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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
One of the most remarkable motion pictures ever to hit the silver screen is now available in a new 75th Anniversary Edition. Tells the story of the Queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Bonus features take you beyond the movie with behind-the-scenes featurettes and more
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy. This landmark production has been digitally remastered.
"****Editor's Choice...highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"In a word, superb."--The New York Times
3) Winds of war
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Herman Wouk's epic World War II drama was filmed in 6 countries, contains over 15 hours of unforgettable entertainment, and won 3 Emmy awards. Features an all-star cast
4) Beowulf
Author
Language
Gaelic
Description
A one-man tour de force performance of the epic Beowulf, Benjamin Bagby delivers this gripping tale in Old English while accompanied on the ancient Anglo-Saxon harp.
5) The Vikings
Author
Language
English
Description
Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis star in this robust adventure tale of the fierce Norse raiders who swept over Europe engaging in bloody raids and gory sword battles.
Author
Language
English
Description
War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so expertly handled by second-unit director Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying to support his family and maintain his Jewish tradition under a Czar that would like to run his people out of town. Tremendous songs and memorable dance sequences make this film a true classic.
10) Dune (2021)
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
11) Masada
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the first century A.D., Flavius Silva, commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There, the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazer ben Yair and his people.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Russian
Description
The fates of three souls-- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha-- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. The film conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and epic breathtaking battles.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
15) 300
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
16) The Last Duel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After the wife of knight Jean de Carrouge accuses his squire of assaulting her virtue, King Charles VI declares that the men must fight to the death, leaving the truth to be revealed by God who will let the guilty man perish. This arrangement will leave the woman either berieved or besmirched, her life and position in society ruined no matter the result.
17) The Woman King
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
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