Ian McKellen
Publisher
ECHELONSTUDIOS
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (142 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine.
3) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
4) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes has one last case to solve that has haunted him for fifty years. Now he must quietly slip out of retirement and pay a secret visit to his past in order to determine the future, in this intriguing and thoughtful suspense-thriller.
5) The Odyssey
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
6) On Broadway
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. ON BROADWAY shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews...
7) Muse of Fire
Publisher
Illuminations
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to discover everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Consulting a host of helpful luminaries along the way, including Ian McKellen, James Earl Jones, Judi Dench, and Tom Hiddleston, their exciting road trip takes them to Denmark with Jude Law, Hollywood with Baz Luhrman, a prison in Berlin and Shakespeare’s home in...
8) Bent
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1930s Berlin, Max (Clive Owen) sleeps with German officer (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Refusing an offer of new papers from his Uncle Freddie (Ian McKellan) for fear of leaving his boyfriend Rudy behind, Max and Rudy are found by the Gestapo, to whom Max lies about his homosexuality and his relationship with Rudy. Bound for the Dachau concentration camp, Max will have to reckon with his identity,...
9) Doogal
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends embark on a journey to save their world from being frozen over by the evil Zeebad. Doogal, Brian the Snail, Ermintrude, and Dylan turn into unlikely heroes in this fun and funny family film!
"The animation itself is thoroughly inspired."--TVGuide.com.
"...offers children a valuable lesson about the importance of friendship."--ReelTalk Movie Reviews.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Special ed., widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows the title character Bilbo Baggins, who - along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield - is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Their Journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs,...
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special extended DVD ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 250 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Fellowship divides to conquer, as Frodo and Sam, with the help and hindrance of Gollum, continue on their way to Mount Doom. Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to help defend Gondor, while Merry remains with Eowyn and the other Rohan fighters. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli seek aid from those that live in the Cursed Mountains. All these battles have one ultimate goal in mind: to distract the Eye of Sauron and buy Frodo as much time as possible...
12) Flushed Away
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust "society mouse" who lives the life of a pampered pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes out of the sink, he desides he had hit the jackpot. Roddy schemes to rid himself of Sid by luring him into the "whirlpool." Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, but it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger...
13) The good liar
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Special extended ed.; widescreen version (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] p. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Featuring the celebrated cast from the original X-Men films and the brand new cast from the 2011 blockbuster hit X-Men First Class, X-men Days of Future Past brings together all of the fan favorites into one giant film event on the big screen. The film is based on the best-selling X-Men comic and takes place in an apocalyptic future, where mutants travel back in time in order to change the past and thereby fix the future. With a never-before-seen,...
17) Stardust
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (PG-13; 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful, but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony Wall that sets between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. So Tristan sets forth on his own journey in Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king has set his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
2-disc full screen special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovers that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian with whom Langdon had been scheduled to meet. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
2 disc widescreen theatrical edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 200 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragon learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.
20) Animal crackers
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A family must use a magical box of animal crackers to save a run-down circus from bing taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.