Orson Welles
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
Overview: Alexandre Dumas's novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery - one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written - appears here in a newly revised translation. "This novel tells the story of Edmond Dantes, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress the Chateau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest...
3) The V.I.P.'s
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
A sort of "Grand Hotel" located at a London airport, as passengers waiting for a delayed flight intercross each other's lives.
Series
Language
English
Description
On a fine day not so long ago, Kermit the Frog was playing and singing in the swamp. A lost Hollywood talent agent hears him, and tells him he has talent. Therefore, Kermit sets out for Hollywood to find fame and fortune. Along the way Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, the Electric Mayhem band, and the romantically inclined Miss Piggy join him. Fast food magnate Doc Hopper--who is determined to enlist Kermit as spokes-frog for his southern fried frog-leg restaurants--also...
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shogun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
7) Citizen Kane
Series
Publisher
Turner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Regarded as one of the finest films ever made, Citizen Kane tells the story of idealism corrupted by wealth. Prominent publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. The controversy has faded, but not the film's power and brilliance.
8) Shogun
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
2002,1980
Language
English
Description
Chamberlain plays Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked on the shores of feudal Japan, who becomes a samurai. Mifune is Toranaga, the warlord driven to become Shogun - supreme military dictator. Shimada plays Mariko, Blackthorn's interpreter and ill-fated lover.
11) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Publisher
Family Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A little mongoose saves the lives of a British family in India by killing the two big cobras that live in the garden.
12) Shogun: Season 1
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or sh�ogun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
13) Moby Dick
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
14) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
Feature film: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. Documentary: Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to...
Publisher
Guthy-Renker Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2003
Language
English
Description
A special one hour long compilation of classic entertainment including Dean's celebrity guests over the years. The show features: Ann-Margret, Goldie Hawn, Jack Benny, Bob Newhart, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Stewart, Victor Borge, Dom De Luise, Orson Welles and Frank Sinatra.
17) Casino Royale
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sir James Bond is persuaded to rejoin Her Majesty's secret service and head an operation to smash SMERSH.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1958, [2003]
Language
English
Description
Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.
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