Joan Plowright
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends...
2) Dinosaur
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging...
4) I am David
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005, c2003]
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old boy escapes a Communist concentration camp and embarks on a journey for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Rafael, a young Cuban whose mother has just died, comes to the U.S. to meet his father, who runs a dance studio and is unaware of his paternal status. While dancers prepare for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas, it becomes clear that Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the studio's best hope for the championship.
6) Widows' peak
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a stranger moves to Widows' Peak, she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets. She seduces the men, enrages the women, and unleases a major scandal, but its all part of an astonishing plan.
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 17 of a ser
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Longing to leave the English heath, Eustacia Vye becomes embroiled in a love triangle and unfortunate marriage that lead to tragedy.
Publisher
Miramax Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and...
9) Mr. Wrong
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A single woman under pressure from her family to find a husband meets a man who, at first, seems to be Mr. Right, but when she realizes he's not, she can't get rid of him.
10) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
The harshly treated orphan girl, Jane Eyre, becomes a governess in an mysterious Yorkshire mansion and falls in love with the master of the house.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
12) Callas forever
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Gives a loving tribute to what could have possibly happened at the end of Callas's life, whose death came at the age of 53. Callas was a temperamental diva. She captured all the fiery intensity of legend on and off the stage. Her tempestuous relationship with her former manager is what finally persuades her to re-launch her career, despite her fading powers.
Publisher
Westlake Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom.
14) The entertainer
Publisher
Movie Ventures
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
A drama of seedy music hall life centering on Archie Rice, an egotistical, third-rate British music hall performer whose career and personal life are in a down-hill spiral.
15) 101 dalmatians
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
A non-animated version of the classic story of the villainous Cruella de Vil's attempt to make a coat out of Dalmatian puppies.
Publisher
LIVE Home Video
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
A television version of Jonathan Miller's London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. The play is set in the Venice of 1860. Laurence Olivier stars in Shakespeare's story of the young Venetian and the Jew who lends him money on the security of one pound of flesh. Upon default the Jew insists on payment of his bond and the young Venetian is rescued by the heroine disguised as a male lawyer.
18) Equus
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged psychiatrist tries to find out why a young man has blinded six horses entrusted to his care.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Though many years have passed, another orphan - this time a lonely American girl - makes an exciting journey to the enchanting manor where the magic began. Under the watchful eye of the keeper of the garden's key, the young orphan discovers that unlocking all the mysteries of the garden will take faith, courage and determination before life can bloom lavishly once again.
20) Daphne Laureola
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In a Soho restaurant, diners find their evening disturbed by the extraordinary Lady Pitts. She talks aloud and sings even louder. All this while knocking back double brandies and handing out invitations to tea at the home of her husband, Sir Joseph. Her appearance that evening has an impact, especially on Ernest, an impressionable young Polish emigre.