F. Murray Abraham
1) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In Hawaii, a baby humpback enters the world and joins the 3,000 or more whales that congregate in the warm waters off Hawaii each winter to mate and give birth. This is the story of her first year of life. Over twelve months she will learn many skills from her mother, and eventually they will make the several-thousand-mile journey together to Alaska's southeast coast. Though fiercely competitive during the breeding season in Hawaii, the whales cooperate...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
With vivid docudrama scenes, Nova recreates the unique climate of late 17th-century England, where a newfound fascination with science and mathematics coexisted with extreme views on religious doctrine. Unknown to most, Newton shared both obsessions.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Using archival footage and interviews, this DVD presents the story of Titus, the silverback leader of one of the original mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) groups followed by Dian Fossey. Shows gorilla group behavior, nursing, play, fighting, play fighting, foraging, vocalizations and adolescent male behavior. Discusses and shows group formation and succession, the role of sexual behavior in dominance, and poaching. Because Titus's life has been...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Honeybees first appeared on earth around 80 million years ago, and from the beginning have played a key role in our survival. Most fruit trees and vegetable species are entirely dependent on bees to produce, and there is no commercially viable artificial replacement for natural pollination. In the past year up to 80% of the honeybees in the US have vanished. The massive die-offs, first reported in November of 2006, are now the subject of emergency...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
In the valley of the wolves: The Druids are the most celebrated wolf pack in North America. For almost a decade, they have held the Lamar Valley in northern Yellowstone. The valley is prime winter grazing for thousands of elk and thus the most coveted wolf country in all the Park. After reaching the astonishing number of 37 members, the largest wolfpack on record finds itself in trouble as the Druids begin to decline. Their leaders are failing with...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The Cheetah Orphans: veteran filmmaker Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu.
The desert lions: Dr. Philip (Flip) Stander, carnivore specialist seeks out the world's most extraordinary population of lions who live in the Namib Desert on Africa's wild and forbidding coast.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Once on the brink of extinction, the eagle is one of America's triumphant comeback stories. The bald eagle is the continent's most recognizable aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak, and penetrating eyes. Most people know little about the eagle beyond its distinctive appearance.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Issac) is at a crossroads and struggling to make is as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles- some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club- on an odyssey to audition for...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Polar bears are living on borrowed time. They are the descendents of grizzlies, long ago evolved to live and hunt on the frozen ice of the Arctic. Winters have become warmer, the ice is disappearing, and food is scarce. Bonus program spotlights a mother grizzly bear teaching her cub how to pluck salmon from near the McNeil River Falls in Alaska.
15) Amadeus
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The story of Mozart during his time in Vienna, as seen through the eyes of his jealous rival, Antonio Salieri.
16) Dream west
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of John Charles Fremont, the Army officer who blazed the Oregon Trail, took California away from Mexico, served as its first governor, came within grasp of the presidency and fought for the Union during the Civil War.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Now living in New York City, Carrie gets swept up in the aftereffects of the U.S. presidential election as she struggles to deal with an injury-ravaged Peter Quinn and an increasingly suspicious Saul Berenson. When the president-elect battles the CIA during her transition to power, Carrie finds herself caught in the crossfire..." -- Container.
20) Joshua
Publisher
Family Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Everyone in Auburn is talking about Joshua, a woodcarver who has come to the village and seems to be able to perform miracles.