Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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-- Acting Shakespeare read by Ian McKellen.c2009., E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD SHK Fic Acting Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Actor Ian McKellen performs scenes from Shakespeare's plays and reads selections from the sonnets, with supporting lecture material on the linguistic and cultural background of Shakespeare's work and on dramatic technique.
![Acting Shakespeare [DVD] (1982). Directed by Kirk Browning : read by Ian McKellen](/Library/images/~imageCT73372.JPG "Acting Shakespeare [DVD] (1982). Directed by Kirk Browning : read by Ian McKellen")
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-- Shakespeare2019., Adult, 101, Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD SHK Fic All Is Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Sony Pictures classics.Summary Note: The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.
![All is true [DVD] (2018). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.](/Library/images/~imageCT100509.JPG "All is true [DVD] (2018). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.")
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c1998., General, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Apt Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honor student who recognizes an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence, the German fugitive derives a sinister scheme to implicate the teenager in a dangerous psychological game.
![Apt pupil [DVD] (1998). Directed by Bryan Singer.](/Library/images/~imageCT65305.JPG "Apt pupil [DVD] (1998). Directed by Bryan Singer.")
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[2017]., Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. Call No: DVD Fic BeautyB Edition: Widescreen Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: The fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful, and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
![Beauty and the beast [DVD] (2017). Directed by Bill Condon.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Beauty and the beast [DVD] (2017). Directed by Bill Condon.")
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[2009]., BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Edward II (1970) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Edward II is a flawed ruler, his reign marred by civil strife and rebellion, but it is his love life, and not his inept leadership, that ultimately turns the nobles against the king.
![Edward II [DVD] (1970). Directed by Richard Marquand and Toby Robertson.](/Library/images/~imageCT75730.JPG "Edward II [DVD] (1970). Directed by Richard Marquand and Toby Robertson.")
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Adult, 109 Call No: DVD Fic GoodLiar Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Career con man Roay (Ian McKellen) sets his sights on his latest mark, recently widowed Betty (Helen Mirren), who's worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two grow closer, what should have been another simple swindle becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this suspenseful drama about the secrets people keep and the lies they live.
![The good liar [DVD] (2019). Directed by Bill Condon.](/Library/images/~imageCT100946.JPG "The good liar [DVD] (2019). Directed by Bill Condon.")
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-- Desolation of Smaug2014., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Hobbit 2 Edition: Two-disc special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, continue their journey to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Along the way, they encounter the skin-changer Beorn; giant Spiders of Mirkwood; Wood-elves led by Legolas, Tauriel and King Thranduil; and a mysterious Man named Bard, who smuggles them into Lake-town. Finally reaching the Lonely Mountain, they face their greatest danger - the Dragon Smaug."--Container.
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c2013., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Hobbit Edition: [Rental ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes possession of the 'One Ring.'.
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-- Battle of the five armies2015, p 2014., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Hobbit 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Thorin Oakenshield and the Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon Smaug upon Lake-town. Meanwhile, Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain, and Bilbo Baggins finds himself fighting for his life as five great armies go to war. As darkness converges, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide - unite or be destroyed."--Container.
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(2009),., Distributed by PBS Home Video Call No: DVD SHK Fic King (2009) Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge, they uncover a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty.
![King Lear [DVD] (2008). Directed by Trevor Nunn](/Library/images/~imageCT72735.JPG "King Lear [DVD] (2008). Directed by Trevor Nunn")
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-- Return of the king(2004, p2003)., General, New Line Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Lord III Edition: Limited ed., widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The final battle for Middle Earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring.
![The lord of the rings [DVD] (2003). Directed by Peter Jackson. : The return of the king. The return of the king /](/Library/images/~imageCT72094.JPG "The lord of the rings [DVD] (2003). Directed by Peter Jackson. : The return of the king. The return of the king /")
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-- Fellowship of the ring.2002, p2001., General, New Line Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Lord I Edition: Fullscreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
![The lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring [DVD] (2001). Directed by Peter Jackson.](/Library/images/~imageCT65309.JPG "The lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring [DVD] (2001). Directed by Peter Jackson.")
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-- Two towers.(2002)., General, New Line Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Lord II Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Frodo and Sam go to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, while their allies prepare to invade Isengard.
![The lord of the rings, the two towers [DVD] (2002). Directed by Peter Jackson. The two towers /](/Library/images/~imageCT71971.JPG "The lord of the rings, the two towers [DVD] (2002). Directed by Peter Jackson. The two towers /")
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-- Mister Holmes2015., Adult Call No: DVD Fic Mr. Holmes Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement.
![Mr. Holmes [DVD] (2015). Directed by Bill Condon.](/Library/images/~imageCT80976.JPG "Mr. Holmes [DVD] (2015). Directed by Bill Condon.")
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(2005, p1995)., MGM Home Entertainment Inc. Call No: DVD SHK Fic Richard III (1995) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.
![Richard III [DVD] (1995). Directed by Richard Loncraine.](/Library/images/~imageCT72437.JPG "Richard III [DVD] (1995). Directed by Richard Loncraine.")
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-- Vicious.[2014]., General, PBS Distribution. Call No: DVD Fic Vicious 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Vicious Volume: 1Summary Note: Tells the comedic story of aging partners Freddie and Stuart, two men who have lived together in their Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Freddie was a budding actor and Stuart worked in a bar when they first met, but their careers are pretty much over and their lives now consist of entertaining their frequent guests, making sure that their aged dog Balthazar is still breathing, and hurling caustic insults at each other.