Title: 1776

Actors: WILLIAM DANIELS
HOWARD DA SILVA

Language: ENGLISH
IMDB: 7.6 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA:
Barcode #: D7090

Description:

Rated PG13 (1972) The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.

1776

Title: BOOKS THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY

Actors: THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
THE GREAT COURSES

Language: ENGLISH
IMDB:
Media: DVD
Genre: :EDUCATION:
Barcode #: D9900

Description:

What makes a written work eternal—its message still so fundamental to the way we live that it continues to speak to us, hundreds or thousands of years distant from the lifetime of its author? Why do we still respond to an ancient Greek playwright's tale of the Titan so committed to humanity's survival that he is willing to endure eternal torture in his defiance of the gods? To the cold advice of a 16th-century Florentine exiled from the corridors of power? To the words of a World War I German veteran writing of the horrors of endless trench warfare? Thirtysix 30 minutes lectures presented Presented by Professor J. Rufus Fears, Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma.

BOOKS THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY

Title: LATE QUARTET, A

Actors: CATHERINE KEENER
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN

Language: ENGLISH
IMDB: 7.0 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA:
Barcode #: D6154

Description:

Rated R (2012) After a classical string quartet's 25 years of success, Peter, the cellist and oldest member, decides that he must retire when he learns he has Parkinson's Disease. For the others, that announcement proves a catalyst for letting their hidden resentments come to the surface while the married members' daughter has disruptive desires of her own. All this threatens to tear the group apart even as they are famous for playing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14, opus 131, a piece that is played non-stop no matter how life interferes.

LATE QUARTET, A

Title: LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX YEAR 1 EPISODES 1 - 3

Actors: ANNE REID
DEREK JACOBI

Language: ENGLISH
IMDB: 8.3 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA: :SERIES:
Barcode #: D6668

Description:

Not Rated (2012) Re-united after 50+ years apart, Celia and Alan decide to marry. At age 16, Alan's late wife failed to pass on his letter with apology for missing first date and forwarding address. Both now have daughters with lover troubles.

LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX YEAR 1 EPISODES 1 - 3

Title: GUARD, THE

Actors: BRENDAN GLEESON
DON CHEADLE

Language: ENGLISH
IMDB: 7.4 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :COMEDY:
Barcode #: D5715

Description:

Rated R Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

GUARD, THE

Title: GAME OF THRONES YEAR TWO EPISODES 1 & 2

Actors: PETER DINKLAGE
LENA HEADLEY

Language: ENG/FR/SP
IMDB: 8.8 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre:
Barcode #: D7355

Description:

Not Rated (2012) Spoiler alert: Year two has more explicit sex sceenes than year one. Tyrion arrives at Kings Landing to take his father's place as Hand of the King. Stannis Baratheon plans to take the Iron Throne for his own. Robb tries to decide his next move in the war. The Night's Watch arrive at the house of Craster.

GAME OF THRONES YEAR TWO EPISODES 1 & 2

Title: AMORES PERROS

Actors: EMILIO ECHAVARIA
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL

Language: SP/FR
IMDB: 8.2 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA: :FOREIGN:
Barcode #: D5409

Description:

Rated R Three interconnected stories about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a fatal car accident. Octavio is trying to raise enough money to run away with his sister-in-law, and decides to enter his dog Cofi into the world of dogfighting. After a dogfight goes bad, Octavio flees in his car, running a red light and causing the accident. Daniel and Valeria's new-found bliss is prematurely ended when she loses her leg in the accident. El Chivo is a homeless man who cares for stray dogs and is there to witness the collision.

AMORES PERROS

Title: LINCOLN

Actors: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
SALLY FIELD

Language: ENG/FR/SP
IMDB: 7.6 ON SCALE OF
Media: DVD
Genre: :BIOGRAPHY:
Barcode #: D6148

Description:

Rated PG13 (2102) As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

LINCOLN

Title: GREAT ESCAPE, THE

Actors: STEVE McQUEEN
JAMES GARNER

Language: ENG/FR
IMDB: 8.2 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA:
Barcode #: D8090

Description:

Not Rated (1963) Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.

GREAT ESCAPE, THE

Title: GONE GIRL

Actors: BEN AFFLECK
ROSAMUND PIKE

Language: ENG/SP/FR
IMDB: 8.2 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :DRAMA:
Barcode #: D6891

Description:

Rated R (2014) On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

GONE GIRL

Title: MALENA

Actors: MONICA BELLUCCI
GIUSEPPE SULFARO

Language: ITAL/FR
IMDB: 7.4 ON SCALE OF 10
Media: DVD
Genre: :COMEDY: :FOREIGN:
Barcode #: D5283

Description:

Rated R On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?

MALENA

Title: LINCOLN

Actors: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
SALLY FIELD

Language: ENG/FR/SP
IMDB: 7.6 ON SCALE OF
Media: DVD
Genre: :BIOGRAPHY:
Barcode #: D6148

Description:

Rated PG13 (2102) As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

LINCOLN