Kristin Scott-Thomas
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When billionaire financier Nerio Winch and head of the W Group is murdered, his second in command must locate his only heir, a heretofore unknown adopted son, Largo. But first the heir, a twenty-something adventurer, must overcome an onslaught of drug traffickers, assassins, corporate raiders and double-dealing insiders to fulfill his destiny in this twisty, fast-paced corporate thriller.
2) My old lady
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mathias Gold arrives at the sumptuous Parisian apartment he inherited from his father, he's surprised that the property comes with two stubborn live-in tenants who are not required to leave according to an ancient French real estate law. Unable to sell the place, Mathias moves in with the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde and her daughter, Chloe. But as Mathias and Chloe draw increasingly closer, Mathilde unveils a complex labyrinth of secrets that...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A shell-shocked Juliette is released from prison after serving 15 years for murder. As life has moved on, she must relearn certain basics. After being banished from her family, she is now reunited with her younger sister, Lea. Together the sisters embark on a painful but redemptive journey back from life's darkest edge.
4) Sarah's key
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
6) The party
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Janet is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Bill, seems preoccupied. Janet's acerbic best friend, April, arrives and others follow, some with their own dramatic news to share, but an announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with champagne may end with gunplay.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nelly, a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.
Pub. Date
[2004?], c1996
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the end of World War II, a mysterious, horribly burned man who claims not to remember his name, known only as the "English patient," lies near death in an Italian villa. He is cared for by a quietly desperate young nurse, Hana, herself a victim of the war. With her at the villa are Kip, a young Sikh bomb-disposal expert, and a shadowy thief with bandaged hands named Caravaggio. The key to the burned man's past may lie in his commonplace book, a...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for...
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fourteen-year-old Grace MacLean and her friend Judith go horseback riding in upstate New York on a winter morning, but their horses lose their footing on ice and slide onto a road, where Judith and her horse are killed by a jackknifing truck. Grace has her right leg amputated, and the frightening incident leaves a lasting trauma not only on Grace but also on her horse, Pilgrim. Grace's mother, seeking Grace's recovery, feels there's a link between...
11) Military wives
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc ( 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest...
13) Darkest hour
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
14) Gosford Park
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (226 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four weddings and a funeral: Handsome Londoner just can't get himself to commit. The more he sees his mates tie the knot, the less he wants to be roped in himself. But all of that changes when he meets a free-spirited American names Carrie. Charles begins to pursue her, only to find that she, too, is ready to take the plunge -- with someone else!
Impromptu: Bohemian author and provocateur George Sand is setting Pariz ablaze by wearing men's clothing...
16) Bel ami
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy's rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier by using the city's most influential and wealthy women. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, Duroy seduces Madame de Marelle then marries Madeleine Forester a former comrade's wife. Fueled by his insatiable quest and lustful greed, Duroy conquers Madame Walter, only to learn that every conquest is marred by betrayal and...
17) Tomb raider
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Description
It is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. This time around, she's coping with her father's upcoming nuptuals, and her attraction to the hot priest they've chosen to officiate, while the brother-in-law escalates everything around him.