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Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 137 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Samurai Yoshimura Kanichirō leaves for a larger city so he can make more money to support his family. Initially he is seen as money hungry, but he soon gains respect in his new clan with his master swordsmanship and his honor.
2) Beowulf
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A one-man tour de force performance of the epic Beowulf, Benjamin Bagby delivers this gripping tale in Old English while accompanied on the ancient Anglo-Saxon harp.
3) The Vikings
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Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis star in this robust adventure tale of the fierce Norse raiders who swept over Europe engaging in bloody raids and gory sword battles.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Desperate to escape the dullness of provincial life, a young married woman pursues forbidden fantasies through a series of indiscreet seductions and adulterous affairs. Based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era.
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War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so expertly handled by second-unit director Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision...
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In this film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying to support his family and maintain his Jewish tradition under a Czar that would like to run his people out of town. Tremendous songs and memorable dance sequences make this film a true classic.
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Antonio Banderas brings huge star power to an immensely thrilling action-adventure from the hit-making director of Die Hard and The Thomas Crown Affair! An exiled ambassador far from his homeland, Ahmed (Banderas) comes across a fierce band of warriors who are being attacked by ferocious creatures legendary for devouring all living things in their path! And when an old fortune-teller warns the combatants that they are doomed to failure without a 13th...
10) Dune: part 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
11) Avengers Grimm
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The princess heroines from the classic tales must unite to fight an unimaginable evil.
12) The Northman
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.
13) Beowulf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A motion-capture animated film. In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonate throughout the ages.
15) Gandhi
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 videodisc (192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
17) Medieval
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jan Žižka was a daring mercenary leader and one of the greatest warriors in history. After the death of its emperor, the Holy Roman Empire plummets into chaos while corrupt kings battle for control of the empty throne, so Jan leads a rebel army to ensure tyranny does not ensue.
18) Troy
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior, embodies...
Pub. Date
19uu
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sil., black and white & color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Erstwhile childhood friends meet again as adults, this time as Roman conqueror, Messala, and conquered Israelite, Judah. An accident nearly destroys Judah and his family and leads to a confrontation between the two men and final redemption.
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