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Cranford
: :The BBC drama series adapted from Mary Gaskells classic novels of small town gossip secrets and romance. 1842. Cranford a market town in the North West of England is a place governed by etiquette custom and above all an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules but Cranford is on the cusp of change? For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns the arbiter of correctness in Cranford and Matty her demurring sister ...
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Horatio Hornblower Collector's Edition
:Description:From midshipman to commander, experience the thrilling escapades of the ultimate high-seas hero with the HORATIO HORNBLOWER COLLECTOR'S EDITION, an eight-volume treasure chest of sweeping naval adventure and lavish historical drama. Joining the British Royal Navy at the outset of the Napoleonic Wars, the enterprising Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, charting a course from the West Indies to the coast of Africa in the name of the Crown. Along the way he encounters roiling sea ...
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Calendar Girls
:Description:When 12 ordinary members of the Women's Institute, a prim and proper local ladies' club, decide they need to find a more compelling way to raise money for a new charity, they turn to their traditional annual calendar and give it a very untraditional twist. Behind the usual baked goods, the apple pressing, and the flower arrangements are the women -- completely nude! Starring 2003 Golden Globe nominee Helen Mirren (Best Actress, CALENDAR GIRLS) and Julie Walters (HARRY POTTER AND ...
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Kingdom of Heaven - The Director's Cut (Four-Disc Special Edition)
: :From Ridley Scott the visionary director of Black Hawk Down and Gladiator comes this spectacular epic of courage honor and adventure. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades who having lost everything finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.System Requirements:Running Time: 144 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 024543241454 Manufacturer No: 2234147 :It's hard to believe Ridley Scott's handsome epic won't ...
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Kingdom of Heaven (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
:Description:From Ridley Scott, the visionary director of Black Hawk Down and Gladiator, comes this spectacular epic of courage, honor and adventure. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight. :It's hard to believe Ridley Scott's handsome epic won't become the cinematic touchstone of the Crusades for years to come. Kingdom ...
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2003 BBC Version)
: :An extraordinary tale of sex passion and royal intrigue. This is the little-known story of Mary Boleyn who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her older sister Anne. Inspired by Philippa Gregory's best selling novel this film is about great families jockeying for position and using their daughters as pawns in a deadly game. Set during one of the most notorious periods in British regal history it is a powerful narrative and at its heart is ...
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Vanity Fair (A&E, 1998)
: :Becky Sharp is 'poor and put-upon.' She's also 'a sharp little minx,' a 'treacherous little trollop,' and 'a heartless mother and faithless wife.' Yes, there's something about Becky in this impeccable BBC production based on William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel. It speaks volumes about Thackeray's indomitable heroine and Natasha Little's seductively ingratiating performance that our hearts go out to her even as we eagerly await her comeuppance. Becky is scorned for her lack of breeding, but as one admirer notes, ...
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Kingdom of Heaven (2-Disc Full-Screen Edition)
:Description:From Ridley Scott, the visionary director of Black Hawk Down and Gladiator, comes this spectacular epic of courage, honor and adventure. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight. :It's hard to believe Ridley Scott's handsome epic won't become the cinematic touchstone of the Crusades for years to come. Kingdom ...
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Horatio Hornblower - The Adventure Continues
: :Move over, Mr. Darcy, A&E has a new heartthrob. He's third lieutenant Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd reprising his star-making role), C.S. Forester's swashbuckling hero of the high seas. Devotees of the original Emmy Award-winning miniseries will want to 'have at' this boxed set containing two feature-length episodes in which the dashing Hornblower and crew engage in 'foolhardy actions, rash judgments, and irresponsible adventures.' 'Mutiny' finds our young hero awaiting trial for 'black bloody mutiny' against a once distinguished, but increasingly ...
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Sharpe's Justice
:Description:Sharpe is back in England with his reputation fully restored. He is ordered to the north where he is to command the local militia in a troubled town. It is here that Sharpe faces an agonizing decision - whether to side with the town's corrupt gentry or to support his own kind, the rough and tough of the world who are abused by their superiors.
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