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The Resource British cinema collection. : 8 acclaimed films

British cinema collection. : 8 acclaimed films

Label
British cinema collection. : 8 acclaimed films
Title
British cinema collection.
Title remainder
8 acclaimed films
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
ZNM
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Restoration : Director, Michael Hoffman
  • An ideal husband : Director, Oliver Parker
  • A month by the lake : Director, John Irvin
  • My life so far : Director, Hugh Hudson
  • The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : Director, Christopher Monger
  • Sweet revenge : Director, Malcolm Mowbray
  • Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : Director, John Madden
  • Tom & Viv : Director, Brian Gilbert
Intended audience
Rating: R; for sexuality
PerformerNote
  • Restoration : Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Ian McKellen and Hugh Grant
  • An ideal husband : Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam
  • A month by the lake : Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman
  • My life so far : Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob, Tceky Karyo, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell
  • The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney
  • Sweet revenge : Malcolm Mowbrary, Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Cougan
  • Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : Judi Dench, Billy Connolly
  • Tom & Viv : Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, Nicolas Grace
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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  • 1963-
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  • 1961-
  • 1937-
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  • 1960-
  • 1953-
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  • 1961-
  • 1934-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Downey, Robert
  • Neill, Sam
  • Ryan, Meg
  • Walker, Polly
  • Thewlis, David
  • McKellen, Ian
  • Grant, Hugh
  • Blanchett, Cate
  • Driver, Minnie
  • Everett, Rupert
  • Moore, Julianne
  • Northam, Jeremy
  • Redgrave, Vanessa
  • Fox, Edward
  • Thurman, Uma
  • Firth, Colin
  • Jacob, Irène
  • Karyo, Tchéky
  • Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth
  • McDowell, Malcolm
  • Fitzgerald, Tara
  • Meaney, Colm
  • Mowbray, Malcolm
  • Bonham Carter, Helena
  • Scott-Thomas, Kristin
  • Graves, Rupert
  • Clunes, Martin
  • Coogan, Steve
  • Dench, Judi
  • Connolly, Billy
  • Dafoe, Willem
  • Richardson, Miranda
  • Dutton, Tim
  • Grace, Nickolas
Runtime
810
Technique
live action
Label
British cinema collection. : 8 acclaimed films
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
1407898
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD; Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (810 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
096009864996
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 86489
  • 86469
  • 86499
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1407898
  • (OCoLC)806349577
System details
DVD, widescreen
Video recording format
DVD
Label
British cinema collection. : 8 acclaimed films
Publication
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
1407898
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD; Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (810 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
096009864996
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 86489
  • 86469
  • 86499
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1407898
  • (OCoLC)806349577
System details
DVD, widescreen
Video recording format
DVD

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