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2) Elizabeth
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
3) Cleopatra
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison star in this sweeping tale of power and betrayal -- the legendary story of the Queen of the Nile and her conquest of Julius Ceasar and Marc Anthony. Here is the truly unforgettable portrayal of the beguiling beauty who seduced two of Romes greatest soldiers and changed the course of history. Breathtaking in scope and grandeur, the picture won Oscars for cinematography, art direction, costumes, sets...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain-- a prized local landmark-- to be a "hill." The eccentric and funny townspeople rally around their "mountain" and a fiery young woman charms the puzzled out-of-town cartographer into seeing things their way.
5) The Alamo
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nicholas becomes the head of the family when his father dies unexpectedly. Keeping watch over his mother and his sister Kate becomes an even greater challenge when Nicholas discovers that his father lost the family fortune due to ill-advised investments. Without a shilling to his name, Nicholas turns to his wealthy but unforgiving Uncle Ralph for help.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Aramaic
Description
Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...
11) 1911
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true epic to be enjoyed for generations.
12) The mission
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani Indians of South American from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Publisher
Eagle Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On August 15th 1944, an invasion in Provence, France was organised by the Americans to support and protect the allied troops marching to Berlin who had already landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. After jumping over Provence during the night, three paratroopers who have to regroup with their fellow soldiers in the village of Les Arcs, help the local resistance to free some of their members and organise the ambush of a German armour unit. Lives will...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous dictator. Today, November 25 is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
15) The Bounty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A remake of the story that claims to expose "the truth behind the legend" of the Bounty mutiny. In doing so it provides a stirring and dramatic portrait of the delicately balanced friendship between Christian and Bligh.
16) Harriet
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America2s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
17) Original sin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], ©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious woman from Boston whose insatiable lust for her new wealthy, plantation owner husband is exceded only by her desire for his fortune.
18) Catch a fire
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical. That is, until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.
Publisher
Rich-Heape Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Director's cut.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the forced relocation of Cherokee tribes by the United States government from their ancestral homelands (throughout the South) to Indian Territory (in present-day Oklahoma) from 1838-1839.
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