Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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c2004., HBO Video Call No: DVD Fic Angels In Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York.
![Angels in America [DVD] (2004). Directed by Mike Nichols.](/Library/images/~imageCT81196.JPG "Angels in America [DVD] (2004). Directed by Mike Nichols.")
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c2013., Alcon Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Beautiful Edition: [Blu-ray version.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
![Beautiful creatures [DVD] (2013) Directed by Richard LaGravenese.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Beautiful creatures [DVD] (2013) Directed by Richard LaGravenese.")
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c2012., General, distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: SC DVD Fic Brave Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: "Pixar Animation Studios, the creator of Toy Story 3, whisks you away on an astonishing adventure to a land full of mystery and tradition. Bursting with heart, unforgettable characters and Pixar's signature humor, Brave is 'a rousing, gorgeously animated good time,' raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. Take a heroic journey with Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land. When Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos in the kingdom, she must harness all of her skills and resources - including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers - to undo a beastly curse before it's too late, and discover the meaning of true bravery.
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2009. Call No: DVD Fic Brideshead Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister.
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-- Howards End2005., General, Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Howards Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites.
![Howards End [DVD] (1992) Directed by James Ivory : special edition](/Library/images/~imageCT75282.JPG "Howards End [DVD] (1992) Directed by James Ivory : special edition")
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2005, p2003., Adult, Universal Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Imagining Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An extraordinary story of love, compassion, and danger. This political thriller is about one family who had the courage to fight for justice in a country ruled by fear. Based on the novel by Lawrence Thornton.
![Imagining Argentina [DVD] (2005). Directed by Christopher Hampton](/Library/images/~imageCT73633.JPG "Imagining Argentina [DVD] (2005). Directed by Christopher Hampton")
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-- Irresponsible traveler :2014., Bradt Call No: 910.4 B242i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Irresponsible Traveller is a light but edgy collection of travellers' tales. Travel writers and celebrities alike recount their exciting, and often dangerous, adventures which include being chased by a sea lion, accosted by Brazilian kidnappers and a midnight raid to free turtles on the Amazon.
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2004, c2003., Adult, Universal Call No: DVD Fic Love A c.1 Edition: Full screen (1.33:1) version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It's all about love and holiday cheer in London. The Prime Minister is smitten with his caterer; a widower's young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother copes with her potentially unfaithful husband; and a lovelorn American is desperately attracted to a colleague.
![Love actually [DVD] (2003). Directed by Richard Curtis](/Library/images/~imageCT81770.JPG "Love actually [DVD] (2003). Directed by Richard Curtis")
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2003, p1993., MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD SHK Fic Much (1993) Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.).
![Much ado about nothing [DVD] (1993). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.](/Library/images/~imageCT72436.JPG "Much ado about nothing [DVD] (1993). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.")
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-- Les amis de Peter2008., Adult, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, : distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Peter's Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In this hilariously bittersweet tradition of The Big Chill comes Kenneth Branagh's 'brisk, funny, disarmingly performed' (Newsweek) comedy Peter's Friends, featuring a 'superbly selected'(The Hollywood Reporter) cast of acclaimed stars! Its been ten years since an eccentric yet devoted group of friends (including Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Stauton, and Stephen Fry) graduated from college, and they've reunited at a grand English manor in the countryside to ring in the New Year in style. But when the drinks start flowing, and their inhibitions are stripper away, it isn't long before this close knit crew find themselves caught up in unexpected melee of mishaps and misunderstandings that will soon test the very limits of love, sex, and friendship itself!"--Container.
![Peter's friends [DVD] (1992). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.](/Library/images/~imageCT84209.JPG "Peter's friends [DVD] (1992). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.")
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c2001., Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Remains Edition: Special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe.
![The Remains of the day [DVD] (1993) Directed by James Ivory](/Library/images/~imageCT75286.JPG "The Remains of the day [DVD] (1993) Directed by James Ivory")
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-- Saving Mister Banks2014., General, Disney : distributed by Buena Vista Home Enteratinment Call No: DVD Fic Saving B Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: "Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film, which reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for twenty years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers' (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won't budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set Mary Poppins free!"--Container.
![Saving Mr. Banks [DVD] (2014). Directed by John Lee Hancock](/Library/images/~imageCT78684.JPG "Saving Mr. Banks [DVD] (2014). Directed by John Lee Hancock")
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1999, p1995., Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Sense Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.
![Sense and sensibility [DVD] (1995). Directed by Ang Lee.](/Library/images/~imageCT70004.JPG "Sense and sensibility [DVD] (1995). Directed by Ang Lee.")
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2012., British Broadcasting Corp. : 2 entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Song Lunch Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Song of Lunch is based on Christopher Reid's narrative poem following the story of an unnamed book editor who is meeting his former love 15 years after their break-up for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. The woman is now living a glamorous life in Paris, married to a world-renowned writer. The unnamed editor has failed in his writing career, detests his mundane publishing job and regrets the end of their love affair.
![The song of lunch [DVD] (2012) Directed by Niall MacCormick](/Library/images/~imageCT75218.JPG "The song of lunch [DVD] (2012) Directed by Niall MacCormick")
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-- Plus étrange que fiction2007., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Stranger TF Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick, a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he's the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous known for killing her main characters in creative ways. Harold must quickly track down Eiffel and stop her before she conjures up a way to finish him off."--Container.
![Stranger than fiction [DVD] (2007). Directed by Mark Foster](/Library/images/~imageCT83182.JPG "Stranger than fiction [DVD] (2007). Directed by Mark Foster")