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Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Language
English
Description
Presents a dramatic version of Tell-tale heart, a series of poetry readings by actors dressed in period costume, and audiobook readings of selected stories by Poe. Also includes the option to view written biographical information about Poe, and to view a scrapbook, containing quotations, excerpts, and images pertaining to Poe's works
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lee Israel made her living in the 1970s and 1980s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Though Lee Israel has undeniable profiling skills, her work has grown stale and hackneyed, rendering her profession unnecessary and insignificant. Now in times of financial hardship, Israel must find other ways to make a living. With assistance from her steadfast friend, Jack, the two endeavor...
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
H.G. Wells' prophetic vision of the future from the destruction of society by a great war (1940-1966) into an ideal future of 2036 that is full of mechanical marvels. Climax is moon shot from a huge cannon.
Publisher
Quiet Island Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Almost 50 years have passed since the beginning of the Vietnam War. The politics and casualties are history yet deep scars remain between those who served and those who fought a different war at home. In Missoula, Montana, a mysterious graffiti peace symbol inflamed the enduring animosity, dividing a community for decades. Through the courageous acts of a Vietnam veteran and a peace advocate, it illuminates a path to healing old wounds and demonstrates...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After leaving graduate school to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, Joanna gets hired as an assistant to Margaret, the stoic and old-fashioned literary agent of J. D. Salinger. Fluctuating between poverty and glamour, she spends her days in a plush, wood-paneled office ... and her nights in a Brooklyn apartment with her socialist boyfriend. Joanna's main task is processing Salinger's voluminous fan mail, but as she reads the heart-wrenching letters...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (306 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In Hemingway adventure, Michael Palin takes the viewer to locations where Hemingway lived, visited, and wrote about. In Great railway journeys, Palin travels from Londonderry to the western tip of Ireland, following the progression of his family's migration
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (290 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Reveals how the first big artistic discoveries were made and how they have cascaded down the centuries to define the look of the present day. Encompassing everything from cave paints to ceramics and pyramids to palaces, this film explores the global trend for unrealistic depictions of the human body; the secret powers of the feature film; how politicians manage to manipulate people so easily; visions of the afterlife; and why we use imagery at all...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie ranks as one of the most successful writers of all time. Combining rare access to Christie's family and her personal archive, the show gives viewers a never-before-seen look into the late crime writer's fascinating life story.
Retraces the celebrated English writer's footsteps across the England. With access to both her family and those who lived with her and knew her best.
10) Finding Fela
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, a combination of jazz, funk, and Nigerian percussion styles. It was also a political force, a propulsive delivery system of Fela's revolutionary ideas, pitched against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped bring a tilt towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan-Africanist politics to the world. The power and potency of Fela's music and message...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed actor John Rhys-Davies visits landmarks, explains relics, and leads us back into a darker time to discover this fascinating tale of saints and sinners, power and passion, as the greatest translation of Holy Scripture emerges into a world and culture that would never be quite the same again"--Container.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Poets, public figures and members of various communities join series creator Elisa New to engage in close readings of a single American poem. Each episode mixes lively discussion with archival materials, location footage, and vivid animation. The series offers audiences an immersive and accessible experience in reading poems that touch on many aspects of American life, past and present.
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