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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
An eccentric chess master, whose unstable childhood rendered him incapable of relating well with others, finds that chess is his only escape and solace. At an Italian resort, where he is favored to win a prestigious chess championship, he meets and falls in love with a caring woman. When a former mentor turned jealous saboteur tries to destroy his confidence, the fragile genius may lose more than just the big game.
Publisher
Shock Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A tantalising blend of cookery and comic exploits. Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright tour Britain on their vintage Triumph Thunderbird with Jennifer riding and Clarissa wedged in a Watsonian Jubilee sidecar, in their quest to rediscover the delights of traditional home cooking using the freshest of ingredients.
5) Being there
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1979
Language
English
Description
Circumstances propel a feeble-minded gardener, whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television, into becoming adviser to the president of the United States and a powerful but dying tycoon.
6) Red dust
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A political thriller set in a small South African town during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings. Human rights lawyer Sarah Barcant must represent Alex Mpondo, a former political activist, who was held captive and sadistically tortured by a police officer under the apartheid regime in South Africa.
10) Patriot games
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
A former CIA analyst vacationing with his family in London helps thwart a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family and becomes the target of the terrorist whose brother he killed.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1994
Language
English
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Description
The definitive documentary of America's pastime, baseball. Through a skillful blend of still photographs, film footage, interviews and voice overs, the the history of "The Game" is brought to life. Covering the period from the 1840's to 1994 (just before the strike), the high and low moments, heroes and villains are explored and examined, providing an in-depth, informative, and enthralling look at this truly American passion.
12) City slickers
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
When a New York man realizes he is having a mid-life crisis, he and his friends decide to go on a cattle drive to find some adventure.
Comedy about three men friends who are going through mid-life crises. They decide that the answer to their malaise is a fantasy vacation out West where they can play cowboy on a cattle drive.
13) Into the West
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Explore one of the most powerful and defining chapters in American history. This powerful epic adventure unfolds as told through the struggles, triumphs, and heartaches of two families as they journey in search of the American dream.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there she must cope with her infamous aunts Hetty and Olivia and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins. Soon Sara must make a heartwrenching decision whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
18) The namesake
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1967
Language
English
Description
Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. She captures the lives and loves of three very different men. Gabriel Oak is a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage. William Boldwood is an older, prosperous man who had been a confirmed bachelor. Sergeant Frank Troy is a handsome, but reckless swordsman whose given to sudden fits of...
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