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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) EV/792/675M01 EV/792/674M01

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a scandal in Bohemia involving Irene Adler, chalk drawings of dancing men, the identity of a crooked man, a missing naval treaty, a solitary cyclist's mysterious follower, the dangers of a speckled band, and a blue carbuncle found in the crop of a goose.  -- IMDb

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Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience.  -- Amazon

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Beowulf (1999) ¡@ DVD/829/B167b	Beowulf translates the ancient epic poem of the same name into a postapocalyptic Road Warrior-style future, in which a military outpost is being invaded by a monstrous, blood-thirsty creature. Drawn hither by the evil emanations comes Beowulf (Christopher Lambert from Subway and the Highlander series), a powerful warrior with dark secrets of his own. There he meets the beautiful Kyra (Rhona Mitra), a woman warrior with a couple of cleavage-revealing outfits. Her father Hrothgar, meanwhile, is haunted by dreams of a blond, seminaked succubus with crimped hair, who has some mysterious connection to the murdering monster. Everyone, even father and daughter, has a different accent. It's all pretty trashy--the script is full of bravura lines like, "The only thing that keeps me from becoming evil is fighting evil"--but the cinematography and special effects are capable, there are lots of cool-looking swords and weaponry, and there's some pleasantly cheesy techno-metal music that plays intermittently for no good reason. Christopher Lambert, with white hair and a full-length leather duster, looks a little bored, but he's still his competent brooding action-hero self. If you enjoyed Mortal Kombat, this is right up your alley. --Bret Fetzer -- From Amazon
Beowulf & Grendel (2005) ¡@ DVD/829/G976b	The otherworldly landscape of Iceland lends an appropriate touch of dark fantasy to this modern retelling of Beowulf, the oldest epic poem in the English language. Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Opera) brings the right balance of physicality and world-weariness as the Swedish hero Beowulf, who travels to Denmark to fight the monstrous troll Grendel (Icelandic superstar Ignvar Sigurdsson), which has been plaguing the house of King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård, buried under a mound of prosthetic hair). However, what transpires is not a battle between good and evil, but a convoluted mystery of sorts, with Beowulf playing the detective who discovers that his foe is more human than monster, and Hrothgar less wronged innocent than catalyst for his own downfall. Director Sturla Gunnarsson succeeds in pulling this legendary story from the dust of academics by contemporizing the dialogue (Andrew Rai Berzins has an excellent ear for hard-bitten palaver), and his visuals are nothing less than striking, but the film attempts to be both monster movie and melancholy drama, while never quite satisfying the requirements of either genre. Regardless, the quality cast (which includes Sarah Polley from Dawn of the Dead as a sharp-tongued witch with a connection to Grendel) and some well-handled action sequences should hold viewers¡¦ attention even when the unnecessarily complex plot does not. --Paul Gaita -- From Amazon
Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons (2003) DVD/820/A784	It provides good background information on the culture of the Anglo- Saxons and the context of the Beowulf epic. Its best features are the recreations, the footage of the Sutton Hoo site and some of its treasures, and the actual recitation of some of the poem in the Old English ( very interesting to hear). The lecture that makes up the bulk of the narrative is of the type you might expect were you to attend a seminar at the Sutton Hoo site or some similar History for amateur enthusiast's event, but it is just enough material for a student starting to study this period or the poem.   The only drawback is that the production company was obviously short on funds and towards the final third of the hour+ production, the visuals start to repeat- we see the same spinning helmet, the same burning lake, the same warriors tipping back the drinking horn once again-this is where my kids start laughing and go back to reading another book while I tell them to hang in there the material is worth it. But then, this isn't New Line Cinema, so you have to adjust your expectations. One especially good extra is the re-enactment segment.  --  From Amazon

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The Collector (John Fowles) EV792/157B01	¦òµÜ²Ä¬O¤@­Ó¤@¥»¥¿¸g,¤p¤ß¶Ô愼ªº»È¦æ¾­û,°ß¤@ªº¼Ö½ì´N¬O»`¶°½¹½º.¦³¤@¦¸,¥L¤¤¤F±m¨é,¦b­¥°Ï¶R¤U¤F¤@¼l©Ð¤l.¥L¦³¤@­Ó«ä¹õ¤w¤[ªº¬ü³N¾Ç®Õ,¤@¤Ñ¦³¤F¾÷·|,¥Î»X¦½ÃĹv¦o§Ë©ü,±a¨ì³o©Ò©Ð¤lùبÓ
"The Canterbury Tales" (Pasolini)   ELD/820/019L01       019L01 EV/820/019B01        V0031753 ELD/820/019L11       019L11	Pasolini's startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception , murder and lust.
The Comedians (Graham Greene) (Color, 2 hrs. 32 mins; MGM/UA Home Video) 823 G558 Ve  1993	"A thoughtful, thought-provoking work.. it is Graham Greene writing at the height of his powers."-- Arthur Knight, Saturday Review Echoing the same all-consuming desire that epitomized their mercurial off-screen relationship, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor deliver superlative performances in this powerful drama of politics and passion. Adapting his own best-selling novel for the screen, distinguished author Graham Greene delivers a devastating indictment of Haitian director "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his regime of terror that reigned in the late 60's. Entwined in this maelstrom of oppression are Greene's odd assortment of players, including Burton, the cynical hotelier; Talor, his sex-starved Berman mistress; Alec Guinnes, a sleazy, breezy arms merchant and James Earl Jones, a valiant but resigned doctor. With an underlying chill amid the tropical scorch, Greene and director Peter Blenville (Becket) capture the atmosphere of a country ravaged by despair and moral decay. But it's from these ashes that rise human dignity and compassion, delivering hope, and with The Comedians, a rewarding film experience.
A Christmas Carol (Edwin L. Marin) EV823/010B01	Overworked and underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit and his loving family hope for a holiday of feasting and good cheer. Crachit's rich employer Ebenezer Scrooge scoffs at Victorian London's Yuletide spirit, threatening both his immortal soul and the Crachits' Christmas. Terry Kilburn portrays Crachits' endearing, frail, crippled son Tiny Tim.
A Christmas Carol (Brian Desmond Hurst) EV823/010B01	¦Û±qµo°]¥H«á, Scrooge¦¨¬°¤@­VÁ¡§[¶Þ¦ý¤£§Ö¼Öªº¥Í·N¤H,ª½¨ì¸t½Ï¸`¨º¤Ñ,¥ý«á¥X²{¤F¤T­ÓÆF»î,±a¥L¦^ÅU¹L¥h,³zµø¥¼¨Ó,¤Ï¬Ù²{¦bªº¥Í¬¡,¥L¬Ù®©¤F¤H¥Íªº眞¿Í
A Christmas Carol (Clare West) CD eng/ 407 W516	Christmas is humbug- it's a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But when three spirits visit him on Christmas eve, and take him at night to see Christmas past, present, and future - Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.

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GOOD SOLDIER 791.43 M183 Ve	From the opening voiceover line--"This is the saddest story I have ever heard"--The Good Soldier reveals how deep and wide heartbreak can run, even within the confines of Edwardian manners. Based on the understated masterpiece by Ford Madox Ford, the 1981 film unwinds in what feels like real time as it explores the friendship--and treachery and pathos--of two couples, one English, the other American, over several summers in Europe before World War II. The narrator, American John Dowell, looks back at the ruins of friendship, trust, and marriage, in a daring time-travel fluid narrative that completely tracks in how someone would try to make sense, later, of such deep tragedy. The title hero is Capt. Ashburnham, played by TV's favorite Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett, and his performance is breathtaking. Ashburnham is an English Gatsby--blessed, envied, and ultimately cursed--yet even when those closest to him see his foibles, they can't help but bend to his will. Meanwhile, as Dowell sifts through the collateral damage left by his onetime friend, he admires him still. "It never lets you down," he muses, "the English habit of taking absolutely everything and everyone for granted." Also giving splendid performances are Susan Fleetwood as Ashburnham's buffeted wife, and Vickery Turner, Dowell's compulsively chatty, and untrustworthy, wife.  -- Amazon
Great Expectations, The (Joseph Hardy) EV/823/017B01	The story of an orphan, who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith. He believes that the fortune which he receives, enabling him to start a new life, comes from an eccentric old woman. However he finds out that it was in fact left to him by an escaped convict he had helped.
Great Expectations, The  (I)(II) (Disney) EVR/823/017M11	Pip, earlier raised by his harsh sister, meets Miss Havisham and is smitten by the utterly spoiled Estella. Pip takes on her materialistic values, and when he comes to wealth, he embarks a frivolouss life. However, ssuffering and maturity eventually teach him the difference between being true to one's self and living according to self-deluding great expectations.
Gulliver's Travels (I)(II) (Charles Stirridge) EV823/008B01	Danson portrays Gulliver, the 18th century physician who takes eight event-packed years to return home. Steenburgen is the devoted wife who stands by Gulliver when everyone says his story is tha tale of madman and what an unforgettable tale it is! Join Gulliver as he becomes a pocket-sized fortune-teller in a land of giants ruled by a wise queen.

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Honorary Consul, The (G. Greene) EV/792/129B01

Dr. Eduardo Plarr, despite the name is an Anglo working in a Latin American country. His work is a return home after several years. He begins to form and re-establish friendships and begins an affair. All of this comes together to create problems when he is asked to help revolutionaries kidnap a diplomat.  -- IMDb

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Lord of the flies 823 Hh781 LDe  1990

When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves lost in paradise. On a tropical island, miles and miles from civilization. At first, they welcome the freedom. But soon they discover that trying to survive is anything but fun and game. Finally, abandoned in the end, Ralph makes a terrifying discovery.

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Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) (1990 BBC version; Color, 90 mins; dramatised by Maggie Wadey; produced by Louis Marks; directed by Giles Foster) 823 F754 Ve

Starring: Peter Firth, Googie Withers, Robert Hardy and Katherine Schlesinger "A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can." Catherine Morland arrives in Bath bursting with freshness, integrity and a passion for macabre Gothic novels. When the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home. Northanger Abbey, a dark mystery starts to unfold that makes her blood run cold. Are her fantasies coming true? What does the sinister General Tilney want from her and will the truth destroy her chance of love?  (Donated by Bro. Nicholas Koss)

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 823 S916-b Ve  1989 c.2	The film is a beautiful adaptation of Joyce's autobiographical novel in which the author, through the character of Stephen Dedalus, portrays his youth, his irish catholic upbringing, and his coming of age at a Dublin university. Stephen, an intense, serious young man, questions the tyranny of family, state and religion in their attempt to control his body, mind and soul. The young artist chooses a lonely exile in his search for freedom and truth. Joyce speaks through his hero, Stephen, when he proclaims: "The soul, it wakes to itself in sin and loneliness and secrecy./ It has a slow and dark birth.../ When the soul of man is born in this country,/ there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight./ You talk to me of nationality, language and religion./ I shall try to fly by those nets."
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) (A film by Joseph Strick; starring Bosco Hogan, T.P. McKenna and John Gielgud; 1997,color, 93mins) EV792/460B01	The film is a beautiful adaptation of Joyce's autobiographical novel in which the author, through the character of Stephen Dedalus, portrays his youth, his irish catholic upbringing, and his coming of age at a Dublin university. Stephen, an intense, serious young man, questions the tyranny of family, state and religion in their attempt to control his body, mind and soul. The young artist chooses a lonely exile in his search for freedom and truth. Joyce speaks through his hero, Stephen, when he proclaims: "The soul, it wakes to itself in sin and loneliness and secrecy. It has a slow and dark birth When the soul of man is born in this country, there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language and religion. I shall try to fly by those nets."
Persuasion (Jane Austen) (1993 BBC version; Color, 225 mins; one set--two tapes) 823 M623 VRe	Starring Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall; dramatised by Julian Mitchell; produced and directed by Howard Baker "I could think of you only as one who had yielded, who had given me up, who had been influenced by one other than me." Eight years ago Anne Elliot allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family to reject the young Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage. Now he has returned from a career at sea, both eligible and affluent. But Anne has other suitors and the Captain's heart seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove.... Is their love lost forever?  (Donated by Bro. Nicholas Koss)
Pride and Prejudice -- 1995 BBC version;  1993 BBC version ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ VE/823/008M01	Jane Austen's superb romantic comedy, follows a cast of society's elite through the games of love and negotiations of marriage in the countryside of 19th-century England. At the center of this intriguing dance is the lovely and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, whose spirited wit and good sense keep her away from folly-most of the time. Elizabeth's frightfully embarrassing mother worries about her five unmarried daughters. With her husband's estate destined for his fatuous cousin William Collins, she is determined to marry one of her girls off to a rich new neighbor, Charles Bingley. Everything goes according to Mrs. Bennet's plan-at least until Bingley's snobbish friend Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives. Elizabeth is put off by Mr. Darcy, who seems rude and arrogant. Her judgment is supported when she meets the dashing officer George Wickham, who tells her of his unfair treatment at Darcy's hands. Meanwhile, Mr.Collins arrives at the Bennet's, hoping to wed one of the daughters. At a fancy ball thrown by Bingley, Elizabeth must fend off Mr. Collins' clumsy attempts at courtship, while several members of the Bennet family make a dreadful scene. The Bingleys depart for London, leaving Elizabeth's older sister Jane heartbroken and her mother despondent over the loss of potential suitors. Then, on a visit to her newly married friend Charlotte, Elizabeth finds herself once again in the company of Darcy, whose haughty aunt is Charlotte's husband's patron. While Darcy becomes enamored of Elizabeth, she learns that he "saved" Bingley from his romance with Jane. Choked with anger, she is completely surprised when Darcy presents a startling proposition. A shocked and injured Darcy gives Elizabeth a letter defending himself against her charges. Elizabeth returns home distraught, realizing that her prejudice against him had blinded her from seeing events more clearly. But just as pride seems to have driven the two apart, an unexpected meeting offers a second chance. The newly discovered love between Elizabeth and her wealthy suitor Darcy is suddenly doomed. Word has reached Elizabeth that her sister Lydia has run away with the adventurer Wickham, and her family faces disgrace. Mr. Bennet chases the couple to London, hoping to find his ruined daughter, but to no avail. Yet when all seems completely lost, a mysterious savior steps in to put everything right. With social demons tamed and Darcy on their side, Elizabeth's sister Jane and Bingley again become engaged. Rumors also swirl about Elizabeth promise not to accept any offer of marriage, insulting Elizabeth, her family and their social position. It is all Elizabeth can do to give a cool and controlled response-one that will end up dictating her future happiness.
Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC version; Color, 301 mins; directed by Simon Langton; one set--two tapes) 823 L286-1 Ve  1995 823 L286-2 Ve  1995	The arrival of the wealthy Mr. Darcy in the neighborhood causes great excitement within the Bennet Family. One of her five daughters, Mrs. Bennet feels, is sure to capture the heart of the wealthy young aristocrat. That fate befalls the spirited Elizabeth. Judging him on first impressions and the malicious gossip of friends she rejects his advances. However, as she busies herself with the stormy romances and scandal of her sister, she once again finds herself in his company. Gradually her opinions of his proud young man begin to change---. Amid a host of delightful characters, and against a background of grand stately homes and beautiful countryside, this famous romances runs its rocky course.
Pride and Prejudice (1993 BBC version; Color, 259 mins)(dramatized by Fay Weldon, Starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul, directed by Cyril Coke) 823 C682-1 Ve  1993 823 C682-2 VRe  1993	"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune in in want of a wife." When the charming and kindly young Mr. Bingley moves to the neighborhood, there is great excitement in the Bennet family. Jane, the eldest of five Bennet daughters seems to have captured the heart of the wealthy young man. But when his friend, the caught Mr. Darcy finds himself attracted to Elizabeth, the next sister, the tribulations of the Bennet family have only just begun---.
Pride and Prejudice (1 hour 58 minutes, B &W, 1940) 823 L581p	Starring: Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier; directed by Robert Z. Leonard Five marriageble daughters! What's a mother to do? What's a father to do? What are we to do? Laugh, cry, and become totally enchanted by Pride and Prejudice, a cinematic masterpiece based on Jane Austen's classic novel of manners and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. As if five headstrong daughters weren't enough, mild-mannered Mr. Bennet (Edmund Gwenn) has to deal with an empty-headed wife (Mary Boland) as well. When the aristocratic Mr. Darcy (Olivier) condescends to enter the Bennet's lives by proposing marriage to Elizabeth (Garson), his pride suffers a blow as the equally proud girl turns him down. The determined Darcy then conspires in the love lives of the other sisters-including Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) and Lydia (Ann Rutherford)-to win Elizabeth's hand. Finally, it's love that conquers all. From "once upon a time" to "happily ever after," Pride and Prejudice is endearing family viewing.  (Donated by Bro. Nicholas Koss)
Pride and Prejudice (Clare West) CD eng/ 407 W516p	'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him?
A Passage To India 791.43 L437p LDe  ¡@	It is an emotional and deeply personal story of love and class struggle in the India 1928. Adela Quested beautifully portrayed by Judy Davis travels to India to visit her fiance, but a strange incident occurs there resulting in a charge of attempted rape against the doctor. What actually happened?

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Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) (1996 BBC version; Color, 174 mins; directed by Rodney Bennett) 823 B471s Ve

"Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong." Devoted sisters Elinor and Marianne are forced by tragic circumstances to set about the delicate task of finding suitable husbands. Marianne, with her passionate hunger for emotional experience, falls for the handsome, dashing but heartless John Willoughby. The outwardly collected Elinor is in love with Edward Ferrars, who is himself entangled with the sly and avaricious Lucy Steele. Amidst disappointment and distress, will they ever find happiness and true love?  (Donated by Bro. Nicholas Koss)

Sense and Sensibility (Clare West) CD eng/ 407 W516e

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense, or for middle-aged men of thirty-five.

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Tess (I)(II) EV823/003B01	Tess, portrayed by the entracing Nastassia Kinski, is a daughter of a poor, drunken farmer who discovers that he is actually of noble descent. Tess is sent off to live with their proper and wealthy relatives. There, she is seduced by a suave but sinister cousin and bears him a bastard son who dies while still an infant.
Tom Jones 791.43 R521 LDe	When Tom is discovered an abandoned orphan on the bed of Squire All worthy, his origins are mystery; but the Squire adopts him as his own and Tom begins a life bawdy adventure.
Treasure Island ( R. L. Stevenson  PUBLIC)  EV/792/692M01	It all begins when young Jim Hawkins inherits a long-lost map to a pirate's treasure. Jim hires the great ship Hispaniola where he meets the good Captain Smollett and the evil yet charming Long John Silver. With adventure in their hearts and treasure chests of gold in their eyes, they set sail on the bounding main only to discover danger at every turn.
Third Man, The (G. Greene) EVR/823/006B03	An American "dime novelist" is invited to Vienna to visit a college chum, only to find that he was hit and killed by a car a forthnight ago. Was it an accident or murder?
The Secret Garden (Clare West) CD eng/ 407 W516s	Presents the story of little Mary Lennox - a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She has nothing to do except walk in the gardens, and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key.

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Women In Love EV792/804M01 EV792/803M01	Growing up in the sheltered society of a 1920s English mining town, Gundrun (Jackson) and Ursula (Jennie Linden) Brangwen know little of the ways of love. Though they have yet to experience a sexual awakening, they each harbor a latent, burning, nearly irrepressible desire. So when they pursue thrilling, torrid affairs with a notorious playboy (Alan Bates) and a brooding philanderer (Oliver Reed), they throw themselves into the experience with fervent intensity. But as their liaisons move from frantic, heated encounters to mature emotional relationships, what they discover about their lovers, and themselves, may be more all-consuming -- and dangerously volatile -- than they ever dared imagine.
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) (104 minutes, B &W, 1939; starring: Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon; directed by William Wyler) EV/820/023B01 EVR/820/023M11	Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven star in this internationally-acclaimed masterpiece based on Emily Bronte's classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. Olivier and Oberon are brilliant as Heathcliff and Cathy, whose tortured love affair ends with Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar (David Niven). Heathcliff's savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax.  (Donated by Bro. Nicholas Koss)
Wuthering Heights (Clare West) CD eng/ 407 W516w	The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors. There is one house called Wuthering Heights that does not hide from the wind. When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home to Wuthering Heights, it seems he has opened his doors to trouble. He has invited in something that, like the wind, is safer kept out of the house.