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42 [videorecording] : the Jackie Robinson story / by Beharie, Nicole.; Boseman, Chadwick.; Ford, Harrison,1942-; Helgeland, Brian.; Meloni, Chris.; Merriman, Ryan.; Legendary Pictures.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music by Mark Isham ; director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt.Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman.Brian Helgeland's historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Major League Baseball (Organization); African American baseball players; African Americans; Baseball players; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Sports films.;
© c2013., Warner Home Video,
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The wind rises [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Criss, Darren.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-actor.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Herzog, Werner.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Macy, William H.,1950-; Miyazaki, Hayao,1941-film director.; Patinkin, Mandy.; Short, Martin.; Tucci, Stanley.; Whitman, Mae,1988-; Wood, Elijah,1981-; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);
John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, William H. Macy, Werner Herzog, Mandy Patinkin, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, Jennifer Grey, Mae Whitman.Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Bluray.
Subjects: Horikoshi, Jiro; Aeronautical engineers; Airplanes; Animated films.; Biographical films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fighter planes; Video recordings for children.;
© 2014., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
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The wind rises [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Criss, Darren.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-actor.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Herzog, Werner.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Macy, William H.,1950-; Miyazaki, Hayao,1941-film director.; Patinkin, Mandy.; Short, Martin.; Tucci, Stanley.; Whitman, Mae,1988-; Wood, Elijah,1981-; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);
John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, William H. Macy, Werner Herzog, Mandy Patinkin, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, Jennifer Grey, Mae Whitman.Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Horikoshi, Jiro; Aeronautical engineers; Airplanes; Animated films.; Biographical films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fighter planes; Video recordings for children.;
© 2014., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
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Lincoln [videorecording] / by Day-Lewis, Daniel.; Field, Sally.; Goodwin, Doris Kearns.Team of rivals.Videorecording.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-; Haley, Jackie Earle,1961-; Harris, Jared,1961-; Hawkes, John,1959-; Holbrook, Hal.; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-; Spader, James.; Spielberg, Steven,1946-; Strathairn, David.; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Dreamworks Pictures.; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by John Williams ; director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; edited by Michael Kahn.Sally Field, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, David Strathairn.A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1 ; 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital, 2.0 Dolby digital.Described video for the visually impaired.
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872; Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).; African Americans; Biographical films.; Cabinet officers; Feature films.; Historical films.; Slavery;
© c2013., DreamWorks Pictures,
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Diana [videorecording] / by Andrews, Naveen,1969-actor.; Ciancia, Keefus,1972-composer (expression); Hirschbiegel, Oliver,director.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Holmes, David,1969-composer (expression); Snell, Kate.Diana.Videorecording.; Watts, Naomi,1968-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Cinematographer, Rainer Klausmann ; production designer, Kave Quinn ; editor, Hans Funck ; music, David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia.Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Charles Edwards, Geraldine James.Tells the story of Princess Diana's secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan during the last two years of her life.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997; Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997; Khan, Hasnat; Snell, Kate.; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Romance films.;
© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,
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World Trade Center [videorecording (DVD)] / by Armstrong, Crai; Bello, Maria,1967; Flynn, Morgan; Geraimovich, Alexa; Jimeno, Allison; Jimeno, William; McGarvey, Seamus,1967; McLoughlin, Donna; McLoughlin, John; Paolo, Connor; Piccininni, Anthony; Stone, Olive; Paramount Pictures Corporatio;
Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; art director, Richard L. Johnson ; editors, David Brenner, Julie Monroe ; music, Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; production designer, Jan Roelfs ; special effects supervisors, Martin Bresin, Chris Hampton ; visual effects supervisor, John Scheele.Maria Bello, Connor Paolo, Anthony Piccininni, Alexa Geraimovich, Morgan Flynn, Michael Peña, Armando Riesco, Jay Hernandez, Jon Bernthal, Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal.The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human raceCanadian Home Video Rating: PGDVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround
Subjects: Jimeno, William; McLoughlin, John; World Trade Center (New York, NY; Biographical film; Disaster film; Feature film; Historical film; Rescues; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Paramount Pictures,
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Fair game [videorecording] / by Burrell, Ty,1967-; Butterworth , John-Henry.; Butterworth, Jez.; Davison, Sonya.; Gerasimovich, Ashley.; Hecht, Jessica,1965-; Kelly, Michael,1969-; Liman, Doug.; Penn, Sean,1960-; Powell, John,1882-1963.; Tiwari, Anand.; Watts, Naomi,1968-; Wilson, Joseph C.(Joseph Charles),1949-Politics of Truth.Videorecording.; Wilson, Valerie Plame.Fair game.Videorecording.; Entertainment One (Firm); Summit Entertainment.;
Cinematography, Doug Liman ; editor, Christopher Tellefsen ; music, John Powell.Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Anand Tiwari, Michael Kelly, Ty Burrell, Ashley Gerasimovich, Jessica Hecht.A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Libby, Lewis; Wilson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), 1949-; Wilson, Valerie Plame.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Administrative responsibility; Ambassadors' spouses; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Thrillers (Motion pictures); Women intelligence officers;
© c2011., Summit Entertainment ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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The wild west [videorecording] / by Cunningham, Liam.; Leon, David,1980-; Praed, Michael,1960-; Robinson, Tim.; Stephens, Toby,1969-; Stewart, David.; Swash, Colin.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Discovery Channel (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Toby Stephens, Liam Cunningham, David Leon ; narrator, Michael Praed.Re-evaluates three of the most famous figures of the time. Colonel Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn, Billy the kid, and the role that Wyatt Earp played in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Wild West presents the facts, uncovering secrets and twists, proving that once and for all, fact can be a lot more interesting than fiction.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Billy, the Kid; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876; Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Western television programs.;
© c2013., BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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The mistress of nothing / by Pullinger, Kate.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Tuberculosis; Women domestics;
© 2009., McArthur,
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Singing with elephants / by Engle, Margarita.;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels in verse.; Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957; Friendship; Cuban Americans; Veterinarians; Elephants; Human-animal relationships; Poetry;
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