Ralph Richardson
1) Khartoum
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Britain's crisis in the Sudan and the siege at Khartoum in 1883
2) Time bandits
Series
Criterion collection volume 37
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon, but the Evil Genius is watching their every move!
3) Rollerball
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a dystopic future world run entirely by a few powerful corporations, the brutal sport of rollerball has taken the place of both warfare and traditional athletic competition. The greatest player in the history of rollerball, Jonathan E, receives pressure from these corporations to retire. When he refuses, both his life and his sport descend into chaos and bloodshed.
5) Dragonslayer
Publisher
Paramount [Home Video
Pub. Date
2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Nora is sheltered first by her father and then by her husband. All her life, she has been protected like a fragile possession ... like a doll in a doll's house. After she marries, Nora becomes frustrated, realizes that under the dominance of her husband she will never have an identity of her own, and leaves to find a new life for herself
9) The heiress
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy girl falls in love with a penniless man her father is sure only wants her for her money. When she plans to elope, her father threatens to disinherit her. Will she still go through with the marriage?
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2012, ©1972, ©1982
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (144 min. & 120 min.) : sound, color ; digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man travels to Italy to claim his dead father's body, and discovers he has been conducting an affair there for years. Things get complicated when he falls for the woman's daughter.
A phlegmatic London barrister defends one Leonard Vole, a "nice, harmless chap" who's on trial for the murder of a widow who had taken a shine to him. The circumstantial evidence against Vole is strong, especially since he's unemployed and stands to inherit a considerable...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 410 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Traces the evolution of English-language poetry from Beowulf to modern times. Historical background complements the seductive rhythms of the poems themselves, as performed by the greatest actors of our times. Features works by great English and American poets, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas, Emily Dickinson, John Milton, and many more
13) The 300 Spartans
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In the 5th-century B.C., King Leonidas of Sparta has only his 300 bodyguards to stand with him against an invasion by the 60,000 men of the Persian army. Their heroic stand against the invasion gives the other Greek city-states time to organize a large fighting force and ultimately defeat the Persians
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Copperfield's idyllic life changes when his mother marries Mr. Murdstone. When she dies, David's stepfather takes David from school and forces him to do back-breaking work in his winery. Eventually, David runs away to his eccentric Aunt Betsy's home, where he might find the respect and love he never had as a child.
15) Exodus
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film...
16) Richard III
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and mustering a final defense for his realm at the Battle...
17) 49th parallel
Series
Criterion collection volume 376
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
As the voice-over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazis, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if Corporal Hirth and his six crew members can reach it, they can be repatriated to Germany with no fuss. But their trek across Canada becomes a fierce struggle...
Series
Criterion collection volume 748
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Language
English
Description
A faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams's classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (382 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli and an all-star cast come together to deliver a powerful adaptation of the gospels in 1977's Jesus of Nazareth. From the Nativity to the Crucifixion and Resurrection, the life of Jesus (played by Robert Powell) is presented with stunning depth, gravity, and emotion. Acclaimed by critics and viewers alike, Jesus of Nazareth remains one of the finest depictions of the story of Christ nearly forty years after its...