Imelda Staunton
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the first Harry Potter book, this documentary visits the real-life magical history behind J.K. Rowling's beloved classics. With footage from the British Library's exhibition and exclusive access to a priceless collection of artifacts, take a tour around the mesmerizing journey creating this global phenomenon. Includes interviews with J.K. Rowling herself as she examines the most exciting items on display....
3) Shadow man
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When ruthless enemy agents kidnap his young daughter, an ex-C.I.A. operative goes on a deadly rampage to find her.
4) Maleficent
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
5) Fingersmith
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The lives of two young women collide in a thriller that alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion. Raised in a den of petty thieves, or 'fingersmiths, ' plucky orphan Sue Trinder agrees to help a con man known as Gentleman defraud and betray wealthy heiress Maud Lilly. But Sue's plans are turned upside down when she falls in love with Maud. Then the women are separated -- each...
6) Vera Drake
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ten years after they were members of a music and comedy troupe at Cambridge University, a diverse group of friends in their early 30s gather at the expansive estate of Peter Morton in 1992. Various jealousies and fears are revealed between joyous feasts.
8) Another year
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
9) Paddington
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
10) Cranford
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (291 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her demurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. Handsome new doctor Frank Harrison has arrived from London; a retired Captain and his daughters move...
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
12) I'll be there
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a talented teen discovers the father she's never met is a famous rock star, she becomes part of his life and sets out to fulfill her two dreams: to become a singing star and reunite her parents.
13) Freedom Writers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives. This assignment...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the eve of retirement, a judgmental middle-class snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia, Miss Matty becomes concerned about...
16) A confession
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "When 22 year old Sian O'Callaghan goes missing after a Friday night out with friends, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher quickly realizes that this is no ordinary missing persons case. A prime suspect is identified but when Fulcher questions him about Sian's whereabouts it sets both men on a journey which will change their lives forever as well as reveal the fate of Sian and another local girl, Becky Godden-Edwards. In this fight to get...
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction--the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes...
18) Taking Woodstock
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1969, Elliot Tiber, an interior designer living in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family's motel to the promoters and generate business. Three weeks later half a million...
19) Downton Abbey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking ship before it's too late.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.