Richard Harris
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The legend of King Arthur is one of the most evocative stories in British mythology. We think of the romantic King, with his beautiful wife Guinivere by his side and the trusty sword Excalibur in his hand. The truth, we discover, is very different. The story was written in the medieval period but it was set hundreds of years earlier, in the Dark Ages.
2) Hawaii
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants. Includes The Making of Hawaii.
"A large-scale production which lives up to all expectations!"--Boxoffice.
", majestic, gorgeously framed epic is adventuresome picture-making, a credit to the industry."--Film Daily.
3) Major Dundee
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
When Apache massacre a U.S. cavalry troop in New Mexico, Major Dundee assembles an army of cutthroats, renegades and Confederate prisoners led by his hated counterpart, Capt. Tyreen. Dundee and his rebel band pursue the Indians into Mexico, where they battle the French army as well as murderous Apaches.
4) Unforgiven
Series
Language
English
Description
Bill Munny, a retired, once ruthless killer-turned-hog farmer, is flat broke. A widower with two young children to tend to, he feels he has no choice but to accept one last bounty hunter mission to find and kill two young gunslingers who brutalized and cut up the face of a local prostitute. Bill teams up with his old partner Ned and the cocky greenhorn, The Schofield Kid. The three men soon find out this bounty has many more obstacles to overcome...
5) King Arthur
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Explores historical and archeological evidence that may suggest that the legendary King Arthur may be the warrior who successfully united the various tribes of Britain against the Germanic Anglo-Saxons in the fifth century. Recent excavations at South Cadbury and Glastonbury are examined for the new light they shed on life and culture in Arthur's day.
6) Unforgiven
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
7) Unforgiven
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Two retired outlaws take up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by a group of prostitutes seeking revenge, and run up against the sadistic sheriff of Big Whiskey, Mont.
9) The pearl
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The story of an impoverished Mexican pearl diver whose life is changed forever when he discovers "the pearl of the world." Confident that the gem will bring him wealth and respect, Kino seeks a better life for himself and his community. However, despite his best intentions, the peasant is soon engulfed by greed, envy and betrayal as many suitors strive to get their hands on the pearl.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This bizarre entry into the disaster film genre concerns a group of hapless passengers aboard a transcontinental luxury train who are infected with a viral plague by a group of terrorists. Burt Lancaster plays military man Mackenzie, who wants to send the train across a rickety bridge so all the passengers will die, with Mackenzie reasoning the tragedy will give the terrorist movement a bad name. Among the passengers on the train trying to build up...
11) Abraham
Series
Publisher
Dist. by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Abraham leaves the pagan land of Ur for the promised land of Canaan, after being promised by God that doing so will cause his descendents to become a great and numerous tribe.
13) Cromwell
Publisher
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
17th century Britain is a hotbed of revolution, treachery, and court intrigue. And standing in the center of this tumultuous storm is Oliver Cromwell. The clash between Cromwell and King Charles I is fought in castle corridors, on the floor of Parliament, and finally in a rousing battle between their two armies.
14) The Wild Geese
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A group of mercenary paratroopers are sent on a mission in Africa to rescue an important government official.
15) Major Dundee
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal.
17) King of the wind
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion--known as the Godolphin Arabian--brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed-- and the mute Moroccan stable boy who tends him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
18) Gladiator
Series
Language
English
Description
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
Series
Harry Potter volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To...