John Gielgud
1) Elephant man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of a kindly doctor, he regains some of the dignity he lost during years as a side-show freak.
2) Elizabeth
Language
English
Formats
Description
16th century England. Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors. At the same time having to thwart her devious rivals and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
3) Shine
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. Driven by his father and his teachers he experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
All eyes are focused on the Vatican, hoping to see the puffs of white smoke signaling the selection of the next Pope, but this time, much more is at stake, for the new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear war.
Publisher
[Nostalgia Family Video]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Story of the friendship between the bohemian, boisterous Falstaff and the young Prince Hal, the future King of England. It dramatizes the betrayal of that friendship, and Falstaff's disillusionment when the prince does become king.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
10) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bach is very, very rich, and he's next in line for a 750 million dollar inheritance. He stands to lose his inheritance--and a life in the lush style to which he is accustomed--if he doesn't marry the most boring blonde on Long Island within thirty days. Unfortunately, Arthur has just discovered the girl of his dreams.
Series
Publisher
Whirlwind Media
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Sabotage: A saboteur lives a double life with his wife and brother in law, who know nothing of his secret profession. Secret agent: A British soldier and novelist returns home during World War I to find that a government agency has faked a report of his death.
12) Richard III
Publisher
Criterion Collection [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain, usurps the crown from King Edward IV, and is later killed at Bosworth Field. Henry, Earl of Richmond, ascends the throne as Henry VII, establishing the Tudor dynasty.
15) Caligula
Language
English
Description
"Caligula may very well be the most controversial film in history ... the epic story of Rome's mad Emperor. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more. Not for the squeamish, not for the prudish"--Container.
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"In twelve fully dramatized episodes, the great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson. Orson Welles makes a special appearance as the nefarious Professor Moriarty"--Container.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A re-creation of mid-Victorian England that contrasts the silliness of the aristocracy with the squalor of the lower classes. Rather than making a standard blood and glory epic, Richardson created a film that took the silly glory and glamour out of war and substituted something closer to the bitter truth.
18) Edward the King
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Though he waited nearly 60 years to become king, and reigned for only nine, Edward VII changed the British monarchy forever. Derided by his mother, Queen Victoria, as frivolous and untrustworthy, Edward was in fact a skillful, determined diplomat who longed to be useful to his country. This miniseries dramatizes his life from frustrated prince and inveterate philanderer to loving father and respected statesman.
19) Gandhi
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life of Ghandi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
20) Haunted
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
When David Ash investigates a haunting at an isolated country manor, strange and horrifying occurrences lead him to first doubt his convictions and then his sanity.