Sam Neill
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English
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In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.
By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated to New Zealand...
2) Rams
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English
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Two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war raising separate flocks of sheep. When Les's prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley but Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Grace MacLean and her friend Judith go horseback riding in upstate New York on a winter morning, but their horses lose their footing on ice and slide onto a road, where Judith and her horse are killed by a jackknifing truck. Grace has her right leg amputated, and the frightening incident leaves a lasting trauma not only on Grace but also on her horse, Pilgrim. Grace's mother, seeking Grace's recovery, feels there's a link between...
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4 videodiscs (516 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm
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English
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"With a lust for power and an appetite for love, the young monarch rules his kingdom as he lives his life - with ruthless abandon. Season one of The Tudors reveals the untold story of the hot-headed tyrant whose affair with Anne Boleyn and obsession with producing a male heir changed the institution of marriage, and the world, forever"--Case-slip.
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
This epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
8) The piano
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Just one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
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2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The series recounts the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique back stories, but a common bond for survival.
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1 videodisc (approximately 179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a prosperous and respected Kansas farmer, his wife, and his two teenage children are brutally slaughtered, Detective Alvin Dewey heads up the case. With no clues, no apparent motives, and no suspects, viewers enter a dark work of excitement penetrating the inner workings of the criminal minds involved. Discover the dramatic conclusion of one of America's most haunting stories in this four part mini-series that is drenched in mystery and massacre....
11) Long way down
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Four strangers happen to meet on a London rooftop with the intent of committing suicide on New Year's Eve. They decide to call off their plans for six weeks and form an unconventional, dysfunctional family and friendship.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 628 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, one remarkable man single-handedly tried to alter the course of history. Sidney Reilly was a Russian-born British agent who radically transformed modern espionage techniques and set the mold for the super spy. From one heart-pulsing mission after another, from stealing top-secret Russian oil information to a near overthrow of the Bolshevik Revolution to his final capture by Stalin's forces in 1918, Reilly's exploits...
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1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.
14) Peter Rabbit
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer's vegetable garden.
15) Ivanhoe
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1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Returning from fighting in the Crusades, the young Saxon knight Ivanhoe must fight to regain the woman he loves and to protect the social order and monarchy of England.
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1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options.
17) Doctor Zhivago
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2 videodiscs (225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
One of the world's most famous love stories and half a century of Russian history come to life in this adaptation of Pasternak's masterpiece. War and revolution bring poet and physician Yury Zhivago together with the beautiful Lara, his muse and all-consuming passion. But both are hunted, Yury by guilt over his betrayal of Tonya, his beloved wife, and Lara by fear of Komarovsky, the powerful man who means to have her any way he can.
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3 videodiscs (566 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"In 1963, all prisoners were transferred from Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary. Or so we were told. Now America's worst criminals -- known as the 63s -- are returning to the streets of San Francisco to repeat their grisly crimes. It's up to top-notch detectives Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz expert Diego 'Doc' Soto to work with FBI agent Emerson Hauser and Dr. Lucy Banerjee to learn why the 63s are back and to uncover a much larger, more sinister...
19) Angel
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Angel Deverell fantasizes about living in the town mansion, Paradise House. After a London publisher turns her novel into a best seller, she is able to buy Paradise House and pursue the man of her dreams, a painter struggling for his own big break.
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Young owl Soren marvels at his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, mythic winged warriors who fought a great battle to save all owl kind from the evil Pure Ones. When he and brother Kludd fall from their treetop home and into the talons of the Pure Ones, it's up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave owls.