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4) Cross Creek
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
After ten years as a frustrated newspaper reporter and unsuccessful author of fiction, Marjorie Rawlings turns her back on financial security and takes up residence in the Florida Everglades. In this remote and untamed portion of central Florida, Rawlings is inspired to create a gallery of unforgettable characters and to produce critically-acclaimed best sellers.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainemnt
Pub. Date
2005
Description
For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman. Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.
Series
Publisher
Kultur International Films
Pub. Date
[2006], c1996
Description
Dickens was known for the cruel and suffering characters he created, who lived in a world of iniquities. His social criticism was especially evident in some of his greatest works including Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and more.
Publisher
Passport Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The Hollywood Years takes a look at the actor as he goes from sports broadcaster to respected leading man. The Presidential Years documents his rise in leadership that carried him to the White House where he would inscribe an indelible legacy in history.
9) Modigliani
Publisher
Universal Music
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Brings to life artistic genius Amedeo Modigliani's story of tragic love, rivalry, and excess in the midst of art history's golden age when greats like Picasso, Rivera, Cocteau, and Modigliani held court in the salons of post-WWI Paris.
10) Daliland
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In 1974 a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dal̕'s life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
11) BlackBerry
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"It's 1996, and Mike Lazaridis and his business partner and best friend Douglas Fregin are on the edge of creating the world's first smartphone. Unfortunately for them, they are less business savvy than they are tech, and struggle to keep their company, Research in Motion, afloat. Everything changes when cunning businessman Jim Balsillie agrees to join the company, bringing with him the money and experience needed to create and sell a prototype of...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The true story of English parlour maid Gladys Aylward who dreamt of becoming a missionary and journeyed to China and opened an inn for tired, hungry mule drivers crossing desolate mountain trails. Gradually overcoming the Chinese's hostility, she wins the heart of a Eurasian colonel and converts a powerful mandarin to Christianity. But her greatest feat is achieved during the Japanese invasion, when she leads one hundred homeless children to safety...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Takes a look into the life of one of the most enigmatic and flamboyant pop stars of our time. Includes Jackson's death and memorial, behind-the-scenes footage, and features candid contributions from Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Diana Ross.
Publisher
Marvista Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
This drama is based on events in the life of Ron Clark, a passionate and innovative teacher who left his small town to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. Clark uses persistence and unconventional methods to reach his students and encourage them to reach their full potential.
16) A beautiful mind
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
18) Sweetwater
Publisher
Briarcliff Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2023.
Description
Inspired by true events, witness the extraordinary journey of Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton, who made history as the first Black player to sign an NBA contract. At a time when segregation divided sports, New York Knicks coach Joe Lapchick and team executive Ned Irish see the future of basketball in Sweetwater's dazzling and unorthodox displays of entertaining athleticism. Together, they challenge convention and break through barriers that would change...
20) Man of god
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022, 2021
Description
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
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