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Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (182 min.) : sound, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
P.G. Wodehouse's beloved Blandings Castle stories follow the foibles of an eccentric aristocrat, his peculiar family, and the ramshackle ancestral home they share. In this witty British series, Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders sparkle as Wodehouse's madcap protagonists.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In The White Lioness, Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa. The second film sees Wallander back in Sweden, where a woman's body is discovered half buried in the forest swamps. And in The Troubled Man, Wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 710 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season Four of The Walking Dead ended with Rick and the group outgunned, outnumbered, and trapped in a train car awaiting a grim fate. Season Five picks up shortly thereafter. What follows is a story that weaves the true motives of the people of Terminus with the hopeful prospect of a cure in Washington, D.C., the fate of the group's lost comrades, as well as new locales, new conflicts, and new obstacles in keeping the group together and staying alive....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (688 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
26) Manon Lescaut
Pub. Date
©2000, 1983
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera. The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman hurls herself at modern living in London. She often escapes into momentary fantasy asides -- letting an imaginary audience hear her unspoken gibes -- as she navigates her father's emotional distance, her godmother-turned-stepmother, her perfect sister and horrible brother-in-law as well as her seemingly-doomed love life.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (578 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
'The Walking Dead' is a drama where personal struggles are magnified against a backdrop of crises. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.
30) Ivanhoe
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
2 videodics (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 12th century England, this sweeping saga follows the noble Saxon knight, Wilfred of Ivanhoe and his bloody battles with the scheming Prince John as he attempts to restore Richard The Lion-Hearted to the throne.--Container.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 361 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jonathan Pine is working as the night manager of a Cairo hotel. He gets involved with a local woman who is the girlfriend of a local gangster. Through her relationship with the gangster she has acquired information linking illegal international arms sales with an English billionaire.
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 821 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
"Returning to Cornwall after the American Revolution, Capt. Ross Poldark finds his life at home has fallen apart. His estate is in disarray. His former flame, Elizabeth, is engaged to his cousin. And his family's copper mines have become targets for the Poldarks' bitter rivals. Duels, smuggling, and attempted murders unfold as Ross strives to resurrect his fortunes and find true love. This spellbinding saga dramatizes the deep rifts in British society...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (561 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest, and triumph. In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die....
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 688 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the fourth season, we see Rick and the group of survivors fostering a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison only to have it short-lived as the group loses everything, their home, family, and friends to the threat of the walkers, outside threats and the hidden dangers brewing inside the fences. The group of survivors are broken apart and sent on divergent paths, unsure of everyone else's fate as they are exposed to new dangers, new...
35) Doctor Zhivago
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (225 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the world's most famous love stories and half a century of Russian history come to life in this adaptation of Pasternak's masterpiece. War and revolution bring poet and physician Yury Zhivago together with the beautiful Lara, his muse and all-consuming passion. But both are hunted, Yury by guilt over his betrayal of Tonya, his beloved wife, and Lara by fear of Komarovsky, the powerful man who means to have her any way he can.
36) Rose Red
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion-- Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Irish, is the brooding antihero of Australian writer Peter Temple's award-winning novels. The mystery finds Jack grappling with more personal and professional drama as he continues to investigate crimes in Melbourne's seedy underbelly.
39) Porgy and Bess
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 184 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An adaptation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production of the Gershwins' classic musical drama Porgy and Bess, which portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row. The television production was shot using the recording made of the 1989 production for its soundtrack.
40) Poirot: Season 9
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 392 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Agatha Christie's astute Belgian detective is on the case in these four feature-length mysteries from the hit series. Beautifully remastered, these definitive adaptations capture the unrivaled elegance of the Art Deco era.
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