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Robert Stephens
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover's trap" set for the arrogant and assured Benedick who has sworn of marriage and his gentle adversary Beatrice. The merry war between Benedick and Beatrice with the promptings of their friends soon dissolves into farcical love, while Hero's supposed infidelity
...2) The asphyx
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Blending elements of Gothic horror with the more contemporary ingredients of steampunk, The asphyx has emerged from obscurity to become a cult favorite of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Utilizing an experimental photographic device, a scientist (Robert Stephens) captures what appears to be the image of the Asphyx, the ancient Greek spirit of the dead. With the help of his adopted son (Robert Powell), he conducts further experiments and conceives of a way...
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
"The evil Saruman has been defeated by Gandalf, but in Mordor the battle for the Ruling Ring continues. Wounded by the giant spider, Shelob, Frodo has been captured by the dreaded orcs. Sam, alone and in possession of the Ring, must rescue his master if their mission, to find the cracks of Doom, and there destroy the Ring, is to continue. Meanwhile, the other Fellowship members are preparing for war against the armies of the Dark Lord, Sauron." --container....
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p1981.
Language
English
Description
Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed far beyond Rivendell and deep into jeopardy, besieged by an army of orcs, trailed by a dark and shadowy figure, the Fellowship broken, the shadows of the two towers lenghtening over the West.
Series
Criterion collection volume 829
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A black comedy that chronicles one man's descent into a life of absurdist fantasy. Against the background of swinging London in its heyday, the film follows Morgan through his futile attempts at marital reconciliation and on to his triumphant discovery that it really is easier to deal with life while dressed in a gorilla suit.
10) The Asphyx
Series
Redemption volume 8
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A scientist becomes obsessed with the possibility of obtaining immortality by capturing the Asphyx, the essence of death locked deep in our souls.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. This romance revolves around a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life: reconciliation. Wrongs committed by one generation -- here a wife unjustly accused of...
12) Adam Bede
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Adam Bede, an honest, hard-working carpenter, has his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. Hetty wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm and she allows herself to be seduced by the heir to a local estate. She finds herself abandoned and pregnant from her ill-fated dalliance.
13) Dandelion dead
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true crime story that shocked '20s Britain, this compelling story stars Michael Kitchen as Major Herbert Armstrong, a staid lawyer in a small Welsh town who was charged with poisoning his wife and a business rival with arsenic.
14) Lorna Doone
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A young man is sworn to destroy the Doones who killed his father, but falls in love with a beautiful member of the Doone clan.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles 29 years in the life of Martin Luther, the 16th century religious leader and reformer, covering his intellectual battle with the church in Rome, the Peasant's Revolt, the Diet of Worms, the burning of the Papal Bull at Wittenberg Castle, and the final break away quarrel with Rome.
16) Cleopatra
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the epic spectacle-its opulence and sweeping grandeur have never been more glorious. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Cleopatra, the glamorous and cunning queen on Egypt. To secure her hold on power, she seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Mark Antony, played by Richard Burton. Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.