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1) 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.
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...
3) 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.
7) 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.
8) 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) Shadowlands
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée.
11) Mildred Pierce
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Mildred Pierce is a woman who will do anything to satisfy the demands of her spoiled daughter Veda, including divorce, opening her own business, and possibly murder.
12) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Inspiring story of Malcolm X, as he rises up from poverty, encounters the law, achieves spiritual enlightenment, and reaches out to others in the fight for human and civil rights.
Publisher
HBO Films
Pub. Date
2006, 2005
Language
English
Description
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennesee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to...
15) My left foot
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
True story of the irrepressible Irish artist who is handicapped by cerebral palsy.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
17) Shine
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Presents the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. He experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
18) Temple Grandin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Story of a woman with autism who accomplished a lot more than others even though it was not easy.
19) Hoffa
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Fictionalized biography of Jimmy Hoffa, tracing his career from 1935 to his mysterious disappearance in 1975.
20) Invincible
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
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