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1) Persuasion
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
v2004
Language
English
Description
Eight years after Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, they meet again. Ann now recognizes the false values that persuaded her to reject Captain Wentworth, but his heart seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove.
3) Jane Eyre
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Letterboxed.
Language
English
Description
Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn...secrets that could destroy her happiness.
4) Emma
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
5) Moby Dick
Publisher
RHI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Captain Ahab, obsessed with the whale who disfigured him, forces his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Fullscreen.
Language
English
Description
The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.
7) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
Publisher
[Warner Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Language
English
Description
The time is World War II. De Bricassart heroically rescues refugees in Rome, then is sent by the Vatican to the sprawling Australian sheep ranch he thought he had left behind forever. A reunion with Maggie leads to new temptations and a crisis.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Ros Pritchard is a charming and honest woman who becomes Prime Minister. She wants to relocates Parliament to make it more accessible to the masses. She introduces "No cars Wednesday" to trackle global warming. At the same time, she juggles the needs and demands of her increasingly frustrated family, which she fears is slipping away from her. With humor and charm, she takes a bold unflinching look at the modern political process, and the toll it can...
Publisher
Distributed by Sterling Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Home video version.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious monster is terrorizing the Atlantic Ocean and famous marine biologist Professor Aronnax is summoned to investigate. Accompanied by his daughter Sophie, the two trail the monstrous creature -- only to discover that the beast is actually a futuristic submarine captained by the eccentric Captain Nemo.
12) Emma
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about Emma Woodhouse, a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with Mr. Knightly.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
[Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
Miss Matty, who has longed for a child in the house, has her dreams realized with the birth of Tilly to her maid Martha and carpenter Jem, and as the threat of a railway looms just outside of Cranford, Matty tries to introduce Mr. Buxton's son and niece to Peggy Bell, who lives in an isolated cottage, in hopes of building friendships.
16) The Comey rule
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Director James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this two-part event series that tells the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course. Part 1 follows the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails and their impact on the election. Part 2 is an account of the first months of the Trump presidency." -- Container.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Signature ed.
Language
English
Description
Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts. Go from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program - putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind.
18) Little Dorrit
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.
19) Dead man's walk
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The prequel to Lonesome Dove is set in the Texas Republic in the early 1840s, a time when Anglo, Hispanic, and Commanche cultures were in fierce conflict. Shows Gus and Call on a deadly trail to Santa Fe facing the rigors of nature and the elements, as well as outlaws, bandits, and the notorious Commanche warrior Buffalo Hump.
20) The 10th kingdom
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Language
English
Description
At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex leading to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented--and not with happily-ever-after endings. An evil queen has doomed Prince Wendell to life as a dog. His quest to recapture the throne leads him through a portal to the mythical Tenth Kingdom--Central Park! With the help of ordinary mortals Virginia and Tony, he battles evil in a parallel universe of trolls, goblins...
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