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Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
This miniseries, filmed in Leningrad, London, Paris, and Verdi's home region of Italy's Po Valley, required more that 100 actors, 18,000 extras, and more than over 4,000 costumes. The version presented here is 4 hours longer than the original broadcast version. The program gives a complete overview of Verdi's life and is filled with music from the composer's works sung in the original Italian and taken from past rare recordings featuring such opera...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's most popular character - prim and proper Miss Jane Marple - is adored worldwide by mystery fans for her razor-sharp mind, intuitive understanding of criminal behavior and trademark knitting needles. A&E home video presents five more feature-length mysteries from BBC's Miss Marple series.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother...
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
After Columbus discovered America came the men to make a conquest. From all corners of the world, explorers reached the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all - a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown land and its peoples. Led by legendary cities of gold and...
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003, c1993
Language
English
Description
After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of driving a herd of wild mustangs 2500 miles north to the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana. But tragedy, despair and deceit will greet him before he ever gets there.
9) Dune
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy, and forever change the galactic balance of power.
10) Spies of Warsaw
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known...
12) Anne of Avonlea
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2006], c1975
Language
English
Description
Anne's life at Green Gables takes unexpected turns with the arrival of two new orphans and the realization of her dream to go to college. Through marriage proposals from suitors and the sale of her first story, Anne holds on to her memories of Avonlea and discovers life and love on her own terms.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Set in England during World War II, Danger UXB is about the men of the 97th Tunneling Company and their mission to defuse all UXBs (unexploded bombs). Starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, these are the stories of the soldiers, their families, the dangers they face and their heroism. The series is based on actual war memoirs.
Publisher
BFS
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
England in the early 1900s. Christina is sent to live with her domineering, crippled Uncle Russell and her cousins Mark and William at Flambards, a rambling, decaying mansion. Life at Flambards is a conflict of cultures, with Mark and his father clinging to a traditionalist obsession for horses, whilst William dreams of a career in the new technology of aviation. When Christina arrives, her presence generates a changing pattern of events and relationships....
18) Des
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the "kindly killer", Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
19) Lonesome Dove
Language
English
Description
The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
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