Richard Burton
1) Becket
Pub. Date
1964.
Description
One of the greatest historical dramas in motion picture history, BECKET is the moving, passionate and ultimately tragic story of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) and his friend and confidant, Thomas Becket (Richard Burton). King Henry II is far from being a saint. He reigns over a Medieval England festering with political conflict and occupies his days with drinking, pursuing woman and wagering war. His constant cohort in these escapes is Thomas Becket....
Pub. Date
2025.
Description
Elizabeth Taylor delivers an Academy Award-winning performance opposite Richard Burton in this adaptation of Edward Albee's groundbreaking Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
Pub. Date
c2005, c1957
Description
Captain Leith and Major Brand are a pair of British Army officers assigned to execute a daring commando raid on the Libyan stronghold of General Rommel. Once the mission is underway, Leith must save the day when Brand's cowardice is revealed, thus putting the mission and the lives of the men in jeopardy. As they struggle through the wastes of the Sahara we learn who will live, who will die and what is the price of glory.
7) The V.I.P.s
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
Elite passengers waiting for London-to-U.S. flights get fogged in, and have to deal with their problems rather than run from them.
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 452
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Special ed.
Description
After a fellow spy is murdered, an agent who is working as a defected spy trying to get inside information realizes that he is just as expendable as his fellow agent. .
10) The Longest day
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view -- the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.