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Edward the King. Volume 3Edward the King. Volume 3 [videorecording] / an ATV colour production; Granada International; written by David Butler; directed by John Gorrie. Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-5241 VIDEODISC PT.3 |
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Edward the King. Volume 4Edward the King. Volume 4 [videorecording] / an ATV colour production; Granada International; written by David Butler; directed by John Gorrie. Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-5242 VIDEODISC PT.4 |
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El CidEl Cid [videorecording] / a Samuel Bronston production in association with Dear Films Productions; written by Fredric M. Frank and Philip Yordan; directed by Anthony Mann. Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand dies, his kingdom is divided between his three children. Sancho challenges the decision and imprisons Alfonso, who is released by El Cid. Then Sancho is assassnated by an African war-lord. Alfonso now claims that throne, too, and exiles El Cid. Chimene realizes the nobility of her husband and joins him. The years pass and El Cid becomes a revered warrior, but refuses to aid Alfonso. He lays siege to Valencia, catapulting food into its starving garrison. The Valencians kill their evil ruler and offer the crown to El Cid. He sends it to Alfonso, who rushes to his side. But El Cid has been hit by a stray arrow. Attended by Chimene, he hides the wound from his men and prepares a final bid to drive the Moors from Spain. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-4282 VIDEODISC |
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The English patientThe English patient [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a Saul Zaentz production; an Anthony Minghella film. During World War II, a mysterious stranger is rescued from a fiery plane crash. The American allies care for him and the dangerous secrets from his past come to light. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-2251 |
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Ernest Hemingway's To have and have notErnest Hemingway's To have and have not [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.; a Howard Hawks production; screen play by Jules Furthman and William Faulkner; directed by Howard Hawks. In 1940, an American charter boat captain in Martinique gets involved with a young female drifter and some French freedom fighters who are trying to elude local Nazi collaborators. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-6878 VIDEODISC |
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Ernest hemingway's To have and have notErnest hemingway's To have and have not [videorecording] / Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents a Warner Bros.-First National picture; a Howard Hawks production; screenplay by Jules Furthman and William Faulkner; [director], Howard Hawks. World-weary Harry Morgan is not about to help the Free French. But he and his sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. Since WWII is raging all around them, business is not what it could be and after a customer who owes them a large sum fails to pay they are forced to violate their preferred neutrality and to take a job for the French resistance transporting a fugitive on the run from the Nazis to Martinique. Through all this runs the stormy relationship between Harry and Marie "Slim" Browning, a resistance sympathizer and the sassy singer in the club where Morgan spends most of his days. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-2666 |
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Eugene O'Neill The long voyage homeEugene O'Neill The long voyage home [videorecording] / Walter Wanger presents John Ford's production; produced by Argosy Corporation; screenplay by Dudley Nichols; directed by John Ford. The merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive The Long Voyage Home. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-3516 VIDEODISC |
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Fahrenheit 9/11Fahrenheit 9/11 [videorecording] / Lions Gate Films and IFC Films and The Fellowship Adventure Group present a Dog Eat Dog Films production, a film by Michael Moore; producers, Jim Czarnecki, Kathleen Glynn; written, produced and directed by Michael Moore. Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore illustrates the connections President Bush has to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the bin Laden's, how the president got elected on fraudulent circumstances and then proceeded to blunder through his duties while ignoring warnings of the looming betrayal by his foreign partners. When the treachery hits with the 9/11 attacks, Moore explains how Bush failed to take immediate action to defend the nation. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-744 |
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Fail-safeFail-safe (Motion picture) A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-752 |
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The famous history of the life of King Henry the EightThe famous history of the life of King Henry the Eight [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television; producer, Cedric Messina; director, Kevin Billington. "One of Shakespeare's most elaborate 'pageant' plays, chronicling the life of an extraordinary English king."--Container insert. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-538 |
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