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Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In his unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord's book of the same name, the acclaimed British director Roy Ward Baker depicts with sensitivity, awe, and a fine sense of tragedy the Titanic's final hours. Featuring remarkably restrained performances, A Night To Remember is cinema's subtlest, finest dramatization of this monumental twentieth-century catastrophe.
2) Uprising
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the Germans decreed that all 350,000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly detained in the area known as the "Warsaw Ghetto". In fear for their lives, the Polish Jews form the Jewish Fighting Organization (JFO) to fight against this oppressive force. When the German troops march into the Ghetto, they are surprised and repulsed by the JFO fighters. Their resolve will be tested as the Nazi's promise to completely eradicate...
4) The Queen
Publisher
Miramx Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the death of Diana. They struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal Family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
Publisher
distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, c1969
Language
Français
Description
Through interviews with participants and newsreel footage, examines the occupation of France by the Germans during World War II as it occurred in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. Concentrates on the themes of collaboration and resistance.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Drama based on the search for the identity of the mystery woman whom composer Ludwig van Beethoven called "immortal beloved" in an enigmatic letter discovered upon his death. Explores Beethoven's dark past, his hidden passions, and the genius of his music. Soundtrack includes many works by Beethoven.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
11) The ground truth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
12) War horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry.
15) The last samurai
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...
16) The northman
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A viking prince avenges the murder of his father.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Documents a little-known story of the Holocaust, the resistance to Hitler with Nazi Germany, and illuminates crucial issues of conscience and will. Explores the motivating principles and activities of the anti-Nazi resistance inside Germany from 1933 to 1945.
18) Andrei Rublev
Series
Criterion collection volume 34
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Russian
Description
Andreĭ Rublev, a monk in fifteenth-century Russia, takes a vow of silence after witnessing the repressive society around him.
20) Tolkien
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The early life of orphaned author and professor J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds companionship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at his school.
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