Granada Films.
1) Longitude
Language
English
Description
"In the 18th century, to stop the loss of cargo ships at sea, Britain's Parliament offers an unprecedented cash award to anyone who can devise a way to determine longitude at sea. Convinced her can solve the problem that has defeated England's best minds, rural clock maker John Harrison begins an obsessive, 40-year struggle to claim the Longitude prize with his ingenious marine clock. Two hundred years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould stumbles...
2) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"--Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways the...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An American backpacking in rural England has her life taking a turn for the worse after a car accident. During recovery, she is befriended by a researcher studying a buried 1st Century church embedded with images of Christ's crucifixion. She begins to have horrific visions of the townspeople and their deaths.
4) Vanity fair
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
Series
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...
6) Ghost world
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Two recent high school graduates wreak havoc on all who cross their path, until an oddball loner looking for Miss Right comes into their lives. These social misfits learn the hard way that life after high school gets even weirder than they thought it would.
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...
9) King Lear
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.
10) Monarchy
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Vivid descriptions and analysis of historical personalities with costumed actors, historical locations, and portraits to visually enliven the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the 1660s.
11) Ghost world
Series
Criterion collection volume 872
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two friends graduate from high school and find life in the real world difficult. Becky sets her sights on Josh, on whom both girls have a crush, and their friendship is changed forever.
13) The Queen
Language
English
Formats
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.