. If their mission fails, the guns
will wipe out the 2,000 British soldiers who are attempting to evacuate
civilians further down the coast. The mission is led by the dispassionate
Captain Mallory (Gregory Peck), whose clinical approach does not find favour
with explosives expert Corporal Miller (David Niven). Meanwhile, the group's
Greek patriot guide Andrea Stavros (Anthony Quinn) is nursing a grudge
against Mallory for an old injustice. A belated sequel, 'Force 10 from
Navarone', followed in 1978.
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Guys and Dolls
Record ID
12568
Other Titles:
Pet Me, Papa
Guys and Dolls
The Oldest Established
Luck Be a Lady
Follow the Fold
I'll Know
Adelaide's Lament
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
Take Back Your Mink
Sue Me
Fugue for Tinhorns
Adelaide
My Time of Day
If I Were a Bell
A Woman in Love
Author:
Runyon, Damon
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Musical Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Interactive menus, Ratio (Other widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages French,
German, Subtitles (English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Turkish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Interviews Other documentaries
(Musical Performances Featurette, 'From Stage to Screen', 'The Goldwyn
Touch') Image gallery,. Made in 1955. Based on Short stories by Damon
Runyon. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine,
Stubby Kaye, B.S. Pully, Veda Ann Borg, Sheldon Leonard, Regis Toomey.
Credits: art designer, Joseph C. Wright; cinematographer, Harry Stradling;
costumes, Irene Sharaff; choreographer, Michael Kidd; music, Jay S.
Blackton; production design, Oliver Smith; Set designer, Howard Bristol.
BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A romantic gangster musical starring Frank Sinatra and a singing Marlon
Brando. Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) is a New York gambler who needs $1000 in
order to stage a big game during the Prohibition era. To get the money, he
issues a typically enigmatic challenge to master gambler Sky Masterson
(Brando): he must dine with a puritanical Salvation Army girl (Jean
Simmons) - and the dinner must be in held in Cuba. Masterson wins the bet
and also falls for the girl. Features the songs: 'Luck Be a Lady' and 'A
Woman in Love'.
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Hair
Record ID
12612
Other Titles:
L.B.J.
Where Do I Go?
I Got Life
Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In
Abie Boy/Fourscore
Air
Manchester
White Boys
Good Morning Sunshine
Hair
Ain't Got No
Don't Put It Down
My Conviction
Party Music
I'm Black
Author:
Forman, Milos
Williams, Treat
Savage, John
D'Angelo, Beverly
MacDermot, Galt
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Musical Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages German, Other Language Sound
Digital Stereo, Subtitles (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch,
Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish), Subtitles for hard
of hearing (English, German), Bonus footage, Trailers, French, Italian and
Spanish languages in Dolby Mono. Made in 1979. Based on the musical by
Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado. Credits: director
photography, Miroslav Ondricek; associate producer, Robert Greenhut;
music, Galt MacDermot; choreographer, Twyla Tharp. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey
Wright, Cheryl Barnes, Don Dacus, Charlotte Rae, Nicholas Ray. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
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Uptight farm boy Claude (John Savage) gets drafted and visits New York on
the way to Vietnam. Upon his arrival in the Big Apple, he falls in with a
bunch of flower children who give him a crash course in hippy culture. Milos
Foreman's adaptation of the hit Sixties musical boasts some inventive
choreography by the legendary Twyla Tharp.
Hamlet
Record ID
15372
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Doyle, Patrick
Jacobi, Derek
Christie, Julie
Winslet, Kate
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1996. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits:
cinematographer, Alex Thomson; music, Patrick Doyle. DVDN. Cast: Kenneth
Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Richard Briers, Brian
Blessed, Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, *prard
Depardieu, Judi Dench, John Mills, John Gielgud, Reece Dinsdale, Timothy
Spall, Don Warrington, David Yip, Richard Attenborough, Ken Dodd, Nicholas
Farrell, Michael Maloney, Rufus Sewell, David Blair, Michael Bryant, Angela
Douglas, Rob Edwards, Rosemary Harris, Rowena King, Jeffery Kissoon,
Sarah Lam, Ian McElhinney, Perdita Weeks. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Director and star Kenneth Branagh brings another Shakespearean adaptation
to the screen. Hamlet (Branagh), Prince of Denmark, vows revenge when
informed by the ghost of his murdered father (Brian Blessed) that the
present king Claudius (Derek Jacobi) was responsible. Spurning the romantic
advances of his sweetheart Ophelia (Kate Winslet), Hamlet attempts to open
the eyes of his mother Gertrude (Julie Christie), whom Claudius has now
wed. However, Hamlet's procrastination when it comes to killing Claudius
costs more lives.
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Hannah and her sisters
Record ID
12613
Author:
Allen, Woody
Caine, Michael
Farrow, Mia
Fisher, Carrie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 5 single layer, Interactive menus,
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian),
Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles (Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese,
Polish, Greek), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English, German), Bonus
footage, Trailers. Made in 1986. Credits: art/production/design, Stuart
Wurtzel; art/production/design, Carol Joffe; costumes, Jeffrey Kurland;
cinematographer, Carlo di Palma; make up, Fern Buchner. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara
Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow,
Dianne Wiest, Lewis Black, Julia Louise Dreyfus, Christian Clemenson, Julie
Kavner, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Academy Award-winning comedy drama from Woody Allen. Hannah (Mia
Farrow), a wife, mother, successful actress and linchpin to her family, is
married to Elliot (Michael Caine), but Elliot is in love with Lee (Barbara
Hershey), Hannah's sister. Holly (Dianne Weist), Hannah's other sister, is
jealous of Hannah, whilst Mickey (Woody Allen), Hannah's first husband, is
convinced he is dying of a brain tumour. When Hannah's world is turned
upside down by all her relatives' behaviour, she finds she has to choose
between her family and her independence. Oscars were won by Caine, Wiest
and Allen (for his screenplay).
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Record ID
14204
Author:
Leigh, Mike
Yershon, Gary
Hawkins, Sally
Zegerman, Alexis
Roukin, Samuel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
CinemaScope), Other Ratio 1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Surround, Subtitles
for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2008. Credits: music, Gary Yershon.
DVDN. Cast: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin, Eddie Marsan,
Sylvestra Le Touzel, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn,
Sarah Niles, Joseph Kloska. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Mike Leigh's life-affirming comedy follows the fortunes of an ever-optimistic
school teacher in North London. Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is the salt of the
earth. Working in a primary school, she loves her job, shares a flat with her
best friend, and lives her life with a smile on her face. When her bike is
stolen one day, she decides she needs to learn to drive and registers at the
local 'Axle School of Motoring' where she meets dour, harrassed instructor,
Scott (Eddie Marsan), who seems to be Poppy's exact opposite. Tagging
along with her friend Heather (Sylvestra Le Touzel) to the weekly tango
class, Poppy unexpectedly hits it off with social worker Tim (Samuel Roukin).
But it soon becomes clear that Scott, who up till now has shown no interest,
carries a secret torch for Poppy and is extremely jealous of her new
conquest.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone
Record ID
15387
Author:
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Columbus, Chris
&XDUyn, Alfonso
Newell, Mike
Yates, David
Williams, John
Doyle, Patrick
Hooper, Nicholas
Radcliffe, Daniel
Grint, Rupert
Watson, Emma
Rowling, J.K
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Class:
YL DVD
ISBN:
5051892066020
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2,Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Other Ratio Other
widescreen, Languages (English, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Ukranian,
Russian), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, Arabic, Greek,
Icelandic, German, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian,
Latvian, Estonian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Audio Description
English, German, Hebrew and Hungarian. Made in 2011. Based on the
novels by J.K. Rowling. Credits: music, John Williams; music, Patrick Doyle;
music, Nicholas Hooper; music, Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, John
Seale; cinematographer, Roger Pratt; cinematographer, Michael Seresin;
cinematographer, Slawomir Idziak; cinematographer, Bruno Delbonnel;
cinematographer, Eduardo Serra. Boxed. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,
Emma Watson, Ian Hart, Robert Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman,
Michael Gambon, Miriam Margoyles, Robert Pattinson, Ralph Fiennes,
Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The complete eight film collection of the hugely popular 'Harry Potter'
franchise. 'The Philosopher's Stone' (2001) sees Harry Potter (Daniel
Radcliffe) newly enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
where he makes friends with Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione
Granger (Emma Watson). When the trio unexpectedly discover a threeheaded dog guarding a secret trapdoor, they begin to suspect that
something important might be hidden beneath the school, and when they
investigate it leads to an encounter with the evil wizard Voldemort (Ian
Hart). Will Harry be able to keep up with his studies, lead his team to victory
in the school sport Quidditch, and still triumph over the dreaded Voldemort?
In 'The Chamber of Secrets' (2002), Harry, Ron and Hermione return to
Hogwarts for their second year. Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) and
Pomona Sprout (Miriam Margoyles) have joined the staff and Harry and his
friends soon find that once again all is not right at the school - pupils seem
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to be petrified, literally, and a monster is on the loose. In 'The Prisoner of
Azkaban' (2004), the trio are now in their third year of wizarding school, but
there is a shadow hanging over Harry: dangerous serial killer Sirius Black
(Gary Oldman) has escaped from the Wizards' prison, Azkaban - and he
wants revenge for the death of his master, Voldemort, who Harry defeated
13 years earlier. For Harry's protection, Azkaban has sent an army of soulsucking Dementors to guard Hogwarts from a possible attack by Black - but
they turn out to be as much of a threat to Harry as Black himself. As myth
and magic combine to weave their dark spell, Harry uncovers a few more
crucial secrets about his mysterious past. 'The Goblet of Fire' (2005) sees
Harry board the train to Hogwarts School, where he will attend his fourth
year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with Ron and Hermione,
Harry is introduced to yet another Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher:
the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson). Of course, Harry's wishes
for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is
unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert
Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which
awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a
thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizarding
community. In 'The Order of the Phoenix' (2007) Harry, now in his fifth year
of study, discovers that much of the wizarding world has been denied the
truth about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph
Fiennes). Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore
(Michael Gambon), is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine
his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge (Robert
Hardy), appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch
over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores
Umbridge (Imelda Staunton)'s Ministry-approved course of defensive magic
leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against
the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community,
meaning Harry has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves
'Dumbledore's Army,' Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against
the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary
battle that lies ahead. In 'The Half-Blood Prince' (2009) Lord Voldemort
exerts his power over both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and,
consequently, Hogwarts no longer provides the safe haven it once did.
Suspecting that new dangers lie within the castle ramparts, Harry discovers
a mysterious old book marked 'property of the Half-Blood Prince' and begins
to unlock the secrets of Voldemort's dark past, aided by Ron, Hermione and
new teacher Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent). Meanwhile, the sixth-formers
grapple with teenage hormones as various romantic liaisons unfold between
them, some more dignified than others. In 'The Deathly Hallows: Part One'
(2010) Harry, Ron and Hermione, now no longer at Hogwarts, set out on a
dangerous quest to uncover and destroy the lost Horcruxes, the secret
behind Voldemort's immortality. Voldemort's power has now grown to
unprecedented proportions, with the Death Eaters in control of the Ministry
of Magic and under orders to find Harry and bring him to Voldemort - alive.
Away from the protection of Dumbledore and Hogwarts, Harry draws ever
closer to the moment for which he has been preparing since boyhood: the
ultimate showdown with the Dark Lord. Finally, in 'The Deathly Hallows: Part
Two' (2011), with Voldemort's domination almost complete, Harry, Hermione
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and Ron face a race against time to find and destroy the Horcruxes, thereby
extinguishing the Dark Lord's power. Returning to Hogwarts, where the last
Horcrux is to be found, Harry, his schoolfriends and the tutors soon find
themselves preparing for the final, desperate battle with Voldemort, with
Harry realising that in order for him to win the day, he may have to make
the ultimate sacrifice.
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Record ID
13513
Author:
&XDUyn, Alfonso
Williams, John
Radcliffe, Daniel
Grint, Rupert
Watson, Emma
Rowling, J.K
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Adventure stories
Children's stories
Fantasy fiction
Films
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2004. Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. Credits: music, John
Williams. DVDN. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary
Oldman, David Thewlis, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman,
Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Tom Felton,
Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Adrian Rawlins,
Geraldine Somerville, Dawn French, Julie Christie, Lenny Henry. BBFC code:
PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Third instalment in the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series. Harry
(Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) have
returned to Hogwarts for their third year, but there is a shadow hanging
over Harry: dangerous serial killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped
from the Wizards' prison, the Azkaban Fortress - and he wants revenge for
the death of his master, Voldemort, who Harry defeated 13 years earlier. For
Harry's protection, Azkaban has sent an army of soul-sucking Dementors to
guard Hogwarts from a possible attack by Black - but they turn out to be as
much of a threat to Harry as Black himself. As myth, magic and teenage
hormones combine to weave their dark spell, Harry uncovers a few more
crucial secrets about his mysterious past. The supporting cast includes
Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, Maggie
Smith, Robbie Coltrane, David Thewlis and Timothy Spall, and the film is
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The help
Record ID
14983
Author:
Taylor, Tate
Newman, Thomas
Stone, Emma
Davis, Viola
Dallas Howard, Bryce
Stockett, Kathryn
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby Digital
5.1), Subtitles (English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish,
Icelandic, Dutch), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage,
Deleted scenes, 'The Living Proof' music video, Audio Description English.
Made in 2011. Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett. Credits: music,
Thomas Newman; cinematographer, Stephen Goldblatt. DVDN. Cast: Emma
Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain,
Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Anna Camp, Eleanor Henry, Emma Henry,
Chris Lowell, Cicely Tyson, Sissy Spacek. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Drama set against the backdrop of the 1960s American civil rights
movement, based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. It is 1964
and racism is rife in Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter (Emma Stone), the strongwilled daughter of a well-to-do family, returns to the town from college to
take up a role at the local newspaper. However, working as a 'homemaker
hints' columnist in the paper is by no means the extent of Skeeter's
ambitions. Disturbed by the negative attitude of her friend, Hilly Holbrook
(Bryce Dallas Howard), towards her house staff, Skeeter decides to write a
book chronicling the experiences of the black maids who have spent much of
their lives serving her and her contemporaries. Initially, the maids seem
reluctant and suspicious. However, when the much-respected Aibileen (Viola
Davis) comes forward to offer her story, the floodgates open and the women
take the opportunity to make themselves heard. Octavia Spencer won an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as
Aibileen's friend, Minny Jackson, an outspoken maid who finds it difficult to
get work after being fired and eventually decides to share her experiences
with Skeeter.
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Henry V
Record ID
15322
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Doyle, Patrick
Rattle, Simon
Jacobi, Derek
Shepherd, Simon
Larkin, James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1989. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits:
music, Patrick Doyle; music, Simon Rattle; art/production/design, Tim
Harvey; art/production/design, Norman Dorme; costumes, Phyllis Dalton;
cinematographer, Kenneth Macmillan; special effects A/V, Ian Wingrove.
DVDN. Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James
Larkin, Brian Blessed, James Simmons, Paul Gregory, Charles Kay, Alec
McCowen, Stephen Simms, Jay Villiers, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, Robbie
Coltrane, Paul Scofield, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Geraldine McEwan,
Christopher Ravenscroft, Fabian Cartwright. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Kenneth Branagh's star-studded version of Shakespeare's play has a more
intimate and equivocal approach to war than Laurence Olivier's 1944 classic.
The young King (Branagh), his days of carousing behind him, is advised of
his legal claim to the throne of France. He decides to invade with his small
and somewhat rag-tag army, taking on the massed might of the King of
France's (Paul Scofield) forces.
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Henry VIII
Record ID
15002
Author:
Travis, Pete
Winstone, Ray
Blunt, Emily
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance History Biography Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Interviews (Cast and crew), Other documentaries
(Henry VIII documentary). Made in 2003. DVDW. Cast: Ray Winstone,
Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Blunt, Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, Pia Girard,
Clare Holman, Michael Maloney, Assumpta Serna, Mark Strong, David
Suchet, Danny Webb, Joss Ackland, Sean Bean. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Ray Winstone brings history's most beguiling monarch to life in this story of
Henry VIII revealing the destruction Henry often left in his wake during his
extraordinary 38 year reign. From the moment Henry Tudor casts aside his
faithful wife Katherine of Aragon for the bewitching and determined Anne
Boleyn (Helena Bonham-Carter), he sets himself on course for a series of
disastrous marriages.
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Her Majesty Mrs Brown
Record ID
12602
Imprint:
Cinema Club , 2000
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama History Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Cast: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Richard
Pasco, David Westhead, Gerald Butler, Bridget McConnel, Georgie Glen,
Catherine O'Donnell, Sara Stewart, Finty Williams, Claire Nicolson. Credits:
music, Stephen Warbeck; subject, Queen Victoria. Dolby Surround. BBFC
code: PG.
Abstract:
In mourning for her late husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (Judi Dench)
has abandoned all public duties and appearances, retiring to her Isle of
Wight home, Osborne House. When Albert's pony handler, John Brown (Billy
Connolly), arrives in service to the Queen, he manages to coax her out of
her depression. As the pair grow increasingly familiar, a warm friendship
develops, much to the consternation of the other members of court. Also
available as part of a VHS box set with 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Emma'.
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Hiroshima
Record ID
12639
Author:
Sargent, Joseph
Daring, Mason
Tucker, Michael
Holbrook, Hal
Dennehy, Brian
Wyden, Peter
Imprint:
Moonstone Pictures , 2001
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Documentary Drama History
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English). Made in 1990. Based on the book 'Day one' by Peter
Wyden. Credits: music, Mason Daring. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Michael
Tucker, Hal Holbrook, Brian Dennehy, Barnard Hughes, Richard A. Dysart,
Hume Cronyn, David Strathairn, David Ogden Stiers, Anne Twomey, John
McMartin. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Dramatic account of the race to develop the atomic bomb, the ethics and
politics behind it, and the events which led to its use at the end of World
War 2. It begins with Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard (Michael Tucker)
discovering how to split the atom and subsequently attempting to persuade
the US government to build an atom bomb. The government takes up the
challenge, and assigns the hard-nosed military-man General Leslie Groves
(Brian Dennehy) to oversee the project. But as the weapon nears
completion, many involved begin to have doubts about what they have
created.
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His girl Friday
Record ID
12575
Author:
Hawks, Howard
Stoloff, Morris
Grant, Cary
Russell, Rosalind
Bellamy, Ralph
Hecht, Ben
Imprint:
IMC Vision , 2000
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1940. Based on the play 'The front page' by Ben Hecht and Charles
MacArthur. Credits: music, Morris Stoloff; cinematographer, Joseph Walker.
DVDN. Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart,
Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Regis
Toomey, Abner Biberman, Frank Orth, John Qualen, Helen Mack, Alma
Kruger, Billy Gilbert, Pat West, Edwin Maxwell. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A Howard Hawks screwball comedy. Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is a
newspaper editor trying to hang on to his star reporter, Hildy Johnson
(Rosalind Russell), who is also Walter's ex-wife. Hildy is leaving journalism to
go off and marry Bruce (Ralph Bellamy), but an escaped convict, hiding
behind a desk in the newsroom, is the perfect bait for Walter to lure Hildy
back to her job and to him.
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The History Boys
Record ID
13083
Author:
Hytner, Nicholas
Fenton, George
Griffiths, Richard
Barnett, Samuel
Campbell Moore, Stephen
Bennett, Alan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Biographies, Commentary (Nicholas Hytner
(Director) and Alan Bennett (Writer)), Other documentaries ('History Boys
Around the World: The Tour Diaries', 'Pass it Along: The History Boys On
Screen'). Made in 2006. Based on the play by Alan Bennett. Credits: music,
George Fenton. DVDN. Cast: Richard Griffiths, Samuel Barnett, Stephen
Campbell Moore, Frances de la Tour, Andrew Knott, Russell Tovey, Jamie
Parker, Dominic Cooper, Sacha Dhawan, Adrian Scarborough, Samuel
Anderson, James Corden. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Comedy adapted from the play by Alan Bennett. Eight bright, funny history
students in the mid 1980s are pursuing an undergraduate place at the
country's two finest universities. Their headmaster is obsessed with breaking
into the ranks of those schools that regularly send boys up to Oxford and
Cambridge and enlists Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore), a shrewd
newcomer, to coach the boys into intellectual shape for the trials ahead.
Seduced though they are by the exam-busting bag of tricks offered by the
temporary supply teacher, the boys are torn by their loyalty to the hugely
eccentric, poetry-spouting English master Hector (Richard Griffiths) and the
regular diet of nourishing facts and figures dispensed by Mrs Lintott (Frances
de la Tour), their history mistress. As they prepare for the daunting
admissions process, the journey of the History Boys becomes as much about
how education works as where education leads.
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The holiday
Record ID
15223
Author:
Meyers, Nancy
Zimmer, Hans
Diaz, Cameron
Winslet, Kate
Law, Jude
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(Arabic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers Made in 2006. Credits: music, Hans
Zimmer; director photography, Dean Cundey. DVDN. Cast: Cameron Diaz,
Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell,
Shannyn Sossamon, Shelley Berman, Kathryn Hahn. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack
Black. Iris (Winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another
woman. Across the globe, Amanda (Diaz) realises the man she lives with has
been unfaithful. Two women who have never met and live 6000 miles apart,
find themselves in the exact same place. They meet online at a home
exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves
into Amanda's L.A. house in sunny California as Amanda arrives in the snowcovered English countryside. Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both
women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romance. Amanda
is charmed by Iris' handsome brother Graham (Law) and Iris, with
inspiration provided by legendary screenwriter Arthur (Eri Wallach), mends
her heart when she meets film composer Miles (Black).
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Hope and Glory
Record ID
12580
Author:
Boorman, John
Martin, Peter
Miles, Sarah
Hayman, David
Rice-Edwards, Sebastian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.66 widescreen), Enhanced
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish,
Turkish) Made in 1987. Based on the war experiences of the director John
Boorman. Cast: Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Ian
Bannen, Derrick O'Connor, Jill Baker, Jean-Marc Barr, Katrine Boorman,
Amelda Brown, Sammi Davis, Colin Higgins, Annie Leon, Geraldine Muir,
Susan Wooldridge. Credits: music, Peter Martin. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The effect of the Blitz on a London family as seen through the eyes of a
nine-year-old boy. Partly based on writer-director John Boorman's own
experience, it shows the fear and upheaval faced by many families, but also
follows the exploits of young Bill (Sebastian Rice-Edwards) as the bombings
turn London into a huge adventure playground.
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Hope springs
Record ID
12562
Author:
Herman, Mark
Altman, John
Firth, Colin
Graham, Heather
Driver, Minnie
Webb, Charles
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(1:2.35 CinemaScope), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Other languages Spanish, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles
(English, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Arabic, Croatian,
Slovenian, Estonian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), 'Making of'
documentary. Made in 2003. Based on the novel by Charles Webb. Cast:
Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver, Oliver Platt, Mary Steenburgen.
Credits: music, John Altman. DVDN. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
When Colin Ware (Colin Firth) is dumped by his fiancee, Vera (Minnie
Driver), and then discovers that she is about to marry another man, he
becomes a desperate man. In a bid to heal his broken heart, he heads for
America and ends up in Hope, a small New England town. There, the locals
try to help him overcome his 'injury' by introducing him to Mandy (Heather
Graham). Is he ready to love again, or will the sudden re-appearance of
Vera throw his new romance into turmoil?
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Hotel Rwanda
Record ID
12950
Author:
George, Terry
Gregson-Williams, Rupert
Guerra, Andrea
Russell, Martin
Mali, Xolani
Cheadle, Don
Dube, Desmond
Imprint:
EV , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), 'Making of' documentary, Commentary
(Terry George (Director). Don Cheadle (selected scenes only)). Made in
2004. Based on Real events. Credits: music, Rupert Gregson-Williams;
music, Andrea Guerra; music, Martin Russell. DVDN. Cast: Xolani Mali, Don
Cheadle, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Rosie Motene,
Neil McCarthy, Mabutho Sithole, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Harrowing drama set during the Rwandan conflict of the 1990s. The
Rwandan conflict of the 1990s marked one of the bloodiest chapters in
recent African history. Over the course of 100 days, almost one million
people were killed. The streets of the capital city of Kigali ran red with rivers
of blood, but no one came to help. There was no international intervention in
Rwanda, no expeditionary forces, no coalition of the willing. There was no
international aid for Rwanda. Rwanda's Hutu extremists slaughtered their
Tutsi neighbors and any moderate Hutus who stood in their way, and the
world left them to it. Amidst the horrendous violence and chaos that swept
the country, one of the many heroes to emerge was Paul Rusesabagina (Don
Cheadle), an ordinary man who, out of love and compassion, managed to
save the lives of 1268 people. The manager of a hotel, Paul offered shelter
to these refugees at considerable risk to his own safety.
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How to train your dragon
Record ID
13511
Author:
DeBlois, Dean
Sanders, Chris
Powell, John
Cowell, Cressida
Imprint:
DreamWorks Animation , 2010
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Cartoons and caricatures
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Commentary, Other documentaries ('Viking-Sized Cast', 'The Technical
Artistry of Dragon'), 'How To Train Your Dragon' Activision Game. Made in
2010. Based on the children's novel by Cressida Cowell. Credits: music, John
Powell; voice, Jay Baruchel; voice, Gerard Butler; voice, America Ferrera;
voice, Craig Ferguson; voice, Jonah Hill; voice, Christopher Mintz-Plasse;
voice, Kristen Wiig; voice, T.J. Miller. DVDN. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated comedy adventure based on the children's novel by Cressida
Cowell. Teenaged Viking Hiccup (voice of Jay Baruchel) lives on the
windswept island of Berk, where his father Stoic the Vast (Gerard Butler) is
the tribe's feared chief, and fighting dragons is part of every young warrior's
training. But Hiccup's destiny of becoming a prized dragon fighter takes an
unexpected diversion when he saves and befriends an injured dragon,
Toothless. Hiccup now embarks on a mission of his own to convince his tribe
to abandon its barbaric tradition of ruthless dragon-slaying and try out some
new methods.
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Howards End
Record ID
12645
Author:
Ivory, James
Rabinowitz, Harry
Hopkins, Anthony
Redgrave, Vanessa
Forster, E.M
Imprint:
ENCORE , 1994
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1991. Based on the novel by E.M. Forster. Credits: music, Harry
Rabinowitz. LW. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham
Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Samuel West, Prunella Scales,
Joseph Bennett, Jemma Redgrave, Nicola Duffett, Adrian Magenty, Anne
Lambton. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Oscar-winning Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. In 1910,
Helen (Helena Bonham-Carter) and Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson)
live in London with their brother, but the lease on their flat is about to
expire. Margaret has recently befriended the ailing Mrs Wilcox (Vanessa
Redgrave), who decides to bequeath her house, Howards End, to her.
However, upon Mrs Wilcox' death her family close ranks, refusing to inform
Margaret of her inheritance. When the widowed Henry Wilcox (Anthony
Hopkins) begins to take a romantic interest in Margaret, the ensuing
relationship leads to tragedy. Emma Thompson won an Oscar for Best
Actress.
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The Hudsucker proxy
Record ID
14635
Author:
Coen, Joel
Burwell, Carter
Robbins, Tim
Newman, Paul
Jason Leigh, Jennifer
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (French, Dutch), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in
1994. Credits: music, Carter Burwell; director photography, Roger Deakins.
DVDN. Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles
Durning, Jim True, Peter Gallagher, Steve Buscemi, John Mahoney, William
Cobbs, Harry Bugin. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Coen brothers comedy following the unlikely adventures of Norville Barnes
(Tim Robbins), a college graduate who secures a job in the postroom at
Hudsucker Industries just as its chairman is jumping fifty floors to his death.
The chairman's scheming aide, Mussburger (Paul Newman), decides to hire
Norville as chairman, presuming he is a dunce whose new position will
frighten the stockholders into selling all their stock cheaply, thus allowing
him to consolidate his hold on the company. A cynical journalist, Amy Archer
(Jennifer Jason Leigh), masquerades as Norville's secretary in the hope of
scooping a feature, but ends up falling for Norville, who in the meantime
invents the hula-hoop, makes a fortune and revives the company's stock.
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The hurt locker
Record ID
12600
Author:
Bigelow, Kathryn
Beltrami, Marco
Sanders, Buck
Renner, Jeremy
Mackie, Anthony
Geraghty, Brian
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2009
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Languages (English), Bonus footage, Behind the scenes,
Commentary (Kathryn Bigelow (Director), Mark Boal (Writer)), Image
gallery. Made in 2008. Credits: music, Marco Beltrami; music, Buck Sanders;
director photography, Barry Ackroyd. DVDN. Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony
Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline
Lilly, Christian Camargo, Suhail Aldabbach, Christopher Sayegh. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
Tense and gritty war film from director Kathryn Bigelow, following the lives
of an army bomb disposal squad in war-torn Iraq. Having to look death in
the face daily, the soldiers of an elite ordnance disposal team struggle to
accept their new sergeant, William James (Jeremy Renner), when he risks
their lives with his reckless behavior. With the men trying to come to terms
with their new leader, their patrols become increasingly hazardous, as a
sudden escalation in the violence leads them to confront the most dangerous
assignment of their tour. After winning six awards at the 2010 BAFTAs, the
film went on to win another six at the Oscars, including Best Film, Best
Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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I Know Where I'm Going
Record ID
12620
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2003
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1945. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Nancy
Price, John Laurie, George Carney, Finlay Currie, Walter Hudd, Murdo
Morrison, Margot Fitzsimmons. Credits: music, Allan Gray. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
Early film from the legendary Powell/Pressburger team. A woman (Wendy
Hiller) has always known what she wanted in life, and now she is about to
marry a millionaire. But when she ends up stranded on a Hebredian island
due to a storm, she changes her mind.
Ice Cold in Alex
Record ID
12654
Author:
Landon, Christopher
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Based on the novel by Christopher Landon. Cast: John Mills, Sylvia Syms,
Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Liam Redmond, Peter Arne, Diane Clare,
Richard Leech. Credits: cinematographer, Gilbert Taylor; music, Leighton
Lucas. BBFC code: PG.
Abstract:
John Mills stars in this war story which takes place after the fall of Tobruk in
World War II. Two English Army officers and two nurses drive an ambulance
through occupied North Africa to Alexandria. They pick up a South African
officer and more than once avoid capture and death whilst crossing the
German lines and minefields laid on the way. However, as the South African
officer begins to undermine their confidence, they come to suspect him of
being a German spy.
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An ideal husband
Record ID
15001
Author:
Parker, Oliver
Mole, Charlie
Blanchett, Cate
Driver, Minnie
Everett, Rupert
Wilde, Oscar
Imprint:
Fox Pathe , 2000
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries.
Made in 1999. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Credits: music, Charlie
Mole. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert
Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, John Wood, Lindsay Duncan,
Peter Vaughan, Jeroen .UDEEpBenjamin Pullen, Marsha Fitzalan. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
This screen adaptation of the celebrated Oscar Wilde play stars Rupert
Everett as Lord Arthur Goring, a playboy who becomes embroiled in a
scandal, both personal and political, when his best friend Sir Robert Chiltern
MP (Jeremy Northam) is blackmailed by the devious Laura Chevely (Julianne
Moore). Whilst attempting to aid his friend, Arthur becomes socially
entangled with both Mabel Chiltern (Minnie Driver) and Laura, the latter
enticing him with a tempting wager. The subsequent misunderstandings
cause farcical repercussions to be felt around their entire social circle.
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The Illusionist
Record ID
13097
Author:
Burger, Neil
Glass, Philip
Norton, Edward
Giamatti, Paul
Biel, Jessica
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), 'Making of' documentary,
Commentary (Neil Burger, Director). Made in 2006. Credits: music, Philip
Glass. DVDN. Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell,
Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood, Tom Fisher, Aaron Johnson, Eleanor Tomlinson.
BBFC code: tc. DVD.
Abstract:
Period drama about a mysterious magician in love with the wife of a fiery
monarch. The young Eisenheim (Norton) is an Austrian boy of meagre
means, son of a cabinetmaker but a lad with a keen mind. He's in love with
Sophie Von Teschen (Jessica Biel) - the girl next door - who is of high
breeding. Their plans to run away to China so Eisenheim can there learn the
secrets of great magic are scuppered by Sophie's parents who'd as soon put
a stop to the economic mis-match. In self-imposed exile, Eisenheim travels
the world learning the finest, most mystical tricks, becoming a sorcerer of no
little renown. Upon his return to Vienna, he finds Sophie unhappily engaged
to the vile Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell) who happens to be a great
sceptic of the world of magic. He assigns his Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti) to
monitor Eisenheim and out him for a fake. The Count and Eisenheim are
soon at odds and, when his dear Sophie is murdered, Eisenheim, apparently
racked with grief, designs a new illusion in which she appears onstage
bearing finger-pointing ill portent for the Count. Eisenheim is naturally shut
down and driven out of Vienna immediately. Uhl begins to observe
Eisenheim's movements more closely and to even have doubts about
whether Sophie is actually dead.
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The imitation game
Record ID
14996
Author:
Tyldum, Morten
Desplat, Alexandre
Cumberbatch, Benedict
Knightley, Keira
Dance, Charles
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2015
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD History Biography Drama Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2014. Based on the life of Alan Turing/Andrew
Hodges' book 'Alan Turing - The enigma'. Credits: music,
Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Ïscar Faura. DVDN. Cast: Benedict
Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode,
Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Beard, Tom
Goodman-Hill. BBFC code: 12a. DVD.
Abstract:
Academy Award-winning historical drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as
British codebreaker and computer scientist Alan Turing. The film follows
Turing from his teenage years to his wartime work and the trouble he later
faced in his private life. Along with his friend and colleague Joan Clarke
(Keira Knightly) and the rest of his team at the Government Code and
Cypher School in Bletchley Park, Turing races against time to decipher the
Nazi's Enigma machine during World War II. Despite playing a significant
role in helping Britain defeat Germany, Turing is later convicted of
homosexual acts and suffers greatly in his personal life as a result. The cast
also includes Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode and Rory Kinnear.
The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture,
Best Actor (Cumberbatch) and Best Director, and won for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
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The importance of being earnest
Record ID
14999
Author:
Parker, Oliver
Mole, Charlie
Everett, Rupert
Firth, Colin
Dench, Judi
Wilde, Oscar
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Credits: music, Charlie
Mole; cinematographer, Tony Pierce-Roberts. DVDN. Cast: Rupert Everett,
Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O'Connor, Anna
Massey, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Fox, Charles Kay. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Third screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors (the first being
the classic 1952 version with Michael Redgrave and the second being the US
version made in 1992). Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) has discovered
that he has a secret in common with his friend Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) they both use alter egos when in a tight spot. However, when Algernon
decides to pose as Jack's alter ego - a brother Earnest from London - for a
weekend in the country, he finds that Jack's ward Cicely (Reese
Witherspoon) has developed an infatuation with the mysterious brother; and
now she has finally met him. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin Gwendolyne
(Frances O'Connor) is also staying for the weekend and knows Jack as his
alter ego. Gwendolyne's mother, the stern Lady Bracknell (Judi Dench), has
to be convinced to give her blessing to the blossoming romances.
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In the loop
Record ID
13248
Author:
Iannucci, Armando
Hollander, Tom
Kennedy, Mimi
Gandolfini, James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Trailers, Deleted scenes, Interviews (Gina Mckee and Chris
Addison. Tom Hollander. Peter Capaldi. Armando Ianucci), Commentary
(Cast and director), Webisodes. Made in 2009. DVDN. Cast: Tom Hollander,
Mimi Kennedy, James Gandolfini, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Gina McKee,
Paul Higgins, Steve Coogan, Joanna Scanlan, Zach Woods, Olivia Poulet.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Armando Iannucci co-writes and directs this feature comedy - a big-screen
spin-off of the BBC series 'In the Thick of It' - satirising the inner workings of
British and American politics as the powers-that-be attempt to 'sell' the
deeply unpopular Iraq invasion to the public on both sides of the Atlantic.
When British Minister of International Development (Tom Hollander) puts his
foot in his mouth by announcing on national television that 'war is
unforeseeable', the British government is sent into a spiral of chaos and spin
propagated by the verbally aggressive Director of Communications, Malcom
Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Foster soon finds himself bundled off to Washington
on a fact-finding mission - where, in his naivety, he becomes the pawn of
the Pentagon's General Miller (James Gandolfini) and Assistant Secretary of
Diplomacy (Mimi Kennedy) in their mission to do their not-very-best to stop
the war happening.
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The incredibles
Record ID
13052
Author:
Bird, Brad
Giacchino, Michael
Simonec, Tim
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2005
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Family life
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen
TV, Languages (English, Hindi), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages
English, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (English, Hindi),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, Deleted
scenes, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Filmmakers), Other
documentaries (Alternate Opening. Top Secret Files on All the Supers. 'JackJack Attack'. Short Film - 'Boundin''). Made in 2004. Credits: music, Michael
Giacchino; music, Tim Simonec; voice, Craig T. Nelson; voice, Holly Hunter;
voice, Samuel L. Jackson; voice, Jason Lee; voice, Dominique Louis; voice,
Teddy Newton; voice, John Ratzenberger; voice, Wallace Shawn; voice, Jean
Sincere. Boxed. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
CGI-animated action adventure from Pixar Animations Studios, the creators
of 'Toy Story' and 'Finding Nemo'. Bob Parr (Craig T. Nelson) used to be one
of the world's greatest superheroes, known to all as 'Mr Incredible' - saving
lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now, fifteen years later, Bob and
his wife Helen (Holly Hunter) - a former superhero in her own right - have
adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives
with their three children. Now Bob's a clock-punching insurance claims
adjuster, fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into
action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons
him to a remote island for a top secret assignment.
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Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
Record ID
14869
Author:
Spielberg, Steven
Williams, John
Ford, Harrison
Blanchett, Cate
Allen, Karen
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2008. Credits: music, John Williams. DVDN. Cast: Harrison Ford,
Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LeBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim
Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Alan Dale, Joel Stoffer. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The fourth film in the Indiana Jones series starring Harrison Ford. Set at the
height of Cold War paranoia during the 1950s, the story finds the intrepid
archaeologist involved in a plot involving Soviet agents. They want Indy
(Ford) to find a legendary crystal skull that is said to grant the owner
supernatural powers. If the Soviets get their hands on it, they will be able to
control the world. Our hero manages to escape from the Russians and soon
he is in a race to find the skull. He is joined by Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), the son
of Indy's one-time love, Marion (Karen Allen). Together, the pair travel to
South America, where the skull is reputed to be found. There they join
forces with Marion. At the same time, the Soviet agents, led by the brilliant,
ice-cold Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), are also hot on the trail. They have
the help of Mac (Ray Winstone), Indy's one time partner - but which side is
Mac really on? Also involved is Ox (John Hurt), a brilliant professor who was
driven insane after being exposed to the crystal skull. Can Indy get to the
prize first, or will the Soviets be able to dominate the world?
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Inglourious basterds
Record ID
14700
Author:
Tarantino, Quentin
Pitt, Brad
Kruger, Diane
Laurent, 0planie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Drama War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages Hungarian, Other
Language Sound Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles (Arabic, Danish, Finnish,
Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries ('Nation's Pride'),
Extended Scenes, Alternate Scenes. Made in 2009. Credits: director
photography, Robert Richardson; narrator, Samuel L. Jackson. DVDN. Cast:
Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, 0planie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel %Uhl, Eli
Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Mike Myers, Cloris Leachman,
Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Maggie Cheung, Paul Rust, Rod Taylor.
BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Quentin Tarantino directs this ensemble action drama set in Europe during
World War Two. In the first of two converging storylines, Shosanna (Melanie
Laurent), a young Jewish woman in occupied France, seeks to avenge the
death of her parents by the Nazis after narrowly escaping execution herself
and fleeing to Paris. There she creates a new identity for herself as the
owner and manager of a cinema. Meanwhile, a group of Jewish American
soldiers known as 'The Basterds', led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad
Pitt), joins forces with German actress and undercover agent Bridget von
Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to take down the leaders of The Third Reich.
The Basterds cross paths with Shosanna when her cinema, which has been
commandeered by the Nazis for the screening of their latest propaganda
film, becomes the target for their next attack. However, unbeknown to them,
Shosanna has devised a revenge plan of her own. Christoph Waltz gained
the Best Supporting Actor Awards at both the 2010 BAFTAs and Academy
Awards for his portrayal of the devious Colonel Hans Landa.
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The interpreter
Record ID
12549
Author:
Pollack, Sydney
Kidman, Nicole
Penn, Sean
Keener, Catherine
Imprint:
UCA , 2010
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Mystery Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Bulgarian, Arabic, Croatian,
Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Slovenian),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes,
Commentary (Sydney Pollack (Director)), Other documentaries ('A Day in the
Life of Real Interpreters', 'From Concept to Cutting Room', 'Pan and Scan Vs
Widescreen', 'The Ultimate Movie Set: The United Nations'). Made in 2005.
Credits: executive producer, Anthony Minghella; music, James Newton
Howard. DVDN. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper
Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris, Michael Wright, Clyde
Kusatsu, Eric Keenleyside, Hugo Speer. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Tense political thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. Kidman plays
Silvia Broome, an interpreter working for the United Nations who overhears
what could be a discussion about an assassination attempt on an African
head of state. Convinced that the assassins are after her too, she seeks
refuge with experienced, no-nonsense federal agent Tobin Keller (Penn). As
Keller starts investigating Silvia's past, he becomes more convinced that she
is in some way involved with the conspiracy. Locked into an emotional
conflict of mutual suspicion, Keller and Silvia must learn to trust each other
enough in order to avert an assassination attempt on American soil.
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Into the woods
Record ID
15439
Author:
Marshall, Rob
Sondheim, Stephen
Streep, Meryl
Blunt, Emily
Corden, James
De la Tour, Frances
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2015
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Fantasy Adventure Musical
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Languages (English,
Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Swedish, French), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2014.
Based on the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
Credits: music, Stephen Sondheim; cinematographer, Dion Beebe. DVDN.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp,
Chris Pine, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Mackenzie Mauzy, Tracey
Ullman, Christine Baranski, Frances de la Tour. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Rob Marshall directs this Academy Award-nominated musical fantasy
adaptation of the Broadway production starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt,
James Corden and Anna Kendrick. The story follows a baker and his wife
(Corden and Blunt) as they go on a journey to reverse a curse that prevents
them from having children. Instructed by a witch (Streep) to go to the
woods and collect items to break the spell: a white cow, a red cape, yellow
hair and a golden slipper, the couple encounter many characters along the
way including Jack (Daniel Huttlestone), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla
Crawford), Rapunzel (Mackenzie Mauzy) and Cinderella (Kendrick). The cast
also features Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski and Frances de la Tour with
Chris Pine as Cinderlla's Prince and Johnny Depp as The Wolf.
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Invictus
Record ID
14637
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Eastwood, Kyle
Stevens, Michael
Freeman, Morgan
Damon, Matt
Kgoroge, Tony
Carlin, John
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama History
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2009. Based on Nelson Mandela's presidency of South Africa/The
book by John Carlin. Credits: music, Kyle Eastwood; music, Michael Stevens.
DVDN. Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick
Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite
Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Sibongile Nojila.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Clint Eastwood directs this drama based on events that took place during the
first term of Nelson Mandela's presidency of South Africa. In an effort to help
unite his racially and economically divided country in the wake of the
apartheid system, the newly-elected Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joins forces
with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), captain of South Africa's rugby team
The Springboks. Convinced that he can use the universal language of sport
to help bring his people together, Mandela rallies the team as it makes its
historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship final against New
Zealand.
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Iris
Record ID
12966
Author:
Eyre, Richard
Horner, James
Dench, Judi
Broadbent, Jim
Winslet, Kate
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2001. Based on the memoirs of John Bayley. Credits: music, James
Horner; cinematographer, Roger Pratt. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Judi
Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton,
Eleanor Bron, Siobhan Hayes, Juliet Aubrey, Angela Morant, Tom Mannion.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Biographical account of the life of existentialist author Iris Murdoch as
recalled in the memoirs of her husband, Professor John Bayley. John (Hugh
Bonneville) is a shy slightly goofy undergraduate at Oxford who falls for
fellow student, the brilliant and charismatic Iris Murdoch (Kate Winslet).
Against all the odds she returns his affection and so begins a love affair that
will endure for over 40 years, amid the ups and downs of her achievements
as a famous philosophical novelist. The film eventually flashes forward to the
couple in older age, with John (Jim Broadbent) slowly realising that Iris
(Dame Judi Dench) has a mental illness, one that threatens the existence of
her personality, of the person he knows and loves.
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The iron lady
Record ID
14978
Author:
Lloyd, Phyllida
Mansell, Clint
Newman, Thomas
Streep, Meryl
Head, Anthony
Broadbent, Jim
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Biography History Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making
of' documentary, Audio Description. Made in 2011. Based on the political life
and career of Margaret Thatcher. Credits: music, Clint Mansell; music,
Thomas Newman; cinematographer, Elliot Davis. DVDN. Cast: Meryl Streep,
Anthony Head, Jim Broadbent, Harry Lloyd, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman,
Roger Allam, Teresa Mahoney, Nicholas Farrell, Susan Brown, Julian
Wadham, Alexandra Roach. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Biopic starring Meryl Streep in an Oscar-winning performance as former
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher's life and political career
are portrayed in flashback from the perspective of her later years as she
struggles with Alzheimer's disease and grieves for her recently-deceased
husband, Dennis (Jim Broadbent). The film traces her life from her childhood
years in the family grocer's shop through to her graduation from Oxford, her
early working life and her decision to enter politics. Her eleven-year stint in
office is marked not only by her strictly conservative and hard-nosed
leadership style, which earn her the nickname 'The Iron Lady', but also by
spending cuts, strikes, the introduction of an unpopular poll tax and the
Falklands War. Later, as her premiership is called into question, her
previously loyal cabinet members - including Michael Heseltine (Richard E.
Grant) and Geoffrey Howe (Anthony Head) - turn against her one by one,
leading ultimately to her political downfall in 1990. The film also won the
Academy Award for Best Make-Up.
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The Italian job
Record ID
12545
Author:
Collinson, Peter
Jones, Quincy
Caine, Michael
Coward, Noel
Hill, Benny
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Comedy Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1969. Credits: music, Quincy Jones. DVDN. Cast: Michael Caine,
Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Maggie Blye, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Simon
Dee, Fred Emney, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Henry McGee, Graham
Payn, Robert Powell, Robert Rietty, Raf Vallone. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Upon leaving jail, petty criminal Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) inherits a
carefully planned $4,000,000 gold robbery in Italy. With the original
mastermind of the plan murdered, Croker needs financial backing and finds
it in Mr Bridger (Noel Coward in his last screen role), a quintessential English
crime boss still incarcerated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Bridger supplies
Charlie with his own gang of bank robbers, getaway drivers and computer
whizz-kids, and helps him plan the heist (during the practice runs Caine
utters the infamous phrase 'you were only supposed to blow the bloody
doors off'), which results in the world's biggest traffic jam. The gang's
getaway in red, white and blue minis is accompanied by the tune 'Getta
Bloomin Move On' (aka 'Self Preservation Society') written by Quincy Jones
and George Martin.
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The Jane Austen book club
Record ID
13102
Author:
Swicord, Robin
Zigman, Aaron
Bello, Maria
Blunt, Emily
Baker, Kathy
Fowler, Karen Joy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Dutch, English,
Hindi), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes, Commentary
(Cast and Crew), Other documentaries ('The Life of Jane Austen', 'The Book
Club Deconstructed'), 'Los Angeles Premiere'. Made in 2007. Based on the
novel by Karen Joy Fowler. Credits: music, Aaron Zigman. DVDN. Cast: Maria
Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh
Dancy, Jimmy Smits, Ed Brigadier, Kevin Zegers, Marc Blucas. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy. The story revolves around five women and one man who
get together once a month to discuss the novels of the beloved English
writer. The club is organised by Bernadette (Kathy Baker) in order to help
her friend, Sylvia (Amy Brennemen), get over a heartbreak. Sylvia's lesbian
daughter, Allegra (Maggie Grace), joins to support her mother, as does
Sylvia's friend, Jocelyn (Maria Bello), who brings along a young man she just
met (Hugh Dancy) in the hope of playing matchmaker.The group is
completed by Prudie Drummond (Emily Blunt), a young teacher. Finding
comfort, wit and wisdom from the pages and each other, they begin to
realise that their own love lives parallel Austen's seemingly timeless
storylines.
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The Jane Austen book club
Record ID
12964
Author:
Swicord, Robin
Zigman, Aaron
Bello, Maria
Blunt, Emily
Baker, Kathy
Fowler, Karen Joy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Dutch, English,
Hindi), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes, Commentary
(Cast and Crew), Other documentaries ('The Life of Jane Austen', 'The Book
Club Deconstructed'), 'Los Angeles Premiere'. Made in 2007. Based on the
novel by Karen Joy Fowler. Credits: music, Aaron Zigman. DVDN. Cast: Maria
Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh
Dancy, Jimmy Smits, Ed Brigadier, Kevin Zegers, Marc Blucas. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy. The story revolves around five women and one man who
get together once a month to discuss the novels of the beloved English
writer. The club is organised by Bernadette (Kathy Baker) in order to help
her friend, Sylvia (Amy Brennemen), get over a heartbreak. Sylvia's lesbian
daughter, Allegra (Maggie Grace), joins to support her mother, as does
Sylvia's friend, Jocelyn (Maria Bello), who brings along a young man she just
met (Hugh Dancy) in the hope of playing matchmaker.The group is
completed by Prudie Drummond (Emily Blunt), a young teacher. Finding
comfort, wit and wisdom from the pages and each other, they begin to
realise that their own love lives parallel Austen's seemingly timeless
storylines.
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Jarhead
Record ID
12556
Author:
Mendes, Sam
Newman, Thomas
Gyllenhaal, Jake
MacDonald, Scott
Ming, Lo
Swofford, Anthony
Imprint:
UCA , 2011
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Arabic, English, Icelandic),
Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Commentary (Sam Mendes (director),
William Broyles (screenwriter), Anthony Swofford (author)), Other
documentaries ('Swoff's Fantasies', 'News Interviews'). Made in 2005. Based
on the memoir by Anthony Swofford. Credits: music, Thomas Newman;
cinematographer, Roger Deakins. DVDN. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott
MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Riad
Galayini, Craig Coyne, Katherine Randolph, Rini Bell. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's
Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the
US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on
the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which
Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict,
the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in
a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored
and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a
macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
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Jaws
Record ID
15452
Author:
Spielberg, Steven
Williams, John
Scheider, Roy
Shaw, Robert
Dreyfuss, Richard
Benchley, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Bonus footage,
Trailers, Outtakes, Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary,
Image gallery, Production notes, Cast/Filmaker notes, Trivia/Factoids,
Screensavers. Shark World. Made in 1975. Based on the novel by Peter
Benchley. Credits: assistant director, Barbara Bass; assistant director, Tom
Joyner; music, John Williams; special effects A/V, Robert A. Mattey; Set
designer, John M. Dwyer; cinematographer, Bill Butler. DVDN. Cast: Roy
Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton,
Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Ted Grossman, Jay Mello, Jeffrey Kramer.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Seventies blockbuster movie, directed by Steven Spielberg. A large maneating shark wreaks havoc off the coast of Long Island whilst local sheriff
Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) finds himself caught between a panicking
community and a town council eager to play down the reported deaths.
However, the mounting bodycount cannot be ignored, so Brody heads off on
a shark hunt, accompanied by marine biologist Matt Hooper (Richard
Dreyfuss) and salty old sea-dog Quint (Robert Shaw). John Williams won an
Oscar for his menacing score.
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Jude
Record ID
14878
Author:
Winterbottom, Michael
Johnston, Adrian
Eccleston, Christopher
Winslet, Kate
Cunningham, Liam
Hardy, Thomas
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance English Subtitles
ISBN:
5050582794878
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1996. Based on the novel 'Jude the obscure' by Thomas
Hardy. Credits: music, Adrian Johnston; director photography, Eduardo
Serra. DVDN. Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham,
Rachel Griffiths, June Whitfield, Berwick Kaler, Caitlin Bossley, Emma Turner,
James Nesbitt, Mark Lambert. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Jude Fawley (Christopher Eccleston) is a stonemason with a passion for
learning. He yearns to go to University, but his ambition is scuppered by an
unhappy marriage to a pig farmer's daughter. When this ends, Jude moves
to Christminster, where he falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead (Kate
Winslet). Despite censure from polite society the two become lovers, but
tragedy is just around the corner.
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Julie and Julia
Record ID
13119
Author:
Ephron, Nora
Desplat, Alexandre
Streep, Meryl
Adams, Amy
Tucci, Stanley
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Behind the scenes, Commentary (Nora Ephron
(Writer/Director)). Made in 2009. Based on the memoirs of Julie Powell and
Julia Child. Credits: music, Alexandre Desplat. DVDN. Cast: Meryl Streep,
Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary
Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle, Vanessa Ferlito,
Jillian Bach, George Bartenieff. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Feelgood drama based on the memoirs of Julie Powell and Julia Child,
starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci, about the lives of two
women and their passion for cooking. Julie (Streep) is a French cook who
became famous through her cookery shows shown on American television in
the 1960s and 1970s, while Julia (Adams) is a young American woman who
in 2002 decided to attempt to cook all 524 recipes from Julie's cookbook,
'Mastering the Art of French Cooking', over the course of one year and
chronicle it in an online blog. The intertwined stories of Julie and Julia show
the parallels that exist in their very different lives.
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Kes
Record ID
12661
Author:
Loach, Ken
Cameron, John
Bradley, David
Perrie, Lynne
Welland, Colin
Hines, Barry
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.66 widescreen), Other Ratio 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard,
Languages (English, German), Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles (Turkish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English, German), Bonus footage, Trailers.
Made in 1969. Based on the novel 'A kestrel for a knave' by Barry Hines.
Credits: music, John Cameron; cinematographer, Chris Menges. DVDN. Cast:
David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Freddie Fletcher, Brian Glover,
Geoffrey Banks, Eric Bolderson, Bob Bowes, Trevor Hesketh, Joey Kaye,
Robert Naylor. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Acclaimed drama from director Ken Loach following a young boy from a
working-class Northern town who begins training a falcon to find relief from
his problems. Billy (David Bradley) appears to have little hope in his life. He
is bullied by his brother, Jud (Freddie Fletcher), and neglected by his
mother, while his inability to pay attention at school suggests he is destined
for a future spent working in the harsh conditions of the local mine. The
discovery of a young kestrel falcon is an important event in his life. Caring
for and training 'Kes' becomes a positive way for him to express himself and,
with the help of his English teacher, Mr Farthing (Colin Welland), Billy even
begins reading books on falconry so he can take better care of his pet.
However, as the problems at home continue, will Billy be allowed to develop
his natural affinity with Kes?
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Khartoum
Record ID
12657
Author:
Caillou, A
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for
WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Other
languages German, Italian, Spanish, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono,
Subtitles (French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian,
Danish, Portuguese, Danish, Portuguese, Greek, Hungarian), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English, German), Bonus footage, Trailers ,. Made in 1966.
Based on the book by A. Caillou. Cast: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier,
Ralph Richardson, Richard Johnson, Nigel Green, Michael Hordern, Alexander
Knox, Marne Maitland, Ralph Michael, Zia Mohyeddin, Johnny Sekka, Edward
Underdown, Hugh Williams, Douglas Wilmer, Roger Delgado, Ronald LeighHunt, George Pastell. Credits: music, Frank Cordell. Dolby Digital. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Biopic chronicling the last years of General Gordon (Charlton Heston). In
1883, Gordon takes charge of the British army against the Arab forces in the
Sudan, led by the charismatic and bloodthirsty Mahdi (Laurence Olivier). A
mutual respect grows between the two leaders, as the conflict grows in
intensity and the British troops find themselves besieged in Khartoum.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Record ID
12590
Author:
Horniman, Roy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Based on the novel 'Israel Rank' by Roy Horniman. Cast: Dennis Price, Alec
Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Clive Morton, Miles Malleson,
John Penrose, Hugh Griffith, Audrey Fildes, Cecil Rampage, Arthur Lowe.
Credits: art designer, William Kellner; cinematographer, Douglas Slocombe;
music, Wolfgang A. Mozart. BBFC code: U.
Abstract:
Classic Ealing comedy. In the early twentieth century, young Louis Mazzini
(Dennis Price) vows to take revenge on his family, the D'Ascoynes, when he
learns how they disinherited his mother. Working his way into their trust,
Louis begins to bump off his distant relatives (all played by Alec Guinness)
one by one, but complications set in when Edith D'Ascoyne (Valerie Hobson),
the widow of his first victim, falls in love with him. Also available as part of a
DVD box set with 'The Lavender Hill Mob', 'The Man in the White Suit' and
'The Ladykillers'.
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A kind of loving
Record ID
12588
Author:
Schlesinger, John
Grainer, Ron
Bates, Alan
Ritchie, June
Hird, Thora
Barstow, Stan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.66 widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 2.0) Made in 1962. Based on the novel by Stan Barstow. Cast: Alan
Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer, Gwen Nelson, James Bolam,
Michael Deacon, Jerry Desmonde, Pat Keen, David Mahlowe, Malcolm
Patton, John Ronane, Leonard Rossiter, Patsy Rowlands, Jack Smethurst,
Bryan Mosely. Credits: music, Ron Grainer. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
John Schlesinger's screen adaptation of Stan Barstow's 'kitchen-sink' novel
tells a gritty story of love in an industrial Lancashire town. Draftsman Vic
Brown (Alan Bates) sleeps with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a young typist who
works at the same factory as him, but soon loses interest in her. When she
discovers that she is pregnant, Vic finds himself burdened with unwanted
family responsibilities and an interfering mother-in-law (Thora Hird). But
despite these circumstances, Vic and Ingrid try to find a way of living
together, working their way towards 'a kind of loving'.
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The king's speech
Record ID
14212
Author:
Hooper, Tom
Desplat, Alexandre
Firth, Colin
Rush, Geoffrey
Logue, Mark
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5060116725131
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Mark Logue
(Co-author of 'The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British
Monarchy')), Commentary (Tom Hooper (Director)), Production notes,
Speeches from the Real King George VI. Descriptive audio track for the
visually impaired. Made in 2010. Based on Real events/the book by Mark
Logue. Credits: music, Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Danny Cohen.
DVDN. Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony
Andrews, Eve Best, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Jennifer
Ehle, Derek Jacobi. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Award-winning drama from director Tom Hooper telling the story of the
relationship formed between King George VI (Colin Firth, in a Golden Globe
and Oscar-winning performance) and his speech therapist Lionel Logue
(Geoffrey Rush). After reluctantly acceding to the throne when his older
brother Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) abdicates, George, or Bertie to his family
and friends, is forced to act when his stutter leads to concerns about his
leadership. Help is soon at hand, however, when he employs unconventional
speech therapist Lionel Logue, who, using previously untried techniques,
begins to bring about improvements in George's speech. As the relationship
between the two begins to strengthen, the King's new found confidence
grows, just in time for him to lead his country through its gravest hour. The
film netted seven BAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film, and won a
further four Academy Awards, including Best Film.
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Kinky boots
Record ID
12681
Author:
Jarrold, Julian
Johnston, Adrian
Edgerton, Joel
Ejiofor, Chiwetel
Bassett, Linda
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Music Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages English,
Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (English), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Commentary
(Julian Jarrold (Director) and Cast), Other documentaries (Short Video:
'Journey of a Brogue'. 'The Real Kinky Boots Factory'). Made in 2005. Based
on Real events. Credits: music, Adrian Johnston; cinematographer, Eigil
Bryld. DVDN. Cast: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Linda Bassett, Kellie
Bright, Josh Cole, Gwenllian Davis, Nick Frost, Joe Grossi, Mona Hammond,
Ewan Hooper, Sebastian Hurst-Palmer. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Comedy-drama from director Julian Jarrold based on actual events in the UK
town of Northampton. Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton), owner of the traditional
men's footwear factory that has survived in his family for generations, faces
the imminent closure of his beloved business which would have a severe
impact on the employment prospects of local people. That is, until a chance
meeting with flamboyant cabaret act Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor) convinces him
that, to stay afloat, his company's footwear range will have to branch out.
Turning out stylish kinky boots for transvestites like Lola and her colleagues
is not quite what he had in mind.
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Kiss Me Deadly
Record ID
12625
Author:
Aldrich, Robert
De Vol, Frank
Meeker, Ralph
Dekker, Albert
Dennis, Nick
Spillane, Mickey
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Film-Noir Mystery Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
widescreen), Other Ratio 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard, Languages (English,
German, French, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles (French,
Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Greek), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
German), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1955. Based on the novel by
Mickey Spillane. Credits: music, Frank de Vol. DVDNW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Nick Dennis, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez,
Wesley Addy, Marion Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Jack Elam, Cloris Leachman,
Strother Martin. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Robert Aldrich's brutal film-noir featuring Mickey Spillane's infamous private
eye Mike Hammer. Stopping to pick up a semi-naked woman running down
the highway, Mike (Ralph Meeker) wakes up to find the woman dead and
himself in deep trouble. The FBI tell Mike to leave it alone, so he does just
the opposite, beating and bullying his way into the conspiracy which
surrounds a criminal group's efforts to reclaim a mysterious black container.
This version includes recently rediscovered footage clarifying the film's
famously enigmatic ending.
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Ladies in lavender
Record ID
14209
Author:
Dance, Charles
Hess, Nigel
Dench, Judi
Smith, Maggie
McElhone, Natascha
Imprint:
EV , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Music Mystery Subtitles: English
ISBN:
5017239192821
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), Other documentaries (Cast and crew
soundbites). Made in 2004. Credits: music, Nigel Hess. DVDN. BBFC code:
12. DVD.
Abstract:
Heart-warming drama about unfulfilled dreams, innocence and unrequited
love. Janet (Maggie Smith) and Ursula (Judi Dench) are sisters who discover
a castaway on the beach below their house. They nurse him back to health
with the help of the local doctor (David Warner) and discover he has a talent
as a musician. However, the castaway has an unsettling effect on the sisters,
especially Ursula, whose life changes forever.
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Lady and the tramp
Record ID
14650
Author:
Luske, Hamilton
Geronimi, Clyde
Jackson, Wilfred
Wallace, Oliver
Lee, Peggy
Burke, Sonny
Greene, Ward
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2012
Description:
Subjects:
Animals
Animals - Infancy - Pictorial works - Juvenile literature
Class:
YL DVD
ISBN:
8717418337568
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1955. Based on the novel by Ward Greene. Credits:
music, Oliver Wallace; music, Peggy Lee; music, Sonny Burke; animator,
Walt Disney Studios; voice, Peggy Lee; voice, Barbara Luddy; voice, Bill
Thompson; voice, Bill Baucon; voice, Verna Felton; voice, Stan Freberg;
voice, George Givot; voice, Dallas McKennon; voice, Lee Millar; voice, Alan
Reed. DVDN. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Disney's animated tale of Lady, an aristocratic cocker spaniel, who runs
away from home after falling foul of two siamese cats. She is befriended by
Tramp, a down-at-heel but charming mutt. They set out for a night on the
town together, and romance is soon in the air when they share a meal at a
spaghetti restaurant. This was the first Disney cartoon film to be made in
CinemaScope.
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The Lady Eve
Record ID
12689
Author:
Sturges, Preston
Fonda, Henry
Stanwyck, Barbara
Coburn, Charles
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English). Made in 1941. DVDN. Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara
Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore,
Janet Beecher, Robert Greig, Frances Raymond, Jack Richardson. BBFC
code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy starring Henry Fonda as Charles Pike, the heir to the Pike
Ale empire. Following a year spent looking for rare snakes, Charles is
heading for New York aboard the S.S. Southern Queen. But with everyone
on board the ship aware of his inheritance, he is hounded by a group of
single women looking for a suitable, eligible bachelor. Also after his
inheritance are Colonel Harry Harrington (Charles Coburn) and his partner, a
pair of conmen and card sharks with a secret weapon - the Colonel's
daughter, Jean.
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The lady vanishes
Record ID
12581
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Levy, Louis
Lockwood, Margaret
Redgrave, Michael
Lukas, Paul
White, Ethel Lina
Imprint:
Cinema Club , 2000
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Mystery Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(Dolby Mono). Made in 1938. Based on the novel 'The wheel spins' by Ethel
Lina White. Credits: music, Louis Levy. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Margaret
Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Emile
Boreo, Mary Clare, Catherine Lacey, Philip Leaver, Charles Oliver, Basil
Radford, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Googie Withers. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
Classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock, made shortly before he moved to
America. When the elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty) goes missing on a
train bound for England, her friend Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) sets
out to find her. However, Iris's attempts are immediately frustrated by her
fellow passengers, who question whether Miss Froy ever even existed. Only
music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) is prepared to believe Iris,
and together they set about getting to the bottom of the mystery.
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The Ladykillers
Record ID
12646
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green,
Katie Johnson, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd, Fred Griffiths,
Kenneth Connor. Credits: associate producer, Seth Holt; cinematographer,
Otto Heller; music, Tristram Cary. BBFC code: U.
Abstract:
Last of the Ealing comedies. Eccentric landlady Mrs Wilberforce (Katie
Johnson) believes her new lodger, Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness), and his
associates the Major (Cecil Parker), Louis (Herbert Lom), Harry (Peter
Sellers) and One-Round (Danny Green) to be amateur musicians. However,
they are in fact the perpetrators of a bank heist, looking to whisk their illgotten gains out of London. All goes well until Mrs Wilberforce is persuaded
by Marcus to claim his 'trunk' from the station; it is only then that the
criminal genius' carefully laid plans begin to go awry... Also available as part
of a DVD box set with 'The Lavender Hill Mob', 'The Man in the White Suit'
and 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'.
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The last of England
Record ID
12634
Author:
Jarman, Derek
Turner, Simon
Gill, Andy
Thompson, Mayo
Swinton, Tilda
Leigh, Spencer
Spring
Imprint:
Second Sight , 2004
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Interviews (Extract from 'There We Are John' - an interview with
Derek Jarman.), Commentary (James Mackay (producer), Christopher
Hughes (lighting design), Christopher Hobbs (production designer), Simon
Turner (music)), Other documentaries ('In the Spirit of Derek Jarman'. 'A
Journey to Avebury'.). Made in 1987. Credits: music, Simon Turner; music,
Andy Gill; music, Mayo Thompson; music, Albert Oehlen; music, Barry
Adamson; music, El Tito. DVDW. Dolby Stereo. Cast: Tilda Swinton, Spencer
Leigh, Spring, Gay Gaynor, Gerrard McArthur, Matthew Hawkins. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
Derek Jarman presents a mixture of six films and home movies, chronicling
the decline of modern-day Britain. References to the Royal Wedding and the
Falklands War mingle with images of desolate streets in an abstract and
personal reaction to the disintegration of our society.
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The Last Samurai
Record ID
13250
Author:
Zwick, Edward
Zimmer, Hans
Cruise, Tom
Spall, Timothy
Watanabe, Ken
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Drama History
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Credits: music, Hans Zimmer. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Tom
Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki
Sanada, Koyuki. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The Japanese monarchy has decided to replace the hired samurai warriors,
who have been relied upon for centuries for defending the nation, with a
more contemporary military. A U.S. Civil War veteran (Tom Cruise) is hired
by the Emperor to train a group of Japanese conscripts to replace the
samurai warriors. But when he is captured by the samurai, he comes to
respect them and finds himself torn over who he should be fighting for.
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The last station
Record ID
12671
Author:
Hoffman, Michael
Yevtushenko, Sergei
Plummer, Christopher
McAvoy, James
Mirren, Helen
Parini, Jay
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2009. Based on the novel by Jay Parini. Credits: music, Sergei
Yevtushenko. DVDN. Cast: Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy, Helen
Mirren, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy, John
Sessions, David Masterson, Nenad Lucic, Tomas Spencer, Maximilian
Gartner. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Historical drama based on the last chapter in the life of Russian novelist Leo
Tolstoy. Christopher Plummer stars as the famous writer, who is nearing the
end of his life after a long period of ill health. He lives with his family in a
compound at Yasnaya Polyana, attended to by his wife and the disciples of
his 'movement': a group of people dedicated to his ideas of pacifism,
vegetarianism, sexual abstinence and communal property who have
gathered in a nearby forest camp. When the head of the movement,
Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), urges Leo to rewrite his will to
posthumously renounce his material possessions, thereby leaving his family
with nothing, Tolstoy's wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) does all she can to
influence her husband and protect her inheritance.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Record ID
12638
Author:
Lean, David
Jarre, Maurice
O'Toole, Peter
Sharif, Omar
Kennedy, Arthur
Lawrence, T.E
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Lawrence, T.E
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Biography Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1962. Based on the book 'Seven pillars of wisdom' by T.E.
Lawrence. Credits: music, Maurice Jarre; cinematographer, Frederick A.
Young; subject, T.E. Lawrence. LW. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Arthur
Kennedy, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Howard Marion Crawford,
José Ferrer, Alec Guinness, I.S. Johar, Hugh Miller, Zia Mohyeddin,
Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Michel Ray, Donald Wolfit. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
David Lean's lush, Oscar-winning biopic stars Peter O'Toole as T.E.
Lawrence, the Oxford-educated British army officer who aided the Arabs in
their revolt against the Turks. Teaming up with Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif),
Lawrence crosses a desert (considered uncrossable) in order to join two
separate Arab tribes together as a single fighting force. Aiming to achieve
Arab sovereignty, he wins a series of military victories but always keeps his
eye on the larger picture, doing his best to prevent the subjection of the
Arabs to British colonial rule. The film won seven Academy Awards including
Best Picture and Best Director.
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The league of extraordinary gentlemen
Record ID
13063
Author:
Norrington, Stephen
Jones, Trevor
Connery, Sean
Flemyng, Jason
Townsend, Stuart
Moore, Alan
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Adventure stories
Fantasy fiction
Films
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Subtitles
for hard of hearing (English), Commentary ((Production designer) Carol
Spier, (costumes) Jackie West, (make-up) Steve Johnson, (visual effects)
John Sullivan, (miniatures creators) Ian Hunter and Matthew Gratzner,
(producer) Trevor Albert, and Peta Wilson, Jason Felmyng, Tony Curran,
Shane West.). Made in 2003. Based on the graphic novels by Alan Moore
and Kevin O'Neill. Credits: music, Trevor Jones. DVDW. Cast: Sean Connery,
Jason Flemyng, Stuart Townsend, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony
Curran, Shane West, Richard Roxburgh, David Hemmings. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Steve Norrington's film, based on the graphic novels of Alan Moore and
Kevin O'Neill, brings together several literary characters from the Victorian
era to prevent the Fantom beginning a world war. It is 1899 and Allan
Quatermain (Sean Connery) is summoned from Africa by the British
government to head a team of men with extraordinary abilities. The team
includes Dr Jekyll (Jason Flemyng), Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), Captain
Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), vampire Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), Tom Sawyer
(Shane West) and invisible man Rodney Skinner (Tony Curran) to form The
League. Their assignment is to track down the infamous Fantom, but the
catch is that they only have 9 hours before he plans to sabotage the peace
conference in Vienna. Will they work as a team and complete the mission or
will their egos get in the way?
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Legends of the fall
Record ID
12763
Author:
Zwick, Edward
Horner, James
Pitt, Brad
Hopkins, Anthony
Quinn, Aidan
Harrison, Jim
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance War Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Animated menus, Scene access,
Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English, German), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English,
Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, Dutch, Bulgarian,
German, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Arabic),
Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, Behind the scenes, Filmographies,
Commentary (Ed Zwick, Brad Pitt, John Toll, Lilly Kilvert.), Other
documentaries ('Deconstructing Helena'.), Isolated score. Made in 1994.
Based on the novel by Jim Harrison. Credits: music, James Horner;
cinematographer, John Toll; art/production/design, Lilly Kilvert. DVDCW.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond,
Henry Thomas, Karina Lombard, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon Tootoosis,
Christina Pickles, Paul Desmond, Robert Wisden, John Novak, Kenneth
Welsh, Nigel Bennett. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
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Letters from Iwo Jima
Record ID
14698
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Eastwood, Kyle
Stevens, Michael
Watanabe, Ken
Ninomiya, Kazunari
Ihara, Tsuyoshi
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in 2006.
Based on 'Picture letters from Commander in Chief' by Tadamichi
Kuribayashi. Credits: music, Kyle Eastwood; music, Michael Stevens. DVDN.
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, 6KLG{
Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi
Yamaguchi, Yoshi Ando. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Clint Eastwood's completion of the Iwo Jima saga. Here the action is seen
from the Japanese point of view and the film is based on the book 'Picture
Letters from Commander in Chief' by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. The island of
Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands
of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it
from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an
invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given
command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the
imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favour the rigid
traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and
resistance fester among his staff.
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Licence to kill
Record ID
12642
Author:
Glen, John
Kamen, Michael
Knight, Gladys
Dalton, Timothy
Lowell, Carey
Davi, Robert
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Crime Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles (Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish,
Greek, Hungarian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English, German), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Behind the scenes, Commentary (John Glen and Michael G.
Wilson.), Other documentaries ('Inside Licence to Kill'. Kenworth Truck
featurette.), Bonus tracks ('If You Asked Me To' music video by Pattie La
Belle.), Image gallery, Booklet. Made in 1989. Based on the characters
created by Ian Fleming. Credits: cinematographer, Alec Mills; production
design, Peter Lamont; music, Michael Kamen; music, Gladys Knight. DVDW.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto,
Anthony Zerbe, Everett McGill, Wayne Newton, Frank McRae, Benicio Del
Toro, Desmond Llewellyn, David Hedison, Priscilla Barnes. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
The second and final of Timothy Dalton's outings as James Bond sees 007
leave Her Majesty's Secret Sevice and branch out on his own. The trouble
begins when drug baron Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) makes an unexpected
appearance at the wedding of Felix Leiter (David Hedison), Bond's good
friend, leaving the groom maimed and the bride dead. Bond has no choice
but to seek his revenge and, with a little help from the obligatory 'Bond girl'
(Carey Lowell) and the ever-present Q (Desmond Llewellyn), sets out after
the villainous Sanchez. Causing a storm on its release because of its violence
and dark plot, the film was originally given an 18 certificate before studio
cuts.
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The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Record ID
12989
Author:
Whittaker, Stephen
Towns, Colin
Dance, Charles
Ferris, Pam
Fisher, Gregor
Dickens, Charles
Imprint:
Acorn Media UK , 2002
Description:
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd, col.
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Filmographies, Image gallery, Charles Dickens material. Made in 2001.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Credits: music, Colin Towns. DVDN.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Charles Dance, Pam Ferris, Gregor Fisher, James D'Arcy,
Sophia Myles, Diana Kent, George Innes, Lee Ingleby, Tom Hollander,
Dominic West, Liz Smith. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
No subtitles.
Abstract:
ITV adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Reduced to poverty after the
death of their father, Nicholas and Kate Nickleby (James D'Arcy and Sophia
Myles) go to their wealthy and greedy Uncle Ralph (Charles Dance) asking
for help. Nicholas then begins working at a boys' boarding school, but is
shocked by the horrors he uncovers there. Continuing his journey in the
world of men, our young hero faces many different obstacles and
discouragements as he struggles to improve the lot of his beleaguered
family.
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The life and death of Colonel Blimp
Record ID
12622
Author:
Powell, Michael
Gray, Allan
Livesey, Roger
Walbrook, Anton
Kerr, Deborah
Imprint:
VCI.
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1943. Credits: music, Allan Gray. DVDN. Cast: Roger Livesey, Anton
Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, John Laurie, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall, David
Hutcheson, Carl Jaffe, Ursula Jeans, Albert Lieven, Patrick MacNee, James
McKechnie, Reginald Tate, Harry Welchman, Arthur Wontner. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
In this Powell/Pressburger production set in World War Two Britain, stuffy
ex-soldier Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) recalls his career which began as a
dashing officer in the Boer War. As a young man he lost the woman he loved
(Deborah Kerr, who plays three roles) to a Prussian officer (Anton
Walbrook), whom he fought in a duel only to become lifelong friends with.
Candy cannot help but feel that his notions of honour and chivalry are out of
place in modern warfare. The film's title comes from 'Evening Standard'
cartoonist David Low's satirical comic creation, Colonel Blimp.
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Life is sweet
Record ID
12647
Author:
Leigh, Mike
Portman, Rachel
Steadman, Alison
Broadbent, Jim
Spall, Timothy
Imprint:
Cinema Club , 2002
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.66 widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Surround). Made in 1990. Credits: music, Rachel Portman; cinematographer,
Dick Pope. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent,
Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady,
Stephen Rea, David Neilson, Jack Thorpe Baker. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Mike Leigh's acclaimed social comedy is set in a lower-middle class
household in a London suburb. Parents Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy
(Jim Broadbent) and their twin daughters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola
(Jane Horrocks) are a modern family at odds with itself. Whilst Natalie
quietly focuses on progressing into the plumbing industry, bulimic Nicola
grows increasingly sullen and misanthropic.
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A little chaos
Record ID
15258
Author:
Rickman, Alan
Gregson, Peter
Winslet, Kate
Schoenaerts, Matthias
Tucci, Stanley
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2015
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance History Biography Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2014. Credits: music, Peter Gregson; cinematographer,
Ellen Kuras. DVDN. Cast: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman,
Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Jennifer Ehle, Steven Waddington, Danny
Webb, Morgan Watkins, Adrian Scarborough. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Alan Rickman directs and stars in this British period drama alongside Kate
Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts. Landscape architect Sabine De Barra
(Winslet) is selected to design a garden in the grounds of King Louis XIV's
new Palace of Versailles. As she develops a professional relationship with the
king's principal gardener $QGUpLe 1{tre (Schoenaerts), romance gradually
blossoms between the two. Meanwhile, Sabine faces challenges in her new
position within the palace and must defy the limits of her gender and class.
The cast also includes Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory and Jennifer Ehle.
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The Little Polar Bear
Record ID
13520
Author:
De Rycker, Piet
Graf Rothkirch, Thilo
Clarke, Nigel
Beer, Hans De
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Animals
Bears
Polar bears
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Based on the children's books by Hans De Beer. DVDN. BBFC
code: Uc. DVD. Germany language, English subtitles.
Abstract:
German-made animated feature based on the popular children's books by
Dutch writer Hans de Beer. Divided into three separate storylines, the film
follows the adventures of polar bear cub Lars, who befriends a walrus pup
called Robby, gets stuck on an island where he makes some new friends,
and tries to stop a fishing boat that is catching all the fish that he and his
friends like to eat.
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Live and let die
Record ID
12553
Author:
Hamilton, Guy
Martin, George
McCartney, Paul
Wings
Moore, Roger
Seymour, Jane
Kotto, Yaphet
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles (English,), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Guy Hamilton.), Other
documentaries (On set with Roger Moore: hang gliding lessons and funeral
parade.), Image gallery, Booklet, Radio spots. Milk commercial. Made in
1973. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, George Martin;
music, Paul McCartney; music, Wings. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Roger
Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Earl Jolly
Brown, David Hedison, Gloria Hendry, Geoffrey Holder, Tom Lane, Lois
Maxwell, Lon Satton, Roy Syewart, Arnold Williams, Julius W. Harris. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Roger Moore plays 007 for the first time, bringing a new camp sensibility to
the series while presiding over the usual quota of eyebrow-raising action and
unusual gadgets. The mission this time is to crack a voodoo-controlled drug
smuggling racket in the Caribbean, and Bond sets about the task with his
customary verve, finding time for speedboat chases and crocodile
encounters along the way. Admirable support is offered by Clifton James, as
an irate Southern-States Sheriff, and Jane Seymour, as a Voodoo Queen
whose power disappears when she loses her virginity by sleeping with Bond.
The theme tune is performed by Paul McCartney and Wings.
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The Living Daylights
Record ID
12591
Author:
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Based on the characters created by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John Barry;
music, A-Ha; production design, Peter Lamont. BBFC code: PG.
Abstract:
Timothy Dalton plays James Bond for the first time, leaving behind the high
camp of the Roger Moore years for a relatively straight reading of the
famous secret agent. The action this time sees Bond running around various
exotic spots (Gibraltar, Afghanistan) in pursuit of a couple of seedy dealers
in arms, drugs and diamonds. There is as much action and gadgetry as ever,
but a slightly less tongue-in-cheek script keeps 007's romantic liaisons down
to a minimum. Caroline Bliss makes her debut as Miss Moneypenny.
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Looking for Eric
Record ID
12665
Author:
Loach, Ken
Evets, Steve
Cantona, Eric
Bishop, Stephanie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Fantasy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2009. DVDN. Cast: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie
Bishop, Gerald Kearns, Stefan Gumbs, Lucy-Jo Hudson, Matthew McNulty,
Max Beesley, Julie Brown, John Henshaw. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Ken Loach directs this upbeat comedy set in Manchester, about a footballmad postman who receives life coaching from his idol, the enigmatic French
footballing legend, Eric Cantona. On a downward spiral and facing an
uncertain future, postman Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is looking for a way out
of his torment. Stealing a joint from his teenage son, he takes a drag and
starts recounting his woes to a poster of the Gallic legend in his bedroom. As
if by magic (or a puff of smoke!), the famously philosophical one
miraculously appears, spouting forth his wisdom to his number one fan, who
he then proceeds to take on a journey of blissful self-discovery.
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The lord of the rings: The return of the king
Record ID
13531
Author:
Jackson, Peter
Shore, Howard
Wood, Elijah
McKellen, Ian
Mortensen, Viggo
Tolkien, J.R.R
Imprint:
EV , 2004
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Films
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. Credits: music, Howard
Shore. DVDN. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin,
Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John RhysDavies, Liv Tyler, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham,
Cate Blanchett, Karl Urban, John Noble. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Final film in Peter Jackson's epic big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's
'Lord of the Rings' trilogy - which won all 11 Academy Awards it was
nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted
Screenplay. Gandalf manages to rally Gondor's fallen army with the help of
King Theoden of Rohan for the biggest battle in the history of Middle-earth;
and Aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities. They are obviously outnumbered but are determined to keep Sauron distracted in order to enable
Frodo to complete his quest to destroy the Ring by throwing it into the fires
of the Mountain of Doom.
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Love actually
Record ID
12693
Author:
Curtis, Richard
Armstrong, Craig
Grant, Hugh
Rickman, Alan
Nighy, Bill
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2003. Credits: executive producer, Richard Curtis; music, Craig
Armstrong. Boxed. Cast: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth,
Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Martine
McCutcheon, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel
Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill')
turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving
the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over
one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower Daniel
(Liam Neeson), the failing marriage of Karen (Emma Thompson) and Harry
(Alan Rickman), the aging rocker (Bill Nighy) who just wants to get paid
(and laid if possible), through to the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) falling for a
member of Number 10's staff (Martine McCutcheon). The film was another
box-office success for the filmmakers and stars a host of British talent and
celebrities.
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Macbeth
Record ID
15442
Author:
Kurzel, Justin
Kurzel, Jed
Fassbender, Michael
Cotillard, Marion
Thewlis, David
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2016
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
music, Jed Kurzel; cinematographer, Adam Arkapaw. DVDN. Cast: Michael
Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, David Thewlis, Elizabeth Debicki, Sean Harris,
Paddy Considine, David Hayman, Jack Reynor, Maurice 5Rsves, Hilton
McRae. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this adaptation of
Shakespeare's tragedy. After three witches foretell that Scottish nobleman
Macbeth (Fassbender) will be king he becomes obssessed by the idea.
Encouraged by his wife Lady Macbeth (Cotillard), his ambition becomes allconsuming and he kills the reigning monarch, King Duncan (David Thewlis).
But Macbeth becomes a tyrannical ruler, filled with anxiety over who he can
trust... The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki, Sean Harris, Paddy
Considine and David Hayman.
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Madagascar 3 - Europe's most wanted
Record ID
14175
Author:
Darnell, Eric
Zimmer, Hans
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Junior;
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2012. Credits: music, Hans Zimmer; voice, Ben Stiller; voice, David
Schwimmer; voice, Chris Rock; voice, Sacha Baron Cohen; voice, Frances
McDormand; voice, Jada Pinkett Smith; voice, Sherri Shepherd; voice, Andy
Richter; voice, $QGUpBenjamin; voice, Cedric the Entertainer. DVDN. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Third film in the popular CGI-animated children's series following the
adventures of a number of New York zoo animals that are deemed unruly
and released into the wild. Though their previous attempt to escape
Madagascar and make it back to New York failed, Alex the Lion (voice of Ben
Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock) and Melman the Giraffe (David
Schwimmer) remain determined to return to the Big Apple. When the trio
find themselves in Monte Carlo on the run from European animal control,
they decide that their best chance of making it home is to join a travelling
circus as performing animals. Though the circus, led by a world-weary tiger,
appears to be on a downward slide, the zest of Alex, Marty and Melman
quickly helps to reinvigorate it. But will the circus finally help them make it
back to New York?
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A man for all seasons
Record ID
12514
Author:
Zinnemann, Fred
Delerue, Georges
Scofield, Paul
Hiller, Wendy
McKern, Leo
Bolt, Robert
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
King Henry VIII
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Playstation 2 compatible, Interactive menus, Ratio
Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish,
Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made
in 1966. Based on the play by Robert Bolt. Credits: music, Georges Delerue;
cinematographer, Ted Moore; subject, King Henry VIII. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles,
Susannah York, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave, Colin Blakely,
Vanessa Redgrave, Cyril Luckham, Jack Gwillim, Anthony Ainley, David
Collings. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Oscar-winning adaptation of Robert Bolt's historical play. Sir Thomas More
(Paul Scofield) has to wrestle with his conscience when he is appointed High
Chancellor to King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw). The King wishes More's
support in his decision to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, in favour of
Anne Boleyn. When More refuses and resigns from his office, he falls foul of
a plot by Thomas Cromwell (Leo McKern) to remove him permanently.
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The man who knew too much
Record ID
12630
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Benjamin, Arthur
Banks, Leslie
Best, Edna
Lorre, Peter
Imprint:
Eureka , 1998
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Mystery Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1934. Credits: music, Arthur Benjamin. DVDN. Cast: Leslie Banks,
Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre
Fresnay, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke-Smith, George Curzon, Henry Oscar, S.J.
Warmington. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock directs the first of his classic British spy thrillers. While
holidaying in the Swiss Alps with their daughter Betty, English couple Bob
(Leslie Banks) and Jill Lawrence (Edna Best) are befriended by Frenchman
Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay). When he is shot by international spies, Louis
warns Jill with his dying breath that his killers intend to assassinate a leading
diplomat in Britain. However, before Jill and Bob can inform the police, Betty
is kidnapped by the spies who warn the couple that unless they maintain
their silence they will never see their daughter again. Peter Lorre makes his
English-speaking debut as the charming but psychotic kidnapper, Abbott.
Hitchcock later decided to produce a big-budget, colour remake of the film
with James Stewart and Doris Day.
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The man with the golden gun
Record ID
12533
Author:
Hamilton, Guy
Barry, John
Lulu
Moore, Roger
Lee, Christopher
Ekland, Britt
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Guy Hamilton plus
members of the cast and crew.), Other documentaries ('Inside The Man with
the Golden Gun'. 'Double-O-Stuntmen'.), Image gallery, Booklet, Radio
spots. Made in 1974. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music,
John Barry; music, Lulu; cinematographer, Ted Moore; cinematographer,
Oswald Morris; production design, Peter Murton. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Marc Lawrence,
Bernard Lee, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Lois Maxwell,
Desmond Llewellyn, Richard Loo, Soon-Tek Oh, James Cossins, Chan Yiu
Lam. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Secret agent James Bond (Roger Moore) travels to the Far East to hunt for
hired assassin Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), who appears to have Bond in
his sights. However, it soon transpires that Scaramanga is really after a
missing scientist, the creator of a pocket-sized solar converter. Bond and
agent Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) race to the rescue.
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Marnie
Record ID
12631
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Connery, Sean
Hedren, Tippi
Baker, Diane
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1964. Credits: music, Bernard Herrmann; cinematographer, Robert
Burks. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker,
Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Alan Napier, Mariette Hartley, Bruce Dern,
Henry Beckman, Edith Evanson. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
A psychological mystery thriller from the master of suspense, Alfred
Hitchcock. Kleptomaniac Marnie Edgar (Tippi Hedren), who moves from job
to job and has a pathological fear of the colour red, is caught stealing by
latest employer, Mark Rutland (Sean Connery). Instead of turning her over
to the police, Mark forces Marnie to marry him, convinced that he can get to
the bottom of her psychosis.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Record ID
14746
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Doyle, Patrick
De Niro, Robert
Lunghi, Cherie
Holm, Ian
Shelley, Mary
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Horror Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1994. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Credits: music, Patrick
Doyle; cinematographer, Roger Pratt. LN. Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robert De
Niro, Cherie Lunghi, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, John
Cleese, Richard Briers, Aidan Quinn, Joanna Roth, Gerard Horan, Celia Imrie.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Kenneth Branagh stars in and directs this adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic
horror yarn. Obsessed with creating life, Victor Frankenstein (Branagh)
harnesses the power of electricity in order to reanimate the body of a oncedead criminal (Robert De Niro). When he then witnesses the abhorrence of
this reborn creature, Frankenstein is appalled and quickly abandons it.
However, the creature is aware of its origins and comes looking for revenge.
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Matchstick men
Record ID
12557
Author:
Scott, Ridley
Cage, Nicolas
Rockwell, Sam
Lohman, Alison
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Crime Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2003. DVDN. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman,
Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman, Fran Kranz, Sheila Kelley. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Con artist Roy (Nicolas Cage) and his protege Frank (Sam Rockwell) are on
the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the unexpected arrival of
Roy's teenage daughter Angela (Alison Lohman) disrupts his life and
jeopardises his high-risk scam. Angela wants a piece of the action, but things
are not that simple...
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A matter of life and death
Record ID
12531
Author:
Powell, Michael
Pressburger, Emeric
Gray, Allan
Niven, David
Hunter, Kim
Livesey, Roger
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 1998
Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : col. & b&w.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Fantasy Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1946. Credits: music, Allan Gray; cinematographer, Jack Cardiff.
DVDN. Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey,
Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Abraham Sofaer, Kathleen Byron, Richard
Attenborough, Bonar Colleano. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Classic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger in which an RAF pilot must
argue for his life in a celestial trial after a mix-up sees him survive a fall from
his plane. When Peter Carter (David Niven)'s plane is struck on his way back
to England from a bombing mission and his parachute destroyed, he
prepares himself for death. Incredibly, however, he awakes safely on the
ground the next day. It turns out that the emissary sent from Heaven to
carry him to his death, Conductor 71 (Marius Goring), was unable to locate
him in the fog, but has now arrived to take him to the next world. Carter
refuses to go, having fallen in love with the radio operator who talked to him
while the plane was going down, June (Kim Hunter). A trial is convened in
Heaven to see if Carter should be allowed to live on. Will the pilot be able to
convince the court that his love for June is strong enough that he should be
given another chance?
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The merchant of Venice
Record ID
14772
Author:
Radford, Michael
Pook, Jocelyn
Pacino, Al
Irons, Jeremy
Fiennes, Joseph
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2004.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits: music, Jocelyn Pook.
DVDN. Cast: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha
Robinson, Kris Marshall, Charlie Cox, Mackenzie Crook, Heather Goldenhersh,
John Sessions, Gregor Fisher. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. Set in 16th-Century Venice,
the story follows the lives of a group of Christian noblemen and their
interactions with the Jewish moneylender Shylock (Al Pacino). Antonio
(Jeremy Irons) borrows money from Shylock but when his shipping business
is wrecked and he can't afford to pay back the loan, Shylock claims his
forfeit in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.
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Michael Clayton
Record ID
12532
Author:
Gilroy, Tony
Newton Howard, James
Clooney, George
Wilkinson, Tom
Swinton, Tilda
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography History Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1). Made in 2007. Credits:
executive producer, George Clooney; executive producer, Steven
Soderbergh; executive producer, Anthony Minghella; music, James Newton
Howard. DVDN. Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton,
Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Wai Chan, Denis O'Hare, Julie White,
Thomas Joseph McCarthy, Austin Williams. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Thriller set in the murky world of corporate law. Michael Clayton (George
Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest corporate law firms in
New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of his employer's
dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney
Pollack), to whom Clayton feels a deep loyalty. He arranges top-flight legal
services and skirts through loopholes for their ethically questionable clients.
Though burned out, disillusioned and hardly content with his job as a fixer,
his messy private life has left him inextricably tied to the firm. Meanwhile,
litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) finds her entire company's future
hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion dollar settlement overseen by
Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens
snaps and decides to blow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging
the defence, Clayton finds himself in the centre of a conspiratorial maelstrom
where he must decide between his loyalty and his conscience.
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Record ID
14211
Author:
Makin, Kelly
Poledouris, Basil
Grant, Hugh
Caan, James
Tripplehorn, Jeanne
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, Arabic, Romanian, Bulgarian),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary
(Kelly Makin.). Made in 1999. Credits: music, Basil Poledouris. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young,
James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul
Lazar, Vincent Pastore, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Devine, Rocco Musacchia.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Hugh Grant stars as Michael Felgate, an Englishman working at an upmarket
auction house in New York. He falls in love with Gina Vitale (Jeanne
Tripplehorn), a schoolteacher from Queens, and proposes to her. However,
Gina refuses to get married as she fears that Michael will be corrupted by
her gangster father Frank (James Caan). Michael is determined to change
Gina's mind, sets out to meet Frank and is soon charmed by the mobster. It
is only a matter of time before the hapless Brit is passing himself off as
deadly assassin 'Mickey Blue Eyes'.
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A midsummer night's dream
Record ID
15324
Author:
Hoffman, Michael
Boswell, Simon
Pfeiffer, Michelle
Kline, Kevin
Everett, Rupert
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Fantasy Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English, French, German, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (Dutch, French, Spanish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
German). Made in 1999. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits:
music, Simon Boswell. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin
Kline, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Stanley Tucci, Christian
Bale, Dominic West, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Roger Rees, Max
Wright, Gregory Jbara. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Michael Hoffman directs an all-star cast in this version of one of
Shakespeare's most popular works, set in Italy in the 1890's. Duke Theseus
(David Strathairn) is unhappy because his daughter Helena (Calista
Flockhart), passionately in love with Lysander (Dominic West), refuses to
marry her suitor Demetrius (Christian Bale). Helena's friend Hermia (Anna
Friel) does love Demetrius, but her affection is unrequited. The quartet
escape into the woods, with Helena and Lysander determined to elope.
Meanwhile, the fairy king and queen Oberon (Rupert Everett) and Titania
(Michelle Pfeiffer) are quarrelling, and their dispute entangles a group of
amateur actors rehearsing their play.
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Mighty Aphrodite
Record ID
12561
Author:
Allen, Woody
Sorvino, Mira
Weller, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English). Made in 1995.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira
Sorvino, Peter Weller, Michael Rapaport, F. Murray Abraham, David Ogden
Stiers, Olympia Dukakis, J. Smith-Cameron, Steven Randazzo. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
When he discovers that his adopted child is a prodigy, Lenny (Woody Allen)
resolves to discover where the talent comes from and tracks down the child's
real mother, Linda (Mira Sorvino), who turns out to be a prostitute and porn
actress. Meanwhile, Lenny's wife Amanda (Helena Bonham-Carter) is
considering an affair with a business associate, but Lenny's attempts to help
the struggling Linda blind him to this crisis in his own marriage.
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Mike Bassett - England Manager
Record ID
12609
Author:
Barron, Steve
Genn, Anthony
Tomlinson, Ricky
Redman, Amanda
Jackson, Philip
Imprint:
EV , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Sport Football
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2001. Credits: music, Anthony Genn. DVDN. Cast: Ricky Tomlinson,
Amanda Redman, Philip Jackson, Bradley Walsh, Phil Jupitus, Ulrich
Thomsen, Dean Lennox Kelly, Robbie Gee, Kevin Piper, Malcolm Terris. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
When Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris), the manager of the England football team,
suffers a heart attack during the qualifying rounds of the World Cup, the
Football Association opts to replace him with Norwich FC manager Mike
Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson). Followed everywhere he goes by a documentary
crew, Bassett gets off to a rocky start when his boys lose to Poland, and he
doesn't fare much better in games against Belgium and Slovenia. The press
are against him, and the country as a whole seems to have little hope for the
national team, but can Bassett do the impossible and turn the lads' game
around?
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Million dollar baby
Record ID
12608
Author:
Eastwood, Clint
Swank, Hilary
Freeman, Morgan
Baruchel, Jay
Imprint:
EV , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2004. Credits: music, Clint Eastwood. DVDN. Cast: Clint Eastwood,
Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker,
Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Academy Award-winning drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager, runs
a small gym in downtown Los Angeles. One day, Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary
Swank) enters Frankie's gym and announces she needs a trainer. Frankie
doesn't think much of women boxing and Maggie lacks experience and has
no technique. However, she sees boxing as her one chance at a better life
and won't give up easily.
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The Mirror Crack'd
Record ID
14745
Author:
Hamilton, Guy
Cameron, John
Lansbury, Angela
Chaplin, Geraldine
Taylor, Elizabeth
Christie, Agatha
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Mystery Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1980. Based on the novel 'The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side' by
Agatha Christie. Credits: music, John Cameron. DVDN. Cast: Angela
Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis,
Maureen Bennett, Eric Dodson, Edward Fox, Charles Gray, Charles LloydPack, Kim Novak, Marella Oppenheim, Richard Pearson, Carolyn Pickles.
BBFC code: tc. DVD.
Abstract:
Excitement runs high when the feuding film stars Marina Rudd (Elizabeth
Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) arrive in the sleepy English village of
St Mary Mead, ready to begin work on a movie about Elizabeth I and Lady
Jane Grey. But the experience quickly turns sour when an innocent
bystander drops dead at a party after drinking a poisoned cocktail. Everyone
assumes the drink was intended for Marina, but local resident Miss Marple
(Angela Lansbury) has her doubts and begins to investigate.
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Miss Austen Regrets
Record ID
12570
Author:
Lovering, Jeremy
Williams, Olivia
Poots, Imogen
Scacchi, Greta
Imprint:
2 Entertain , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Romace History Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
2.0), Other Language Sound Dolby Stereo, Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English) Made in 2008. Based on the letters and diaries of Jane Austen.
Cast: Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Greta Scacchi, Samuel Roukin, Hugh
Bonneville, Jack Huston, Phyllida Law, Sally Tatum, Adrian Edmondson, Tom
Goodman-Hill. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
BBC drama based on Jane Austen's actual letters and diaries that aims to
reveal the secrets of this most elusive of novelists. Jane (Olivia Williams) is
nearing her forties and has never married. Her sharply observed romantic
novels are widely admired. She is a favourite aunt to her niece Fanny Knight
(Imogen Poots) who looks to Jane for help in her own search for a happy
marriage. Surely the wisdom and knowledge displayed in her novels make
Jane an ideal candidate for vetting suitors. But as Jane reflects on her own
romantic liaisons and love affairs, she recalls the missed opportunities, the
proposals spurned, and the love that arrived too late. Did she make the right
choices? Could the great novelist and supposed romantic expert have got
things wrong all along? Focusing on a small part of the author's life, this
drama can be seen as a companion piece to 'Becoming Jane', the 2007 film
that starred Anne Hathaway as the younger Austen.
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Miss Potter
Record ID
12615
Author:
Noonan, Chris
Westlake, Nigel
Zellweger, Renee
McGregor, Ewan
Watson, Emily
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Comedy Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Playstation 2 compatible, Interactive menus, Ratio
(1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages
(English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Trailers, 'Making of'
documentary, Bonus tracks (Katie Melua: 'When You Taught Me How To
Dance'). Made in 2006. Based on the life of Beatrix Potter. Credits: music,
Nigel Westlake. DVDN. Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily
Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, Matyelock Gibbs, Lloyd Owen, Anton
Lesser, David Bamber. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
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Mona Lisa smile
Record ID
12949
Author:
Newell, Mike
Portman, Rachel
Roberts, Julia
Gyllenhaal, Maggie
Dunst, Kirsten
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Arabic, Bulgarian,
Croatian, Dutch, English, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Romanian,
Serbian, Slovenian), Bonus footage, Trailers, Filmographies, Other
documentaries (Art Forum. 'What Women Wanted in 1953'. 'College: Then
and Now'), Bonus tracks ('The Heart of Every Girl' - Elton John). Made in
2003. Credits: music, Rachel Portman. DVDW. Cast: Julia Roberts, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, Marcia Gay Harden, Topher Grace, Julia Stiles,
Juliet Stevenson, Dominic West, John Slattery. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Drama set in 1953 in Wellesley College, a prestigious women's college in
New England with a student population of young women from respectable,
privileged families. On the whole the girls, products of a time when women's
roles were strictly defined, show more interest in marrying well than in
achieving intellectual growth or artistic freedom. But when a new art history
professor, Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), begins teaching at the college,
their repressed upbringings and narrow ideas are brought into question. A
Berkeley graduate with progressive ideas, Watson sets out to stretch her
students intellectually, and challenge their limited outlook on life.
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Monsoon Wedding
Record ID
12651
Author:
Nair, Mira
Danna, Mychael
Shah, Naseeruddin
Dubey, Lillete
Shetty, Shefali
Imprint:
VCI , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD History Romance Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Credits: music, Mychael Danna. DVDCD. Cast: Naseeruddin
Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome, Vasundhara
Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Parvin Dabas, Kamini Khanna, Rajat Kapoor.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Mira Nair's award-winning portrait of a contemporary India in which ancient
tradition combines seamlessly with 21st century modernity. Set during the
on-set of the monsoon season, the film follows the members of the Verma
family as they prepare for the wedding of daughter Aditi (Vasundhara Das)
to Hemant (Parvin Dabas), a family friend who now lives and works in
Houston, Texas. As the hour of the ceremony approaches, Aditi makes a
confession to Hemant which could endanger their plans; while cousin Ria
(Shefali Shetty) comes closer to revealing a disturbing secret from her
childhood; and wedding planner P.K. Dubey (Vijay Raaz) finds himself falling
in love with the family maid Alice (Tilotama Shome).
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
Record ID
15448
Author:
Jones, Terry
Burgon, Geoffrey
Jacquemin, Andre
Howman, David
Cleese, John
Chapman, Graham
Idle, Eric
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English, Hungarian), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages
German, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles (Arabic, Bulgarian,
Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Other documentaries ('The Pythons'.). Made in
1979. Credits: music, Geoffrey Burgon; music, Andre Jacquemin; music,
David Howman; music, Eric Idle; animator, Terry Gilliam. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry
Jones, Terence Bayler, Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes, Sue Jones, Chris
Langham, Bernard McKenna, Charles McKeown, Spike Milligan, Michael Palin,
Gwen Taylor, Kenneth Colley. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Notorious religious satire from the Monty Python team which was banned in
17 countries on release. Set during Biblical times, the film tells the story of
Brian (Graham Chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie
parallel to that of Jesus Christ. His misadventures come to the attention of
Pilate (Michael Palin), crucifixion inevitably follows, and the film ends with
the infamous group rendition of the song 'Always Look on the Bright Side of
Life'.
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Moonraker
Record ID
12650
Author:
Gilbert, Lewis
Barry, John
Bassey, Shirley
David, Hal
Moore, Roger
Chiles, Lois
Kiel, Richard
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
footage, Trailers, Commentary (Lewis Gilbert plus members of the cast and
crew.), Other documentaries ('Inside Moonraker'. 'The Men Behind the
Mayhem' (special effects documentary).), Image gallery, Booklet. Made in
1979. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John Barry; music,
Shirley Bassey; music, Hal David; cinematographer, Jean Tournier. DVDW.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michel Lonsdale,
Corinne Clery, Emily Bolton, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Geoffrey Keen, Bernard
Lee, Desmond Llewellyn, Lois Maxwell, Blanche Ravalec, Leila Shenna,
Toshiro Suga. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
When a space shuttle goes missing during a test flight, James Bond (Roger
Moore) is the man who must track it down. His investigations take him to
Venice (where he uses his specially customized gondola), Rio de Janeiro
(where he fights steel-toothed henchman Jaws on top of a cable car), and
finally into outer space (where he uncovers a ruthless plot to wipe out the
human race and replace it with genetically engineered humanoids).
Highlights include Bond's encounters with NASA scientist Dr Holly Goodhead
(Lois Chiles) and the climactic battle aboard villain Hugo Drax's (Michael
Lonsdale) space station.
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Moulin Rouge
Record ID
14753
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz
De Vries, Marius
Fatboy Slim
McGregor, Ewan
Kidman, Nicole
Broadbent, Jim
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance Musical
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2001. Based on the 1952 film 'Moulin Rouge'. Credits: music, Marius
de Vries; music, Fatboy Slim. DVDCD. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman,
Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Kylie Minogue, Richard Roxburgh, Jacek
Koman, Matthew Whittet, Kerry Walker, Natalie Mendoza. BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
Abstract:
Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring bohemian writer, eking out a living
in late 19th century Paris. An unlikely series of events result in him
impersonating a Duke at the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most decadent club, and
he falls tragically in love with its biggest star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). Events
conspire against young love as the film speeds energetically towards its
fateful conclusion.
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Mr Holmes
Record ID
15427
Author:
Condon, Bill
Burwell, Carter
McKellen, Ian
Starkey, Colin
Linney, Laura
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Drama Mystery
ISBN:
5030305519155
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Interviews (Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Milo
Parker, Bill Condon, Mitch Cullin, Keith Madden). Made in 2015. Based on
Characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Credits: music, Carter Burwell;
cinematographer, Tobias A. Schliessler. DVDN. Cast: Ian McKellen, Colin
Starkey, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Patrick Kennedy,
Roger Allam, Philip Davis, Frances de la Tour, Milo Parker. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Ian McKellen stars as the famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes in this crime drama
adaptation directed by Bill Condon. Set in 1947, the long-retired detective,
now aged 93, lives in exile and spends his days tending to his bees and
completing his memoirs. As Holmes examines the numerous achievements
of his life, he finds himself continually troubled by his last ever case involving
a beautiful woman (Hattie Morahan) which still remains unsolved. With his
health failing, and his mind not as sharp as it once was, Holmes uses his
fragmented memories of the case to try and piece the mystery together.
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Mr. Turner
Record ID
14982
Author:
Leigh, Mike
Yershon, Gary
Spall, Timothy
Jesson, Paul
Atkinson, Dorothy
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Turner, J.M.W
Class:
Film on DVD Biography History Art Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), 'Making of' documentary, Other documentaries ('The Many
Colours of Mr. Turner'). Made in 2014. Based on the life of J.M.W. Turner.
Credits: music, Gary Yershon; cinematographer, Dick Pope; subject, J.M.W.
Turner. DVDN. Cast: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion
Bailey, Sandy Foster, Amy Dawson, Lesley Manville, Karl Johnson, Ruth
Sheen, Roger Ashton-Griffiths. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Mike Leigh writes and directs this Academy Award-nominated biographical
drama about British artist J.M.W. Turner, who is here portrayed by Timothy
Spall. The film explores the last 25 years or so of Turner's life in which he
suffers greatly after the loss of his beloved father William (Paul Jesson) and
has relations with his housekeeper Hannah Danby (Dorothy Atkinson) and,
later, landlady Sophia Booth (Marion Bailey), who he lives with in Chelsea
until his death. During this time he refuses to acknowledge the existence of
his two illegitimate daughters Evelina (Sandy Foster) and Georgiana (Amy
Dawson) and develops his painting style, which is often both praised and
criticised. The cast also includes Lesley Manville, Karl Johnson and Ruth
Sheen.
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Mrs Dalloway
Record ID
12656
Author:
Gorris, Marleen
Sekacz, Ilona
Redgrave, Vanessa
McElhone, Natascha
Kitchen, Michael
Woolf, Virginia
Imprint:
Artificial Eye , 2003
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Bonus footage, Trailers,
Biographies, 'Making of' documentary, Production notes. Made in 1997.
Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha
McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel, Lena Headey, John
Standing, Oliver Ford Davies, Rupert Graves, Amelia Bullmore, Margaret
Tyzack, Robert Hardy, Selina Cadell, Phyllis Calvert, John Franklyn-Robbins,
Rupert Baker, Janet Henfrey, Richard Bradshaw, Derek Smee, Hilda Braid,
Dennis Lill. Credits: music, Ilona Sekacz. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Marleen Gorris directs this adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. In 1923, MP's
wife Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) begins to reminisce while
preparing for a party at her London home. She casts her mind back to the
1890s, when she shared a close friendship with the radical Sally Seton (Lena
Headey), and was forced to choose between two suitors: socialist Peter
Walsh (Alan Cox) and Richard Dalloway (Robert Portal). Back in the present,
Clarissa becomes involved in the case of a shell-shocked war veteran, and is
shocked when Peter unexpectedly reappears in her life.
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Mrs Henderson Presents
Record ID
12606
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Fenton, George
Dench, Judi
Hoskins, Bob
Young, Will
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making
of' documentary, Commentary (Stephen Frears (Director)), Other
documentaries (TV Spots), Image gallery. Made in 2005. Credits: music,
George Fenton. DVDN. Cast: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Kelly
Reilly, Thelma Barlow, Christopher Guest, Elise Audeyev, Samuel Barnett,
Anna Brewster, Rosalind Halstead. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Comedy starring Judi Dench as Laura Henderson, a widow who is not by any
means, going to spend the rest of her days playing bridge. The Windmill
Theatre becomes her game and the infamous showman Vivian Van Dam
(Bob Hoskins) becomes her partner and fiercest opponent. The Germans are
bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard, as
Laura convinces Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to allow her actresses to
be the one thing no one could ever imagine: nude. Brought to its knees by
war, what Mrs Henderson Presents brings a nation to its feet in applause.
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Much ado about nothing
Record ID
15329
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Doyle, Patrick
Clifford, Richard
Washington, Denzel
Horan, Gerard
Beckinsale, Kate
Imprint:
EV , 1999
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
music, Patrick Doyle. DVDN. Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Clifford, Denzel
Washington, Gerard Horan, Brian Blessed, Richard Briers, Emma Thompson,
Keanu Reeves, Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Keaton, Ben Elton, Imelda
Staunton, Kate Beckinsale. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Star studded rendition of the classic Shakespeare romantic comedy which
sees two princes, Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard) and Benedict (Kenneth
Branagh), battling to win the hearts of those they love. The object of
Benedict's desire, Beatrice (Emma Thompson), acts as his sharp tongued
sparring partner, while Claudio's path to true love is obstructed by the evil
meddling of the embittered Don Juan (Keanu Reeves). Love, of course,
triumphs eventually in Kenneth Branagh's sunny adaptation, filmed in
Tuscany.
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The Muppet Christmas carol
Record ID
13557
Author:
Henson, Brian
Goodman, Miles
Caine, Michael
Muppets, The
Mackintosh, Steven
Dickens, Charles
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Animals
Christmas
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Commentary (Director), Other documentaries (Frogs, Pigs and
Humbug. Christmas Around The World. On the set) Made in 1992. Based on
the novel by Charles Dickens. Credits: music, Miles Goodman; animator, Jim
Henson. DVDN. Stereo HiFi. Cast: Michael Caine, The Muppets, Steven
Mackintosh, Meredith Braun, Robin Weaver, Donald Austen, Kermit the Frog,
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Rizzo the Rat. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Michael Caine stars as Scrooge, ably supported by the Muppet cast, in this
musical re-working of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story. Kermit, Miss
Piggy and the Great Gonzo all take roles.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Record ID
12670
Author:
Lumet, Sidney
Finney, Albert
Bacall, Lauren
Balsam, Martin
Christie, Agatha
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Mono), Trailers. Made in 1974. Based on the novel by Agatha
Christie. Credits: music, Richard Rodney Bennett. DVDN. Cast: Albert Finney,
Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre
Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa
Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Elegant Agatha Christie adaptation starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot.
Heading into heavy weather, the Orient Express gets stuck in the snow and
overnight one of the passengers - the millionaire Ratchett - is repeatedly
stabbed to death. Who did it? Luckily the famous detective Hercule Poirot is
on hand to find out.
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Muriel's wedding
Record ID
12691
Author:
Hogan, P.J
Best, Peter
Collette, Toni
Hunter, Bill
Griffiths, Rachel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Credits: music, Peter Best. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Toni
Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths, Jeannie Drynan, Genni Nevinson, Matt
Day, Daniel LaPaine, Sophie Lee, Belinda Jarrett, Rosalind Hammond. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Young Muriel (Toni Collette) feels unloved and unappreciated in her
suburban home, and sets out for Sydney, where she hopes to fulfill her
dream of a traditional white wedding. Armed only with her Abba dance
routines and an eagerness to please, she stumbles into an arranged
marriage with a hunky South African swimmer. However, her dreams of
marriage are soon tested by her best friend Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths) falling
seriously ill.
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My Beautiful Laundrette
Record ID
12701
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Myers, Stanley
Day-Lewis, Daniel
Warnecke, Gordon
Jaffrey, Saeed
Imprint:
Cinema Club , 2001
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Animated menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages
(English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Bonus footage, Trailers, Biographies. Made
in 1985. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan
Seth, Shirley Anne Field, Derrick Branche, Charu Choksi, Garry Cooper, Neil
Cunningham, Souad Farress, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley
Thomas, Rita Wolf. Credits: music, Stanley Myers. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a young Asian man whose new responsibility is
to vamp up his uncle's (Saeed Jaffrey) launderette. With the help of Johnny
(Daniel Day-Lewis), an old school friend and ex-National Front thug, Omar
begins to succeed in his aim. He and Johnny become lovers, resulting in a
riot of abuse from Johnny's ex-associates - who are perturbed by his
association with 'the enemy'.
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My Little Chickadee
Record ID
12705
Author:
Cline, Edward F
Skinner, Frank
West, Mae
Fields, W.C
Calleia, Joseph
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Western Adventure Romance Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English) Made in 1940. Cast: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick
Foran, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Fuzzy Knight,
Willard Robertson, George Moran. Credits: music, Frank Skinner. BBFC code:
PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Classic western written by and starring Mae West and W.C. Fields. When
Flower Belle Lee (West) is accused of having a relationship with a mysterious
Masked Bandit, she is forced to leave her home town, Little Bend and move
to Greasewood City. On the train she meets Cuthbert J. Twillie (Fields), a
con man who conspires with Flower to fake a marriage in order to gain
'respectability'. When the pair arrive in Greasewood City, Twillie, by chance,
becomes sheriff of the town. But the man who appointed him, town boss
Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia), has an ulterior motive.
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My week with Marilyn
Record ID
15000
Author:
Curtis, Simon
Pope, Conrad
Williams, Michelle
Watson, Emma
Branagh, Kenneth
Clark, Colin
Imprint:
EV , 2012
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Biography Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2011. Based on Real events/Books by Colin Clark. Credits:
music, Conrad Pope; cinematographer, Ben Smithard. DVDN. Cast: Michelle
Williams, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Jones, Dominic Cooper,
Julia Ormond, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Dougray Scott, Derek Jacobi,
=RsWanamaker, Miranda Raison. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Drama based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who worked as an assistant on
the set of 'The Prince and the Showgirl', the 1956 British-made film starring
Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Monroe (Michelle Williams) has
recently married playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott), and filming
coincides with their British honeymoon. But when Miller returns to America,
23-year-old Colin (Eddie Redmayne), assistant to the irascible Olivier
(Kenneth Branagh), seizes his opportunity and escorts the star on a short
break in the English countryside. As she experiences the charms of the
country and relaxes from the pressures of her celebrity and her work,
Monroe recounts her remarkable story and reveals the fragile foundation of
contradictions and insecurities on which her stardom is built. Judi Dench,
Emma Watson and Dominic Cooper co-star.
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The Naked Civil Servant
Record ID
12688
Author:
Crisp, Quentin
Imprint:
Clear Vision , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Languages (English) ,
Commentary, Other documentaries ('Mavis Catches Up With...Quentin
Crisp'.) Image gallery, Extract from Quentin Crisp's autobiography. Made in
1975. Based on 'The Naked Civil Servant' by Quentin Crisp. Cast: John RhysDavies, John Hurt, Roger Lloyd Pack, Stanley Lebor, Katharine Schofield,
Antonia Pemberton, Lloyd Lamble, Joan Ryan, Shane Briant, Frederick
Treves, Adrian Shergold. Credits: music, Carl Davis; presenter, Quentin
Crisp. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Classic TV drama which traces the life of the flamboyant British eccentric
Quentin Crisp as he grows up in a society not prepared to accept his openly
homosexual lifestyle. A landmark of British television, this adaptation of
Crisp's autobiography earned BAFTAs for both its star, John Hurt, and
director, Jack Gold.
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Nine Months
Record ID
12675
Author:
Columbus, Chris
Grant, Hugh
Moore, Julianne
Arnold, Tom
Zimmer, Hans
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
access, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers.
Made in 1995. Credits: music, Hans Zimmer. DVDW. Cast: Hugh Grant,
Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams,
Mia Cottet, Joey Simmrin, Ashley Johnson, Alexa Vega, Aislin Roche. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
When Sam Faulkner (Hugh Grant) is informed by his girlfriend Taylor
(Julianne Moore) that he is to become a father his life is turned upside down,
and for the next nine months he is left to undergo the trials and tribulations
of impending fatherhood. Things get worse for him when he meets an
overbearing couple (Joan Cusack and Tom Arnold) and their unruly children
and he receives conflicting advice from his bohemian artist friend.
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Nixon
Record ID
12690
Author:
Stone, Oliver
Williams, John
Hopkins, Anthony
Allen, Joan
Boothe, Powers
Imprint:
EV , 1996
Description:
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M
Class:
Film on DVD Biography History Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1995. Credits: music, John Williams; subject, Richard M. Nixon. VN.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins,
E.G. Marshall, David Paymer, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, James
Woods, David Hyde Pierce, Robert Beltran. BBFC code: 15. VHS.
Abstract:
Oliver Stone turns his attention to one of the most controversial figures in
American history, President Nixon. Anthony Hopkins stars as the President in
a film that traces his political career, from his battles with the CIA and J.
Edgar Hoover, his plans for world peace with Henry Kissinger, his apocalyptic
vision of Vietnam, to the whole of the Watergate affair.
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North by northwest
Record ID
12594
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Grant, Cary
Saint, Eva Marie
Mason, James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages French, Other Language Sound
Dolby Mono, Subtitles (English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish,
German), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers,
'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Ernest Lehman (writer).), Other
documentaries, Isolated score, Image gallery. Made in 1959. Credits: music,
Bernard Herrmann. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint,
James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, Martin Landau, Philip Coolidge, Robert
Ellenstein, Josephine Hutchinson, Jessie Landis, Ken Lynch, Philip Ober,
Edward Platt, Les Tremayne, Adam Williams. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
A masterful mix of comedy and suspense from Alfred Hitchcock. Advertising
executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is lunching in a restaurant with his
mother when he mistakenly answers a page for one George Kaplan. He soon
finds himself on the run across the country, being pursued by enemies of the
government who are convinced that he is a secret agent. He finds a friend in
Eve Kendall (Eve Marie Saint), who helps conceal him during a perilous train
journey, but soon discovers that she is not all she seems.
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The notebook
Record ID
15402
Author:
Cassavetes, Nick
Zigman, Aaron
Gosling, Ryan
McAdams, Rachel
Garner, James
Sparks, Nicholas
Imprint:
EV , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary
(Filmmaker), Other documentaries (3 featurettes. Casting). Made in 2004.
Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. Credits: music, Aaron Zigman.
DVDN. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands,
James Marsden, Sam Shepard, David Thornton, Joan Allen, Kevin Connolly,
Tim Ivey, Starletta DuPois. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Sweeping romance directed by Nick Cassavetes, set in a small coastal town
in the American South - partly in the 1940s, and partly in the present day. In
the present day scenes, an elderly man (James Garner) reads from a faded
notebook to an old woman (Gena Rowlands) whom he regularly visits at her
nursing home. As he reads, a passionate love story unfolds about a young
couple - Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton (played in flashback scenes by
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) - whose fledgling love affair was
abruptly ended by circumstances and the sudden outbreak of World War 2.
But although fate drives the young couple apart, they continue to be
haunted by memories of their affair, and when Noah returns from the war
seven years later, he realises that he cannot forget the promises they made
to one other - despite the fact that Allie is engaged to be married to another
man.
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Notorious
Record ID
12604
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Webb, Roy
Grant, Cary
Bergman, Ingrid
Rains, Claude
Foote, John Taintor
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1996
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama Noir
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1946. Based on a 1921 magazine story, 'Song of the dragon', by
John Taintor Foote. Credits: music, Roy Webb. LN. HiFi. Cast: Cary Grant,
Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Reinhold Schunzel, Moroni
Olsen, Mme. Konstantin, Ivan Triesault, Alexis Minotis, Wally Brown. BBFC
code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Espionage thriller from master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. Alicia
Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) is a social butterfly recruited by the American
government to work as a spy in Rio de Janeiro in the years directly following
World War Two. Helped by fellow agent Devlin (Cary Grant) - who soon falls
in love with her - she is ordered to seduce and marry Alexander Sebastian
(Claude Rains), a member of a covert group of exiled Nazis. She succeeds in
marrying Sebastian, and uncovers a Nazi plot to stockpile uranium, but when
Sebastian himself realises who his wife is working for, he begins to plot to
get rid of her.
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Notting Hill
Record ID
13085
Author:
Michell, Roger
Jones, Trevor
Roberts, Julia
Grant, Hugh
Bonneville, Hugh
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Romance Subtitles. English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1999. Credits: music, Trevor Jones. DVDW. Dolby Surround. Cast:
Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James
Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Richard McCabe, Dylan
Moran, John Shrapnel, Roger Frost, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lorelei King, Tony
Armatrading. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The team behind the hugely successful 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'
returns for this romantic comedy, which is now the biggest grossing British
film of all time. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is the world's most famous movie
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bookstore in his local neighbourhood of Notting Hill. One day Anna buys a
book from William's shop and later collides messily with him on a street
corner. She accompanies him home to clean herself up, and from there
springs an unlikely romance. However, the path of true love is littered with
obstacles, not least the media, the adoring fans and the differences in their
lifestyles.
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Ocean's eleven
Record ID
13101
Author:
Soderbergh, Steven
Holmes, David
Clooney, George
Damon, Matt
Garcia, Andy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2002. Based on the 1960 film. Credits: music, David Holmes. DVDN.
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts,
Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Don
Cheadle. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Remake of the 1960 Rat Pack heist classic, starring George Clooney as
Danny Ocean, an ex-convict with a smart new plan to rob the casinos of Las
Vegas. Gathering together a crack team - including his old friend Rusty (Brad
Pitt) - Danny and the boys begin the meticulous preparations necessary to
carry out the complex job, with pickpocket Linus (Matt Damon), con-artist
Saul (Carl Reiner) and explosives expert Basher (Don Cheadle) all playing
their part. Meanwhile, Danny continues to pursue his ex-wife Tess (Julia
Roberts), who is currently dating the casino boss Terry Benedict (Andy
Garcia). Directed by Steven Soderbergh ('Traffic', 'Erin Brockovich', 'Out of
Sight').
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Ocean's thirteen
Record ID
12683
Author:
Soderbergh, Steven
Holmes, David
Clooney, George
Pitt, Brad
Damon, Matt
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, Arabic, Hebrew, Icelandic), Subtitles
for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2007. Credits: music, David Holmes.
DVDN. Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, Bernie
Mac, Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Izzard, Andy
Garcia. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Third installment of director Steven Soderbergh's popular series of glitzy
crime comedies. The only hotelier in Las Vegas who can claim that each and
every one of his establishments has earned the Royal Review Board's Five
Diamond Award, Willy Bank (Al Pacino) has made more than his share of
enemies during his impressive ascent. However, in betraying Reuben
Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), Bank has finally crossed the one man who could
bring his entire empire crumbling to the ground - Danny Ocean (George
Clooney). Now Reuben is in a critical condition and Ocean is determined to
strike back at the man who nearly murdered his mentor. As the opening of
Bank's newest casino draws near, Danny and the crew set into motion a bold
plan to humiliate the cocksure casino owner and forever tarnish his spotless
reputation.
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Ocean's twelve
Record ID
12605
Author:
Soderbergh, Steven
Holmes, David
Pitt, Brad
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
Clooney, George
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2004. Credits: music, David Holmes. DVDN. Cast: Brad Pitt,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Ed Kross, Julia Roberts, Don Tiffany,
Anne Jacques, Larry Sontag, David Sontag, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott
Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Robbie Coltrane,
Eddie Izzard. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Crime comedy sequel. It's been three years since Danny Ocean (George
Clooney) and his crew pulled off one of the most audacious and lucrative
heists in history, robbing ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia)
of every dime stored in his inpenetrable Las Vegas vault. After splitting the
$160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go
straight, lay low and live a legitimate life. However, when someone rats
them out to Benedict, going straight is no longer an option. He was his
money back - with interest.
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Octopussy
Record ID
12603
Author:
Glen, John
Barry, John
Coolidge, Rita
Moore, Roger
Adams, Maud
Jourdan, Louis
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Drama Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Surround), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (John Glen.), Other documentaries
('Inside Octopussy'. 'Designing Bond - Peter Lamont'.), DVD ROM features,
Bonus tracks ('All Time High' music video.), Booklet. Made in 1983. Based on
the stories 'Octopussy' and 'The property of a lady' by Ian Fleming. Credits:
music, John Barry; music, Rita Coolidge; cinematographer, Alan Hume;
production design, Peter Lamont. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Roger Moore,
Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kabir Bedi, Desmond Llewellyn, Vijay Amritraj,
Lois Maxwell, Kristina Waybourn, Steven Berkoff, Robert Brown, Walter
Gotell, David Meyer, Geoffrey Keen, Cherry Gillespie. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
The 13th Bond adventure, again starring Roger Moore, places 007 up
against the glamorous Octopussy (Maud Adams) and a bunch of evil Soviets
who have plans to plunder Tsarist treasures and create a nuclear explosion
in a German NATO base. Bond's bag of tricks this time includes a hot air
balloon, a folding mini-jet and a superpowered rickshaw. The title song is
performed by Rita Coolidge.
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The old curiosity shop
Record ID
14749
Author:
Connor, Kevin
Ustinov, Peter
Fox, James
Walsh, Sally
Dickens, Charles
Imprint:
Warner Music Entertainment , 2004
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1995. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. DVDNT. Cast: Peter
Ustinov, James Fox, Sally Walsh, Tom Courtenay, Christopher Ettridge,
Timothy Watson. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Little Nell lives in Victorian England in the shop owned by her grandfather
(Peter Ustinov). However, grandfather is heavily in debt to his wicked
landlord, Mr Quilp (Tom Courtenay), who forecloses on all his loans when he
discovers that grandfather has lost the money gambling. Nell and her
grandfather take off across the country in an attempt to evade Quilp, who
follows close behind. Can a mysterious stranger offer hope of salvation?
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On Her Majesty's secret service
Record ID
12589
Author:
Hunt, Peter
Barry, John
Armstrong, Louis
Lazenby, George
Rigg, Diana
Savalas, Telly
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Thriller Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Mono), Subtitles (English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian,
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Peter Hunt plus members of
the cast and crew.), Other documentaries ('Inside On Her Majesty's Secret
Service'. 'Inside Q's Lab'.), Image gallery, Booklet, Radio spots. Made in
1969. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John Barry; music,
Louis Armstrong; cinematographer, Egil Woxholt; cinematographer, Michael
Reed; cinematographer, Roy Ford; cinematographer, John Jordan;
production design, Syd Cain. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: George Lazenby,
Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Yuri Borienko, Bernard Lee, Lois
Maxwell, Gabriele Ferzetti, Bernard Horsfall, George Baker, Desmond
Llewellyn, Angela Scoular, Catherina Von Schell. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
James Bond (this time played by George Lazenby) hands in his licence to kill
after being banned from hunting down his arch-nemesis Blofeld (Telly
Savalas). Continuing his investigations alone, he follows a lead to Portugal,
meets and falls in love with Tracey Draco (Diana Rigg), and is told by her
crimelord father that Blofeld is now in Switzerland. Pretty soon its snow,
kilts, girls, secret bases and ski chases, as Bond chases down his enemy and
attempts to foil a plan to unleash a deadly chemical weapon.
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On the waterfront
Record ID
12658
Author:
Kazan, Elia
Bernstein, Leonard
Brando, Marlon
Cobb, Lee J
Saint, Eva Marie
Schulberg, Budd
Imprint:
Sony Pictures Home Ent.
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1954. Based on the story by Budd Schulberg. Credits: music,
Leonard Bernstein; cinematographer, Boris Kaufman. LN. Cast: Marlon
Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Pat
Henning, Leif Erikson, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, James Westerfield,
John Hamilton, Fred Gwynne. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Elia Kazan directs this 1950s crime drama starring Marlon Brando. Ex-boxer
Terry Malloy (Brando) becomes involved in corrupt dockside politics through
his lawyer brother Charley (Rod Steiger), who works for gangster union boss
Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). When Terry witnesses the murder of a union
worker by Johnny's thugs, his conscience begins to trouble him. He meets
the murder victim's sister (Eva Marie Saint), and learns from Father Barry
(Karl Malden) that the dead man was about to expose Johnny's illegal
activities. Father Barry then tries to convince Terry to provide the evidence
required to put Johnny behind bars. The film won eight Oscars, including
Best Picture, Director and Actor.
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Once upon a time in the West
Record ID
12668
Author:
Leone, Sergio
Morricone, Ennio
Bronson, Charles
Fonda, Henry
Cardinale, Claudia
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Western Adventure Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1969. Credits: music, Ennio Morricone. DVDN. Cast: Charles
Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti,
Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Frank Wolff, Keenan Wynn, Paolo Stoppa, Marco
Zuanelli, Lionel Stander, John Frederick, Dino Mele. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Sergio Leone's epic spaghetti Western starring Charles Bronson and Henry
Fonda. Frank (Fonda) is a sadistic outlaw hired by a crippled railroad baron
(Gabrielle Ferzetti) to murder a farmer named Brett McBain (Frank Wolff)
and his family in order for his boss to inherit the land. When McBain's new
wife Jill (Claudia Cardinale) arrives from Utah to find her family slaughtered,
she vows to get revenge on the perpetrator, with the help of another outlaw
named Cheyenne (Jason Robards) and a mysterious man known only as
'Harmonica' (Bronson).
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One True Thing
Record ID
14751
Author:
Franklin, Carl
Eidelman, Cliff
Streep, Meryl
Zellweger, Renee
Hurt, William
Quindlen, Anna
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1998. Based on the novel by Anna Quindlen. Credits: music, Cliff
Eidelman. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger,
William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Nicky Katt, Lauren Graham, Stephen
Peabody, Gerrit Graham, Patrick Breen, James Eckhouse. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Oscar winners William Hurt and Meryl Streep are united in this tale of a
family in crisis. Katherine (Streep) and George (Hurt) Gulden encounter
domestic strife when Katherine is diagnosed with cancer, and they turn to
their daughter Ellen (Renee Zellweger), for help. Ellen is initially reluctant to
leave her job as a New York journalist and return home, feeling that she has
left her family behind. However, Ellen discovers that there are unresolved
emotional issues which still affect her.
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Onegin
Record ID
12643
Author:
Fiennes, Martha
Fiennes, Magnus
Fiennes, Ralph
McBurney, Simon
Tyler, Liv
Pushkin, Alexander
Imprint:
EV , 2000
Description:
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Made in 1999. Based on the novel 'Eugene Onegin' by Alexander Pushkin.
Credits: music, Magnus Fiennes. DVDN. Dolby Pro Logic. Cast: Ralph
Fiennes, Simon McBurney, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Alun
Armstrong, Harriet Walter, Irene Worth, Jason Watkins, Francesca Annis.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
This adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's classic novel stars Ralph Fiennes in
the title role and is directed by Fiennes' sister Martha. Disillusioned with life
in St. Petersburg, Onegin moves to a country estate he has inherited. As he
attempts to fit in with the rural community, he is surprised by a beautiful
neighbour's (Liv Tyler) declaration of love for him. His decision to spurn her
advances is one that comes back to haunt him, as a tragic scenario unfolds.
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Orlando
Record ID
12567
Author:
Potter, Sally
Motion, David
Swinton, Tilda
Zane, Billy
Bluteau, Lothaire
Woolf, Virginia
Imprint:
ENCORE , 1994
Description:
Class:
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Video disc
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text
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Made in 1992. Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. Credits: music, Sally
Potter; music, David Motion; cinematographer, Aleksei Rodionov. LW. Cast:
Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey,
Quentin Crisp, Heathcote Williams, Dudley Sutton, Thom Hoffman, Sara
Mair-Thomas, Toby Stephens, Jerome Willis, Peter Eyre, Ned Sherrin, Roger
Hammond, Jimmy Somerville, John Grillo. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
A critical film in the history of British Cinema, Sally Potter's adaptation of
Virginia Woolf's witty modernist novel took eight years to make it to the
screen and is a meticulously crafted commentary on all things English as well
as being a wonderfully romantic tale. Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous
hero who lives for 500 years and changes sex halfway. Granted a favour of
immortality from Quentin Crisp's archetypal Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando
proceeds to spend the next few centuries in search of love, life and
adventure.
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The other Boleyn girl
Record ID
12565
Author:
Chadwick, Justin
Cantelon, Paul
Johansson, Scarlett
Portman, Natalie
Bana, Eric
Gregory, Philippa
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD History Romance Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages German, Italian, Spanish,
Subtitles (Dutch, German), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in
2008. Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory. Credits: music, Paul Cantelon.
DVDN. Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess,
Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Morrissey, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Oliver Coleman, Ana Torrent. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Big budget Hollywood adaptation of the historical novel by Philippa Gregory.
The story is a fictionalised account of the life of Mary Boleyn (Scarlett
Johansson) who was mistress to King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) before he
married her sister, Anne (Natalie Portman). Set during one of the most
dramatic periods in British regal history, the narrative focuses on the
relationship and rivalry between the two Boleyn girls and the power game
being played by their family in which the sisters are mere pawns. When Mary
is ousted in favour of Anne, she leaves the King's Court to marry a
commoner, but is compelled to return when her sister embarks on a reckless
plan to try and save herself from ruin.
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Out of sight
Record ID
12566
Author:
Soderbergh, Steven
Martinez, Cliff
Clooney, George
Lopez, Jennifer
Rhames, Ving
Leonard, Elmore
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1998. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. Credits: music, Cliff
Martinez. DVDN. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Big screen adaptation of the Elmore Leonard crime novel. Bank robber Jack
Foley (George Clooney) is forced to kidnap federal agent Karen Sisco
(Jennifer Lopez) while breaking out of prison. The two feel a strong sexual
attraction for each other, but Karen still takes the opportunity to escape
when it arises. Jack teams up with his old partner, Buddy (Ving Rhames),
and they plan one last job together in Detroit. Intending to rob the mansion
of millionaire Richard Ripley (Albert Brooks), the duo still have Karen on their
tail, and also face competition from ex-con Glenn Michaels (Steve Zahn) and
the psychopathic Maurice 'Snoopy' Miller (Don Cheadle).
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Paddington
Record ID
15023
Author:
King, Paul
Kidman, Nicole
Bonneville, Hugh
Hawkins, Sally
Capaldi, Peter
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2015
Description:
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Other documentaries ('Meet the Characters',
'When a Bear Comes to Stay', 'From Page to
Screen'), Image gallery. Made in 2014. Based on the children's
books by Michael Bond. Credits: cinematographer, Erik Wilson; voice, Ben
Whishaw; voice, Michael Gambon; voice, Imelda Staunton. DVDN. Cast:
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim
Broadbent, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris, Tim Downie, George Newton,
Peter Capaldi. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Subtitles: English
Abstract:
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Bonneville star in this family comedy based on the
popular children's books written by Michael Bond. A young Peruvian bear
(voice of Ben Whishaw) grows up dreaming of a life in London, having been
influenced by his aunt who once met an explorer from England. When an
earthquake leaves his home destroyed, his aunt smuggles him onto a ship
headed for the English capital. He winds up in London's Paddington Station,
lost and alone, until he meets Mr Brown (Bonneville) and his family, who
decide to look after him while he searches for his aunt's old acquaintance.
However, the bear finds himself in danger when taxidermist Millicent
(Kidman) attempts to get her hands on him for her museum collection.
Produced by David Heyman, the film also stars Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters,
Jim Broadbent and Peter Capaldi.
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The Painted Veil
Record ID
12534
Author:
Curran, John
Watts, Naomi
Norton, Edward
Schreiber, Liev
Maugham, Somerset
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
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Video disc
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dvd
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Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary. Made in 2006.
Based on the novel by Somerset Maugham. DVDN. Cast: Naomi Watts,
Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliette Howland,
Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Feng Li. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
1920s love story based on the Somerset Maugham novel of the same name.
Kitty (Naomi Watts) has married middle class doctor Walter (Edward Norton)
for all the wrong reasons. When the couple relocates to Shanghai, she
begins an affair with a local diplomat. When Walter finds out, he takes a job
in a remote, cholera-stricken Chinese village as an act of vengeance. Can a
cure be found for the disease - or their troubled relationship?
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Panic room
Record ID
12666
Author:
Fincher, David
Shore, Howard
Foster, Jodie
Whitaker, Forest
Yoakam, Dwight
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Interactive menus, Ratio (Other widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV,
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound DTS
Digital Surround Sound, Subtitles (Dutch, English, Hindi), Subtitles for hard
of hearing (English), Filmographies, Panic Room teaser created by David
Fincher. Made in 2002. Credits: music, Howard Shore. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Kristen
Stewart, Ann Magnuson, Ian Buchanan, Patrick Bauchau, Paul Schulze,
Andrew Kevin Walker. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
When Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her teenage daughter Sarah (Kristen
Stewart) move into a luxury Manhattan townhouse they have no plans to use
the ultra-secure 'panic room' installed by the previous occupant. But on their
first night in their new home, three burglars break-in with plans to steal the
money they believe is still concealed in the panic room's safe. Meg and
Sarah then quickly take refuge in the secure chamber, locking themselves in
and watching the burglars through the surveillance system; what follows is a
tense cat-and-mouse game, as the criminals attempt to unlock the room and
the mother and daughter try to signal for help. Directed by David Fincher
('Seven', 'Fight Club').
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A Passage to India
Record ID
12669
Author:
Lean, David
Jarre, Maurice
Davis, Judy
Fox, James
Ashcroft, Peggy
Forster, E.M
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
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text
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WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages French, Other Language Sound Dolby Surround, Subtitles (French,
Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Portuguese, Finnish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Soundtrack:
Spanish - Dolby Mono. Made in 1984. Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
Credits: music, Maurice Jarre. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Judy Davis, James
Fox, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee, Alec Guinness, Ishaq Bux, Michael
Culver, Ann Firbank, Nigel Havers, Sandra Holz, Saeed Jaffrey, Art Malik,
Antonia Pemberton, Roshan Seth, Clive Swift, Richard Wilson. BBFC code:
PG. DVD.
Abstract:
David Lean made a comeback after a twelve year absence with this Oscarwinning adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. Judy Davis plays Miss Quested, a
young English woman, recently arrived in India, who accuses the seemingly
humble Dr Aziz (Victor Banerjee) of raping her during a trip to the Marabar
caves. The subsequent trial lays bare the tensions which exist between the
native population and the British colonialists, as well as the sexual repression
which lurks under the surface of the polite society the British attempt to
recreate on foreign soil.
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Passport to Pimlico
Record ID
12564
Author:
Cornelius, Henry
Auric, Georges
Holloway, Stanley
Radford, Basil
Baddeley, Hermione
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1949. Credits: music, Georges Auric; director photography, Lionel
Banes. DVDN. Cast: Stanley Holloway, Basil Radford, Hermione Baddeley,
Paul Dupuis, John Slater, Charles Hawtrey, James Hayter, Jane Hylton,
Barbara Murray, Margaret Rutherford, Sidney Tafler, Betty Warren, Naunton
Wayne. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
An unexploded bomb goes off in Pimlico, uncovering documents which
reveal that this part of London in fact belongs to Burgundy in France. An
automonous state is set up in a spirit of optimism, but the petty squabbles of
everyday life soon shatter the Utopian vision of a non-restrictive nation. This
Ealing classic earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
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Peter's Friends
Record ID
15437
Author:
Branagh, Kenneth
Greenaway, Gavin
Fry, Stephen
Laurie, Hugh
Thompson, Emma
Imprint:
EV , 2001
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
ISBN:
5017239191336
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
video disc
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Made in 1992. Credits: music, Gavin Greenaway. DVDN. Cast: Kenneth
Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Rita
Rudner, Imelda Staunton, Phyllida Law, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Richard Briers.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Stephen Fry plays Peter, the owner of a stately home, who gathers together
his friends from University on New Year's Eve. It has been 10 years since
they all gathered together for the last performance of their musical comedy
review and things and people have changed. Their differences begin to
affect the celebrations. A British version of 'The Big Chill'.
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The phantom of the opera
Record ID
12617
Author:
Julian, Rupert
Chaney, Lon
Philbin, Mary
Kerry, Norman
Leroux, Gaston
Imprint:
Dark Vision , 2001
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd, col. & b&w.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Standard), Languages (English), Filmographies, Image gallery. Made in
1925. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Lon
Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Snitz Edwards,
Gibson Gowland, Bernard Siegel, John Sainpolis, Mary Fabian, Virginia
Pearson. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Beneath the sewers of the Paris Opera House, a masked figure dwells. He is
Enrique (Lon Chaney), the Phantom, a hideously disfigured composer whose
dream is to turn chorus singer Christine (Mary Philbin) into a diva. This
adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel gave 'Man of a Thousand Faces' Lon
Chaney his most famous role, and is celebrated today as one of the great
classics of American silent film.
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Philomena
Record ID
14631
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Desplat, Alexandre
Coogan, Steve
Dench, Judi
Murphy, Charlie
Sixsmith, Martin
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5060002837412
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Other Ratio 1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen, Languages (English),
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles
for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Steve
Coogan and Jeff Pope), Other documentaries ('The Journey of Philomena'),
Audio descriptive track. Made in 2013. Based on the book 'The lost child of
Philomena Lee' by Martin Sixsmith. Credits: music, Alexandre Desplat;
cinematographer, Robbie Ryan. DVDN. Cast: Steve Coogan, Judi Dench,
Charlie Murphy, Simone Lahbib, Neve Gachev, Sophie Kennedy Clark,
Charles Edwards, Nichola Fynn, Xavier Atkins, Sean Mahon. BBFC code: 12a.
DVD.
Abstract:
Steve Coogan and Judi Dench star in this Academy Award-nominated drama
about a mother's search for the child she was forced to give up years before.
Director Stephen Frears' drama, based on former BBC political correspondent
Martin Sixsmith's book 'The Lost Child of Philomena Lee', follows Sixsmith
(Coogan) as he sets out to help Lee (Dench) in her search for the illegitimate
son who was taken from her by the Catholic Church when she fell pregnant
in 1952. As the trail eventually leads them to the United States and her son's
remarkable story, the pair find that, despite their age difference, they begin
to form a deep, enduring bond. The film was nominated for Oscars for Best
Picture, Best Actress (Dench), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original
Score and won the BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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The pianist
Record ID
12774
Author:
Polanski, Roman
Kilar, Wojciech
Brody, Adrien
Kretschmann, Thomas
Finlay, Frank
Szpilman, Wladyslaw
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 2002. Based on the book by Wladyslaw Szpilman. Credits: music,
Wojciech Kilar. DVDS. Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank
Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate
Meyer, Michal Zebrowski, Cyril Shaps, Richard Ridings, Andrew Tiernan.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
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Platoon
Record ID
12593
Author:
Stone, Oliver
Delerue, Georges
Berenger, Tom
Dafoe, Willem
Sheen, Charlie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD War Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1986. Credits: music, Georges Delerue; cinematographer, Robert
Richardson. LW. Cast: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest
Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Richard Edson, Kevin Dillon, Reggie Johnson,
Keith David, Johnny Depp, David Neidorf, John C. McGinley. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Oliver Stone's award winning film tells the story of a young innocent 19year-old soldier, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), who is thrown headfirst into
the bloody Vietnam conflict. He is forced to fight not only the Viet Cong, but
also his own fears and intense anger. As a result of not being able to make
any progress against the enemy, the soldiers, led by the strict and
unsympathetic Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), are forced to turn their
anger and guns on each other. Barnes also has a personal battle with fellow
officer Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who is the more understanding and
compassionate of the two officers and helps Sheen to cope with his personal
problems.
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The portrait of a lady
Record ID
12595
Author:
Campion, Jane
Kilar, Wojciech
Kidman, Nicole
Malkovich, John
Hershey, Barbara
James, Henry
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
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Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1996. Based on the novel by Henry James. Credits: music, Wojciech
Kilar; director photography, Stuart Dryburgh. DVDN. Cast: Nicole Kidman,
John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan,
Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, Christian Bale, Viggo
Mortensen, Valentina Cervi, John Gielgud, Pat Roach. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Jane Campion directs this adaptation of the Henry James novel. Independent
woman Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) refuses two suitors, Lord Warburton
(Richard E. Grant) and Caspar Goodwood (Viggo Mortensen), when they
propose marriage. Instead she travels to Florence, where family friend
Madame Merle introduces her to Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich) and his
daughter Pansy. Soon Isabel finds herself falling for the mysterious Osmond.
They are engaged to be married within three months, but much unhappiness
lies ahead.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Record ID
12592
Author:
Rafelson, Bob
Small, Michael
Nicholson, Jack
Lange, Jessica
Colicos, John
Cain, James M
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1981. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Credits: music, Michael
Small. DVDW. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael
Lerner, John P. Ryan, Raleigh Bond, Brian Farrell, Albert Henderson, Tom
Hill, Anjelica Huston, Ken Magee, William Newman, Eugene Peterson,
William Taylor, Jon van Ness. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Colour remake of the 1946 classic. Drifter Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson)
has no goal in life until he takes on a job at a diner and falls for his boss's
wife, Cora (Jessica Lange). The pair embark on an affair, but when Frank
decides that he wants Cora all to himself, he finds his mind turning to
murder. However, fear and betrayal threaten to destroy all their plans.
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The prestige
Record ID
12548
Author:
Nolan, Christopher
Julyan, David
Jackman, Hugh
Bale, Christian
Caine, Michael
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries (Director's Notebook
Documentary). Made in 2006. Credits: music, David Julyan. DVDN. Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall,
Scarlett Johansson, Samantha Mahurin, David Bowie, Andy Serkis. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Rupert Angier (Jackman)
and Alfred Borden (Bale) are London-based magicians of the highest order,
both blessed with spectacular powers of deception and both cursed with
unrelenting envy for one another's skills. When Alfred performs an aweinspiring trick for which there seems no logical explanation, the friendly
competition shared between the pair turns to deadly rivalry as the enraged
Rupert determines to uncover his rival's deepest secrets. In the world of
illusion, however, nothing is ever quite as it seems, and the rules of the
physical world simply don't apply. Now, as bitter competition quickly begins
to consume the souls of both performers, the firestorm birthed by their
anger threatens to consume all who surround them.
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Pretty woman
Record ID
12587
Author:
Marshall, Garry
Newton Howard, James
Gere, Richard
Roberts, Julia
Bellamy, Ralph
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1998
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1990. Credits: music, James Newton Howard. LWS. Dolby Stereo.
Cast: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura
San Giacomo, Alex Hyde-White, Amy Yasbeck, Elinor Donahue, Hector
Elizondo, Judith Baldwin. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Lonely businessman Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) hires L.A. prostitute Vivian
Ward (Julia Roberts) to give him directions when he gets lost, and later to be
his escort while he goes wheeling and dealing for a week. He buys her
clothes, she softens his heart and the unlikely couple fall head over heels in
love.
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The Pride and the Passion
Record ID
12659
Author:
Forester, C.S
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1957. Based on the novel 'The Gun' by C.S. Forester. Cast: Cary
Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, John Wengraf. Credits:
music, George Anthiel. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Stanley Kramer's film is based on the novel by C.S. Forester which is set in
Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. British military officer Captain Anthony
Trumbull (Cary Grant) is ordered to retrieve a large cannon and transport it
to the British lines. In order to do this he enlists the help of guerilla leader
Miguel (Frank Sinatra) and together - along with Miguel's mistress Juana
(Sophia Loren) who takes a shine to Trumball - they track through the
mountains of Spain to the British frontline.
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Priest of love
Record ID
12662
Author:
Miles, Christopher
Seeger, Stanley
McKellen, Ian
Suzman, Janet
Gardner, Ava
Moore, Harry T
Imprint:
C'est La Vie , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Bonus footage, Trailers,
Outtakes, Biographies, Filmographies, Interviews (Christopher Miles
(director) interview with Ian McKellen. Christopher Miles TV interviews.),
Commentary (Extended version with commentary by Christopher Miles
(director).), Other documentaries ('The Way We Got Together' with
commentary by Penelope Keith.), Image gallery, Booklet. Made in 1981.
Based on the book by Harry T. Moore and the letters of D.H. Lawrence.
Credits: music, Stanley Seeger; cinematographer, Ted Moore. DVDN. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith,
Jorge Rivero, Maurizio Merli, John Gielgud, Sarah Miles, James Faulkner,
Wendy Allnut. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
No Subtitles.
Abstract:
Drama following the latter part of writer D.H. Lawrence's life, starring Ian
McKellen. When his novel, 'The Rainbow', is banned, Lawrence (McKellen)
and his wife, Frieda (Janet Suzman), leave England for the US, where he
hopes his work will be better received. However, America is no more openminded and the couple travel to Mexico and Italy in search of a country
tolerant enough to house the author as he seeks to finish and publish his
most controversial novel, 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.
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Psycho
Record ID
12586
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Perkins, Anthony
Miles, Vera
Leigh, Janet
Bloch, Robert
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1997
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1960. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch. Credits: music, Bernard
Herrmann; cinematographer, John L. Russell. LN. HiFi. Cast: Anthony
Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Frank
Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Lurene Tuttle.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock directs this Oscar-nominated thriller starring Janet Leigh
and Anthony Perkins. Marion Crane (Leigh) goes on the run after stealing
$40,000 from one of her employer's clients. Taking a wrong turn in a storm,
she arrives at the isolated Bates Motel, run by the twitchy Norman (Perkins),
who is constantly at the beck and call of his unseen mother. When Marion
takes a shower in her room, a sudden knife attack brings her life to an end.
Upon discovering her body Norman covers up the murder, but it is not long
before Marion's sister and boyfriend are attempting to track her down.
Leigh's performance won her a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
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Psycho
Record ID
15406
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Perkins, Anthony
Miles, Vera
Leigh, Janet
Tuttle, Lurene
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1960. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch. Credits: music, Bernard
Herrmann; cinematographer, John L. Russell. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Frank
Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Lurene Tuttle.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock directs this Oscar-nominated thriller starring Janet Leigh
and Anthony Perkins. Marion Crane (Leigh) goes on the run after stealing
$40,000 from one of her employer's clients. Taking a wrong turn in a storm,
she arrives at the isolated Bates Motel, run by the twitchy Norman (Perkins),
who is constantly at the beck and call of his unseen mother. When Marion
takes a shower in her room, a sudden knife attack brings her life to an end.
Upon discovering her body Norman covers up the murder, but it is not long
before Marion's sister and boyfriend are attempting to track her down.
Leigh's performance won her a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
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Quantum of solace
Record ID
14198
Author:
Forster, Marc
Arnold, David
Craig, Daniel
Amalric, Mathieu
Dench, Judi
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama Romance Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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access, Ratio (Other widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital
5.1), Subtitles (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Bonus tracks (Jack White and
Alicia Keys: 'Another Way to Die'), Audio described English. Made in 2008.
Based on Characters created by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, David Arnold.
DVDN. Cast: Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton,
Olga Kurylenko, Jeffrey Wright, Rachel McDowell, Stana Katic, Giancarlo
Giannini, Jesper Christensen. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond 007 in the globe-trotting franchise for
which the term action movie was invented. After being betrayed by Vesper
in Casino Royale, Bond (Craig) turns his sights on those who controlled her.
Interrogating Mr White (Jesper Christensen), Bond discovers that the
shadowy organisation responsible for blackmailing Vesper is a lot more
powerful and dangerous than he ever imagined. Tracing a link to Hawaii,
Bond soon crosses paths with Ukrainian beauty Camille (Olga Kurylenko)
who leads him to megalomaniacal businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu
Amalric), head of the organisation known simply as Quantum. Wishing to
control one of the world's natural resources, Greene's organisation has a
finger in every government agency worldwide, and it falls to Bond to keep
one step ahead of his friends, and enemies, to stop Greene holding the
world to ransom.
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Quartet
Record ID
14207
Author:
Hoffman, Dustin
Marianelli, Dario
Smith, Maggie
Gambon, Michael
Connolly, Billy
Harwood, Ronald
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
ISBN:
5060116727739
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Video disc
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(English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Audio description. Made in
2012. Based on the play by Ronald Harwood. Credits: music, Dario
Marianelli; cinematographer, John de Borman. DVDN. Cast: Maggie Smith,
Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Sheridan Smith, Sheridan Smith, Pauline
Collins, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Peacock, Luke Newberry, David Ryall, Eline
Powell, Jumayn Hunter, Sarah Crowden. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Dustin Hoffman directs this comedy drama adapted by writer Ronald
Harwood from his own stage play of the same name. Beecham House is a
retirement home with a difference: it specifically caters for former artistes
including one-time opera singers Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reginald (Tom
Courtenay) and Wilf (Billy Connolly). Once part of a quartet, the three still
take part in an annual concert to celebrate the birthday of composer
Giuseppe Verdi. But this year things are complicated by the arrival of the
fourth member of their quartet, Jean (Maggie Smith), a die-hard diva who
also happens to be Reginald's ex-wife. Theatrical temperaments and old
hostilities flare as the dramatic foursome fuss, flirt and flounce their way
through rehearsals, adhering emphatically to that old showbiz adage, 'the
show must go on'.
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The Queen
Record ID
13096
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Desplat, Alexandre
Mirren, Helen
Sheen, Michael
Cromwell, James
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD History Biography Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Biographies, 'Making of' documentary,
Commentary, Other documentaries (TV Spots), Image gallery. Made in 2006.
Credits: music, Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Affonso Beato. DVDN.
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Alex
Jennings, Helen McCrory, Roger Allam, Tim McMullen, Douglas Reith, Robin
Soans, Lola Peploe, Joyce Henderson. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Stephen Frears' critically acclaimed portrait of the English Monarch in time of
strife. One of the most turbulent times in British politics in recent memory
seen from an insider's perspective - an almost documentary look at the
relationship between the figurehead and the brains behind the UK. It's 1997
and Tony Blair's Labour Government has just won an election, ending 18
years of Conservative rule. Blair the firebrand (Michael Sheen) must
introduce himself to the Queen (Helen Mirren) and ask permission to govern
the country. The stone-faced Regina, in accepting, gives him not a millimeter
of slack, silently underscoring the fact she's in charge. Shortly thereafter, the
former Princess of Wales, wife of Elizabeth's son and heir, is killed in Paris.
The Queen's initial reaction is to hold ranks and treat Diana as an outsider,
being that she has left the royal household. Blair senses the coming landslide
of public opinion against this course of action and tries, as hard as a new
boy can, to make her majesty see sense. The question of who's truly in
charge comes to the fore.
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Rabbit proof fence
Record ID
12652
Author:
Noyce, Phillip
Gabriel, Peter
Branagh, Kenneth
Sampi, Everlyn
Sansbury, Tianna
Garimara, Doris Pilkington
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2002. Based on a true story/book by Doris Pilkington Garimara.
Credits: music, Peter Gabriel; cinematographer, Chris Doyle. DVDN. Cast:
Kenneth Branagh, Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David
Gulpilil, Jason Clarke. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
During the most part of the early to mid 20th century, Australia's
government policy was that mixed race Aboriginal children would be better
off being brought up as white and so forcefully removed them from their
homes to be trained as domestic servants. This film follows the true story of
3 such children; cousins Molly, Gracie and Daisy, who in 1931 found
themselves being taken from their parents, sent to an institution and forced
to forget their family and culture. However, Molly leads her 2 cousins in a
daring escape across 1,500 miles of outback with no water and only the
fence erected across the country to stop the epidemic of rabbits as a guide.
Kenneth Branagh plays the government official charged with the return of
the girls and the story is based on the book by Doris Pilkington, the neice of
Daisy.
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The railway man
Record ID
14977
Author:
Teplitzky, Jonathan
Hirschfelder, David
Firth, Colin
Kidman, Nicole
6NDUVJÓard, Stellan
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2014
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Romance History Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Interviews (Colin Firth (Actor), Nicole Kidman (Actor), Jeremy
Irvine (Actor), Hiroyuki Sanada (Actor), Tanroh Ishida (Actor), Sam Reid
(Actor), Jonathan Teplitzky (Director), Andy Paterson (Writer/Producer),
Chris Brown (Producer), Bill Curbishley (Producer)). Made in 2013. Based on
the memoirs of Eric Lomax. Credits: music, David Hirschfelder;
cinematographer, Garry Phillips. DVDN. Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman,
Stellan 6NDUVJnrd, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, Tanroh Ishida,
Marta Dusseldorp, Masa Yamaguchi, Kenichi Enomoto. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan 6NDUVJnrd star in this war drama
adapted from Eric Lomax's memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp.
While serving in the Second World War, British Army officer Eric Lomax
(Jeremy Irvine) is captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. He is brutally
tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the Thai-Burma
Railway. Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the
experience. Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) and friend Finlay
6NDUVJnrd), he decides to track down one of his torturers, Takashi Nagase
(Hiroyuki Sanada), hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally
let go of the hatred he has held for so long.
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Rain man
Record ID
13089
Author:
Levinson, Barry
Zimmer, Hans
Hoffman, Dustin
Cruise, Tom
Golino, Valeria
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes,
Interviews (Barry Levinson, Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass, Valerie Golino,
Mark Johnson (producer), Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman), Commentary (Barry
Levinson, Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass), Other documentaries
(Featurettes: 'Lifting the Fog - A Look at the History of Autism'. 'The Journey
of Rain Man'), Image gallery. Made in 1988. Credits: music, Hans Zimmer;
cinematographer, John Seale; art/production/design, Ida Random;
art/production/design, Linda DeScenna; costumes, Bernie Pollack. DVDS.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen, Jack
Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, Ralph Seymour, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt,
Kim Robillard, Beth Grant. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Self-centred car exporter Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) attends his estranged
father's funeral to collect his inheritance. To his surprise, he discovers the
money is going to Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), the autistic brother he never
knew he had. Charlie 'kidnaps' Raymond in an effort to claim some of his
inheritance but, as he grows closer to his brother, he realises there may be
more to life than money. Oscars were won for Best Picture, Best Actor
(Hoffman) and Best Director (Barry Levinson).
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Ransom
Record ID
12649
Author:
Howard, Ron
Horner, James
Gibson, Mel
Russo, Rene
Sinise, Gary
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1998
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1996. Credits: music, James Horner. LW. Dolby Surround. Cast: Mel
Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Liev Schreiber,
Brawley Nolte, Donnie Wahlberg, Evan Handler, Nancy Ticotin, Michael
Gaston. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Millionaire Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) has built his career on business
gambles. When his son Sean is kidnapped, he initially agrees to make the $2
million payment to ensure Sean's safety, but is assaulted by one of the
kidnappers. Realising that he has no guarantee of Sean's return if he pays
the kidnappers off, Mullen instead goes on national television and offers the
ransom money as a reward for whoever brings the kidnappers in. When the
kidnappers approach Mullen's wife, he doubles the reward. He is now
gambling with both his marriage and his son's life.
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Rear window
Record ID
12641
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Waxman, Franz
Stewart, James
Kelly, Grace
Corey, Wendell
Woolrich, Cornell
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1954. Based on the short story 'It had to be murder' by Cornell
Woolrich. Credits: music, Franz Waxman; director photography, Robert
Burks. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell
Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Ross Bagdasarian, Sara Berner, Frank
Cady, Georgine Darcy, Harris Davenport, Marla English, Judith Evelyn,
Jesslyn Fax, Alan Lee, Irene Winston. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock playfully explores the role of the voyeur in one of his bestloved suspense thrillers. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photojournalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (James Stewart) is forced to spend a humid
summer recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment. The wheelchairbound Jeff whiles away his time observing his neighbours through a
telephoto lens, bestowing them with nicknames and growing familiar with
their daily routines. However, his society girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) is
exasperated and then alarmed when Jeff becomes obsessed with the notion
that Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr), who lives in the apartment opposite,
has murdered his wife. A 53-minute making of feature, 'Rear Window Ethics',
is also included.
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Rear window
Record ID
15403
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Waxman, Franz
Stewart, James
Grace
Corey, Wendell
Woolrich, Cornell
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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Made in 1954. Based on the short story 'It had to be murder' by
Cornell Woolrich. Credits: music, Franz Waxman; cinematographer, Robert
Burks. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell
Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Ross Bagdasarian, Sara Berner, Frank
Cady, Georgine Darcy, Harris Davenport, Marla English, Judith Evelyn,
Jesslyn Fax, Alan Lee, Irene Winston. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller which
explores the role of the voyeur. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photojournalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (Stewart) is forced to spend a humid summer
recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment. The wheelchair-bound Jeff
whiles away his time observing his neighbours through a telephoto lens,
bestowing them with nicknames and growing familiar with their daily
routines. However, his society girlfriend Lisa (Kelly) is exasperated and then
alarmed when Jeff becomes obsessed with the notion that Lars Thorwald
(Raymond Burr), who lives in the apartment opposite, has murdered his
wife...
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Rebecca
Record ID
12640
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Waxman, Franz
Olivier, Laurence
Fontaine, Joan
Sanders, George
Maurier, Daphne du
Imprint:
BRAVEWORLD.
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1940. Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Credits: music,
Franz Waxman. VN. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders,
Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Florence Bates, Leo G. Carroll, Melville Cooper,
Gladys Cooper, Reginald Denny, Edward Fielding, C. Aubrey Smith, Philip
Winter. BBFC code: PG. VHS.
Abstract:
Alfred Hitchcock's debut US film stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who,
after a brief Monte Carlo courtship and a rushed marriage, returns with the
handsome and mysterious Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) to his Cornish
country estate, Manderlay. The new bride receives a hostile reaction from
the housekeeper Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson), and finds herself
intimidated and overcome by the surviving traces of de Winter's first wife,
Rebecca. Then, as she becomes more and more unhappy, she stumbles
upon the secret of Rebecca's death.
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The red shoes
Record ID
12537
Author:
Powell, Michael
Pressburger, Emeric
Easdale, Brian
Walbrook, Anton
Shearer, Moira
Goring, Marius
Andersen, Hans Christian
Imprint:
Carlton Visual Entertainment , 1999
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1948. Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Credits: music,
Brian Easdale; cinematographer, Jack Cardiff. DVDN. Cast: Anton Walbrook,
Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Albert
Basserman, Irene Browne, Esmond Knight, Leonide Massine, Marcel Poncon,
Jean Short, Ludmilla Tcherina, Austin Trevor, Jerry Verno. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
Classic Powell and Pressburger drama about an aspiring ballerina who is
presented with a stark choice between her artistic ambitions and the man
she loves. The film, justly famous for a ballet sequence credited by many as
the best on film, has at its heart Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), a talented
young ballerina hired to work on an adaptation of the Hans Christian
Andersen tale, 'The Red Shoes'. The production is overseen by Boris
Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), a ballet impresario who rules his domain with
a rod of iron, making the careers of those he champions but demanding
absolute loyalty and dedication to the art of ballet in return. When Boris
discovers that Victoria has fallen in love with Julian (Marius Goring), the
ballet's composer, he becomes convinced that the affair will distract his
leading lady and presents her with a choice - the ballet or Julian? Will the
young ballerina be able to choose between her two great loves?
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Redacted
Record ID
12544
Author:
De Palma, Brian
Morris, Jim
Carroll, Patrick
O'Brien, Paul
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD War Drama Fictional Documentary
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0,
Interviews (Brian De Palma (Director), Refugees), Image gallery. Made in
2007. DVDN. Cast: Jim Morris, Patrick Carroll, Paul O'Brien, Daniel Stewart
Sherman, Kel O'Neill, Ty Jones, Izzy Diaz, Rob Devaney, Mike Figueroa,
Bridget Barkan, Zahra Kareem Alzubaida. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Director Brian De Palma revisits similar terrain that he covered in his 1989
film, 'Casualties of War', in this 'fictional documentary' loosely based on a
real-life gang rape and multiple murder perpetrated by US soldiers in Iraq in
2006. Centred around a small army group stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq,
the film alternates points of view, balancing the experiences of these
inexperienced young men with those of the western media and local Iraqi
people. Utilising an array of different filmic styles, from video diaries and
surveillance footage, to produced documentaries and news coverage, De
Palma forces the viewer to question how 'truth' is reported and asks difficult
questions about the brutalising effects of war on all those involved.
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Relative Values
Record ID
12629
Author:
Styles, Eric
Debney, John
Andrews, Julie
Atterton, Edward
Baldwin, William
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Commentary (Eric Styles (director).), Image gallery. Made
in 2000. Credits: director photography, Jimmy Dibling; music, John Debney.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Julie Andrews, Edward Atterton, William Baldwin,
Colin Firth, Stephen Fry, Sophie Thompson, Michael Culkin, Gaye Brown,
Stephanie Beacham, Jeanne Tripplehorn. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
England, the 1950s. When the eligible Nigel, Earl of Marshwood (Edward
Atterton) announces his engagement to Hollywood actress Miranda Frayle
(Jean Tripplehorn), it causes all manner of trouble. To start with, his mother
Felicity (Julie Andrews) is upset that he is marrying outside the aristocracy;
then there's Miranda's movie star ex-lover Don Lucas (William Baldwin), who
is determined to win her back; and finally there's the bombshell dropped by
Felicity's assistant Moxie (Sophie Thompson), who claims to be Miranda's
estranged sister. Will Nigel and Miranda ever make it to the altar or will the
plotting and complications get the better of them?
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The revenant
Record ID
15603
Author:
*RQ]ilez ,xirritu, Alejandro
Dessner, Bryce
Nicolai, Carsten
Sakamoto, 5\®uichi
Hardy, Tom
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Gleeson, Domhnall
Punke, Michael
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Biography Adventure Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2015. Based on Real events/The novel by Michael Punke.
Credits: music, Bryce Dessner; music, Carsten Nicolai; music, Ryuichi
Sakamoto; cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki. DVDN. Cast: Tom Hardy,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Lukas
Haas, Javier Botet, Brendan Fletcher, Brad Carter, Kristoffer Joner. DVD.
Abstract:
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy star in this award-winning epic adventure
based on real events. While on an expedition in the American wilderness,
explorer Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) falls victim to a near-fatal bear attack and is
left for dead by the rest of his team, including his friend and confidant John
Fitzgerald (Hardy). As the barely alive Glass struggles to find help and
shelter in the inhospitable winter, the love and longing for his home and
family, along with the thought of getting revenge on the men who left him to
die, is all that gives him the strength to continue. The cast also includes
Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter and Paul Anderson. The film won Golden
Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director and Best Actor Drama (DiCaprio) as well as five BAFTAs including Best Film, Best Leading
Actor (DiCaprio) and the David Lean Award for Direction and was nominated
for twelve Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor
(Hardy), winning Best Actor (DiCaprio), Best Director and Best
Cinematography.
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Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire/Legend of the Lost Tribe
Record ID
13055
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc : sd, col.
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Animals
Christmas
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Scene access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16.9) widescreen), Languages (English), Sound
(Dolby Stereo), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Behind the scenes,
Biographies, Interviews (Director), Commentary (Director) , Storyboard
comparisons, Time lapse footage. Made in 1999. Credits: music, Mark
Knopfler; narrator, Robbie Williams; voice, Ardal O'Hanlon; voice, Caroline
Quentin; voice, Harry Enfield; voice, Jane Horrocks; voice, Steve Coogan;
voice, Paul Whitehouse; voice, Ricky Tomlinson; voice, Rhys Ifans; voice,
Jean Alexander; voice, Alistair McGowan; voice, Tony Anscombe; voice,
Robbie Williams; voice, Jeff Goldblum; voice, Sean Hughes; voice, Rob
Brydon; voice, Ricky Gervais; voice, Natalie Imbruglia; voice, David
Attenborough. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
A double bill of 'Robbie the Reindeer' animation. In 'Hooves of Fire' Robbie
the Reindeer (voiced by Ardal O'Hanlon) arrives at the North Pole, ready to
take his place as navigator on Santa's Christmas sleigh team. However,
Robbie is soon plagued by doubt regarding his ability, and sets out to regain
his self-respect and the admiration of his team-mates. This festive animated
tale also features the voices of Jane Horrocks, Steve Coogan, Caroline
Quentin and Harry Enfield, and features a script co-written by 'Blackadder'
writer Richard Curtis. Whilst in 'Legend of the Lost Tribe' Robbie is on a
quest to discover a lost tribe of Viking warriors - facing deadly traps,
dastardly foes and an angry girlfriend along the way.
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Robin Hood (Disney)
Record ID
13622
Author:
Reitherman, Wolfgang
Bruns, George
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 2002
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Animals
Robin Hood (Legendary character)
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (English, Norwegian, Danish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
Norwegian, Danish), Other documentaries ('Ye Olden Days' Mickey Mouse
short.), ('Oo-de-Lally' with sing-a-long words on the screen.), Image gallery,
Robin Hood's Merry Games. Made in 1973. Based on the legend of Robin
Hood. Credits: music, George Bruns; animator, Walt Disney Studios;
art/production/design, Don Griffith; voice, Roger Miller; voice, Brian Bedford;
voice, Monica Evans; voice, Phil Harris; voice, Andy Devine; voice, Carole
Shelley; voice, Peter Ustinov; voice, Terry-Thomas; voice, Pat Buttram;
voice, George Lindsay; voice, Ken Curtis. DVDN. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
Disney-animated version of the Robin Hood tale, with Robin characterised as
a fox, Allan-a-Dale a rooster, Little John a bear, Friar Tuck a badger and the
Sheriff of Nottingham a wolf. Robin and his merry band rob from the rich
and give to the poor while England is ruled by the corrupt King John (voiced
by Peter Ustinov) - whose snake advisor Hiss looks and sounds suspiciously
like Terry-Thomas!
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Record ID
13623
Author:
Wedge, Chris
Powell, John
Imprint:
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Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Robots
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Other languages Danish, Finnish, NOrwegian, Swedish, Subtitles
(English). Made in 2005. Credits: music, John Powell; voice, Halle Berry;
voice, Lucille Bliss; voice, Terry Bradshaw; voice, Jim Broadbent; voice, Mel
Brooks; voice, Amanda Bynes; voice, Drew Carey; voice, Jennifer Coolidge;
voice, Dylan Denton; voice, Will Denton; voice, Marshall Efron; voice, Paul
Giamatti; voice, Dan Hedaya; voice, Jackie Hoffman; voice, James Earl
Jones; voice, Greg Kinnear; voice, Jay Leno; voice, Brian McFadden; voice,
Ewan McGregor; voice, Dianne Wiest; voice, Robin Williams. UMDN. BBFC
code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated family comedy featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Robin
Williams and Halle Berry. Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) is a small town
robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his
quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who
is a dishwasher - literally a dishwasher. You open his chest and load in the
dishes. Rodney has dreams of something greater. Armed with his unique
talent for inventing, Rodney embarks on a journey to Robot City to meet his
idol, the majestic inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks). An iconic figure in all of
Robot City, Bigweld has spent a lifetime creating things to make the lives of
robots better. Once in Robot City, Rodney finds that things are not quite as
he expected, and his quest may be a lot harder than he imagined. As he
tries to navigate his way around this new city, Rodney befriends the Rusties,
a ragtag group of street-smart bots who know the ropes. One of the Rusties,
Fender (Williams), immediately becomes Rodney's best friend and even lets
his spunky kid sister Piper Pinwheeler (Amanda Bynes) tag along. They take
him in, and for now, at least, Rodney has a home in Robot City. Rodney also
meets Cappy (Berry), an executive at Bigweld Industries who takes an
instant liking to Rodney and sees a lot of herself in him. Along their
adventures, Rodney and his new friends encounter unsavoury characters
who try to derail Rodney's plans to find Bigweld and save Robot City.
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Romeo and Juliet
Record ID
14735
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz
Hooper, Nellee
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Danes, Claire
Dennehy, Brian
Imprint:
ENCORE , 1998
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1996. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Credits: music,
Nellee Hooper. LW. Dolby Surround. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes,
Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane
Venora, Harold Perrineau Jr, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Dash Mihok, Miriam
Margolyes. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Shakespeare's play is transferred to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona
Beach, California. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a
long-running feud. When Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Montague, attends
a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Claire
Danes). Although already engaged to Dave Paris, whom she does not love,
Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Father Laurence to perform
the ceremony in secret, but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's
future together.
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A room with a view
Record ID
13094
Author:
Ivory, James
Robbins, Richard
Smith, Maggie
Elliott, Denholm
Forster, E.M
Imprint:
4DVD , 2007
Description:
Class:
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Video disc
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text
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Made in 1986. Based on the novel by E.M. Forster. Credits: music, Richard
Robbins; art/production/design, Gianni Quaranta; art/production/design,
Brian Ackland-Snow; costumes, Jenny Beavan; costumes, John Bright;
cinematographer, Tony Pierce-Roberts; make up, Christine Beveridge. DVDS.
Cast: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands,
Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Rosemary Leach, Rupert
Graves, Patrick Godfrey. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
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Rope
Record ID
12583
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Poulenc, Francis
Forbstein, Leo
Stewart, James
Dall, John
Granger, Farley
Hamilton, Patrick
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Drama Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1948. Based on the play by Patrick Hamilton. Credits: music, Francis
Poulenc; music, Leo F. Forbstein; director photography, Joseph Valentine;
director photography, William V. Skall. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: James
Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier,
Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson, Dick Hogan. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Record ID
15339
Author:
Myers, Stanley
Oldman, Gary
Roth, Tim
Dreyfuss, Richard
Stoppard, Tom
Imprint:
Second Sight , 2003
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Comedy Drama Plays
ISBN:
8715664016213
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
video disc
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English). Made in 1990. Based on
the play by Tom Stoppard. Credits: music, Stanley Myers. DVDN. Stereo.
Cast: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Joanna Roth, Iain Glen,
Donald Sumpter, Joanna Miles, Ljubo Zecevic, Ian Richardson, Sven
Medvesck. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Tom Stoppard directs this adaptation of his own play, in which two minor
characters from 'Hamlet' amble unknowingly toward their inevitable demise.
Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Roth) arrive in Elsinore,
summoned by the King to discover the source of Prince Hamlet's melancholy.
Trapped on the fringes of the plot, the inept duo struggle to make sense of
their roles and motivation.
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The ruling class
Record ID
12623
Author:
Medak, Peter
Cameron, John
O'Toole, Peter
Andrews, Harry
Lowe, Arthur
Barnes, Peter
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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(Dolby Digital 2.0). Made in 1972. Based on the play by Peter Barnes.
Credits: music, John Cameron. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Peter O'Toole,
Harry Andrews, Arthur Lowe, Alastair Sim, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant,
Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers, Hugh Burden,
Graham Crowden, Kay Walsh, Patsy Byrne, Joan Cooper. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Controversial black comedy following the eccentric life and times of the 14th
Earl of Gurney (Peter O'Toole), an aristocrat who veers between thinking he
is Jesus Christ and Jack the Ripper. His family attempt to engineer a new
heir to the family fortune, but the Earl has no intentions of going quietly into
a nursing home. Also stars Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe and other luminaries of
British film.
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Saboteur
Record ID
12624
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Previn, Charles
Skinner, Frank
Lane, Priscilla
Cummings, Robert
Lloyd, Norman
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1942. Credits: music, Charles Previn; music, Frank Skinner; director
photography, Joseph Valentine. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Priscilla Lane,
Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Kruger,
Dorothy Peterson, Clem Bevans, Ian Wolfe. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) finds himself branded an
industrial saboteur after a fire breaks out in the workplace. The extinguisher
he handed to his colleague and best friend itself burst into flame, and Kane
is now on the run, determined to find the real culprit and so prove his
innocence. The only person who believes his story is Patricia Martin (Priscilla
Lane), who aids him in his flight from the authorities. Alfred Hitchcock's
suspenseful chase film, a contribution to America's wartime propaganda, can
be seen as a precursor to his later success 'North by Northwest'.
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Saturday night fever
Record ID
15451
Author:
Badham, John
Gibb, Barry
Gibb, Maurice
Gibb, Robin
Travolta, John
Gorney, Karen
Cali, Joseph
Cohn, Nik
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Music Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1978. Based on a story by Nik Cohn. Credits: music, Barry Gibb;
music, Maurice Gibb; music, Robin Gibb; music, The Bee Gees;
cinematographer, Ralf Bode. DVDC. Cast: John Travolta, Karen Gorney,
Joseph Cali, Barry Miller, Paul Pape, Bruce Ornstein, Donna Pescow, Julie
Bovasso, Martin Shakar. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
John Travolta stars in this 1970s drama about a young man who dreams of a
better life. Tony (Travolta) is a Brooklyn roughneck stuck in a dead-end job
as a salesman in a paint shop. He lives for Saturday night down at the disco
where his stylish dancing has made him something of a local hero. But Tony
wants more than his small world can offer. Through the influence of his
more sophisticated dance partner Stephanie (Karen Gorney) and his brother,
a disillusioned priest, Tony starts to question the possibilities for change. The
soundtrack is provided by pop group The Bee Gees.
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Saving Grace
Record ID
12673
Author:
Cole, Nigel
Blethyn, Brenda
Russell, Mark
Ferguson, Craig
Clunes, Martin
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Bonus
footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Cast and crew.).
Made in 2000. Credits: music, Mark Russell. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tcheky Karyo, Jamie
Foreman, Bill Bailey, Valerie Edmond, Tristan Sturrock, Leslie Phillips, Diana
Quick, Phyllida Law, Ken Campbell. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Green-fingered widow Grace Trevethen (Brenda Blethyn) is faced with a
cash-flow problem and wonders how she will be able to pay for the upkeep
on her Cornish manor. The solution comes from the manor caretaker (Craig
Ferguson): why not start growing and selling marijuana? That's exactly what
Grace does, with hilarious and unforseen consequences.
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Saving Mr. Banks
Record ID
15231
Author:
Hancock, John Lee
Newman, Thomas
Hanks, Tom
Thompson, Emma
Farrell, Colin
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Biography Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English, Russian), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1),
Subtitles (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard
of hearing (English), Audio Description English. Made in 2013. Based on a
true story. Credits: music, Thomas Newman; cinematographer, John
Schwartzman. DVDN. Cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul
Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths,
Bradley Whitford, Dendrie Taylor. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this Academy Award-nominated
drama based on the life of author P.L. Travers and Walt Disney's attempt to
gain the rights to adapt her novel 'Mary Poppins'. In 1961, when her book
sales begin to decline, Travers (Thompson) reluctantly enters into
negotiations with Disney (Hanks), who promised his daughters 20 years
previously that he would turn their favourite story into a movie. Initially
Travers is unyielding and flashbacks to her childhood in 1907 demonstrate
why her novel and, in particular, her eponymous character are so precious to
her. Eventually she agrees to let Disney go ahead with the movie but will she
approve of the final outcome? The cast also features Colin Farrell, Paul
Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman and Ruth Wilson. Thomas Newman received
an Oscar nomination for his score.
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Saving Private Ryan
Record ID
12611
Author:
Spielberg, Steven
Williams, John
Hanks, Tom
Burns, Edward
Damon, Matt
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD War Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1998. Credits: music, John Williams. DVDDT. Cast: Tom Hanks,
Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg,
Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Ted Danson. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning, epic, World War 2 drama is set against the
backdrop of the Normandy landings. A squad of American soldiers, led by
Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), receive top-level instructions to undertake
an unusual mission: to rescue Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), whose
three brothers have all been killed in action. As the soldiers forge deeper into
enemy territory, they begin to question the sense of risking life and limb for
the sake of one man.
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Schindler's list
Record ID
12633
Author:
Spielberg, Steven
Williams, John
Neeson, Liam
Fiennes, Ralph
Kingsley, Ben
Keneally, Thomas
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1995
Description:
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sd, b&w.
Subjects:
Schindler, Oskar
Class:
Film on DVD History Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1993. Based on the novel 'Schindler's ark' by Thomas Keneally.
Credits: music, John Williams; cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski; subject,
Oskar Schindler. LW. Dolby Surround. Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes,
Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz, Andrzej
6HZHU\Q1RUEHUW:HLVVHU(OLQD/RZHQV|KQ0DOJRVFKD*HEHO%%)&FRGH
15. DVD.
Abstract:
Steven Spielberg's epic Holocaust drama won seven Oscars, including
statuettes for Best Picture and Director. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a
Nazi Party member out to profit from the war. The local Jewish population
provide a ready source of cheap labour for his factory, but Oskar's
mercenary instincts become coupled with more altruistic ones when he
discovers that the Jews he does not employ are likely to be sent to
concentration camps. From then on, he attempts to save as many Jews from
imprisonment as possible, whilst keeping on the right side of the Nazi
authorities.
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Seabiscuit
Record ID
13246
Author:
Ross, Gary
Maguire, Tobey
Bridges, Jeff
Cooper, Chris
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (French, Spanish),
Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), 'Making of' documentary,
Commentary (Gary Ross and Steven Soderbergh.), Other documentaries
('Anatomy of a Movie'. 'Seabiscuit, Racing Through History'.), DVD ROM
features, Image gallery, Production notes. Made in 2003. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elisabeth Banks,
Gary Stevens, William H. Macy, Kingston DuCoeur, Eddie Jones, Ed Lauter.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
In downtrodden 1930s America three men work together towards symbolic
victories for their beloved racehorse, Seabiscuit. Charles Howard [Jeff
Bridges] is the owner of the racehorse, a gifted salesman and father, Red
Pollard [Tobey Maguire] is a partially blind boxer turned jockey who has had
a hard and unlucky life until he comes into contact with Seabiscuit, and Tom
Smith [Chris Cooper] is the enigmatic and wise trainer.
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The second best exotic Marigold Hotel
Record ID
15438
Author:
Madden, John
Newman, Thomas
Smith, Maggie
Nighy, Bill
Gere, Richard
Moggach, Deborah
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Comedy Drama
ISBN:
5039036072953
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2015. Based on the novel 'These foolish
things' by Deborah Moggach. Credits: music, Thomas Newman;
cinematographer, Ben Smithard. DVDN. Cast: Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy,
Richard Gere, Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Tamsin Greig, Penelope
Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
British comedy drama starring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Dev
Patel. Following on from their exploits in 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'
(2011), Muriel (Smith) is now fully-fledged manager of the hotel owned by
Sonny Kapoor (Patel) and Evelyn (Dench), along with new-found companion
Douglas (Nighy) help to run the day-to-day business. When Sonny realises
that he has only one room left in his ever-expanding hotel, he decides to
dream bigger than ever and open the Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
The cast also includes Richard Gere, Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie.
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Sense and sensibility
Record ID
13084
Author:
Lee, Ang
Doyle, Patrick
Thompson, Emma
Winslet, Kate
Rickman, Alan
Austen, Jane
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
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text
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Made in 1995. Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Credits: music, Patrick
Doyle. DVDWS. Cast: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh
Grant, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth
Spriggs, Robert Hardy, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Hugh Laurie,
Eleanor McCready, Ione Vidahl. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Emma Thompson stars in and provides the screenplay for this adaptation of
Jane Austen's classic novel. Thompson plays Elinor, the eldest of sisters who
are reduced in means when their father dies and his estate passes on to his
son from his first marriage. They are soon accepted into their new society,
each finding romance, but with some pain along the way. Also starring Kate
Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, the film won an Oscar for Best
Adapted Screenplay, as well as three BAFTAs.
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A separation
Record ID
13242
Author:
Farhadi, Asghar
Oraki, Sattar
Moaadi, Peyman
Hatami, Leila
Bayat, Sareh
Imprint:
Artificial Eye , 2011
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Persian), Subtitles (English). Made in 2011. Credits: music, Sattar Oraki;
cinematographer, Mahmoud Kalari. DVDN. Cast: Peyman Moaadi, Leila
Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi, Merila Zare'i, AliAsghar Shahbazi, Babak Karimi, Kimia Hosseini, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Asghar Farhadi directs this Iranian drama about the far-reaching effects of
an acrimonious divorce. Middle-class couple Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and
Simin (Leila Hatami) plan to emigrate to Europe with their eleven-year-old
daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi). But when Nader decides to stay behind
to care for his Alzheimer's-suffering father, Simin files for divorce and states
her intention to leave the country with her daughter. Tension escalates
further when Nader hires housemaid Razieh (Sareh Bayat) to help him care
for his father, bringing a whole new set of problems into a household already
close to breaking point.
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Shakespeare in love
Record ID
14995
Author:
Madden, John
Warbeck, Stephen
Fiennes, Joseph
Paltrow, Gwyneth
Dench, Judi
Imprint:
UCA , 2013
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Romance Biography Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 1998. Credits: music, Stephen Warbeck. DVDN. Cast:
Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth,
Simon Callow, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Tim
McMullen, Steven Beard, Antony Sher, Patrick Barlow, Martin Clunes, Imelda
Staunton, Mark Williams. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
This Tom Stoppard penned period comedy won seven Oscars, including
those for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) and Original
Screenplay. In late 16th Century London, the theatre's most promising
young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), is suffering from
writer's block. Rose Theatre owner Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) is
desperate that Will's new play - tentatively entitled Romeo and Ethel the
Pirate's Daughter - be finished, whilst a new cast member, Thomas Kent, is
equally eager to make his stage debut. Kent has a secret however: 'he' is
actually Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), merchant's daughter and
ILDQFpof Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Adopting a disguise to enter a trade
forbidden to women, matters become complicated when Will falls for her in
her more conventional garb. It may take the intervention of Queen Elizabeth
(Judi Dench) herself to make sure the course of true love runs smoothly and
that the show goes on.
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Shaun of the dead
Record ID
14756
Author:
Wright, Edgar
Mudford, Dan
Woodhead, Pete
Pegg, Simon
Ashfield, Kate
Frost, Nick
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Horror
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2004. Credits: music, Dan Mudford; music, Pete
Woodhead; cinematographer, David M Dunlap. DVDN. Cast: Simon Pegg,
Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Nicola Cunningham,
Sonell Dadral, Trisha Goddard, Bill Nighy. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Much-lauded comedy, described by its makers as 'a romantic comedy - with
zombies'. Written by Simon Pegg, creator of the hit TV series 'Spaced', the
film fuses the style (and copious bloodshed) of classic zombie films with
observational suburban comedy. Shaun (Pegg) is a useless but likeable
thirty-something who works in an electronics shop in Crouch End. He doesn't
get much respect from his fellow staff, even though he's standing in as
temporary boss; his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) has had enough of his lack
of direction and penchant for downing pints in the local pub; and he doesn't
get on with his stepdad (Bill Nighy). Things get worse when the living dead
make their appearance, threatening to spread their zombie curse across the
nation. Will Shaun be able to rise from his sofa to save the lives of the two
women he loves - Liz and his dear old mum?
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Sherlock Holmes
Record ID
14642
Author:
Ritchie, Guy
Zimmer, Hans
Downey, Robert
Law, Jude
McAdams, Rachel
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Crime
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2009. Based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Credits: music, Hans Zimmer. DVDN. Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law,
Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, James Fox, Hans
Matheson, Bronagh Gallagher, Geraldine James. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The great Victorian detective returns in this action thriller directed by Guy
Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr (in a Golden Globe-winning
performance), Jude Law, Rachel McAdams and Mark Strong. Based on a new
story by producer Lionel Wigram using Arthur Conan Doyle's famous
characters, the film follows Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr) and his loyal
assistant Dr Watson (Law) as they deal with a mysterious new nemesis: Lord
Blackwood (Strong), a cult leader and Satanist who harbours the most
deadly of intentions. Abandoning the accepted portrayals of Holmes and
Watson, as perfected by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the films of the
1930s and '40s, Downey Jr's Holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action
and intellect, while Law's Watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a
much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gambling.
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Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows
Record ID
14641
Author:
Ritchie, Guy
Zimmer, Hans
Downey, Robert
McAdams, Rachel
Rapace, Noomi
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Adventure Crime
ISBN:
5051892074438
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Other documentaries ('Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - a
Perfect Chemistry', 'Moriarty's Master Plan
Unleashed', 'Holmes-a-vision On Steroids'). Made in 2011.
Based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Credits: music,
Hans Zimmer; cinematographer, Philippe Rousselot. DVDN. Cast: Robert
Downey Jr, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Jude Law, Stephen Fry, Jared
Harris, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, Gilles Lellouche, William
Houston, Affif Ben Badra. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and
Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie's second adaptation of the classic Arthur Conan
Doyle detective novels. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead,
Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) pronounces suicide as the cause of death.
But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been murdered - and is
soon untangling an international web of intrigue, in which all threads appear
to lead to criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). The
supporting cast includes Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly, Geraldine James and
Noomi Rapace.
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The shining
Record ID
15236
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
%DUWÐok, %Ðela
Nicholson, Jack
Duvall, Shelley
Lloyd, Danny
King, Stephen
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Horror Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English, French,
Spanish), Trailers, Other documentaries ('The Making of the Shining' with
optional commentary by Vivian Kubrick. Three new featurettes - 'View from
the Overlook: Crafting the Shining', 'The Visions of Stanley Kubrick' and
'Wendy Carlos, Composer'). Made in 1980. Based on the novel by Stephen
King. Credits: music, %pla %DUWyk. DVDN. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley
Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, David Baxt, Lia
Beldam, Lisa Burns, Tony Burton, Alison Coleridge, Barry Dennen, Billie
Gibson, Anne Jackson, Kate Phelps, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel. BBFC code: 15.
DVD.
Abstract:
Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker.
Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)
takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in
Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation
drove a former caretaker mad, and moves into the massive resort with his
wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd). But Danny has a
supernatural gift which makes him aware of an evil lurking in the hotel, and
sure enough, as winter storms cut the hotel off from civilisation, Jack
gradually becomes murderously insane.
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Sicario
Record ID
15533
Author:
Villeneuve, Denis
-yhannsson, -yhann
Blunt, Emily
Toro, Benicio del
Brolin, Josh
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2016
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Action Crime Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2015. Credits: music, -yhann -yhannsson;
cinematographer, Roger Deakins. DVDN. Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro,
Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Donovan, Victor Garber, Raoul Trujillo,
Maximiliano +HUQindez, Daniel Kaluuya, Lora Martinez-Cunningham. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin star in this action thriller from
director Denis Villeneuve. FBI agent Kate Macer (Blunt) is recruited by
government official Matt Graver (Brolin) to join a team, led by mysterious
consultant Alejandro (Del Toro), on a secret mission to bring down a drug
lord in Mexico. The operation is fraught with danger and Kate finds herself
forced to reconsider what she stands for as she tries to successfully
complete the mission and make it out alive... The film was nominated for
three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and Best Original
Score -yhann -yhannsson).
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The Simpsons: Complete Season 1 Disc 1 of 3
Record ID
13373
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc (120 min approx.) : col.
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Outtakes, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary
(Matt Groening (Creator)), Other documentaries ('Animatics'. Easter Egg).
Made in 1989. Credits: executive producer, James L. Brooks; executive
producer, Matt Groening; executive producer, Sam Simon; voice, Dan
Castellaneta; voice, Julie Kavner; voice, Yeardley Smith; voice, Nancy
Cartwright; voice, Hank Azaria; voice, Penny Marshall; voice, Ron Taylor;
voice, Albert Brooks; voice, Kelsey Grammer; voice, Sam McMurray. Boxed.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Box set containing every episode from the first season of the popular
animated comedy. In 'Some Enchanted Evening', Homer and Marge
unwittingly leave their offspring in the care of the notorious Babysitter Bandit
when they go out for an evening of romance. 'Bart the Genius' sees the
spiky-haired one placed in a school for geniuses after switching test papers
with Martin Prince, while in 'Homer's Odyssey', Homer develops a mania for
safety after being fired from the nuclear power plant. 'There's No Disgrace
Like Home' sees Homer forced to recognise a harsh home truth: his family is
the worst in town! In 'Bart the General', Grampa helps Bart organise the
local kids against school bullies, while 'Moaning Lisa' sees a disconsolate Lisa
taking refuge in the saxaphonic strains of Bleeding Gums Murphy. In 'The
Telltale Head', Bart reveals in flashbacks how he came to desecrate the
statue of Springfield's founding father. 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'
finds the dysfunctional family acquiring a new pet in the form of Santa's
Little Helper, and in 'Call of the Simpsons', Homer manages to get himself
and Bart stranded in the woods after losing his temper with his new mobile
home. 'Homer's Night Out' sees Homer paying the price after showing
himself up at a stag party, while in 'Life on the Fast Lane', Marge finds
romance with bowling instructor Jacques. 'Krusty Gets Busted' sees Bart's
television idol sent down for a crime he did not commit, and in 'The Crepes
of Wrath', Bart is sent to France in exchange for a suspiciously curiousminded Albanian student.
The Simpsons: Complete Season 2 - Disc 1
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13591
Imprint:
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Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(English), 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Matt Groening (Creator) and
James L. Brooks), Commentary (Matt Groening (Creator)), Other
documentaries (Bart on American Music Awards. TV Commercials. Easter
Egg), Bonus tracks ('Do the Bartman'. 'Deep Deep Trouble'), Image gallery,
Early drawings. Made in 1990. Credits: voice, Dan Castellaneta; voice, Julie
Kavner; voice, Hank Azaria; voice, Nancy Cartwright; voice, Yeardley Smith;
voice, Harry Shearer; voice, Harvey Fierstein; voice, James Earl Jones; voice,
Tony Bennett; voice, Maggie Roswell; voice, Larry King; voice, George Takei;
voice, Jon Lovitz; voice, Danny DeVito; voice, Tracey Ullman; voice, Dustin
Hoffman; voice, Ringo Starr; voice, Cloris Leachman; voice, Daniel Stern.
Boxed. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
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All 22 episodes from the second series of the groundbreaking animated
comedy series. In 'Bart Gets an F' Bart fails a test and is told to repeat the
fourth grade. 'Simpson and Delilah' has Homer's hair restored thanks to a
new miracle product. 'Treehouse of Horror' is a Halloween special in which
the Simpsons buy a haunted house, get abducted by aliens, and re-enact a
famous Edgar Allen Poe poem. 'Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on
Every Fish' finds Burns under investigation after Bart and Lisa catch a threeeyed fish near his nuclear power plant. 'Dancin' Homer' sees Homer tell the
story of his failed career as a baseball mascot. 'Dead Putting Society' has a
feud between Homer and Ned Flanders culminate in a ruthless minigolf
tournament between their kids. 'Bart vs Thanksgiving' finds Bart running
away from home. 'Bart the Daredevil' sees Bart prepare to jump Springfield
Gorge on a skateboard. In 'Itchy and Scratchy and Marge' Marge leads a
protest against cartoon violence. 'Bart Gets Hit by a Car' has Homer hire an
ambulance-chasing lawyer after Burns knocks Homer off his skateboard.
'One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish' finds Homer taking stock when he is
given 24 hours to live. 'The Way We Was' sees Homer reminisce about his
and Marge's high school courtship. In 'Homer vs Lisa and the 8th
Commandment' the elder Simpson daughter rebels against her father's illegal
acquisition of cable TV. 'Bart's Dog Gets an F' has Santa's Little Helper sent
to Canine College - but this is one dog that can't be taught new tricks.
'Principal Charming' finds Marge's sister Patty receiving romantic overtures
from Principal Skinner. 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?' sees Homer reunited
with his long-lost millionaire half-brother, Herb Powell. In 'Brush with
Greatness', Marge's revived interest in painting results in her being
commissioned to produce a flattering portrait of Mr Burns. 'The War of the
Simpsons' has Marge and Homer struggle to save their failing marriage. 'Old
Money' finds Grampa Simpson in the black when an 83-year-old girlfriend
dies and leaves him all her money. 'Lisa's Substitute' sees Homer become
jealous when Lisa develops a crush on her new substitute teacher. '3 Men
and a Comic Book' has Bart, Milhouse and Martin come to blows over their
newly purchased and incredibly rare copy of the first ever 'Radioactive Man'
comic. Finally, in 'Blood Feud', Homer sees red when Mr Burns fails to show
any gratitude for a life-saving blood transfusion from Bart.
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13593
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Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
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GMD:
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13595
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Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
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Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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13596
Imprint:
Description:
4 videodiscs : col.
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
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dvd
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(English). Made in 1992. Credits: voice, Dan Castellaneta; voice, Julie
Kavner; voice, Nancy Cartwright; voice, Yeardley Smith; voice, Hank Azaria;
voice, Harry Shearer; voice, Michael Jackson; voice, Joe Mantegna; voice,
Pamela Hayden; voice, Jon Lovitz; voice, Jackie Mason; voice, Maggie
Roswell; voice, Phil Hartman; voice, Aerosmith; voice, Sting; voice, Steve
Allen; voice, Beverly d'Angelo; voice, Kelsey Grammer; voice, Christopher
Guest; voice, Joe Frazier; voice, Danny DeVito. Boxed. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
All 24 episodes from the third series of the groundbreaking animated
comedy series. In 'Stark Raving Dad' Homer is committed to a mental
asylum and shares a room with a man who thinks he's Michael Jackson. In
'Mr Lisa Goes to Washington' Lisa wins the regional round of an essay
competition to win a trip to Washington. But a chance encounter sends her
on an anti-corruption crusade. In 'When Flanders Failed' Flanders opens up a
left-handed shop but finds it hard to get customers, until Bart gets involved.
'Bart the Murderer' sees Bart become the errand boy for the local mafia and
ends up on trial for the murder of Skinner. In 'Homer Defined' Bart becomes
a hero when he saves the plant from meltdown, but then becomes a loser
when he reveals he didn't know how he did it. 'Like Father Like Clown' sees
Krusty's background revealed. 'Treehouse of Horror II: A Simpsons
Halloween' sees Lisa, Homer and Bart having nightmares after too many
Halloween sweets. In 'Lisa's Pony' Homer buys Lisa a pony and ends up in
financial trouble. 'Saturdays of Thunder' sees Homer trying to be a good
father. 'Flaming Moe's' sees Moe taking all the credit for the recipe of a new
drink that Homer gave him. In 'Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk' the plant is
sold to a German company and Homer loses his job. In 'I Married Marge'
Homer tells the kids the story of his and Marge's courtship. 'Radio Bart' sees
Bart fooling the media into thinking a boy is trapped in a well. 'Lisa the
Greek' sees Lisa help Bart to win alot of money. In 'Homer Alone' Marge gets
a well-earned holiday, alone. 'Bart the Lover' sees Bart involved in the
personal ads. 'Homer at the Bat' sees the plant getting a baseball team. In
'Separate Vocations' Lisa is told she would make a good housewife, whilst
Bart is told he should be a cop. 'Dog of Death' sees the family having to
make cut-backs to pay vet fees. 'Colonel Homer' sees Homer becoming
manager to a country singer. In 'Black Widower' Sideshow Bob marries
Selma but Bart is suspicious of Bob's motives. In 'The Otto Show' Bart takes
up guitar and Otto comes to live with the Simpsons.In 'Bart's Friends Fall in
Love' Millhouse falls in love and Bart makes friends with Martin. Finally, in
'Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?' Homer's brother Herb turns up borrows
$2,000 from Homer and then makes alot of money.
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13605
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Lynch, Jeff
Moore, Rich
Martin, Jeff
Baeza, Carlos
Silverman, David
Kirkland, Matt
Archer, Wesley
Reardon, Jim
Imprint:
Description:
4 videodiscs : col.
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 4 disc(s), Interactive menus, Animated
menus, Languages (English), Deleted scenes, Commentary. Made in 1993.
Credits: voice, Dan Castellaneta; voice, Julie Kavner; voice, Nancy
Cartwright; voice, Yeardley Smith; voice, Hank Azaria; voice, Harry Shearer;
voice, Phil Hartman; voice, Doris Grau; voice, Jon Lovitz; voice, Maggie
Roswell; voice, Russi Taylor; voice, Gene Merlino; voice, Lona Williams;
voice, Bob Hope; voice, Pamela Reed; voice, Tress MacNeille; voice, Joyce
Brothers; voice, Brooke Shields; voice, Barry White; voice, David Crosby;
voice, Johnny Carson; voice, Hugh Hefner; voice, Bette Midler; voice, Luke
Perry; voice, Red Hot Chili Peppers; voice, Tom Jones; voice, Sara Gilbert;
voice, Adam West; voice, Linda Ronstadt; voice, Elizabeth Taylor. Boxed.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Box set containing all 22 episodes from Season 4 of the popular animated
comedy. In 'Kamp Krusty', Bart and Lisa go to Krusty the Clown's summer
camp, Kamp Krusty, but are dismayed to find that Krusty himself is not in
attendance. Marge is feeling unappreciated and sidelined by her family in 'A
Streetcar Named Marge', and decides to audition for the lead role in 'Oh
Streetcar!', a musical version of 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. She gets the
part despite Homer's lack of encouragement, and the whole family goes
along to see the show. 'Homer the Heretic' sees Homer skiving off church
and getting into all sorts of trouble, from nearly burning the house down to
starting his own religion and having to be saved by Ned Flanders and his
family. In 'Lisa the Beauty Queen', the Simpsons go to a carnival, where Lisa
has a makeover and ends up being Little Miss Springfield. But when she
realises the event is supported by a cigarette company, she speaks out for
her beliefs, and promptly loses her newly-gained crown. 'Tree House of
Horror III: The Simpsons Halloween Special' follows three scary Halloween
stories told by Lisa, Grandpa and Bart, 'Clown Without Pity', 'King Homer'
and 'Dial Z For Zombie'. In 'Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie', Homer and
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Marge attend the parents' evening at Bart and Lisa's school. Homer speaks
to Lisa's teacher and hears what a model pupil she is, but Marge, who
speaks to Bart's teacher, is regaled with horror stories about his behaviour.
Meanwhile, Bart is playing up at home and Homer vows to punish him by
stopping him from seeing the long-awaited movie of 'Itchy and Scratchy'.
The Simpsons are having financial troubles in 'Marge Gets a Job'. The
foundations of their house have subsided and Homer's attempts to sort it out
with DIY backfire. So Marge applies to work at the power plant where the
boss, Mr Burns, soon develops a crush on her. Bart falls in love with his new
neighbour in 'New Kid on the Block', only to find out that she already has a
boyfriend, while Homer eats so much food in an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet that
the restaurant throws him out on the street. In 'Mr Plow', Homer gets talked
into buying a snow plow by a smooth-talking car salesman. But his new
business causes all kinds of trouble, until God thaws out Springfield and puts
a stop to the chaos. 'Lisa's First Word' flashes back to Lisa's babyhood, when
Bart was horribly jealous of his new baby sister despite the fact that she
adored him to such an extent that her first word was 'Bart'. 'Homer's Triple
Bypass' sees Homer in dire straits after suffering a heart attack and realising
he has neither health insurance nor funds to pay for the heart surgery he
needs. Then he remembers a TV ad in which Dr Nick Riviera promises to
cahrge only $129.95 for any operation. In 'Marge vs the Monorail', a con
artist sells a monorail sytem to the residents of Springfield, and Homer and
Bart end up having to save the passengers when the system starts running
and proves to be life-threateningly dangerous. 'Selma's Choice' sees Selma
taking Bart and Lisa on an outing to Duff Gardens, an alcohol-based theme
park. When Bart is nearly killed and Lisa gets drunk, Selma decides her
recent ideas about becoming a mother may be misguided, and gets herself a
pet iguana instead. Bart finds a new father figure, Tom, through the Bigger
Brothers agency in 'Brother From the Same Planet', making Homer so
jealous that he goes out and gets himself a new 'little brother' in revenge.
Meanwhile, Lisa has become addicted to phoning a 900 number. 'I Love Lisa'
sees Lisa sending Ralph a Valentine out of pity, then getting infuriated when
he starts following her around. In 'Duffless', Homer is banned from driving
for 30 days when he gets caught drink-driving, and is made to watch antidrink-driving films and attend AA meetings. 'Last Exit to Springfield' sees Mr
Burns taking on the union at the power plant and trying to get rid of the
costly dental plan for employees. Meanwhile, Lisa is told she needs braces,
and Homer leads the workers in a strike resulting in power being cut off
from the city. One of Bart's pranks leads to the house blowing up in 'So It
Has Come To This: The Simpsons Clip Show', and Homer ends up in a coma,
with a series of clips showing past blows to his head - and a montage of 32
'D'ohs!' In 'The Front', Bart and Lisa decide to write some new episodes for
the 'Itchy and Scratchy' show, which has been getting a little stale. They
have to use a grown-up's name, so they choose Grandpa. He wins an award,
but refuses to accept it when he discovers how violent the show is.
'Whacking Day' charts the approach of a Springfield holiday, Whacking Day,
which involves killing snakes with sticks. Lisa is horrified by the cruelty of
this and she and Bart enlist the help of Barry White to lure the snakes out of
town for the day. In 'Marge in Chains', Marge accidentally shoplifts while
shopping for her family who are all laid up at home with flu. She ends up in
prison for 30 days, leaving Homer in charge of the home and kids. 'Krusty
Gets Cancelled' sees Gabbo, a ventriloquist dummy, beating Krusty in the
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network ratings, leaving Krusty without a job. Bart and Lisa come to his aid,
asking Krusty's celebrity friends, including Bette Midler, Hugh Hefner,
Elizabeth Taylor and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to rally round for a
comeback special.
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13613
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Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Comedy
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
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dvd
Notes:
Made in 1994. Credits: executive producer, Matt Groening; executive
producer, James L. Brooks; voice, Dan Castellaneta; voice, Julie Kavner;
voice, Nancy Cartwright; voice, Yeardley Smith; voice, Hank Azaria; voice,
Harry Shearer; voice, Pamela Hayden; voice, George Harrison; voice, Kelsey
Grammer; voice, Russi Taylor; voice, Maggie Roswell; voice, The Ramones;
voice, Phil Hartman; voice, James Brown; voice, Ernest Borgnine; voice,
Michelle Pfeiffer; voice, Sam Neill; voice, James Woods; voice, Kathleen
Turner; voice, Buzz Aldrin; voice, James Taylor. Boxed. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Box set containing all 25 episodes from Season 5 of the animated comedy
series about the world's favourite dysfunctional family. Episodes are:
'Homer's Barbershop Quartet', 'Cape Feare', 'Homer Goes to College',
'Rosebud', 'Tree House of Horror (Part 4) - The Simpsons Hallowe'en Special
IV', 'Marge on the Lam', 'Bart's Inner Child', 'Boy Scoutz N the Hood', 'The
Last Temptation of Homer', 'Springfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love Legalised Gambling)', 'Homer the Vigilante', 'Bart Gets Famous',
'Homer and Apu', 'Lisa vs Malibu Stacy', 'Deep Space Homer', 'Homer Loves
Flanders', 'Bart Gets an Elephant', 'Burns' Heir', 'Sweet Seymour Skinner's
Baadasssss Song', 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much', 'Lady Bouvier's Lover' and
'Secrets of a Successful Marriage'.
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Singin' in the rain
Record ID
12541
Other Titles:
Fit as a fiddle
Make 'em laugh
You were meant for me
All I do is dream of you
Good morning
Broadway ballet
Moses
You are my lucky star
Singin' in the rain
Author:
Kelly, Gene
Donen, Stanley
Brown, Nacio
O'Connor, Donald
Reynolds, Debbie
Hagen, Jean
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Musical Comedy Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Standard), Languages (English, French, Italian), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese,
German, Romanian, Bulgarian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
Italian). Made in 1952. Credits: music, Nacio Herb Brown; cinematographer,
Harold Rosson; art/production/design, Cedric Gibbons;
art/production/design, Randall Duell; special effects A/V, Warren Newcombe;
special effects A/V, Irving G. Ries; costumes, Walter Plunkett. DVDN. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen,
Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Douglas Fowley, Cyd Charisse, Madge Blake,
King Donovan. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Classic musical comedy starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie
Reynolds. In 1927, Don Lockwood (Kelly, who co-directs) has worked his
way up from being a song-and-dance man with partner Cosmo Brown
(Donald O'Connor) to become a top movie star. His on-screen partner, Lina
Lamont (Jean Hagen), who believes that Don loves her for real, needs to
have her awful voice dubbed with the arrival of talkies. The girl selected is
'serious' actress Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), for whom Don soon falls.
Musical numbers include the famous title song and 'Make 'Em Laugh', 'Good
Morning' and 'You Were Meant for Me'.
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A single man
Record ID
15224
Author:
Ford, Tom
Korzeniowski, Abel
Firth, Colin
Moore, Julianne
Hoult, Nicholas
Isherwood, Christopher
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : col. & b&w.
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(English). Made in 2009. Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood.
Credits: music, Abel Korzeniowski. DVDN. Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore,
Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ryan
Simpkins, Ginnifer Goodwin, Teddy Sears, Paul Butler, Aaron Sanders, Lee
Pace. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Former fashion impresario Tom Ford directs this drama based on a short
story by Christopher Isherwood. In a BAFTA-winning performance, Colin
Firth stars as George Falconer, a middle-aged English professor in 1960s Los
Angeles, who is grieving the recent death of his long-time partner Jim
(Matthew Goode). The relationship between the two men is traced in a
series of flashbacks. Meanwhile, over the course of a single day, George
dwells on his past and his seemingly bleak future; seeks consolation from his
closest friend, Charley (Julianne Moore); has an unexpected encounter with
a Spanish prostitute (Jon Kortajarena); and is stalked by over-enthusiastic
student Kenny (Nicholas Hoult).
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Skyfall
Record ID
14200
Author:
Mendes, Sam
Newman, Thomas
Adele
Epworth, Paul
Craig, Daniel
Fiennes, Ralph
McCrory, Helen
Fleming, Ian
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Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Adevnture Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English).
Made in 2012. Based on Characters created by Ian Fleming. Credits: music,
Thomas Newman; music, Adele; music, Paul Epworth; cinematographer,
Roger Deakins. DVDN. Cast: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Helen McCrory,
Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney,
%pUpnice Marlohe, Ola Rapace, Rory Kinnear. BBFC code: 12a. DVD.
Abstract:
Sam Mendes directs this James Bond adventure. Daniel Craig stars as Bond,
whose loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt
her, and Bond's own doubts about his life and livelihood start to creep in. As
MI6 comes under attack and Bond is sent to Shanghai to investigate, he
must keep his focus on tracking down and destroying the threat - no matter
how high the personal cost. Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem and Albert Finney
co-star. The film won a Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Song Motion Picture category for Adele and Paul Epworth's 'Skyfall'.
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Sleeping with the enemy
Record ID
12579
Author:
Ruben, Joseph
Goldsmith, Jerry
Roberts, Julia
Bergin, Patrick
Anderson, Kevin
Price, Nancy
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text
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(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries (5 Videoclips). Made
in 1991. Based on the novel by Nancy Price. Credits: music, Jerry Goldsmith;
cinematographer, John Lindley; costumes, Richard Hornung; executive
producer, Jeffrey Chernov; production design, Doug Kraner. DVDN. Cast:
Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Kyle Secor, Elizabeth
Lawrence, Claudette Nevins, Tony Abatemarco, Marita Geraghty, Harley
Venton, Nancy Fish. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
As the victim of appalling domestic abuse, Sara Burney (Julia Roberts)
stages her own disappearance to escape her monstrous husband (Patrick
Bergin). However, even a new town and a new name cannot stop her
husband and when he discovers where she is, he wants revenge. An uncut
version with an 18 certificate was available.
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Sleuth
Record ID
12607
Author:
Addison, John
Olivier, Laurence
Caine, Michael
Cawthorne, Alec
Shaffer, Anthony
Imprint:
Anchor Bay Entertainment UK , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0),
Biographies, Other documentaries ('A Sleuthian Journey' presented by
Anthony Shaffer.), Image gallery, Cast/Filmaker notes. Made in 1972. Based
on the play by Anthony Shaffer. Credits: music, John Addison. DVDW. Dolby
Digital. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, Margo
Channing, John Matthews, Teddy Martin. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
This celebrated thriller stars Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as a pair of
scheming socialites who play elaborate psychological games against each
other, with ever-deadlier consequences. Andrew Wyke (Olivier) invites his
wife's lover, former hairdresser Milo Tindle (Caine), to his country home. He
has a proposal for Tindle which could benefit them both, but not everything
is as clear cut as it might seem...
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Snatch
Record ID
12572
Author:
Ritchie, Guy
Murphy, John
Del Toro, Benicio
Farina, Dennis
Jones, Vinnie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Crime Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Language Sound DTS Digital Surround Sound, Subtitles (Dutch, English,
Hindi), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 2000. Credits: music,
John Murphy; director photography, Tim Maurice-Jones. DVDP. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade
Sherbedgia, Jason Statham, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie
James, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, William Beck, Sorcha Cusack, Goldie,
Stephen Graham. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Writer/director Guy Ritchie continues in mockney gangster vein with this
follow-up to his 1998 hit 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'. In London,
en route to deliver a stolen diamond to his employer Avi (Dennis Farina),
thief Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is ambushed by Russian
mobster Boris the Blade (Rade Sherbedgia). At the same time, boxing
promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and Tommy (Stephen Graham) enter
Irish gypsy fighter Mickey (Brad Pitt) in a fight run by local kingpin Brick Top
(Alan Ford). Instead of throwing the fight as arranged, Mickey earns Brick
Top's enmity by beating his opponent fair and square. Meanwhile, Avi travels
to London and hires Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to track down Franky
and the diamond - which Brick Top has now found out about and decided to
appropriate from Boris!
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The social network
Record ID
14797
Author:
Fincher, David
Reznor, Trent
Eisenberg, Jesse
Garfield, Andrew
Jones, Rashida
Mezrich, Ben
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Biography Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
languages French, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles
(Italian,English, Catalan)). Made in 2010. Based on 'The accidental
billionaires: The founding of Facebook' by Ben Mezrich. Credits: music, Trent
Reznor; cinematographer, Jeff Cronenweth. DVDN. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg,
Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara, Brenda
Song, Joseph Mazzello, Malese Jow, Max Minghella, Caleb Landry Jones.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Directed by David Fincher, this award-winning drama is based on the story
of the creation of Facebook. Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zuckerberg who, in
2003, developed the social networking site while he was an undergraduate
at Harvard. Six years later Zuckerberg is a millionaire but his success is
proving to be problematic to his personal life and he finds himself
undergoing multiple legal battles. Justin Timberlake also stars as Sean
Parker, the co-founder of Napster. The film won three Golden Globe awards,
three Academy Awards and Fincher won the 2011 BAFTA for Achievement in
Direction.
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Sophie's Choice
Record ID
12974
Author:
Styron, William
Imprint:
Granada Ventures , 2003
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17.9)
Theatrical widescreen), Other Ratio 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard, Languages
(English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Other languages English, Other Language
Sound Dolby Mono Subtitles for hard of hearing. Based on the novel by
William Styron. Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin,
Stephen D. Newman, Greta Turken, Josh Mostel, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe
Rosenfeld. Credits: music, Marvin Hamlisch; narrator, Josef Sommer. BBFC
code: 15.
Abstract:
Upon moving to a Brooklyn boarding house in 1947, author Stingo (Peter
MacNicol) meets Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Sophie Zawistowska
(Meryl Streep). The trio become firm friends, and spend much time together;
but Nathan's explosive temper often results in Stingo spending time alone
with Sophie, and it is in these moments that she slowly reveals her past to
him, describing what she experienced at the hands of the Nazis in occupied
Poland.
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Spellbound
Record ID
12598
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Rozsa, Miklos
Basevi, James
Bergman, Ingrid
Peck, Gregory
Carroll, Leo G
Beeding, Francis
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1996
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Film-noir Mystery Romance
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 1945. Based on the novel 'The house of Dr. Edwardes' by Francis
Beeding. Credits: music, Miklos Rozsa; music, James Basevi. LN. HiFi. Cast:
Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, John Emery, Michael Chekhov,
Jean Acker, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, Wallace Ford, Steven Geray,
Paul Harvey, Victor Kilian, Norman Lloyd, Erskine Sanford, Janet Scott. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Psychological thriller from master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. Psychiatrist
Dr Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) is intrigued by the arrival of her
new boss, Dr Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Edwardes seems to be suffering
from amnesia, and when he faints it transpires that he is in fact an imposter,
and may be guilty of murdering the real Dr Edwardes. Constance sets about
probing the imposter's psyche in an attempt to discover the truth. Features a
famous dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali.
Spider-Man 2
Record ID
13369
Author:
Raimi, Sam
Elfman, Danny
Hendrickson, Bart
Bartek, Steve
Maguire, Tobey
Dunst, Kirsten
Franco, James
Lee, Stan
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
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Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Adventure stories
Heroes and heroines
Films
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
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(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Cast and Crew. Technical),
Other documentaries (Featurettes: 'Greater Power, Greater Responsibility'.
'Story and character'. 'Visual Design'. 'Costume Design'. 'Direction'. 'The
Spydercam'. 'Stunts'. 'Practical Effects'. 'Editing'. 'Visual Effects'. 'Sound and
Music'. 'Lessons Learned'. Webisode featurettes: 'Costume Design'. 'ComicSon Q & A'. 'J. Jonah Jameson'. 'Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson'.
Activision's Spider-Man 2: 'Spinning the Game'. 'Hero in Crisis'. 'Interwoven:
The Women of Spider-Man'. 'Ock-Umentary: Eight Arms To Hold You'. Easter
Eggs), Bonus tracks (Train: 'Ordinary'), Image gallery, Multi-angle viewing,
Trivia/Factoids, Weblink. Made in 2004. Based on Characters from the
Marvel comics created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Credits: music, Danny
Elfman; music, Bart Hendrickson; music, Steve Bartek; music, John Debney;
music, Christopher Young. DVDN. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst,
James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Donna
Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker, Bill Nunn, Vanessa Ferlito, Aasif Mandvi,
Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Ted Raimi, Elisabeth Banks, Bruce Campbell,
Gregg Edelman. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
The box-office smash hit sequel to the 2002 live action film based on the
Marvel comic strip. Two years have passed since the events of the first film,
and the mild-mannered Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) faces new challenges
as he struggles with 'the gift and the curse', desperately trying to balance his
dual identities as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man and his life as a
college student. Tormented by his secrets, Peter finds that his relationships
with all those he holds dear are in danger of unraveling. His life-long
yearning for Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) becomes even stronger as he fights
the impulse to reveal his secret life and declare his love. His friendship with
Harry Osborn (James Franco) is complicated by the young Osborn's
bitterness over his father's death and his growing vendetta against SpiderMan. Even Peter's beloved Aunt May (Rosemary Harris), who has fallen on
hard times since the death of her husband, begins to have doubts about her
nephew.
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Spy Game
Record ID
12573
Author:
Scott, Tony
Gregson-Williams, Harry
Redford, Robert
Pitt, Brad
McCormack, Catherine
Imprint:
EV , 2002
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Thriller Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2001. Credits: music, Harry Gregson-Williams. DVDN. Cast: Robert
Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dirrane, Larry Bryggman,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ken Leung, David Hemmings, Matthew Marsh, Todd
Boyce. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
In Vietnam, 1975, CIA veteran Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) recruits Tom
Bishop (Brad Pitt) to work as a military assassin. Ten years later Muir and
Bishop are working together in Beirut when Bishop falls in love with human
rights activist Elizabeth Hadley (Catherine McCormack). Hadley is wanted by
the Chinese, and when they finally get hold of her, Bishop goes solo and
attempts to rescue her. When he also gets arrested, it falls to Muir to devise
a way to save his friend's life.
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The spy who loved me
Record ID
13081
Author:
Gilbert, Lewis
Hamlisch, Marvin
Simon, Carly
Moore, Roger
Bach, Barbara
Kiel, Richard
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Drama Thriller Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
CinemaScope), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
Language Sound Dolby Digital, Subtitles (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish,
Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary, Other documentaries (Original 1977
Featurette), Image gallery, TV Spots, Radio Communications. Made in 1977.
Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, Marvin Hamlisch; music,
Carly Simon; cinematographer, Claude Renoir; production design, Ken
Adams. DVDS. Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curd Jurgens,
Caroline Munro, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Sidney Tafler, Walter Gotell,
Geoffrey Keen, Olga Bisera, Shane Rimmer, Bryan Marshall, Michael
Billington, Desmond Llewellyn, George Baker. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
James Bond (Roger Moore), in his tenth screen outing, joins forces with a
glamorous Russian spy (Barbara Bach) to outwit a megalomaniac shipping
magnate (Curt Jurgens) who intends to achieve world domination by causing
nuclear war between the superpowers. The film features the submersible
Lotus Esprit, underwater battles, and 'Jaws', a seven-foot villain with steel
teeth.
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Stanley Kubrick- A life in pictures
Record ID
15242
Author:
Kubrick, Stanley
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Documentary Drama Biography Adventure Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Director Stanley Kubrick's career comes into sharp focus in this compelling
and revealing documentary narrated by Tom Cruise.
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Star wars trilogy: Episode I-The Phantom Menace
Record ID
15248
Author:
Lucas, George
Williams, John
Neeson, Liam
McGregor, Ewan
Portman, Natalie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Sci-Fi Adventure Drama Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Audio Description. Made in 2005. Credits: music, John
Williams. Boxed. Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake
Lloyd, Hayden Christensen, Pernilia August, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid,
Pernilla August, Oliver Ford Davies, Temuera Morrison, Hugh Quarshie,
Anthony Daniels, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kenny Baker, Silas Carson, Terence
Stamp, Christopher Lee, Jay Laga'aia, Brian Blessed, Jimmy Smits, Bruce
Spence, Andrew Secombe, Peter Mayhew, Ray Park, Ahmed Best, Lewis
MacLeod, Warwick Davis, Steven Speirs, Ralph Brown, Celia Imrie, Benedict
Taylor, Clarence Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic West, Sofia Coppola.
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
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Abstract:
Triple bill containing Episodes I-III of the hugely popular 'Star Wars' series.
In 'Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace' (1999), Jedi Knight Qui-Gon
Jin (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor)
have come on a diplomatic mission to the planet Naboo, intending to open
discussions between the planet's leaders and the heads of the Trade
Federation. But when they are ambushed by Federation robots, they quickly
realise that the negotiations are merely a cover for a hostile invasion
organised by the evil Sith master. Hooking up with Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed
Best) and the Naboo Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman), the Jedis manage to
escape from Naboo and journey to the trade planet of Tatooine, where QuiGon meets a young slave boy named Anakin (Jake Lloyd), whom he
identifies as a potentially powerful Jedi. In 'Star Wars Episode II - Attack of
the Clones' (2002), Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) disobeys the
strictures of his Jedi training, embarking on a forbidden affair with Padme
Amidala (Portman) while his teacher Obi-Wan Kenobi's (McGregor)
investigation of assassination attempts against the Senator leads him to the
distant planet of Kamino and into the middle of a separatist plot which
brings the Galactic Republic to the very brink of civil war. In 'Star Wars
Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' (2005), as the Clone Wars rage on, the rift
between Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) and the Jedi Council widens.
Young Jedi Knight, Anakin Skywalker (Christensen), is caught in the middle,
his allegiances torn. Seduced by promises of power and the temptations of
the dark side, he pledges himself to the evil Darth Sidious and the Sith
Order, becoming Darth Vader. Together, the Sith Lords set in motion a plot
of revenge against the Jedi, in attempt to destroy them all. Jedi Master ObiWan Kenobi (McGregor) tries to turn his old Padawan learner back to the
light side, leading to a climactic lightsaber battle that will shape the fate of
the galaxy forever.
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Star wars trilogy: Episode II-Attack of The Clones
Record ID
15250
Author:
Lucas, George
Williams, John
Neeson, Liam
McGregor, Ewan
Portman, Natalie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
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Star wars trilogy: Episode III-Revenge of The Sith
Record ID
15252
Author:
Lucas, George
Williams, John
Neeson, Liam
McGregor, Ewan
Portman, Natalie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
BBFC code: 12. DVD.
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Star wars trilogy: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back
Record ID
15245
Author:
Lucas, George
Marquand, Richard
Kershner, Irvin
Williams, John
Hamill, Mark
Fisher, Carrie
Ford, Harrison
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Sci-Fi Drama Adventure Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1
EX), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 1983. Credits: executive
producer, George Lucas; music, John Williams; voice, James Earl Jones;
voice, Frank Oz; voice, Larry Ward. Boxed. Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher,
Harrison Ford, Dave Prowse, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing,
Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Denis Lawson, Kenneth
Colley, Michael Sheard, Don Henderson, Leslie Schofield, Malcolm Tierney,
Roger Lloyd Pack, Jeremy Bulloch. BBFC code: U. DVD.
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Star wars trilogy: Episode VI- Return of The Jedi
Record ID
15247
Author:
Lucas, George
Marquand, Richard
Kershner, Irvin
Williams, John
Hamill, Mark
Fisher, Carrie
Ford, Harrison
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Sci-Fi Drama Adventure Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1
EX), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 1983. Credits: executive
producer, George Lucas; music, John Williams; voice, James Earl Jones;
voice, Frank Oz; voice, Larry Ward. Boxed. Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher,
Harrison Ford, Dave Prowse, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing,
Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Denis Lawson, Kenneth
Colley, Michael Sheard, Don Henderson, Leslie Schofield, Malcolm Tierney,
Roger Lloyd Pack, Jeremy Bulloch. BBFC code: U. DVD.
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Strangers on a train
Record ID
12551
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Tiomkin, Dimitri
Heindorf, Ray
Granger, Farley
Walker, Robert
Roman, Ruth
Highsmith, Patricia
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Crime Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 10 single layer/double sided,
Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages
(English, French, Italian), Subtitles (English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic,
Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Bulgarian), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English, Italian), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries
(Hitchcock newsreel footage.), Double feature: original version and
alternative UK version. Made in 1951. Based on the novel by Patricia
Highsmith. Credits: music, Dimitri Tiomkin; music, Ray Heindorf. DVDN.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G.
Carroll, Marion Lorne, Patricia Hitchcock, John Brown, John Doucette, Laura
Elliot, Robert Gist, Jonathan Hale, Howard St John, Norma Varden, Dick
Wessel. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Guy Haines (Farley Granger) and Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) meet by
chance in a train carriage. After some idle chat in which it transpires that
each man has someone in their lives they would like to dispose of, Bruno
proposes that he kills Guy's wife, in return for Guy murdering Bruno's father.
Guy is appalled, but when his wife is murdered he realises that Bruno is
intent on carrying out the 'deal', whether Guy wants to or not.
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Strictly ballroom
Record ID
14755
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz
Hirschfelder, David
Mercurio, Paul
Morice, Tara
Hunter, Bill
Imprint:
VCI , 1993
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1992. Credits: music, David Hirschfelder; cinematographer, Steve
Mason. LN. Cast: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia
Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto, John Hannan, Sonia Kruger, Kris
McQuade. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
This film was the surprise hit of 1992, playing for months in London
cinemas. Paul Mercurio plays Scott, a talented dancer with a streak of
individualism that does not endear him either to his partners, the judges of
the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, or his ambitious dance tutor mum. Frumpy Fran
(Tara Morice) is the only woman who will partner him, and she utilises her
Spanish background to bring heart, soul and pasa GREOprhythm to Scott's
ambitious style.
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Strictly ballroom
Record ID
12577
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz
Hirschfelder, David
Mercurio, Paul
Morice, Tara
Hunter, Bill
Imprint:
VCI , 1997
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1992. Credits: music, David Hirschfelder; cinematographer, Steve
Mason. DN. Cast: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia
Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto, John Hannan, Sonia Kruger, Kris
McQuade. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
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Suddenly Last Summer
Record ID
12559
Author:
Orr, Buxton
Arnold, Malcolm
Hepburn, Katharine
Taylor, Elizabeth
Clift, Montgomery
Williams, Tennessee
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Mystery Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German),
Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles (Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi,
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Filmographies, Image gallery. Made in 1959.
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Credits: music, Buxton Orr; music,
Malcolm Arnold. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth
Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Patricia
Marmont, Gary Raymond, Mavis Villiers, Joan Young. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
After witnessing her cousin's death, Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) begins
to suffer mental problems. Her aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn)
attempts to persuade neurosurgeon Dr Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) to
perform a lobotomy in order to put an end to Catherine's hallucinations and
the truth coming out about her son's death.
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Suite )UDQoaise
Record ID
15535
Author:
Dibb, Saul
Jones, Rael
Robbie, Margot
Wilson, Ruth
Williams, Michelle
Wilson, Lambert
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Drama Romance War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
languages German, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles
(English), 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (The Cast), Other
documentaries ('The Story', 'Production Design',
'The Look', 'The Book'). Made in 2014. Based on the
novel by ,Uqne 1pmirovsky. Credits: music, Rael Jones; cinematographer,
Eduard Grau. DVDN. Cast: Margot Robbie, Ruth Wilson, Michelle Williams,
Sam Riley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alexandra Maria Lara, Matthias
Schoenaerts, Tom Schilling, Eileen Atkins, Harriet Walter, Clare Holman,
Lambert Wilson. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic drama set during World War II. In the early days of Nazi-occupied
France, Lucile (Michelle Williams) waits to hear of news from her captive
husband, whilst staying in the house of her overpowering mother-in-law
(Kristin Scott Thomas). But as refugees fleeing Paris begin to arrive in the
town, they are soon followed by German officers who take up posts and
residence in the locals' homes. At first Lucile tries to avoid all attempts at
contact with Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), their resident officer,
but she is won over by the charming German and together the pair must
face the repercussions of the inevitably engulfing war.
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Summer in February
Record ID
15227
Author:
Menaul, Christopher
Wallfisch, Benjamin
Cooper, Dominic
Browning, Emily
Stevens, Dan
Imprint:
Metrodome Distribution , 2013
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2013. Based on Real events. Credits: music, Benjamin
Wallfisch; cinematographer, Andrew Dunn. DVDN. Cast: Dominic Cooper,
Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan, Mia Austen, Shaun Dingwall,
Max Deacon, Michael Maloney, Nicholas Farrell, Roger Ashton-Griffiths. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Christopher Menaul directs this British drama based on the lives and loves of
the Newlyn School of artists, influential at the beginning of the 20th century.
Arguably the wildest and most free-spirited sect of the school is the Lamorna
Group, who live together at the Lamorna Valley Estate on the Cornish coast.
Alfred Munnings (Dominic Cooper) is one of the foremost artists based at
Lamorna, a strident opponent of modernism particularly famous for his skill
at depicting horses. However, Alfred faces stern competition for the love of
fellow artist Florence Carter-Wood (Emily Browning) in the form of the
estate's land agent Gilbert Evans (Dan Stevens).
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Sunset Boulevard
Record ID
12576
Author:
Wilder, Billy
Waxman, Franz
Holden, William
Swanson, Gloria
Von Stroheim, Erich
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Film noir Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Mono),
Subtitles (English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish,
Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers,
'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Ed Sikov (Subtitles: English,
German, French, Italian, Spanish)), Other documentaries ('The Paramount
Years'. The music of 'Sunset Boulevard'), Image gallery, Hollywood location
map. Made in 1950. Credits: music, Franz Waxman; cinematographer, John
F. Seitz. DVDN. Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim,
Fred Clark, Nancy Olson, Hedda Hopper, Anna Nilsson, Jack Webb, Lloyd
Gough, Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
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system. Struggling Hollywood writer Joe Gillis (William Holden) is attempting
to avoid his creditors when he pulls his car into the garage of an apparently
deserted mansion. He soon discovers that it is in fact the home of Norma
Desmond (Gloria Swanson), an ageing actress who was once a star of silent
films. Desperate for money, Gillis agrees to work on a screenplay adaptation
of 'Salome' which Norma has written for her intended comeback. Gillis then
gradually becomes trapped in Norma's bizarre fantasy world, and when he
tries to leave her, she makes an attempt at suicide. The film also features
silent screen legends Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton and Erich von Stroheim
in supporting roles.
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Sweet sixteen
Record ID
13245
Author:
Loach, Ken
Fenton, George
Compston, Martin
Ruane, William
Fulton, Annmarie
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2002. Credits: music, George Fenton. DVDN. Cast: Martin
Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle
Coulter, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee. BBFC code: 18. DVD.
Abstract:
Ken Loach directs this raw and gritty coming-of-age drama set in Greenock,
Scotland, where unemployment is high and drugs are rife. Liam (Martin
Compston) is a young, restless teenager, who hangs around the streets with
best mate Pinball (William Ruane) and waits for the release from jail of his
mother, Jean (Michelle Coulter), who is serving time for a crime actually
committed by her drug dealer boyfriend, Stan (Gary McCormack). When
Liam refuses to help Stan out with his latest consignment of drugs, he ends
up being kicked out of his own house, and moves in with his older sister,
single mum Chantelle (Annmarie Fulton). He decides to find a way out of
Stan's violent clutches for himself and his mother when she is released, and
in his determination to raise the cash to buy a caravan for them to live in, he
comes up with a plan to steal Stan's stash and sell it to local junkies. As his
sixteenth birthday approaches, Liam ironically finds himself ending up
embroiled in the very life of crime he had struggled to avoid.
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The Sword in the Stone
Record ID
13634
Author:
Reitherman, Wolfgang
Bruns, George
Wentworth, Martha
White, T.H
Imprint:
Walt Disney , 1999
Description:
Series:
Primary;
Subjects:
Film animation
Fairy tales
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1963. Based on 'The Once and Future King' by T.H. White. Credits:
music, George Bruns; animator, Walt Disney Studios; art/production/design,
Ken Anderson; voice, Rickie Sorenson; voice, Sebastian Cabot; voice, Karl
Swenson; voice, Barbara Jo Allen; voice, Junius Matthews; voice, Ginny
Tyler; voice, Alan Napier; voice, Martha Wentworth; voice, Norman Alden.
DVDN. Stereo HiFi. Cast: Martha Wentworth. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
The Disney version of the early life of King Arthur. Brought up as a scullery
boy with the nickname of Wart, Arthur goes through important magical
training at the hands of the wise wizard Merlin. It transpires that the
sorceror has the boy earmarked for greater things, but Arthur must undergo
a number of tests before he can fulfil his destiny.
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The tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle and Jeremy Fisher and other stories
Record ID
13056
Author:
Potter, Beatrix
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2002
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Animals
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Image gallery, Introduction to each episode. Nursery rhymes.
Based on the children's story by Beatrix Potter. Dolby Digital. BBFC code: Uc.
DVD.
Abstract:
Three animated adventures from the pen of Beatrix Potter. Included are:
'The Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle and Jeremy Fisher', 'The Tale of Mr Tod' and
'The Tale of the Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse'.
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Tamara Drewe
Record ID
14206
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Desplat, Alexandre
Arterton, Gemma
Allam, Roger
Camp, Bill
Simmonds, Posy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Subtitles (English), Other
documentaries ('Tamara Drewe: Red Carpet Special'), Audio description.
Made in 2010. Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds. Credits:
music, Alexandre Desplat; cinematographer, Ben Davis. DVDN. Cast: Gemma
Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, Tamsin
Greig, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie, James Naughtie, John Bett, Josie
Taylor, Bronagh Gallagher. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Stephen Frears directs this big-screen adaptation of the comic strip by Posy
Simmonds. Gemma Arterton stars as Tamara Drewe, a former ugly duckling
turned glamourpuss who makes a triumphant return to the sleepy Dorset
village of Ewedown. Having spent a few years in London reinventing herself
as a music journalist and sex kitten, Tamara now makes an indelible mark
on the village and its clutch of middle-class, sex-obsessed residents including
philandering novelist Nicholas Hardiment (Roger Allam), narcissistic pop star
Ben Sergeant (Dominic Cooper), teenage tearaways Jody and Casey (Jessica
Barden and Charlotte Christie), and Tamara's lovestruck former boyfriend,
shy hunk Andy (Luke Evans).
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Tara Road
Record ID
12596
Imprint:
Spirit Entertainment , 2007
Description:
1 videodisc : col.
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
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Video disc
GMD:
text
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Made in 2005. DVDN. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Tea with Mussolini
Record ID
12599
Author:
Zeffirelli, Franco
Vlad, Alessio
Arnaldi, Stefano
Cher
Dench, Judi
Plowright, Joan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Comedy War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1999. Credits: music, Alessio Vlad; music, Stefano Arnaldi. DVDN.
Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie
Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Well-received drama based on the childhood memories of director Franco
Zeffirelli. It is Florence, 1934. A diverse group of women meet each
afternoon for tea. There is Lady Hester Ransom (Maggie Smith), widow of
the British Ambassador to Italy; Arabella (Judi Dench), a singer and artist;
Georgie (Lily Tomlin), an eccentric American archaeologist; Elsa (Cher), also
an American, and brash and reckless with it; and finally Mary (Joan
Plowright), who has virtually adopted a young Italian boy named Luca. As
the political climate shifts towards fascism, the ladies must face some
inevitable changes, and Luca must face his own responsibilities.
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The tempest
Record ID
15328
Author:
Taymor, Julie
Goldenthal, Elliot
Mirren, Helen
Brand, Russell
Molina, Alfred
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Comedy Drama Fantasy Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
CinemaScope), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(English, Icelandic, Hebrew, Bulgarian), Subtitles for hard of hearing
(English), Audio Description English. Made in 2010. Based on the play by
William Shakespeare. Credits: music, Elliot Goldenthal; cinematographer,
Stuart Dryburgh. DVDN. Cast: Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina,
Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Cooper, Ben Whishaw, David
Strathairn, Felicity Jones, Jahnel Curfman, Tom Conti, Reeve Carney. BBFC
code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Julie Taymor's big-screen version of Shakespeare's last play sees the
sorcerer Prospero undergo a gender transformation into the sorceress
Prospera, Duchess of Milan (Helen Mirren). Usurped and dispossessed by her
scheming brother, Prospera is banished to a remote island with her young
daughter Miranda. As Miranda (Felicity Jones) grows into a beautiful young
woman, Prospera's greatest wish is to see her married back into society, and
she uses her magic powers to orchestrate a union between Miranda and
Ferdinand, Prince of Naples (Reeve Carney). The supporting cast includes
Djimon Hounsou, Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons, Alfred Molina and Russell
Brand.
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Tess
Record ID
12772
Author:
Polanski, Roman
Kinski, Nastassja
Lawson, Leigh
Firth, Peter
Hardy, Thomas
Imprint:
Fox Pathe , 1996
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1979. Based on the novel 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas
Hardy. VN. Dolby Surround. Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter
Firth, John Collin, John Bett, Fred Bryant, Tom Chadbon, Tony Church, Sylvia
Coleridge, Arielle Dombasle, David Markham, Rosemary Martin, Richard
Pearson, Carolyn Pickles. BBFC code: PG. VHS.
Abstract:
Three times Academy Award winning film based on the classic Thomas
Hardy novel. Set in 19th Century England where a peasant discovers that his
family are descendants from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles. He sends his
daughter Tess to live with a rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville. She has a baby by
him but it dies in infancy. Tess then runs away and on the way meets a
pastor's son, Angel, with whom she falls in love and marries. When she tells
Angel about her past he is unable to forgive and goes off to Brazil. Tess then
goes back to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills her lover, Alec,
in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.
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Testament of youth
Record ID
15435
Author:
Kent, James
Richter, Max
Atwell, Hayley
Harrington, Kit
West, Dominic
Brittain, Vera
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK , 2015
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Biography Drama History
ISBN:
5055761904970
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2015. Based on the autobiography by Vera Brittain.
Credits: music, Max Richter; cinematographer, Rob Hardy. DVDN. Cast:
Hayley Atwell, Kit Harrington, Dominic West, Alicia Vikander, Emily Watson,
Miranda Richardson, Colin Morgan, Anna Chancellor, Taron Egerton, Joanna
Scanlan, Charlotte Hope, Jonathan Bailey. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Adaptation of Vera Brittain's autobiography. In 1913, Brittain (Alicia
Vikander) is set to take up a place reading English at Somerville College,
Oxford, but with the outbreak of the Great War and the enlisting of her
ILDQFp(Kit Harrington) and brother Edward (Taron Egerton), she instead
opts to sacrifice her studies and become a volunteer nurse, working at the
Western Front. Here Brittain witnesses the harsh realities of war first hand,
undergoing a series of horrific experiences which will have a lasting influence
on her life.
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The theory of everything
Record ID
14998
Author:
Marsh, James
-yhannsson, -yhann
Redmayne, Eddie
Jones, Felicity
Peake, Maxine
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Biography Drama Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English). Made in 2014. Based on Jane Hawking's memoir 'Travelling to
Infinity - My Life With Stephen'. Credits: music, -yhann -yhannsson;
cinematographer, %HQRvt Delhomme. DVDN. Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity
Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Charlotte Hope, Lucy
Chappell, David Thewlis, Simon McBurney, Abigail Cruttenden. BBFC code:
12a. DVD.
Abstract:
James Marsh directs this award-winning biographical drama starring Eddie
Redmayne as English physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking and
Felicity Jones as his first wife Jane. The film follows the relationship between
Stephen and Jane as they fall in love while studying at Cambridge during the
1960s. With Jane's support, Stephen is able to deal with his diagnosis of
advanced motor neurone disease, which leads to him becoming almost
completely paralysed over the years, and achieve great success and
international acclaim in the scientific field with his theories on time and
space. However, with the deterioration of his health comes a deterioration of
his marriage, putting further strain on the now world-renowned scientist.
The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score as well as
BAFTAs for Best Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film. Eddie
Redmayne also won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Academy Award for his
performance.
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This sporting life
Record ID
12582
Author:
Anderson, Lindsay
Gerhard, Roberto
Harris, Richard
Roberts, Rachel
Badel, Alan
Storey, David
Imprint:
ITV DVD , 2000
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Sport Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1963. Based on the novel by David Storey. Credits: music, Roberto
Gerhard. DVDN. Dolby Digital. Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan
Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Anne Cunningham, Vanda Godsell,
Arthur Lowe, Harry Markham, Jack Watson. BBFC code: 12a. DVD.
Abstract:
Yorkshire miner turned rugby player Frank Machin (Richard Harris) has a
number of women chasing after him, but only has eyes for his widowed
landlady, Mrs Hammond (Rachel Roberts). However, she remains resolutely
unresponsive to his advances. Meanwhile, Frank's rebelliousness at the club
is tolerated as long as he is successful on the pitch, but as he comes to
appreciate the emptiness of his existence his frustration begins to mount.
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The Thomas Crown affair
Record ID
14639
Author:
McTiernan, John
Conti, Bill
Brosnan, Pierce
Russo, Rene
Leary, Denis
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Romance Thriller
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1999. Based on the 1968 film of the same name. Credits: music, Bill
Conti. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary,
Ben Gazzara, Frankie Faison, Fritz Weaver, Charles Keating, Mark Margolis,
Faye Dunaway, Michael Lombard, James Saito, Daniel Oreskes. BBFC code:
15. DVD.
Abstract:
This well-received remake of the 1968 thriller stars Pierce Brosnan in the
Steve McQueen role, with Rene Russo in the part originally played by Faye
Dunaway. Billionaire art collector Thomas Crown (Brosnan) decides to steal a
priceless Monet from a New York museum. He is investigated by sultry
insurance investigator Catherine Banning (Russo). She soon realises that he
did steal the painting, but is more interested in Crown on a personal basis.
Soon, the two become lovers, but suspicion and deception hang over the
relationship.
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Thomas the tank engine and friends: The best of Thomas
Record ID
13451
Author:
Awdry, the Reverend W
Imprint:
HIT Entertainment , 2010
Description:
Series:
Caterpillar;
Subjects:
Film animation
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
video disc
Notes:
Made in 2010. Based on the 'Railway series' children's books by the
Reverend W. Awdry. Credits: narrator, Ringo Starr. DVDN. BBFC code: U.
DVD.
Abstract:
20 favourite episodes of the animated series, released to coincide with the
65th anniversary of the first Thomas the Tank Engine book.
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Thunderball
Record ID
12535
Author:
Young, Terence
Barry, John
Jones, Tom
Connery, Sean
Celi, Adolfo
Auger, Claudine
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Mono), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
DVD ROM features. Made in 1965. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming.
Credits: music, John Barry; music, Tom Jones. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik van Nutter,
Rose Alba, Martine Beswick, Earl Cameron, Roland Culver, Guy Dolman,
Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewellyn, Lois Maxwell, Molly Peters, Paul Stassino.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
The fourth in the James Bond series, with Sean Connery once again in the
title role. Global criminal organisation SPECTRE has stolen two nuclear
bombs and is threatening to blow up the world. Bond infiltrates the
terrorists' underwater base off the Bahamas in order to foil their plan.
'Thunderball' was remade in 1983 when Sean Connery returned to the role
of 007 in 'Never Say Never Again'.
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Tomorrow never dies
Record ID
12538
Author:
Spottiswoode, Roger
Arnold, David
Crow, Sheryl
Brosnan, Pierce
Pryce, Jonathan
Yeoh, Michelle
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1997. Based on the characters created by Ian Fleming. Credits:
music, David Arnold; music, Sheryl Crow; director photography, Robert
Elswit; 2nd Unit director, Vic Armstrong. DVDW. Dolby Surround. Cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench,
Geoffrey Palmer, Desmond Llewellyn, Joe Don Baker, Samantha Bond, Gotz
Otto. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Pierce Brosnan returns as James Bond in the superspy's eighteenth official
big screen outing. When a British warship is destroyed in Chinese waters,
Bond is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of World War Three. He
discovers that the superpowers are being manipulated by ruthless media
tycoon Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), and sets about enlisting the help of
Carver's attractive wife, Paris (Teri Hatcher).
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Transformers: Dark of the moon
Record ID
13640
Author:
Bay, Michael
Jablonsky, Steve
LaBeouf, Shia
Huntington-Whiteley, Rosie
Duhamel, Josh
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Robots
Cars
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2011. Based on the 1980s cartoon series. Credits: music, Steve
Jablonsky; cinematographer, Amir Mokri; voice, Leonard Nimoy. DVDN. Cast:
Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey,
Hugo Weaving, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Frances McDormand, John
Turturro, Alan Tudyk, John Turturro. BBFC code: 12a. DVD.
Abstract:
Directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg, this sci-fi action
adventure is the third entry in the film series based on the 1980s cartoons.
When the Autobots discover that a Cybertronian spacecraft is hidden on the
Moon, a race against the Decepticons ensues as both sides battle to reach it
first. Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro reprise
their roles from the two previous films in the series, with English model
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley joining the cast as Carly, a new love interest for
Sam (LaBeouf). The film also features the voice talents of Peter Cullen and
Leonard Nimoy.
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Transformers: Revenge of the fallen
Record ID
13639
Author:
Bay, Michael
Jablonsky, Steve
Fox, Megan
LaBeouf, Shia
Wilson, Rainn
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Robots
Cars
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles
(English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Commentary (Michael Bay (Director), Roberto Orci
(Writer), Alex Kurtzman (Writer)). Made in 2009. Based on the 1980s
cartoon series. Credits: executive producer, Steven Spielberg; music, Steve
Jablonsky; voice, Hugo Weaving; voice, Frank Welker; voice, Peter Cullen;
voice, Charles Adler. DVDN. Cast: Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Rainn Wilson,
Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas, Tyrese Gibson, Matthew
Marsden. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Sequel to the 2007 mega-budget live action sci-fi film based on the 1980s
cartoon series. Shia LaBeouf reprises his role as Sam Witwicky, the young
earthling caught in the raging war between the Autobots and the
Decepticons. After he glimpses the truth about the ancient origins of the
Transformers through a powerful vision sent to him by the Allspark, Sam
once again finds himself the target of the evil Decepticons, who have
returned to Earth under the command of the formidable Starscream (voiced
by Charles Adler). Joining the Autobots' mission to protect humankind is
Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), who forms an alliance with international
armies for this second epic battle.
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The Truman show
Record ID
12614
Author:
Weir, Peter
Dallwitz, Burkhard
Carrey, Jim
Harris, Ed
Linney, Laura
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1998. Credits: music, Burkhard Dallwitz. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast:
Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Brian Delate, Noah Emmerich, Blair
Slater, Natascha McElhone, Peter Krause, Holland Taylor, Heidi Schanz. BBFC
code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) has a seemingly idyllic lifestyle: a secure job,
a loving family and a peaceful home. Yet, unbeknownst to him, his entire
existence has been one long TV series, the people around him Hollywood
actors, the town a massive studio set, and the whole show orchestrated by a
visionary director (Ed Harris). As the truth begins to dawn on Truman, he
resolves to break free, no matter the consequences for the programme's
ratings. This comic fantasy was one of the most critically acclaimed
mainstream movies of recent years, and was nominated for a Best Film
Oscar.
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Two Weeks Notice
Record ID
13095
Author:
Lawrence, Marc
Powell, John
Bullock, Sandra
Grant, Hugh
Witt, Alicia
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2002. Credits: music, John Powell. DVDN. Cast: Sandra Bullock,
Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, David Haig,
Donald Trump. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. High-flying attorney,
Lucy Kelton (Bullock) is driven to distraction by her boss, George Wade
(Grant), who just cannot seem to make a decision (day or night) without her
input. In a fit of pique she hands in her notice, two weeks, which Wade
agrees to on one condition; she must find her replacement. After much
searching, Lucy finds her replacement in June Carter (Alicia Witt), a Harvard
law graduate who is not only very pretty and capable but also appears to be
determined to become Mrs Wade. Lucy begins to wonder whether she
should warn her ex-boss whilst also realises why she feels so jealous.
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Under the Tuscan sun
Record ID
14733
Author:
Wells, Audrey
Beck, Christopher
Lane, Diane
Oh, Sandra
Duncan, Lindsay
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Deleted
scenes, Commentary, Other documentaries (Tuscany 101), Easter Egg. Made
in 2003. Based on the memoirs of Frances Mayes. Credits: music,
Christopher Beck. DVDN. Cast: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan,
Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Frances (Diane Lane), a writer in her mid-'30s, needs some direction in her
life after a messy divorce. Her best friend, Patti (Sandra Oh), decides
Frances needs a break and gives her a ticket for a two-week tour of Tuscany
in Italy. Whilst there, Frances falls in love with the village of Cortona and
decides to buy an old villa much in need of renovation. Settling in it soon
becomes apparent that renovation work in Italy is done on Italian time, but
in the process she manages to build back her confidence, make new friends,
and even fall for a local named Marcello (Raoul Bova).
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Up in the air
Record ID
12706
Author:
Reitman, Jason
Kent, Rolfe
Clooney, George
Farmiga, Vera
Kendrick, Anna
Kirn, Walter
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes,
Commentary (Jason Reitman (Writer/Director), Eric Steelberg (Director of
Photography), Jason Blumenfield (Assistant Director)), Other documentaries
('Before The Story'). Made in 2009. Based on the novel by Walter Kirn.
Credits: music, Rolfe Kent. DVDN. Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga,
Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey, Chris
Lowell, Adam Rose, Andrew Kruczynski, Tamala Jones, Steve Eastin, James
Anthony. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
George Clooney stars in this satirical comedy drama based on the novel by
Walter Kirn. Ryan Bingham (Clooney) is a corporate downsizing expert - in
other words, his job is to fire people from theirs - and he takes his job very
seriously. He travels the length and breadth of the country, racking up air
miles and living out of a suitcase, and relishing every moment of it. When his
job and way of life come under threat by new centralised procedures
implemented by his hotshot colleague Natalie (Anna Kendrick), Ryan
determines to show her just how valuable his role is - but instead ends up
facing up to some of the pitfalls of his lifestyle. The film won the 2010
BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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V for vendetta
Record ID
12552
Author:
McTeigue, James
Marianelli, Dario
Portman, Natalie
Weaving, Hugo
Rea, Stephen
Moore, Alan
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Action Drama Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2005. Based on the comic series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.
Credits: music, Dario Marianelli. DVDS. Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo
Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert
Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinead Cusack. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller
tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie
Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man
(Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously
skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he
urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey
uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the
truth about herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of
his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty
and corruption.
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The van
Record ID
13247
Author:
Frears, Stephen
Clapton, Eric
Hartley, Richard
Meaney, Colm
O'Kelly, Donal
Ryan, Ger
Doyle, Roddy
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
2.0). Made in 1996. Based on the novel by Roddy Doyle. Credits: music, Eric
Clapton; music, Richard Hartley; cinematographer, Oliver Stapleton. DVDN.
&DVW&ROP0HDQH\'RQDO2
.HOO\*HU5\DQ&DUROLQH5RWKZHOO1HLOà
Conroy, Ruaidhri Conroy, Brendan O'Carroll, Stuart Dunne, Jack Lynch,
Laurie Morton. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Stephen Frears directs this comedy drama, based on the novel by Roddy
'The Commitments' Doyle. When Bimbo Reeves (Donal O'Kelly) is made
redundant from his job in Dublin, he begins hanging around with his
unemployed friend Larry (Colm Meaney). Larry convinces Bimbo to use his
redundancy money to buy a van, from which the pair intend to sell fish and
chips to the crowds massing for the 1990 World Cup. Even if they make a go
of the fast food business, can their friendship stand the strain?
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Vertigo
Record ID
12632
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Stewart, James
Novak, Kim
Bel Geddes, Barbara
Boileau, Pierre
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1998
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Mystery Drama Thriller Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1958. Based on the novel 'D'entre les morts' by Pierre Boileau and
Thomas Narcejac. Credits: music, Bernard Herrmann; director photography,
Robert Burks. LW. Dolby Stereo. Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara
Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Paul Bryar, Ellen
Corby, Mollie Dodd, Fred Graham, Lee Patrick, Julian Petruzzi, William
Remick, Konstantin Shayne, Sara Taft. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
A classic study in obsession from Alfred Hitchcock. After his fear of heights
indirectly causes the death of a colleague, San Francisco cop Scottie (James
Stewart) retires. He is subsequently hired by magnate Gavin Elster to follow
his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), as Elster says he fears for her life. Scottie
becomes bewitched by Madeleine, falling in love with her after saving her
from a suicide attempt. Then, when Scottie's vertigo prevents him saving
Madeleine from a second attempt to kill herself, he becomes obsessed with
recreating the dead woman's image.
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Vertigo
Record ID
15405
Author:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Herrmann, Bernard
Stewart, James
Novak, Kim
Bel Geddes, Barbara
Boileau, Pierre
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Thriller Romance Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 4, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical
widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound
(Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages French, Italian, Spanish, Other
Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles (French, Portuguese, Danish,
Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish), Subtitles for hard of
hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Biographies, Commentary, Other
documentaries ('Obsessed With Vertigo'), Production notes,
German Dolby 2.0 audio track. Made in 1958. Based on the novel
'D'entre les morts' by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Credits: music, Bernard Herrmann; director photography, Robert Burks.
DVDN. Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore,
Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Paul Bryar, Ellen Corby, Mollie Dodd, Fred
Graham, Lee Patrick, Julian Petruzzi, William Remick, Konstantin Shayne,
Sara Taft. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
A classic study in obsession from Alfred Hitchcock. After his fear of heights
indirectly causes the death of a colleague, San Francisco cop Scottie (James
Stewart) retires. He is subsequently hired by magnate Gavin Elster to follow
his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), as Elster says he fears for her life. Scottie
becomes bewitched by Madeleine, falling in love with her after saving her
from a suicide attempt. Then, when Scottie's vertigo prevents him saving
Madeleine from a second attempt to kill herself, he becomes obsessed with
recreating the dead woman's image.
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The virgin queen
Record ID
12540
Author:
Koster, Henry
Waxman, Franz
Davis, Bette
Todd, Richard
Collins, Joan
Imprint:
Description:
Subjects:
Queen Elizabeth I
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
2.0), Other languages French, Italian, German, Other Language Sound Dolby
Mono, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English). Made in 1955. Credits: music,
Franz Waxman; director photography, Charles G. Clarke; subject, Queen
Elizabeth I. DVDN. Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Herbert
Marshall, Jay Robinson, Romney Brent, Robert Douglas, Dan O'Herlihy, Rod
Taylor. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Bette Davis stars in this classic chronicle of the relationship between Queen
Elizabeth I of England (Davis) and the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard
Todd).
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W/E
Record ID
12951
Author:
Madonna
Korzeniowski, Abel
Riseborough, Andrea
D'Arcy, James
Cornish, Abbie
Imprint:
StudioCanal , 2012
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews
(Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy), Other documentaries ('UK Premiere
Red Carpet Featurette'), Image gallery. Made in 2011. Credits: music, Abel
Korzeniowski; director photography, Hagen Bogdanski. DVDN. Cast: Andrea
Riseborough, James D'Arcy, Abbie Cornish, James Fox, Oscar Isaac, Richard
Coyle, Laurence Fox, Natalie Dormer, David Harbour, Katie McGrath. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
A 1990s New Yorker finds herself obsessed with the love story between
Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy)
in this drama directed by Madonna. Unhappily married Wally (Abbie Cornish)
is fascinated by the life of Simpson, the American divorcee Edward VIII gave
up the English throne for. While visiting a Sotheby's auction of the Windsor's
estate, Wally realises that the couple's life together was not all sweetness
and light. However, she also learns of the sacrifices Wallis was prepared to
make for the man she loved, which gives her renewed strength to choose
her own destiny. Journeying between the past and present, the film
contrasts and compares Wally's modern day journey with the story of the
Windsors, from their early days in the spotlight, to their later years of
isolation.
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Wag the dog
Record ID
12543
Author:
Levinson, Barry
Knopfler, Mark
Hoffman, Dustin
De Niro, Robert
Heche, Anne
Beinhart, Larry
Imprint:
EV , 1999
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1997. Based on the novel 'American hero' by Larry Beinhart. Credits:
music, Mark Knopfler. DVDW. Dolby Stereo. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert
De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten
Dunst, William H. Macy, Suzie Plakson, Woody Harrelson, Jay Leno, Merle
Haggard, James Belushi. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
The US President has been caught in a major scandal two weeks before the
elections and it is up to White House advisor Ronnie Brean (Robert De Niro)
to save his political career. So Breen hires Hollywood producer Stan Moss
(Dustin Hoffman) to help divert the country's attention away from the
presidential scandal. They come up with a plan to fake a war, complete with
photogenic actresses playing vote-winning refugees and rock stars
commissioned to record stirring anthems for freedom. The President seems
set for re-election on a wave of patriotic fervour, but a Senator is closing in
on the truth about the 'phoney war'.
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Waking Ned
Record ID
12542
Author:
Jones, Kirk
Davey, Shaun
Bannen, Ian
Kelly, David
Flanagan, Fionnula
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 1998. Credits: music, Shaun
Davey. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula
Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt, Adrian Robinson, Maura O'Malley,
Robert Hickey, James Ryland, Dermot Kerrigan. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
When Ned Devine dies of shock after he discovers he has won the lottery,
his life-long friends Michael (David Kelly) and Jackie (Ian Bannen) find the
winning ticket and decide that their old mate would have wanted them to
collect the money. They deduce that one of them must pass himself off as
Ned. But they must convince the rest of the town to go along with their
scheme, and they will need all the help that they can get in order to dupe
the authorities into parting with the cash.
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Walkabout
Record ID
12711
Author:
Roeg, Nicolas
Barry, John
Agutter, Jenny
John, Lucien
Gumpilil, David
Marshall, James Vance
Imprint:
UCA , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other
Language Sound Dolby Stereo, Bonus footage, Trailers, Biographies,
Filmographies, Natural Australia Interactive Map, Aborigine Australia
Interactive Map. Made in 1970. Based on the novel by James Vance
Marshall. Credits: music, John Barry. DVDN. Cast: Jenny Agutter, Lucien
John, David Gumpilil, John Meillon, Peter Carver, John Illingsworth, Barry
Donnelly, Noelene Brown, Carlo Manchini. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
While out on a picnic in the Australian outback with his teenage daughter
(Jenny Agutter) and young son (Lucien John), a man goes insane and kills
himself. The girl takes her brother into the outback in order that he doesn't
see their father's dead body. There they meet a young Aborigine (David
Gumpilil) who is on walkabout - a rites of passage ritual whereby he must
survive in the wilderness for several weeks. He finds food and water for the
siblings, and develops a form of communication with the young boy despite
being unable to speak English. The girl, however, rebuffs the mating dance
which the Aborigine performs in her honour.
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The water diviner
Record ID
15532
Author:
Crowe, Russell
Hirschfelder, David
Kurylenko, Olga
Courtney, Jai
Lucas, Isabel
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Subtitles: English Drama War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), 'Making of' documentary. Made in 2014. Credits:
music, David Hirschfelder; cinematographer, Andrew Lesnie. DVDN. Cast:
Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Russell Crowe, Isabel Lucas, Cem Yilmaz,
Jacqueline McKenzie, Damon Herriman, Deniz Akdeniz, Ryan Corr, Megan
Gale, Dan Wyllie, Yilmaz Erdogan, James Fraser, Ben O'Toole. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
World War I drama directed by and starring Russell Crowe. Four years after
the Battle of Gallipoli, widowed Australian farmer Joshua Connor (Crowe)
travels to Turkey in search of his three missing sons (Ryan Corr, James
Fraser and Ben O'Toole) who were believed to have been killed or captured
during the bloody conflict. Once there, his search is complicated as he
begins to fall for local widow Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the owner of the hotel
he takes up residence in. Aided by the reluctant Lieutenant Colonel Cyril
Hughes (Jai Courtney), Connor searches for his sons amongst the tens of
thousands dead hoping to give them a proper burial, but the suffering father
is given fresh hope one may still be alive by Turkish soldier Major Hasan
(Yilmaz Erdogan).
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Watership down
Record ID
14773
Author:
Rosen, Martin
Dods, Marcus
Adams, Richard
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1978. Based on the novel by Richard Adams. Credits: music, Marcus
Dods; animator, Tony Guy; voice, John Hurt; voice, Richard Briers; voice,
Roy Kinnear; voice, Denholm Elliott; voice, Michael Hordern; voice, Joss
Ackland; voice, Harry Andrews; voice, Simon Cadell; voice, Lyn Farleigh;
voice, Mary Maddox; voice, Zero Mostel; voice, Richard O'Callaghan; voice,
Ralph Richardson; voice, Terence Rigby. DVDN. Dolby Surround. BBFC code:
U. DVD.
Abstract:
Animated feature of Richard Adams' best-selling novel. When rabbit Fiver
(voiced by Richard Briers) has a premonition of his warren being destroyed
by man, he persuades his brother Hazel (John Hurt) and a few other friends
to flee in search of safety. They have many adventures along the way, until
they encounter a vicious race of rabbits who are determined to prove their
supremacy.
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Where angels fear to tread
Record ID
12536
Author:
Sturridge, Charles
Portman, Rachel
Mirren, Helen
Davis, Judy
Forster, E. M
Imprint:
Prism Leisure Corp. Plc , 2005
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(English) Made in 1991. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster. Cast: Helena
Bonham Carter, Helen Mirren, Judy Davis, Rupert Graves, Giovanni Guidelli,
Barbara Jefford. Credits: music, Rachel Portman; cinematographer, Michael
Coulter; art director, Luigi Marchione; art director, Marianne Ford; costumes,
Monica Howe; make up, Aileen Seaton; make up, Heather Jones. DVDN.
BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Edwardian period piece in which an English widow (Helen Mirren) goes to
Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her
straitlaced family's wishes. When she dies during childbirth, a brother- and
sister-in-law are dispatched to fetch back the baby. With Helena Bonham
Carter, Rupert Graves and Judy Davis.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Record ID
12584
Author:
Loach, Ken
Fenton, George
Murphy, Cillian
Delaney, Padraic
Cunningham, Liam
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History War Subtitles: English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Bonus footage, Trailers, Biographies,
Commentary (Ken Loach (Director) and Professor Donal O'Driscoll), Image
gallery. Made in 2006. Credits: music, George Fenton. DVDS. Cast: Cillian
Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William
Ruane, Roger Allam, Bill Hurst, Martin Lucey, Shane Nott, Frank Bourke.
BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Political drama from veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach. Damien (Cillian
Murphy) is about to leave Ireland for his medical studies in London while his
brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) is an active IRA member. After witnessing
an act of resistance to the daily violence of the 'Black and Tans', Damien
abandons his burgeoning career and joins his brother in a dangerous and
violent fight for freedom. Eventually, both sides agree to a treaty to end the
bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families
who fought side by side, find themselves pitted against one another as
sworn enemies, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.
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The winter guest
Record ID
15436
Author:
Rickman, Alan
Kamen, Michael
Law, Phyllida
Thompson, Emma
Reid, Sheila
MacDonald, Sharman
Imprint:
4DVD , 2008
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD English Subtitles Drama
ISBN:
6867449010090
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1997. Based on the play by Sharman MacDonald. Credits: music,
Michael Kamen. DVDN. Cast: Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid,
Sandra Voe, Arlene Cockburn, Gary Hollywood, Sean Biggerstaff, Douglas
Murphy. BBFC code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Alan Rickman directs and co-writes this bittersweet drama, which pairs reallife mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Following the
death of her husband, Frances (Thompson) meets with her mother (Law) in
a Scottish seaside town. As they attempt to repair their own, damaged
relationship, their lives become linked to those of two young boys, a teenage
couple, and a pair of elderly women whose sole pleasure in life is attending
funerals.
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The wizard of Oz
Record ID
13244
Other Titles:
If I Only Had the Nerve
Gates of Emerald City
If I Only Had a Brain
We're Off To See the Wizard
Over the rainbow
If I Were King of the Forest
Munchkinland
If I Only Had a Heart
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
The Merry Old Land of Oz
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
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Author:
Fleming, Victor
Vidor, King
Stothart, Herbert
Garland, Judy
Bolger, Ray
Lahr, Bert
Baum, L. Frank
Imprint:
Description:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd, col. & b&w.
Class:
Film on DVD Adventure Family Fantasy Subtitles. English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby
Digital 5.1), Other languages French, Italian, Other Language Sound Dolby
Mono, Subtitles (English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese,
German, Romanian, Bulgarian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English,
Italian), Bonus footage, Trailers, Outtakes, Deleted scenes, Behind the
scenes, 'Making of' documentary, Other documentaries ('Oz History'. 'Oz
Afterlife'.), Audio supplements. Made in 1939. Based on the novel by L.
Frank Baum. Credits: music, Herbert Stothart; cinematographer, Hal Rosson;
special effects A/V, A. Arnold Gillespie; art director, Cedric Gibbons; Set
designer, Edwin B. Willis; costumes, Adrian; make up, Jack Dawn. DVDN.
Dolby Digital. Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie
Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick, Pat Walsh,
Frank Morgan, The Singer Midgets, Mitchell Lewis. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
In this classic musical, a tornado whisks Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her
house from Kansas to Munchkin City, squashing the Wicked Witch of the
East upon landing. The Wicked Witch of the West vows revenge, while
Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road for Oz with a scarecrow, a tin man
and a cowardly lion - all of whom have specific reasons for wanting to meet
the magical Wizard of Oz.
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The world is not enough
Record ID
14739
Author:
Apted, Michael
Arnold, David
Brosnan, Pierce
Marceau, Sophie
Carlyle, Robert
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama Crime Thriller Subtitles:English
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Michael Apted,
Peter Lamont, Vic Armstrong, David Arnold.), Other documentaries ('Bond
Cocktail'. 'Bond Down River'.), Bonus tracks (Music video by Garbage),
Booklet, The Secrets of 007. Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn. PlayStation game
trailer. Made in 1999. Based on the characters created by Ian Fleming.
Credits: music, David Arnold; cinematographer, Adrian Biddle;
art/production/design, Peter Lamont; 2nd Unit director, Vic Armstrong.
DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle,
Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewellyn,
Samantha Bond, Colin Salmon, Ulrich Thomsen, Goldie, John Seru, John
Cleese, Martyn Lewis. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Pierce Brosnan's third outing as Bond sees him come up against another
dangerous nemesis - Renard (Robert Carlyle), a power-crazed terrorist intent
on taking control of the world's oil supplies. Bond has his work cut out
defeating Renard, as the villain has a bullet lodged in his brain which renders
him immune to any pain. As his mission grows more perilous Bond also
encounters sultry oil heiress Elektra (Sophie Marceau), and nuclear scientist
Christmas Jones (Denise Richards).
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The world's end
Record ID
15453
Author:
Wright, Edgar
Price, Steven
Pegg, Simon
Frost, Nick
Freeman, Martin
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Region 2, 4, 5, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope),
5.1), Other languages French, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Other Language Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles (French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Hindi), Subtitles for
hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Outtakes, Deleted scenes,
'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Edgar Wright(Director),
Simon Pegg), VFX Breakdown; Trivia Track. Made in 2013. Credits: music,
Steven Price; cinematographer, Bill Pope. DVDN. Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick
Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, David Bradley,
Eddie Marsan, Julian Seager, Thomas Law, Jasper Levine, Mark Heap. BBFC
code: 15. DVD.
Abstract:
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in this sci-fi comedy about a group of friends
who reunite to complete the pub crawl they abandoned back in their youth.
Galvanised by Gary (Pegg), 40-somethings Oliver (Martin Freeman), Andy
(Frost), Steven (Paddy Considine) and Peter (Eddie Marsan) return to their
home town for one more attempt at trying to reach the legendary pub, 'The
World's End'. But after setting out on their quest, taking in watering holes
such as 'The Two Headed Dog' and 'The Famous Cock', the friends' objective
soon pales into insignificance when they realise that the fate of the entire
human race may ultimately rest in their hands.
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Wuthering Heights
Record ID
14747
Author:
Kosminsky, Peter
Binoche, Juliette
Sakamoto, Ryuichi
Fiennes, Ralph
O'Connor, Sinead
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 1992. Credits: executive producer, Simon Bosanquet; director
photography, Mike Southon; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto. DVDN. Cast: Juliette
Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Sinead O'Connor, John Woodvine, Janet McTeer,
Simon Shepherd, Jeremy Northam, Jason Riddington, Simon Ward, Paul
Geoffrey, Jennifer Daniel, Jonathan Firth, Trevor Cooper. BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Abstract:
Cathy Earnshaw (Juliette Bincoche) and her adoptive brother Heathcliff
(Ralph Fiennes) became inseparable as children, and now share a forbidden
passion in adulthood. However, Heathcliff is cast down to the level of a
servant by Cathy's vengeful brother, Hindley (Jeremy Northam), who resents
the love their father showed for a man he regards as an infidel. When Cathy
sets her cap at wealthy neighbour Edgar Linton (Simon Shephard), the
enraged Heathcliff flees, vowing revenge.
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Wuthering Heights
Record ID
13113
Author:
Wyler, William
Oberon, Merle
Olivier, Laurence
Niven, David
Bronte, Emily
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Interactive menus, Scene access, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages
(English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages German, Other
Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles (French, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish,
Norwegian, Danish, Greek), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus
footage, Trailers, Soundtrack: French - Dolby Stereo, Spanish - Dolby
Surround. Made in 1939. Based on the novel by Emily Bronte. DVDN. Cast:
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp,
Leo G. Carroll, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cecil Kellaway, Miles Mander, Hugh
Williams. BBFC code: U. DVD.
Abstract:
Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon star in this Hollywood classic as
Heathcliffe and Cathy, in the popular dramatisation of Emily Bronte's novel.
Set in Victorian England it traces the doomed love affair between a girl and a
gypsy. An Oscar winner (for photography) , the movie stops at chapter 17 of
the book.
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X-Men 3 - The last stand
Record ID
13648
Author:
Ratner, Brett
Powell, John
Jackman, Hugh
Berry, Halle
McKellen, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Series:
Lower secondary;
Subjects:
Fantasy fiction
Class:
YL DVD
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
dvd
Notes:
Made in 2006. Based on the Marvel comic strip. Credits: music, John Powell.
UMDN. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey
Grammer, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Stewart, Famke
Janssen, James Marsden. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
The third film in the popular 'X-Men' film franchise. When a private
laboratory supported by the government finds the cure for the mutants,
using the DNA of a powerful boy, the mutants have the option of giving up
their powers and becoming human. However, Magneto (Ian McKellen)
opposes and decides to join a force to fight against the government and kill
the mutant boy. Meanwhile, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) resurrects
uncontrolled by Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and with the personality of the
powerful Dark Phoenix. She destroys Cyclops (James Marsden) and Xavier,
and allies to the evil forces of Magneto, making them almost invincible.
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You only live once
Record ID
12648
Author:
Lang, Fritz
Newman, Alfred
Sidney, Sylvia
Fonda, Henry
MacLane, Barton
Imprint:
Cinema Club , 2004
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Crime Drama Film noir
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Mono). Made in 1937. Credits: music, Alfred Newman;
cinematographer, Leon Shamroy. DVDN. Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda,
Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Warren Hymer, Chic Sale,
Margaret Hamilton, Guinn Williams, Jerome Cowan, John Wray, Jonathan
Hale, Ward Bond, Wade Boteler, Henry Taylor, Jean Stoddard, Ben Hall, Jack
Carson. BBFC code: 12. DVD.
Abstract:
Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) is an ex-con trying to make a good life for
himself and his new bride Joan (Sylvia Sidney) but fate has other plans and
wherever he turns things go wrong. First he is fired from his job over a small
misunderstanding. Next he and Joan are thrown out of their motel during
their honeymoon as the owner sees his photo in a true crime magazine.
Then he is suspected as having been the main player in an armoured
robbery and sent to prison, framed for murder... Can anything else go
wrong, and can Eddie prove his innocence?
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You only live twice
Record ID
12550
Author:
Gilbert, Lewis
Barry, John
Sinatra, Nancy
Connery, Sean
Pleasence, Donald
Dor, Karin
Fleming, Ian
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
(Dolby Mono), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English),
Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Lewis Gilbert plus members of the
cast and crew.), Other documentaries ('Inside You Only Live Twice'.
'Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles'.), Storyboard comparisons, Booklet,
Plane crash animated storyboard. Radio spots. Made in 1967. Based on the
novel by Ian Fleming. Credits: music, John Barry; music, Nancy Sinatra;
cinematographer, Frederick A. Young; cinematographer, Bob Huke; Set
designer, Ken Adams. DVDW. Dolby Digital. Cast: Sean Connery, Donald
Pleasence, Karin Dor, Tetsuro Tamba, Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee, Lois
Maxwell, Charles Gray, Mie Hama, Teru Shimada, Desmond Llewellyn, Tsai
Chin. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Japan to keep the peace between the
superpowers when a SPECTRE rocket intercepts an American space capsule
carrying a nuclear warhead. In between visits to the geisha house and flights
in his Little Nellie, 007 manages to track down SPECTRE's secret base and its
evil mastermind Blofeld (Donald Pleasence). Will he be able to stop Blofeld's
evil plans or is this really the end of Bond and the world as we know it? After
this fifth entry in the series, Connery took a break from the title role, only to
return in 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971).
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The young Victoria
Record ID
12948
Author:
Vallee, Jean-Marc
Blunt, Emily
Richardson, Miranda
Friend, Rupert
Imprint:
Description:
Class:
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 2009. Based on the life of Queen Victoria. DVDN. Cast: Emily Blunt,
Miranda Richardson, Rupert Friend, Mark Strong, Paul Bettany, Jim
Broadbent, Rachael Stirling, Michael Maloney, Julian Glover, Thomas
Kretschmann. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Emily Blunt takes the titular role in Jean-Marc Vallee's dramatisation of the
early years of Queen Victoria's rule, which began when she was just 18
years old, and her enduring romance and marriage to Prince Albert (Rupert
Friend). Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson co-star as King William
(Victoria's uncle) and the Duchess of Kent respectively. The film won the
awards for Best Costume Design and Best Make Up/Hair at the 2010 BAFTAs
as well as picking up the Oscar for Best Costume Design at the Academy
Awards.
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Zulu
Record ID
12539
Author:
Endfield, Cy
Barry, John
Baker, Stanley
Hawkins, Jack
Caine, Michael
Imprint:
Pioneer , 1997
Description:
Class:
Film on DVD Drama History War
Bib Type:
Video disc
GMD:
text
Notes:
Made in 1963. Credits: music, John Barry. LW. Dolby Stereo. Cast: Stanley
Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Gary
Bond, Chief Buthelezi, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Ivor Emmanuel, Nigel
Green, David Kernan, Patrick Magee, Neil McCarthy. BBFC code: PG. DVD.
Abstract:
Michael Caine stars in this epic story of the battle of Rorke's Drift, on January
22nd 1879, where 1,200 British troops found themselves completely
outnumbered by irate Zulu warriors in Natal, South Africa. Having already
destroyed a very large British garrison, 4,000 Zulu warriors are now on their
way to overcome the handful of men stationed at Rorke's Drift. The two
lieutenants in charge of the garrison, Jon Chard (Stanley Baker) and Gonville
Bromhead (Caine), are at odds with each other, but manage to rally the men
together and put up a courageous fight. Only a few of the men survived,
eleven receiving the Victoria Cross.
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