Hugh Griffith
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the middle of the 18th century two sets of twins are mis-matched at birth only to be reunited on the eve of the French Revolution. The problem is that the twins are members of both the peasant and aristocratic classes. Their meeting, their mixup and the mistaken identities would ultimately constitute one of the most tumultuous events in modern history.
2) Ben-Hur
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (212 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring...
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1787, the HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise -- and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country.
4) Exodus
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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...