Charlton Heston
Pub. Date
1952.
Description
A dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus. Celebrating the extravagant three-ring circus, this classic film from Cecil B. DeMille depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth. Winner of Best Picture and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Cinematography - Color at the **Golden...
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
In 1982 Peter Brosnan heard a story about an ancient Egyptian City buried in California. For thirty years he has been fighting to dig it up. In 2012, with funding from an independent "angel," an archaeological excavation of the site finally took place. Because the filmmakers began their work in the 1980's, they were able to capture interviews with many of the people - actors, writers, chariot drivers and extras - who worked with DeMille in 1923. They...
4) Ben Hur
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In this animated film featuring the voice of Charlton Heston, a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend. When he regains his freedom, he comes back for revenge
Description
New Orleans is the target for the final thrust of the British in the War of 1812. General Andrew Jackson's (Charlton Heston) dependence on the help of pirate king Jean Lafitte (Yul Brynner) to repel the British is complicated by the Governor's daughter. This spectacular production supervised by Cecil B. DeMille, tells in sweeping action the little-known story of how a pirate turned the tide in America's favor in the War of 1812. Nominated for Best...
8) Khartoum
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Chronicles Britain's crisis in the Sudan and the siege at Khartoum in 1883.
9) Cats & dogs
Description
Know to be man's best friends, cats and dogs have engaged in a fierce and merciless battle. Now, Mr. Tinkles, a ruthless cat, is plotting intensively to achieve nothing less than world domination. His main target is Professor Brody. The professor is working on a medication that will rid people of their dog hair allergies. Mr. Tinkles strives to get to the substance and have it analyzed. He then means to have it altered so that all humans of the world...
11) The big country
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.
12) Armageddon
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
When NASA discovers a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth, a crew of roughneck oil drillers is sent in to plant a nuclear warhead that should destroy it.
The U.S. government calls upon an oil-well driller and his colorful crew to save the world by flying to an asteroid that's on a collision course for earth and setting off a nuclear bomb to divert it.
13) El Cid
Series
Miriam collection volume 01
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Two-disc deluxe edition.
Description
The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.
14) Any given Sunday
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Special edition; director's cut.
Description
Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind times.
15) Will Penny
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
An aging and out-of-luck cowboy is taken in by a young woman travelling to meet her husband, and soon finds himself falling in love.
16) The order
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen version.
Description
A thief of religious artifacts whose archeologist father has found the lost scripture of a mysterious religious order, is mysteriously kidnapped. He finds himself cruising around the twisty streets of Jerusalem, getting into dynamic kickboxing battles while disguised as a Hasidic Jew. With the help of a beautiful Israeli cop, he uncovers a plot within the religious order that leads to secret catacombs beneath the holy city.
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Snows of Kilimanjaro; Anna Karenina; Tale of Two Cities; Legend of Sea Wolf; Connecticut Yankee; Jane Eye; Huckleberry Finn; Jungle Book; Call of the Wild; Macbeth; Of Human Bondage; Little Men; Last Time I Saw Paris; Cyrano, David Copperfield.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that...