David Lean
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1984, 2000
Language
English
Description
While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, becomes appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young girl.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Headstrong Rosy lives on the heathered hills of Ireland's Dingle Peninsule. She cannot forsake her passionate romance with a handsome British officer. Yet, for Rosy, there is a greater love - the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles. When Rosy has an illicit affair and is ultimately charged with treason, it is Charles who will stand by her side.
Series
Criterion collection volume 76
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
5) Summertime
Series
Publisher
Home Vision Cinema/Janus Films
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stationed in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence languished in the mapmaking department of British Intelligence until he was asked to find and gather information on Prince Feisal, leader of the Arab Allied forces in World War I. Lawrence of Arabia chronicles his desert journey inspired by his first military success when he led a small contingent of Arabs against the Turkish stronghold of Aqaba.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Adela Quested is a plucky young woman who journeys from England with the free-spirited Mrs. Moore. Flouting convention, the two women accompany the handsome Dr. Azis on a tour of the mysterious Marabar Caves. But things turn ugly when Adela returns scratched and bloodied from the expedition. As British authorities urge her to press charges against Aziz, the line separating truth and fantasy begin to blur.
9) Oliver Twist
Series
Criterion collection volume 32
Publisher
Independent Producers, Ltd
Pub. Date
1998, c1948
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
10) Brief encounter
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sprightly supernatural comedy, David Lean's film version of Noel Coward's theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a cynical, self-absorbed novelist who cheekily invites a medium to his house, accidentally summoning the spirit of his dead first wife--a severe inconvenience for his current one.
14) Hobson's choice
Series
Criterion collection volume 461
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An owner of a Victorian-era boot shop finds himself in a battle of wills with his headstrong daughter, who wants to make her own professional and personal decisions in her life. Bonus features include commentary, documentary, essay, interviews, and more.
16) Doctor Zhivago
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Series
Criterion collection volume 31
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
19) Summertime
Series
Criterion collection volume 22
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a tour de force of fearless vulnerability, Katharine Hepburn embodies the conflicting emotions that stir the heart of a lonely, middle-aged American tourist who is forced to confront her deep-seated insecurities when she is drawn into a seemingly impossible affair with a charming Italian shopkeeper amid the ancient city's canals and piazzas.
Series
Language
English
Description
The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for.