Denis Lawson
Author
Series
Inside Number Nine volume 2
Description
In this silent farce, we enter the beautiful, modernist home of Gerald and Sabrina - a beautiful home with lots of beautiful things in it. When cat-burglars Ray and Eddie decide to break in, they have to dodge all manner of obstacles - including the warring couple that live there - to get their hands on a priceless painting.
2) Local Hero
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Peter Riegert and Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster star in Bill Forsyth's charming, offbeat comedy about Texas oilmen seduced by the charms of a tiny Scottish village -- LOCAL HERO.Oil billionaire Felix Happer's (Lancaster--Field of Dreams) company has struck oil in the North Sea, but it needs a port out of which to base its drilling operations. The perfect harbor is found in a seaside village, and Happer sends Mac (Riegert) to buy then entire...
3) Bleak house
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classics.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Description
As the rebel leaders map their strategy for an attack on the Emperor's new Death Star, Han Solo remains frozen and imprisoned in the desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, now a master of The Force, rescues his friends but cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against his evil father, Darth Vader, who has sworn to win him over to the Dark Side.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Beautiful DCI Sasha Miller leads a team of detectives called out of retirement to solve cold cases in this long-running British series. Season Twelve sees the departure of the last-remaining original member of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, Gerry Standing, who is replaced by old-school ex-copper Ted Case. This series is packed full of the mystery, drama and trademark humor the fans know and love.
8) The machine
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Description
Two artificial intelligence engineers come together as they work to create the first ever self-aware artificial intelligence. A veteran AI engineer secretly hopes to develop technology to help his diseased daughter, even if it means funding comes from the powerful Ministry of Defense. Things go wrong when the MOD takes over and advances the researchers, work to the next level, teaching the AI to kill and follow MOD instructions with its new and nearly...
9) Local hero
Series
Criterion collection volume 994
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Originally published in 1879, "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes" is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. The book describes Robert Louis Stevenson's "pilgrimage", made alone, with Modestine the donkey he bought to carry his luggage for the...
Publisher
A&E, distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2011
Description
He is the ultimate high-seas hero: a man of unshakable courage, unwavering principles, and extraordinary skill. Joining the Royal Navy at the outset of the bloody Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, and his exploits become the stuff of legend.
13) Local hero
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2011
Description
A comedy about the interaction between Americans representing a Texas oil company and the inhabitants of a small village in Scotland.
14) Jekyll
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
A new Dr. Jekyll has an old problem: Mr. Hyde. But they have a deal, a body share, and an impossible life is somehow lived. What Hyde doesn't know is that Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children that Dr. Jekyll will do anything to protect from his dark side. What neither of them know is an ancient organization is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition. The return of Dr. Jekyll is no accident....
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
As Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Harriet Smith uses both diplomatic skill and common sense to face important issues such as territorial disputes, kidnapping, sabotage and murder, while striving to prevent her personal life from clashing with her professional career and her duty to Britain.
16) Bleak house
Description
Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The story is about England's Ambassador to Ireland, one of the country's most coveted and dangerous Embassy posts. Supported by her Commercial Attach ǎnd MI-6 operative John Stone, Harriet uses both diplomatic skill and common sense to bravely face issues ranging from territorial disputes, kidnapping and cults to sabotage and murder.
18) Local hero
Publisher
La Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Up-and-coming Houston oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly simple business trip to Scotland changes his outlook on life. Sent by his colorful boss (Burt Lancaster) to the small village of Ferness, Mac is looking to quickly buy out the the townspeople so his company can build a new refinery. But after a taste of country life Mac begins to question whether he is on the right side of this transaction....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Description
As the rebel leaders map their strategy for an attack on the Emperor's new Death Star, Han Solo remains frozen and imprisoned in the desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, now a master of The Force, rescues his friends but cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against his evil father, Darth Vader, who has sworn to win him over to the Dark Side.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009], ©2009
Description
Oliver Twist: After escaping from a life of poverty and abuse that begins in a workhouse and making his way to London, orphaned Oliver Twist is recruited into a gang of young pickpockets, from which he is rescued by the elderly Mr. Brownlow.
The old curiosity shop: Follows the fortunes of young Nell Trent and her maternal grandfather, who gambles away what money they have in a mistaken attempt to secure Nell's future.
Bleak House: A complex tale...