Kenneth Branagh
1) Henry V
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English
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A young and uncertain monarch, King Henry defeats the French, but sadly learns that victory takes it toll in bloodshed.
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Wallander volume 3
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English
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An elderly bird watcher falls to his death in a meticulously planned and brutal murder. In an apparently unconnected case a local man disappears and Wallander gets too close to one of the suspects. Wallander believes he is on the trail of a serial killer bent on revenge.
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Wallander volume 2
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English
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Kurt Wallander is contacted by an old friend who is certain his father has been murdered. Wallander refuses to get involved as he is suspended from the police, but subsequent events convince him that there is more to the case.
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Wallander volume 1
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English
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Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse. A police leak of the wife's dying words leads to an outbreak of racist reprisals in Ystad. The fallout from the case leads Wallander to doubt everything, including his abilities as a police officer.
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Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh, "Henry V") is an insomniac playwright who lives in L.A. He's now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production flops. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's daughter (Robin Wright, "Forrest Gump") who has mild cerebral palsy. To top it all off, during one of his midnight walks, he meets his doppelgänger (Jared Harris, "Mad Men").
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Wallander volume 3
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English
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Anna, a friend of Wallander's daughter, turns up out of the blue looking for help. When she disappears, Wallander is forced to break the silence with his daughter Linda. The investigations lead Wallander to a Christian cult, with a vendetta against modern society.
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Wallander volume 3
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English
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Hakon von Enke, a retired high-ranking Swedish naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest one morning. Hakon is Linda's father-in-law so when Wallander is approached by his distressed daughter, he can't help but investigate further.
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Wallander volume 1
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English
Description
Wallander is attending a police conference in Cape Town when he's asked by the South African police to help with the case of Inga Hedeman, a Swedish voluntary worker in the townships who's been missing for ten days. A combination of gut instinct and inspired police work lead Wallander first to a deserted farmhouse where he finds evidence of Inga's presence and a severed finger...
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Wallander volume 1
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English
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With the promise of a new start Kurt Wallander moves into a new home with his girlfriend Vanja. Their happiness is cut short when Wallander's dog unearths a skeleton buried in his garden. The body is of a murdered girl, dead for over ten years. Is this fate or coincidence?
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Wallander volume 2
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English
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The search for an elderly woman who has recently gone missing from an old people's home, leads to the discovery of another murdered woman.
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Wallander volume 2
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English
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Two bodies wash ashore on a life raft in Ystad. When the dead men are identified as Eastern European criminals a Rigan police detective, Karlis Liepa, joins Wallander in Sweden to investigate. However on his return to Riga, Karlis is murdered and Wallander feels it's his duty to find out why.
13) Peter's Friends
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English
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It's been ten years since a group of friends (including Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton and Stephen Fry) graduated from college, and they've reunited at a grand English manor in the countryside to ring in the New Year. But when drinks start flowing, and their inhibitions are stripped away, it isn't long before this close-knit crew find themselves caught up in an unexpected melee misunderstandings that will soon test the very limits of...
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English
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Molly, Daisy, and Gracie are aboriginal children from Western Australia. In 1931, they are taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution where they are taught to re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australia. Molly plans a daring escape, and the three girls begin an epic journey back to their families, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water.
15) Hamlet
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English
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Kenneth Branagh leads an all-star cast in this full-length production of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, the story of Danish prince Hamlet. Hamlet (Branagh--Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rabbit-Proof Fence) returns home to learn that his father, the King, has recently died and his mother, Gertrude (Academy Award winner Julie Christie--Dr. Zhivago, Finding Neverland), has already married his uncle, Claudius (Derek Jacobi--Gosford...
16) Shackleton
Publisher
A&E Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Description
True story of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic adventures. Bound for Antartica in 1914, Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, was trapped in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. Ten months later, the ship sank, stranding Shackleton and his crew of 27. Based on the diaries and first person accounts of expedition members, the film tells of their ordeal and their 800-mile journey in an open boat across the world's worst seas that made their rescue possible.
18) Thor
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Description
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
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English
Description
In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating...
20) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000], c1989
Language
English
Description
Historical play about the English king who defeated the French at Agincourt.
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