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1) Pollock
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
"Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt;...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
6) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
8) Iris
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
9) The aviator
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
Depicts the life of Howard Hughes - billionaire, industrialist, movie producer, inventor, aviator - and the love affairs, Hollywood stardom, corporate battles and brilliant aeronautical invention that defined him from the mid-1920s through the 1940s.
10) Gandhi
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1982
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods.
11) Prozac Nation
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Dramatization based on the life of Elizabeth Wurtzel, a young woman with severe depression during her first year at Harvard University as she takes refuge in drugs and sex.
12) The chaperone
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the thirty-six-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives.
14) Becoming Jane
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
15) Beyond the sea
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
The story of singer/songwriter Bobby Darin from nightclubs to stardom.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mario Puzo's final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written. In The Family, Puzo-whom the Washington Post calls, "A serious American talent"-plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling...
Publisher
2 Entertain Video Ltd
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A biopic of the flamboyant Princess Margaret from the days after her father's death in 1952 through the 1970s. Included: A Royal Scandal, which chronicles the infamous 19th century marriage and problems of King George and Princess Caroline of Brunswick.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford captures the majesty of the Montana Wilderness and the strength of the American family in this acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, and Brad Pitt also stars as his brother Paul, an irresistible daredevil driven to challenge the world. Growing up, both boys rebel against their stern minister father. While Norman channels his rebellion into...
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the early '60s, Evelyn submitted cleverly worded poems, jingles,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nineteenth-century fossil hunter Mary Anning and spinster Elizabeth Philpot form a friendship based on their interest in science, and, when Mary's work is put into question by individuals who believe it goes against their religious beliefs and men in her field try to take credit for it, Elizabeth's loyalty to Mary becomes invaluable to her.
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