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Publisher
EMI Classics
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Biographical sketch of soprano Maria Callas, a woman whose own life had all of the dramatic dimensions of one of her operatic roles. Includes interviews with Callas and musical colleagues and friends, as well as archival footage of Callas in performance, including extracts from Vissi d'arte from Puccini's Tosca, Casta diva from Bellini's Norma, Una voce poco fa from Rossini's The barber of Seville, Habanera from Bizet's Carmen, and duets with Giuseppe...
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"They were three brothers who went from England to Australia and back and then on to America in search of stardom. On the verge of disbanding, they caught the wave of a new musical trend and rode it to superstardom."--A&E website.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Felix Mendelssohn was a passionate Christian. He was also born a Jew. This film, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth, tells the extraordinary story of what happened, generations later, both to Mendelssohn's family and to his music, when the Nazis remembered the Jewish roots of Germany's most celebrated composer. This program also examines how the influences of both Judaism and Christianity affected Mendelssohn's music and was made by documentary...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
His epic adventures in the Far East remain among the most celebrated journeys in human history. His writings gave Europeans their first authoritative look at life in that distant land. Marco Polo will forever be remembered as one of the greatest explorers and adventurers in history. His 20-year sojourn took him to China, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He served in the court of the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan and for three years governed...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"More than just a biography of Einstein's life, this course provides you with an inside look at how this brilliant thinker arrived at his various revolutionary breakthroughs. One of the secrets of Einstein's success was that he was well read in philosophy, and that guided his approach not only to framing and solving problems in physics but also to interpreting his discoveries in a more universal context. In addition, his philosophical background gave...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar bills and pocket change.
12) I am
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experienced a life-threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions: 'What's wrong with the world?' and 'What can be done about it?' With a film crew of four, Tom visits some of today's great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists, searching for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all the other problems,...
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The papacy is the oldest continuously functioning institution in the world. To put that fact into perspective, consider that when George Washington was elected our nation's first president, the 250th pope was already reigning. More than one billion Roman Catholics throughout the world look to the pope each day for guidance and leadership. And at the death of John Paul II last year, more than four million people streamed into Rome to pay their respects...
15) Clint Eastwood
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Clint Eastwood is one of the biggest stars of his generation, a cinematic icon who has created some of the most memorable characters in Hollywood history. But he is also a director, producer, musician, inn keeper, clothing manufacturer, golfer, and former mayor. From his California childhood through his service in the Korean War and on to stardom, Biography explores Eastwood's multi-faceted life in this feature-length profile. Friends, family members...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In 1977 a plane carrying a Southern rock band suspiciously runs out of gas mid-air, less than one hour from their intended destination. The plane crashes into a swamp, leaving the few survivors to limp out of the plane seeking help from a nearby farm. Nearly 40 years later, the question still begs 'what really happened'?
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
At the onset of Prohibition, small-time hood Al Capone moves to Chicago to become the bodyguard of a local racketeer. The criminal activity that followed would soon be legendary. Capone soon became the head of Chi-Town's biggest "business", extorting whatever he wanted from whomever he pleased. The infamous gangster was sitting on top of the world with nowhere to go but down.
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Provides a portrait of the legendary film actor, featuring interviews with friends, family, and Hollywood contemporaries. Contains never before seen footage from East of Eden and the famous Highway Public Safety Message made for television plus film from the Hollywood promiere of Giant.