British cinema collection 8 acclaimed films
Record details
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Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (810 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
DVD videorecording - Publisher: [United States] : Miramax, 2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Restoration -- An ideal husband -- A month by the lake -- My life so far -- The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain -- Sweet revenge -- Her majesty, Mrs. Brown -- Tom & Viv. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Tom & Viv : Director, Brian Gilbert. Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : Director, John Madden. Sweet revenge : Director, Malcolm Mowbray. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : Director, Christopher Monger. My life so far : Director, Hugh Hudson. A month by the lake : Director, John Irvin. An ideal husband : Director, Oliver Parker. Restoration : Director, Michael Hoffman. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Tom & Viv : Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, Nicolas Grace. Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : Judi Dench, Billy Connolly. Sweet revenge : Malcolm Mowbrary, Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Cougan. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney. My life so far : Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob, Tceky Karyo, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell. A month by the lake : Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman. An ideal husband : Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam. Restoration : Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Ian McKellen and Hugh Grant. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: R; for sexuality. |
System Details Note: | DVD, widescreen. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | DVDs Victoria -- Queen of Great Britain -- 1819-1901 -- Drama Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) -- 1888-1965 -- Drama Eliot, Vivienne -- 1888-1947 -- Drama |
Genre: | Biographical films. |
Topic Heading: | Adult DVD. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | DVD FIC BRI (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001283640 | Fiction Videos | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless.
An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past.
A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor.
My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But with the arrival of his sexy French aunt, Heloise, Fraser enters a truly eye-opening summer of discovery.
The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain -- a prized local landmark -- to be a hill.
Sweet Revenge : A depressed businessman and a quirky aristocrat save each other's lives and then plot a devilish retaliation against those who drove them to the edge.
Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : John Brown is a lowly servant who looks after Queen Victoria's horses. Yet when circumstances bring them together, the result is a passionate friendship.
Tom & Viv : A passionately rendered story about writer T.S. Eliot's turbulent relationship with his first wife, Vivienne.
An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past.
A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor.
My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But with the arrival of his sexy French aunt, Heloise, Fraser enters a truly eye-opening summer of discovery.
The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain -- a prized local landmark -- to be a hill.
Sweet Revenge : A depressed businessman and a quirky aristocrat save each other's lives and then plot a devilish retaliation against those who drove them to the edge.
Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : John Brown is a lowly servant who looks after Queen Victoria's horses. Yet when circumstances bring them together, the result is a passionate friendship.
Tom & Viv : A passionately rendered story about writer T.S. Eliot's turbulent relationship with his first wife, Vivienne.