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1) I, Claudius
Language
English
Description
An epic tale of ambition, debauchery, and intrigue, the Emmy-winning BBC series is one of the most popular and acclaimed dramas in Masterpiece Theatre history. Based on the novels by Robert Graves, spanning the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero. Episodes include: A Touch of Murder, Waiting in the Wings, What Shall We Do About Claudius?, Poison is Queen, Some Justice, plus extended versions of episodes one and two, and bonus features....
2) Roma
Series
Language
Italiano
Description
"Travelogue, memoir and outrageous cinematic spectacle converge in this kaleidoscopic valentine to the Eternal City, composed by one of its most iconic inhabitants. Leisurely one moment and breathless the next, this urban fantasia by Federico Fellini interweaves recollections of the director's young adulthood in the era of Mussolini with an impressionistic portrait of contemporary Rome, where he and his film crew are shooting footage of the bustling...
3) Hitchcock
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home, and even the love of his wife Alma as he sets out to make the film. Ultimately, Hitch wins Alma over, and the two collaborate to create an enduring masterpiece: Psycho.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her difficult...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A rollicking, inventive adaptation of the notoriously unfilmable 18th century British comic novel The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy, gentleman, written by Laurence Sterne. Shandy's warped tales reveal far more than any conventional autobiography.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Actress Macarena Granada (Cruz) after her experiences in Berlin, traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. We are immersed in the 1950s, as the diva returns to Spain to shoot a US blockbuster entitled "The Queen of Spain", where she will breathe life into Isabella I of Castile: in Madrid, not only will she meet up again with her old friends and colleagues from the troupe but she will also have to contend with another dictatorial regime: that...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join the world's most famous aardvark, eight-year-old Arthur Read, and his family and friends as they make their own movies!
Arthur and his friends decide to make their own movie; D.W. plans a fool-proof escape from time-out; D.W. plans to get married.
Series
Criterion collection volume 769
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
9) Their finest
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional duties and rescue a young woman who believed his seductive...
11) 8 1/2
Series
Criterion collection volume 140
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (138 mins.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.
13) Tropic thunder
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder, ' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark and refuses to break from character. When a scene goes...
14) The last showing
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Movie night turns deadly when a deranged projectionist casts one unlucky couple in his twisted film. By luring them through a gauntlet of increasingly deadly traps, the sadistic director is determined to make a movie that is truly to die for.
15) Clerks III
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are enlisted by Randal after his heart attack to make a movie about the convenience store that started it all.
16) Hail, Caesar!
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
18) Scream 3
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When people start dropping like flies around the production of the movie Stab 3 (the latest movie sequel based on events occurring in Scream), Sidney and other Greensboro survivors are once again drawn into mayhem.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([4] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Includes the story of the making of all the Star Wars films: documentary and features, video games, still galleries, trailers, TV spots, Episode III preview (The Return of Darth Vader) and more.
20) Ararat
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edward, a veteran filmmaker of Armenian descent, is in Toronto shooting a film about the Siege of Van, which led to the genocide of over a million Armenian people at the hands of Turkish troops. Raffi has been sent to Turkey to shoot background footage for the film. Raffi's mother Ani, an author and historian, is also involved in the project as a consultant. As Raffi attempts to re-enter Canada with cans of exposed film, he's detained by David, a...
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