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Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Count of Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas' stirring classic tale of injustice, revenge and retribution, in which Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain The Thorn Birds) is falsely accused by three men of conspiring with Napoleon. Prosecuted by the conniving De Villefort (Louis Jourdan), he is sentenced to an agonizing life on the isolated island fortress of Monte Cristo. The dying Abbé Faria (Trevor Howard - Superman) tells Dantes of a secret treasure....
2) The Alamo
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment [distributer]
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Gone to Texas: The true-life story of Sam Houston, the frontier hero and statesman whose bravery and vision led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. The wife of a brutal sheriff falls for a condemned prisoner. She helps him escape. Together they do their best to elude the sheriff who has vowed to get his wife back and to take vengeance on the outlaw.
Blue River: In the small Wisconsin town of Blue River, secrets run deep. And for Henry Howland,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005, 1982
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
5) Lost empires
Publisher
Distributed by Goldhil Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
In 1913 young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Traveling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics and high adventure. The next year, in a true and terrifying vanishing act, the guns of August blast away that world forever.
7) Lady Jane
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
8) Troubles
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship which threaten to explode...
9) Braveheart
Description
William Wallace is a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation.
12) The 20th century
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Brings United States history in the twentieth century to life through narration, still photographs, and newsreel footage.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
p2005, c2007
Description
For centuries the mystery surrounding the disappearance of 12-year-old King Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York, has been the cause of speculation and fascination. Back to reclaim his throne eight years later, a young man claims he is Richard.
15) Glory
Description
Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War.
16) Tulip fever
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In the seventeenth century Holland, a wife of a wealthy merchant falls in love with an artist commissioned to paint her portrait, and the lovers decide to risk everything they have in the bubbling tulip market in the hopes of making a fortune and buildingtheir life together.
17) Brigham Young
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
The story of the Mormon pioneers' long wagon train west to the Salt Lake Valley, led by Brigham Young (Jagger). A subplot involves a trail scout (Power) who falls in love with a non-Mormon (Darnell) on the way.
18) Napoleon
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Follow young Bonaparte's ascent from a simple Corsican soldier to the most powerful man on earth, and go beyond the battlefield to examine the political intrigues, personal struggles, and complicated romances that mark Napoleon's rise and fall.
20) The book thief
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
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