Jonathan Pryce
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists. With a drive that comes from nothing but the love for what he does, he breaks through and then wrestles with the vagaries of the music industry, the nature of success and its inevitable consequences. Having recorded an expansive body of work and performed with fellow artists from across the spectrum and across...
2) Brazil
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A daydreaming bureaucrat becomes involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman and becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Green Town, Illinois, is visited by a seductive stranger named Mr. Dark and his Pandemonium Carnival. Terrifying things begin to happen when two adventurous boys stumble onto the carnival's deadly and destructive secret.
4) David
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the life of the Biblical King David.
5) Leatherheads
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero. He is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his team. Dodge hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Added to the team is Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. Carter has dashing good...
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spirited young American girl goes to London in search of her long-lost father. When she finds him, she sets out to prove that love can conquer all, but finds that her unique, impulsive style threatens the relationship she has waited for all her life.
7) Evita
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.
8) De-Lovely
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. Porter looks back on his life as if it were one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and actions onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits, Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife, Linda Lee Porter, who was...
9) Stigmata
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman begins to suffer the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ. When a Catholic priest comes to investigate the "miracle", he discovers this woman is channeling a message originating from the time of Jesus Christ.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Devastated by the loss of his wife, Captain Henry Joyce joins a highly specialized club. By night, the members play a deadly game of chance-- one card determines who will die, another decides who will do the killing. Membership constitutes an irrevocable contract, which Joyce regrets when he meets an attractive female member.
12) The wife
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition interwoven with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later, a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.
14) Dough
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally drops his stash into the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between...
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story set in the world of real estate. Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene (Lemmon) and Dave Moss (Harris) are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma (Pacino) is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a boy's rise to king of the Hebrews and the glory and suffering that result. David is a boy tending sheep when the prophet Samuel declares that David will be king. After David defeats the mighty Goliath, King Saul becomes jealous of David's fame, forcing David to flee for his life. After Saul kills himself following a lost battle, David becomes king. A story of pain and betrayal but also of forgiveness and grace.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Just as a media mogul unveils his new global news service, a British warship is attacked in Chinese territory. Agent James Bond teams with a beautiful Chinese spy to discover the truth before war breaks out.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 80's were a time when everybody was making the big bucks. When F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company, no one is prepared for what hits the fan. What follows is a down-to-the-wire battle to see who is really king of the Wall Street jungle.