Maggie Smith
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Original U.K. ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 540 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Original UK edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 368 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Downton Abbey - a sprawling, lavish Edwardian mansion and park nestled in the lush North Yorkshire landscape - needs an heir. Dame Maggie Smith turns in a show-stopping performance as Violet, the charmingly stubborn Dowager Countess of Grantham, matriarch of Downton and the irrefutable authority on everything. Hugh Bonneville stars as her son, the stoic, unflappable Earl of Grantham; Elizabeth McGovern plays his far-sighted America wife, Cora; and...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Original UK [unedited] ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (525 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. In the wake of World War I, Robert, Earl of Grantham, sticks to his duty to maintain Downton more firmly than ever.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1795 and the feisty 20-year-old Jane Austen is an emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. As a prospective match for Jane, her parents are eyeing Mr. Wisley. He is the nephew to the very formidable,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When seven cash-strapped seniors decide to 'outsource' their retirement to a resort in far-off India, friendship and romance blossom in the most unexpected ways.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The peaceful life of two aging sisters is shattered when they take in a young Polish violinist who they find injured after having been washed ashore near their coastal English home. Their town is suspicious of any visitors and things get worse when he befriends a Russian woman who is visiting the town.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Series
Harry Potter volume 4
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Series
Harry Potter volume 5
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (1180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone: The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets: Cars fly, trees attack and a mysterious house-elf warns Harry of great danger as he returns for his second year.
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban: Harry must confront soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and learn the truth about the escaped...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.
15) Hook
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1991
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning is convinced by Granny Wendy Darling and Tinkerbell that he is Peter Pan, and must go to Neverland to save his children from Captain Hook.
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is 1944 and thirteen year-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spend Christmas with his grandmother, whilst his mother searches for news of his father in wartime London. In the old house, he becomes a witness to events during the Napoleonic wars and finds himself slowly drawn into participating in the drama. Invisible to most people in the past, he begins to unravel the mystery which has bewildered his family for two centuries. The solution to the puzzle...
17) Keeping mum
Publisher
Thinkfilm, Llc
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family's prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions on one disc.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97, 102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Little princess: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Secret garden: A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned...
19) Hook
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD combo pack]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, Hook stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Original UK edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is finally coming to accept...