Harry Andrews
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't-- even a thief and convict-- to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two Children, Two Adults, One Unspeakable Crime! Captivating and disturbing, this highly intense psychological drama with its haunting, twisted notion of sexuality puts a new spin on the characters from Henry James' celebrated ghost story, 'The Turn of the Screw.' Marlon Brando stars as Quint, a gardener who powerfully impacts the lives of young orphans Miles and Flora, who are left in the care of their governess (Stephanie Beacham), and housekeeper...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
The epic, lavish, yet ultimately tragic true story of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra. Beginning in 1904, the stark contrast between the opulent life of the nobility and the poverty of the peasants is criminally obvious. Over the years Nicholas cannot satify the needs of the people or prevent Russia's entry into World War I, and the Empress falls under the spell of the evil monk, Rasputin. It all ends with the Russian Revolution and...
9) Barabbas
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Pardoned instead of Christ, Barabbas is haunted for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines and then to gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith....
10) 633 Squadron
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An RAF squadron is assigned to fly Mosquito bombers into Norway to destroy the Nazis' rocket fuel plants.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, a feisty flapper turns to amateur sleuthing, teaming up with a suave man-about-town. The dark forces of murder and international intrigue combine with the froth of romance and frivolity for a thriller with wicked Christie wit.
13) The Hill
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. They are in this military prison because they once defied, rebelled and talked back to their superiors.
14) Man of La Mancha
Publisher
TGG Direct
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Man of La Mancha: This musical version is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of the author of the book, Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures.
The Fantasticks: Follows the scheming of two neighboring parents who try to spark a romance between their children by faking a feud. Loosely based on the novel Les romanesques by Edmond Rostand.
15) Play dirty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"They had no rules, no plan and no way out. A stiff-upper-lip British fuel expert [is] hired to aid a renegade troop on a surefire suicide mission: cross 650 miles through the unforgiving Sahara Desert and into hostile Nazi territory to destroy a strategic oil reserve. But when victory is all but within their grasp, a terrible twist of fate forces Mother England to do the unthinkable -- send this all-or-nothing group of heroes into a deadly German...
16) The system
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The leader of a gang of handsome but unscrupulous young bachelors spend a hot summer on a seaside resort in pursuit of women. One of the gangs, jealous of his success, uses their 'system' to hoist the leader on his own petard.
17) Man of La Mancha
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The film adaptation of the 1965 Broadway production of the same name, based on the novel Don Quixote, tells the humorous tale of a delusional, aging nobleman who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights dragons, actually windmills, to save the damsel Dulcinea, actually a prostitute named Aldonza, all amidst the Spanish Inquisition.
18) Play dirty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A British Petroleum executive is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel in charge is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission 400 miles behind German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive. The real leader of the group doesn't need or want the British officer, who's supposed...
19) Ice cold in Alex
Series
Publisher
Film Movement LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1942 Libya, Captain Anson of the Royal Army Service Corps dreams of an ice cold beer but first he must lead his medical unit to safety across the perilous North African desert.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The year is 1912. Kramer has carved out a private empire for himself in West Africa, complete with a personal militia. But, as his daughter, Erica, and the American geologist are celebrating their engagement, Kramer's fabulous diamond, the Southern Star, disappears.