.png "Library Home Page")
Ralph Richardson
1) Apology
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This historically renowned oration was presented by Socrates in his own defense after he had been formally accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. It is not an apology in the traditional sense of expressing remorse for one's actions; rather, Socrates' Apology (recorded by his faithful student and protege Plato) is a succinct and compelling defense of the brilliant philosopher's worldview, lifestyle, and teaching methods. A rewarding read
...2) Dragonslayer
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Nestled among the rolling hills and peaceful meadows of England lives a community of rabbits. When their warren is threatened, a small group of brave rabbits escapes into the unknown countryside seeking a new home. Led by the visionary Fiver, they face huge challenges and use strength and cunning to survive, while gaining new allies, battling new enemies and always pursuing their dream
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Nora is sheltered first by her father and then by her husband. All her life, she has been protected like a fragile possession ... like a doll in a doll's house. After she marries, Nora becomes frustrated, realizes that under the dominance of her husband she will never have an identity of her own, and leaves to find a new life for herself.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Polish defector Leiser is promised political asylum in England if he will go back behind the Iron Curtain to confirm the suspicions of British Security Chief LeClerc that East Germany is building a rocket in violation of the disarmament pact.
8) Time bandits
Series
Criterion collection volume 37
Publisher
Anchor Bay Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
An adventure-fantasy-comedy that takes the viewer on a wildly imaginative trip to a new dimension in time and space in which a young time traveller encounters many famous figures from history.
11) The wrong box
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other... or can be made to have seemed to do so!
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy girl falls in love with a penniless man her father is sure only wants her for her money. When she plans to elope, her father threatens to disinherit her. Will she still go through with the marriage?
13) Time bandits
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
A troupe of tiny bandits, challenged with the task of patching up the handiwork of a Supreme Being who was forced into creating the world in only 6 days, instead steal the priceless map of the universe. Accompanied by an English school boy, they are swept away on a whirlwind adventure through time and space, encountering bizarre incarnations of Napoleon, Robinhood, Agamemnon, and others.
14) The fallen idol
Series
Criterion collection volume 357
Publisher
Home Vision
Pub. Date
[199-?]
Language
English
Description
Young boy idolizes a household servant who is suspected of murdering his wife.
15) Exodus
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
The story of the birth of Israel as an independent state, based on the novel by Leon Uris.
16) The citadel
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
A young doctor in a Welsh mining village runs up against the medical establishment when he tries to explore the cause of a cough disabling miners; he abandons his humanitarian goals for a London practice.
17) The 300 Spartans
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
In the 5th century B.C., King Leonidas of Sparta has only his 300 bodyguards to stand with him against an invasion by the 60,000 men of the Persian army. Their heroic stand against the invasion gives the other Greek city-states time to organize a large fighting force and ultimately defeat the Persians.
18) Twelfth night
Publisher
Granada International
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
19) Little Eyolf
Series
Henrik Ibsen collection volume Disc 6
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on 'responsibility, ' a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beautiful Rita. However, much to Rita's annoyance, his attention isn't always undivided toward her, as Alfred shifts his focus between his book, their son Eyolf, and his half-sister Asta. As Allmers slowly feels trapped in an unfulfilling marriage, emotions and a painful past threaten to boil over into...
20) Khartoum
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Britain's crisis in the Sudan and the siege at Khartoum in 1883.