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1) Casanova
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The original unedited British version, this mini series alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jimmy Rose is a career criminal newly free after twelve years in prison. Greeted with cold disdain from his wife, Jackie, Jimmy decides to stick to the terms of his parole: hold down a job and stay right in the eyes of the law. But when he finds out that his beloved granddaughter, Ellie, ran away and is now a drug addict, Jimmy will risk everything to bring her home.
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 381 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
4) Bleak house
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 465 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man.
Pub. Date
2004, c1985
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 1392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.
7) Aspen
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 288 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aspen takes place at a Colorado ski resort in the 1960s. Lee Bishop (Perry King) is on trial for the rape/murder of a 15-year-old girl. His friend and attorney, Tom Keating (Sam Elliott), is desperately trying to prove his innocence.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (417 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the Morels' seventeen-year-old daughter Lea fails to return home after a night out celebrating her birthday, the family is unexpectedly thrown into their worst nightmare. Mother Florence tries to remain strong for her other children, while father Julien begins an investigation of his own.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 667 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Woman of substance: the story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world. Hold the dream: continues the saga of Emma Harte, who rose from servant girl to head of an international retail dynasty. At 80, Emma passes control of the Harte-McGill empire to her beloved granddaughter Paula. To be...
10) Random passage
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 378 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tour-de-force performance from Mark Ruffalo leads this family saga, which follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America. The six-episode limited drama series is based on Wally Lamb's New York Times bestseller and award-winning book, I Know This Much Is True.
13) The jury
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 284 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A comprehensive six-part series of a shocking murder trial and the jurors affected by it.
14) Empire Falls
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
15) Smiley's people
Pub. Date
1982
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (324 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus' -- and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an émigré Soviet General who was also a British agent sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The question on everyone's lips is finally answered as the hugely popular Sherlock returns in three brand new action-packed adventures. With the demise of Moriarty, Sherlock finds himself locked in another mind battle with the powerful Charles Augustus Magnussen, who is holding the secrets of the world at his fingertips. Once again the game is on for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson!
17) The shiralee
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fiercely independent man reluctantly takes his daughter on the road with him to the Australian outback while he looks for work.
18) Broken trail
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man and his estranged nephew become the guardians of five abused and abondoned Chinese girls. Their rivals intend to kidnap the girls while the two are delivering a herd of horses.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Morgan Freeman takes viewers on a global journey to meet with people from different cultures whose lives are shaped in surprising ways, and to explore themes that unite us all. At a time when global events seem to be driving cultures apart, this series aims to reveal the common humanity that lies inside each one of us. Each episode explores a single fundamental force or topic: freedom, peace, love, social division, power, and rebellion."--Container....
20) Flickers
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 307 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Arnie Cole is a lovable Cockney rogue who wants to move up in the fledgling silent-film industry. Prowling for potential investors, Arnie finds haughty, hypercritical Maud and gets far more than he bargained for. While keeping creditors at bay, squabbling actors on task, and an egotistical director under budget, Arnie and Maud try to build a business based on make-believe. In the process, they mangage to kindle an unorthodox, but very real, romance....
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